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.


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