Is « saleté » masculine or feminine?
« saleté » is feminine. You say la saleté.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la saleté |
| With the indefinite article | une saleté |
| With the partitive article | de la saleté |
Plural
The plural is saletés (les saletés). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
saleté ends in
-té. Nouns ending in
-té are usually feminine,
so saleté 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 « saleté » masculine or feminine?
« saleté » is feminine. You say la saleté.
Is it « le saleté » or « la saleté »?
It is « la saleté ». « le saleté » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.