Is « témoignage » masculine or feminine?
« témoignage » is masculine. You say le témoignage.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le témoignage |
| With the indefinite article | un témoignage |
| With the partitive article | du témoignage |
Plural
The plural is témoignages (les témoignages). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
témoignage ends in
-age. Nouns ending in
-age are usually masculine,
so témoignage follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Le témoignage n'était pas crédible.
The testimony wasn't credible. -
Le détective recueillit son témoignage sur place.
The detective took down his testimony on the spot. -
C'était un témoignage sur la catastrophe qui s'était passée hier.
It was a testimony to the catastrophe that happened yesterday.
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 « témoignage » masculine or feminine?
« témoignage » is masculine. You say le témoignage.
Is it « la témoignage » or « le témoignage »?
It is « le témoignage ». « la témoignage » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.