Is « ail » masculine or feminine?
« ail » is masculine. You say l'ail.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'ail |
| With the indefinite article | un ail |
| With the partitive article | de l'ail |
Plural
The plural is ails (les ails). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
ail ends in
-ail. Nouns ending in
-ail are usually masculine,
so ail follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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J'adore l'ail !
I love garlic! -
Je déteste l'ail.
I hate garlic. -
Vous sentez l'ail.
You smell like garlic.
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 « ail » masculine or feminine?
« ail » is masculine. You say l'ail.
« l'ail » hides the gender. Is « ail » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'ail » for both genders, but you say un ail, not une ail, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.