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.
In a sentence
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Le traité a été signé.
The treaty was signed. -
Je vous paye la traite.
It's my treat. -
Les traités nous obligent.
The treaty obliges us.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.