pèlerinage

Is pèlerinage masculine or feminine?

lepèlerinage
/lə pɛləʁinaʒ/masculinepilgrimage

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

  • Quel est le but d'une vie de pèlerinage ?

    What's the purpose of a life of pilgrimage?

  • Tom a fait un pèlerinage.

    Tom made a pilgrimage.

  • Les musulmans accomplissent le pèlerinage à la Mecque, en Arabie Saoudite.

    Muslims perform hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

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