Is « vallée » masculine or feminine?

« vallée » is feminine. You say la vallée.

Article forms

With the definite article la vallée
With the indefinite article une vallée
With the partitive article de la vallée

Plural

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

Why the gender

vallée ends in -ée. Nouns ending in -ée are usually feminine, so vallée 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 « vallée » masculine or feminine?

« vallée » is feminine. You say la vallée.

Is it « le vallée » or « la vallée »?

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


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