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.

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.


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