armée

Is armée masculine or feminine?

l'armée
/laʁme/femininearmy

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -ée are usually feminine.
The suffix often marks a duration or contents.
91.7% of -ée nouns are feminine
Exceptions

These end in -ée too, but they are masculine.

lelycéelemuséeletrophéelerez-de-chausséelemacchabée

In context

  • L'armée a progressé jusqu'à la rivière.

    The army has advanced to the river.

  • Macbeth leva une armée pour attaquer son ennemi.

    Macbeth raised an army to attack his enemy.

  • Il était dans l'armée pendant trente ans.

    He was in the army for thirty years.

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