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.

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.


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