grade

Is grade masculine or feminine?

legradeexception
/lə ɡʁad/masculinerank

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -ade are usually feminine, but le grade is masculine.
Grade is one of the rare exceptions: learn it as it is.
92.3% of -ade nouns are feminine
Fellow exceptions

Like grade, these end in -ade but are masculine.

lestadel'hit-paradelejade

In context

  • Il atteignit le grade de général.

    He reached the rank of general.

  • Il a été promu au grade de colonel.

  • Il a été élevé au grade de sergent.

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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