nuage

Is nuage masculine or feminine?

lenuage
/lə nɥaʒ/masculinecloud

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

  • Il va bientôt pleuvoir, regarde ces nuages noirs.

    It's going to rain soon. Look at those black clouds.

  • Un nuage blanc flotte dans le ciel bleu.

    A white cloud is floating in the blue sky.

  • Le nuage avait la forme d'un ours.

    The cloud was in the shape of a bear.

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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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