Is « stade » masculine or feminine?
« stade » is masculine. You say le stade.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le stade |
| With the indefinite article | un stade |
| With the partitive article | du stade |
Plural
The plural is stades (les stades). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
stade ends in
-ade. Nouns ending in
-ade are usually feminine,
so stade is one of the exceptions: it is
masculine.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « stade » masculine or feminine?
« stade » is masculine. You say le stade.
Is it « la stade » or « le stade »?
It is « le stade ». « la stade » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.