Is « tatouage » masculine or feminine?

« tatouage » is masculine. You say le tatouage.

Article forms

With the definite article le tatouage
With the indefinite article un tatouage
With the partitive article du tatouage

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« tatouage » is masculine. You say le tatouage.

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

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


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