Is « usage » masculine or feminine?
« usage » is masculine. You say l'usage.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'usage |
| With the indefinite article | un usage |
| With the partitive article | de l'usage |
Plural
The plural is usages (les usages). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
usage ends in
-age. Nouns ending in
-age are usually masculine,
so usage 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 « usage » masculine or feminine?
« usage » is masculine. You say l'usage.
« l'usage » hides the gender. Is « usage » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'usage » for both genders, but you say un usage, not une usage, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.