Is « scie » masculine or feminine?
« scie » is feminine. You say la scie.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la scie |
| With the indefinite article | une scie |
| With the partitive article | de la scie |
Plural
The plural is scies (les scies). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
scie ends in
-ie. Nouns ending in
-ie are usually feminine,
so scie follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Va chercher une scie.
Get a saw. -
Je lui achèterai une scie.
I will buy him a saw. -
Elle manie très bien la scie.
She handles a saw very well.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « scie » masculine or feminine?
« scie » is feminine. You say la scie.
Is it « le scie » or « la scie »?
It is « la scie ». « le scie » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.