Is « vérité » masculine or feminine?
« vérité » is feminine. You say la vérité.
In English, « vérité » means truth.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la vérité |
| With the indefinite article | une vérité |
| With the partitive article | de la vérité |
Plural
The plural is vérités (les vérités). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
vérité ends in
-té. Nouns ending in
-té are usually feminine,
so vérité follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Dis la vérité !
Tell the truth! -
C'est la vérité.
It's genuine. -
La vérité prévaut.
Truth prevails.
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 « vérité » masculine or feminine?
« vérité » is feminine. You say la vérité.
Is it « le vérité » or « la vérité »?
It is « la vérité ». « le vérité » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.