Is « sauvetage » masculine or feminine?

« sauvetage » is masculine. You say le sauvetage.

Article forms

With the definite article le sauvetage
With the indefinite article un sauvetage
With the partitive article du sauvetage

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« sauvetage » is masculine. You say le sauvetage.

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

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


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