Is « aiguille » masculine or feminine?
« aiguille » is feminine. You say l'aiguille.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'aiguille |
| With the indefinite article | une aiguille |
| With the partitive article | de l'aiguille |
Plural
The plural is aiguilles (les aiguilles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
aiguille ends in
-ille. Nouns ending in
-ille are usually feminine,
so aiguille follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Prêtez-lui une aiguille.
Lend her a needle. -
L'aiguille indique le nord.
The needle is pointing toward the north. -
As-tu une aiguille à coudre ?
Do you have a sewing needle?
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 « aiguille » masculine or feminine?
« aiguille » is feminine. You say l'aiguille.
« l'aiguille » hides the gender. Is « aiguille » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'aiguille » for both genders, but you say une aiguille, not un aiguille, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.