cassette

Is cassette masculine or feminine?

lacassette
/la kasɛt/femininetreasure box

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -ette are usually feminine.
The suffix often forms a diminutive.
99.3% of -ette nouns are feminine
Exceptions

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

lesquelette

In context

  • Il a effacé son discours de la cassette.

    He erased his speech from the tape.

  • J'ai enregistré un match de rugby sur une cassette vidéo.

    I recorded a rugby game on videotape.

  • Sami a caché les cassettes.

    Sami hid the videotapes.

À toi de jouer

Un autre mot ?

POPULAR
le ou latablele ou lavoiturele ou lachocolatle ou laeaule ou lafromagele ou lafleurle ou lalivrele ou lajardin
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