Is « saloperie » masculine or feminine?

« saloperie » is feminine. You say la saloperie.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« saloperie » is feminine. You say la saloperie.

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

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


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