Is « île » masculine or feminine?
« île » is feminine. You say l'île.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'île |
| With the indefinite article | une île |
| With the partitive article | de l'île |
Plural
The plural is îles (les îles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Sumatra est une île.
Sumatra is an island. -
Chypre est une île.
Cyprus is an island. -
Taïwan est une île.
Taiwan is an island.
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Common questions
Is « île » masculine or feminine?
« île » is feminine. You say l'île.
« l'île » hides the gender. Is « île » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'île » for both genders, but you say une île, not un île, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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