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