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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.