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