Is « vedette » masculine or feminine?

« vedette » is feminine. You say la vedette.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« vedette » is feminine. You say la vedette.

Is it « le vedette » or « la vedette »?

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


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