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