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.
In a sentence
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La serviette pue.
The towel smells. -
Les serviettes puent.
The towels smell. -
Tom essora la serviette.
Tom wrung out the towel.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.