Is « voie » masculine or feminine?
« voie » is feminine. You say la voie.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la voie |
| With the indefinite article | une voie |
| With the partitive article | de la voie |
Plural
The plural is voies (les voies). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
voie ends in
-ie. Nouns ending in
-ie are usually feminine,
so voie follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Dieu m’a montré la voie.
God showed me the way. -
La Voie Lactée est immense.
The Milky Way is huge. -
Peux-tu éclairer la voie ?
Can you light the way?
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 « voie » masculine or feminine?
« voie » is feminine. You say la voie.
Is it « le voie » or « la voie »?
It is « la voie ». « le voie » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.