Is « sympathie » masculine or feminine?
« sympathie » is feminine. You say la sympathie.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la sympathie |
| With the indefinite article | une sympathie |
| With the partitive article | de la sympathie |
Plural
The plural is sympathies (les sympathies). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
sympathie ends in
-ie. Nouns ending in
-ie are usually feminine,
so sympathie follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Je ne cherche pas la sympathie.
I'm not looking for sympathy. -
Je ressentais de la sympathie pour lui.
I felt sympathy for him. -
La sympathie, c'est pour les crétins.
Sympathy is for chumps.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « sympathie » masculine or feminine?
« sympathie » is feminine. You say la sympathie.
Is it « le sympathie » or « la sympathie »?
It is « la sympathie ». « le sympathie » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.