Is « zombie » masculine or feminine?

« zombie » is masculine. You say le zombie.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

zombie ends in -ie. Nouns ending in -ie are usually feminine, so zombie is one of the exceptions: it is masculine. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « zombie » masculine or feminine?

« zombie » is masculine. You say le zombie.

Is it « la zombie » or « le zombie »?

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


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