Is « sauce » masculine or feminine?
« sauce » is feminine. You say la sauce.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la sauce |
| With the indefinite article | une sauce |
| With the partitive article | de la sauce |
Plural
The plural is sauces (les sauces). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Envoie la sauce !
Pass the sauce! -
Versez le vin dans la sauce.
Pour the wine into the sauce. -
Trop de cuisiniers gâchent la sauce.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Common questions
Is « sauce » masculine or feminine?
« sauce » is feminine. You say la sauce.
Is it « le sauce » or « la sauce »?
It is « la sauce ». « le sauce » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.