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.


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