Is « tube » masculine or feminine?
« tube » is masculine. You say le tube.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le tube |
| With the indefinite article | un tube |
| With the partitive article | du tube |
Plural
The plural is tubes (les tubes). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Les tubes sont bouchés.
The tubes are clogged. -
Le vagin est un tube musculaire.
The vagina is a muscular tube. -
C’est la version qui fut le tube.
This is the version that was the hit.
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Common questions
Is « tube » masculine or feminine?
« tube » is masculine. You say le tube.
Is it « la tube » or « le tube »?
It is « le tube ». « la tube » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.