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.

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.


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