rez-de-chaussée

Is rez-de-chaussée masculine or feminine?

lerez-de-chausséeexception
/lə ʁedəʃose/masculineground floor

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -ée are usually feminine, but le rez-de-chaussée is masculine.
Rez-de-chaussée is one of the rare exceptions: learn it as it is.
91.7% of -ée nouns are feminine
Fellow exceptions

Like rez-de-chaussée, these end in -ée but are masculine.

lelycéelemuséeletrophéelemacchabéelemausolée

In context

  • Le café est au rez-de-chaussée, deux étages en-dessous.

    The cafe is on the ground floor, two floors below.

  • Elle fit porter la caisse au rez-de-chaussée.

    She had the box carried to the first floor.

  • Un incendie s'est déclaré au rez-de-chaussée.

    A fire broke out on the first floor.

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