Is « priorité » masculine or feminine?

« priorité » is feminine. You say la priorité.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

priorité ends in -té. Nouns ending in -té are usually feminine, so priorité 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 « priorité » masculine or feminine?

« priorité » is feminine. You say la priorité.

Is it « le priorité » or « la priorité »?

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


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