Is « vie » masculine or feminine?

« vie » is feminine. You say la vie.

In English, « vie » means life.

Article forms

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

vie ends in -ie. Nouns ending in -ie are usually feminine, so vie follows the pattern. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

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Other common nouns that end the same way:

« vie » is feminine. You say la vie.

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