Is « raté » masculine or feminine?

« raté » is masculine. You say le raté.

Article forms

With the definite article le raté
With the indefinite article un raté
With the partitive article du raté

Plural

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

Why the gender

raté ends in -té. Nouns ending in -té are usually feminine, so raté is one of the exceptions: it is masculine. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « raté » masculine or feminine?

« raté » is masculine. You say le raté.

Is it « la raté » or « le raté »?

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


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