Is « écureuil » masculine or feminine?
« écureuil » is masculine. You say l'écureuil.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'écureuil |
| With the indefinite article | un écureuil |
| With the partitive article | de l'écureuil |
Plural
The plural is écureuils (les écureuils). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
écureuil ends in
-euil. Nouns ending in
-euil are usually masculine,
so écureuil follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « écureuil » masculine or feminine?
« écureuil » is masculine. You say l'écureuil.
« l'écureuil » hides the gender. Is « écureuil » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'écureuil » for both genders, but you say un écureuil, not une écureuil, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.