clonage

Is clonage masculine or feminine?

leclonage
/lə klonaʒ/masculinecloning

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -age are usually masculine.
The suffix often marks an action, a result, or a collection.
98.8% of -age nouns are masculine
Exceptions

These end in -age too, but they are feminine.

l'imagelaplage

In context

  • Le clonage humain pose de sérieux problèmes d'éthique.

    Cloning people raises serious ethical problems.

  • Pourquoi êtes-vous contre le clonage des animaux ?

    Why are you against the cloning of animals?

  • Le clonage d'embryons humains est interdit par la loi.

    The cloning of human embryos is prohibited by law.

À toi de jouer

Un autre mot ?

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