Is « toilette » masculine or feminine?

« toilette » is feminine. You say la toilette.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« toilette » is feminine. You say la toilette.

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

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


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