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.
In a sentence
-
Une rivière s'écoule dans la vallée.
A river runs down through the valley. -
La rivière coule à travers la vallée.
The river runs through the valley. -
Le crépuscule s'étendit sur la vallée.
Evening was closing in on the valley.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.