Is « échelle » masculine or feminine?
« échelle » is feminine. You say l'échelle.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'échelle |
| With the indefinite article | une échelle |
| With the partitive article | de l'échelle |
Plural
The plural is échelles (les échelles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
échelle ends in
-elle. Nouns ending in
-elle are usually feminine,
so échelle follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
As-tu une échelle ?
Do you have a ladder? -
Tiens bien l'échelle.
Hold the ladder tight. -
Prends une échelle.
Get a ladder.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « échelle » masculine or feminine?
« échelle » is feminine. You say l'échelle.
« l'échelle » hides the gender. Is « échelle » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'échelle » for both genders, but you say une échelle, not un échelle, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.