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