Is « publicité » masculine or feminine?

« publicité » is feminine. You say la publicité.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« publicité » is feminine. You say la publicité.

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

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


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