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.
In a sentence
-
C'était une tragédie.
It was a tragedy. -
C'est une tragédie.
This is a tragedy. -
Ce serait une tragédie.
That would be a tragedy.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.