imprimerie

Is imprimerie masculine or feminine?

l'imprimerie
/lɛ̃pʁiməʁi/feminineprinting

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -ie are usually feminine.
The suffix often names an abstract quality, an activity, or a discipline.
95.7% of -ie nouns are feminine

In context

  • Il y a pénurie d'encre d'imprimerie.

    Printing ink is in short supply.

  • Remplir en caractères d'imprimerie, s'il vous plaît.

    Please fill in using block letters.

  • Johannes Gutenberg a inventé l'imprimerie au quinzième siècle.

    Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in the fifteenth century.

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