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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.