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