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.
In a sentence
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Qui est à l'appareil ?
Who's calling? -
Il a un appareil photo.
He has a camera. -
Prenez l'appareil photo.
Get the camera.
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 « 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.