Is « quantité » masculine or feminine?
« quantité » is feminine. You say la quantité.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la quantité |
| With the indefinite article | une quantité |
| With the partitive article | de la quantité |
Plural
The plural is quantités (les quantités). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
quantité ends in
-té. Nouns ending in
-té are usually feminine,
so quantité follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Je préfère la qualité à la quantité.
I prefer quality to quantity. -
J'ai acheté une quantité de livres.
I bought lots of books. -
Non pas la quantité mais la qualité.
It's not the quantity but the quality.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « quantité » masculine or feminine?
« quantité » is feminine. You say la quantité.
Is it « le quantité » or « la quantité »?
It is « la quantité ». « le quantité » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.