Is « tapette » masculine or feminine?

« tapette » is feminine. You say la tapette.

Article forms

With the definite article la tapette
With the indefinite article une tapette
With the partitive article de la tapette

Plural

The plural is tapettes (les tapettes). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

tapette ends in -ette. Nouns ending in -ette are usually feminine, so tapette 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 « tapette » masculine or feminine?

« tapette » is feminine. You say la tapette.

Is it « le tapette » or « la tapette »?

It is « la tapette ». « le tapette » is incorrect.


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