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.

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.


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