Is « village » masculine or feminine?
« village » is masculine. You say le village.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le village |
| With the indefinite article | un village |
| With the partitive article | du village |
Plural
The plural is villages (les villages). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
village ends in
-age. Nouns ending in
-age are usually masculine,
so village follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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C'est un village.
It's a village. -
Le monde est un village.
The world is a village. -
Les villages ont soif.
The villages are thirsty.
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 « village » masculine or feminine?
« village » is masculine. You say le village.
Is it « la village » or « le village »?
It is « le village ». « la village » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.