Is « étincelle » masculine or feminine?
« étincelle » is feminine. You say l'étincelle.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'étincelle |
| With the indefinite article | une étincelle |
| With the partitive article | de l'étincelle |
Plural
The plural is étincelles (les étincelles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
étincelle ends in
-elle. Nouns ending in
-elle are usually feminine,
so étincelle 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 « étincelle » masculine or feminine?
« étincelle » is feminine. You say l'étincelle.
« l'étincelle » hides the gender. Is « étincelle » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'étincelle » for both genders, but you say une étincelle, not un étincelle, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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