Is « poupée » masculine or feminine?

« poupée » is feminine. You say la poupée.

Article forms

With the definite article la poupée
With the indefinite article une poupée
With the partitive article de la poupée

Plural

The plural is poupées (les poupées). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

poupée ends in -ée. Nouns ending in -ée are usually feminine, so poupée follows the pattern. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « poupée » masculine or feminine?

« poupée » is feminine. You say la poupée.

Is it « le poupée » or « la poupée »?

It is « la poupée ». « le poupée » is incorrect.


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