Is « voisinage » masculine or feminine?
« voisinage » is masculine. You say le voisinage.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le voisinage |
| With the indefinite article | un voisinage |
| With the partitive article | du voisinage |
Plural
The plural is voisinages (les voisinages). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
voisinage ends in
-age. Nouns ending in
-age are usually masculine,
so voisinage follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
Il vit dans le voisinage.
He lives in this neighborhood. -
Il a déménagé dans le voisinage.
He moved into my neighborhood. -
Un chien aboie dans le voisinage.
A dog is barking in the neighborhood.
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 « voisinage » masculine or feminine?
« voisinage » is masculine. You say le voisinage.
Is it « la voisinage » or « le voisinage »?
It is « le voisinage ». « la voisinage » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.