Is « tournage » masculine or feminine?

« tournage » is masculine. You say le tournage.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« tournage » is masculine. You say le tournage.

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

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


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