Is « sécurité » masculine or feminine?

« sécurité » is feminine. You say la sécurité.

In English, « sécurité » means safety; security.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

sécurité ends in -té. Nouns ending in -té are usually feminine, so sécurité follows the pattern. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

In a sentence

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 « sécurité » masculine or feminine?

« sécurité » is feminine. You say la sécurité.

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

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


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