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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.