brigade

Is brigade masculine or feminine?

labrigade
/la bʁiɡad/femininebrigade [from c. 1370]

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -ade are usually feminine.
The suffix often marks an action, group, or product.
92.3% of -ade nouns are feminine
Exceptions

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

lestadelegradel'hit-paradelejade

In context

  • La brigade des pompiers a empêché un incendie.

    The fire brigade prevented a fire.

  • Dan était un enquêteur de la brigade scientifique.

    Dan was a crime scene investigator.

  • Je veux être affecté à la brigade des mœurs.

    I want to be assigned to the vice squad.

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