Is « virage » masculine or feminine?
« virage » is masculine. You say le virage.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le virage |
| With the indefinite article | un virage |
| With the partitive article | du virage |
Plural
The plural is virages (les virages). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
virage ends in
-age. Nouns ending in
-age are usually masculine,
so virage follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Tom pris le virage trop rapidement.
Tom took the curve too fast. -
Ma voiture a dérapé dans le virage.
My car went into a skid on the bend. -
Sa voiture a glissé dans le virage.
His car skidded on the bend.
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 « virage » masculine or feminine?
« virage » is masculine. You say le virage.
Is it « la virage » or « le virage »?
It is « le virage ». « la virage » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.