Is « salade » masculine or feminine?

« salade » is feminine. You say la salade.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« salade » is feminine. You say la salade.

Is it « le salade » or « la salade »?

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


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