Is « tragédie » masculine or feminine?

« tragédie » is feminine. You say la tragédie.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« tragédie » is feminine. You say la tragédie.

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

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


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