Is « bataille » masculine or feminine?
« bataille » is feminine. You say la bataille.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la bataille |
| With the indefinite article | une bataille |
| With the partitive article | de la bataille |
Plural
The plural is batailles (les batailles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
bataille ends in
-aille. Nouns ending in
-aille are usually feminine,
so bataille follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Tu as perdu la bataille.
You lost the battle. -
Ils ont perdu la bataille.
They lost the battle. -
Nous gagnerons la bataille.
We'll win the battle.
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 « bataille » masculine or feminine?
« bataille » is feminine. You say la bataille.
Is it « le bataille » or « la bataille »?
It is « la bataille ». « le bataille » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.