Is « psychologue » masculine or feminine?
« psychologue » works as both masculine and feminine. You will see un psychologue and une psychologue, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person described.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le psychologue / la psychologue |
| With the indefinite article | un psychologue / une psychologue |
| With the partitive article | du psychologue / de la psychologue |
Plural
The plural is psychologues (les psychologues). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Tom voit un psychologue.
Tom has been seeing a therapist. -
Tu parles comme un psychologue.
You talk like a psychologist. -
Le psychologue m'a posé toute une batterie de questions.
The psychologist asked me a whole battery of questions.
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Common questions
Is « psychologue » masculine or feminine?
« psychologue » works as both. You will see un psychologue and une psychologue, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person being described.
Is it « un psychologue » or « une psychologue »?
Both are correct. Use the masculine or the feminine depending on the sense or the person.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.