Is « sonnette » masculine or feminine?

« sonnette » is feminine. You say la sonnette.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« sonnette » is feminine. You say la sonnette.

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

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


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