image

Is image masculine or feminine?

l'imageexception
/limaʒ/femininepicture

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -age are usually masculine, but l'image is feminine.
Image is one of the rare exceptions: learn it as it is.
98.8% of -age nouns are masculine

In context

  • Il est en train de dessiner une image.

    He is drawing a picture.

  • C'est l'image même de son père.

    He is the very image of his father.

  • Nous avons illustré l'histoire d'images explicatives.

    We have illustrated the story with pictures.

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