Is « accueil » masculine or feminine?
« accueil » is masculine. You say l'accueil.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'accueil |
| With the indefinite article | un accueil |
| With the partitive article | de l'accueil |
Plural
The plural is accueils (les accueils). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
accueil ends in
-eil. Nouns ending in
-eil are usually masculine,
so accueil follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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L'accueil était chaleureux.
The reception was warm. -
J'ai reçu un accueil chaleureux.
I received a warm welcome. -
Tom a reçu un accueil chaleureux.
Tom was given a warm reception.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « accueil » masculine or feminine?
« accueil » is masculine. You say l'accueil.
« l'accueil » hides the gender. Is « accueil » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'accueil » for both genders, but you say un accueil, not une accueil, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.