Is « vingtaine » masculine or feminine?
« vingtaine » is feminine. You say la vingtaine.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la vingtaine |
| With the indefinite article | une vingtaine |
| With the partitive article | de la vingtaine |
Plural
The plural is vingtaines (les vingtaines). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
-
Il y en a une vingtaine.
There are about twenty of them. -
Elle doit encore être dans la vingtaine.
She must still be in her twenties. -
Il semble qu’elle ait passé la vingtaine.
It seems she is over thirty years old.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Common questions
Is « vingtaine » masculine or feminine?
« vingtaine » is feminine. You say la vingtaine.
Is it « le vingtaine » or « la vingtaine »?
It is « la vingtaine ». « le vingtaine » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.