Is « serviette » masculine or feminine?

« serviette » is feminine. You say la serviette.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« serviette » is feminine. You say la serviette.

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

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


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