Is « soirée » masculine or feminine?

« soirée » is feminine. You say la soirée.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« soirée » is feminine. You say la soirée.

Is it « le soirée » or « la soirée »?

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


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