Is « psychologie » masculine or feminine?

« psychologie » is feminine. You say la psychologie.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« psychologie » is feminine. You say la psychologie.

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

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


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