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.

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.


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