Is « visage » masculine or feminine?

« visage » is masculine. You say le visage.

Article forms

With the definite article le visage
With the indefinite article un visage
With the partitive article du visage

Plural

The plural is visages (les visages). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

visage ends in -age. Nouns ending in -age are usually masculine, so visage 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 « visage » masculine or feminine?

« visage » is masculine. You say le visage.

Is it « la visage » or « le visage »?

It is « le visage ». « la visage » is incorrect.


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