Is « traité » masculine or feminine?

« traité » is masculine. You say le traité.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

traité ends in -té. Nouns ending in -té are usually feminine, so traité is one of the exceptions: it is masculine. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « traité » masculine or feminine?

« traité » is masculine. You say le traité.

Is it « la traité » or « le traité »?

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


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