Is « privilège » masculine or feminine?

« privilège » is masculine. You say le privilège.

Article forms

With the definite article le privilège
With the indefinite article un privilège
With the partitive article du privilège

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« privilège » is masculine. You say le privilège.

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

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


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