Is « étoile » masculine or feminine?
« étoile » is feminine. You say l'étoile.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'étoile |
| With the indefinite article | une étoile |
| With the partitive article | de l'étoile |
Plural
The plural is étoiles (les étoiles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Common questions
Is « étoile » masculine or feminine?
« étoile » is feminine. You say l'étoile.
« l'étoile » hides the gender. Is « étoile » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'étoile » for both genders, but you say une étoile, not un étoile, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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