Is « boulette » masculine or feminine?
« boulette » is feminine. You say la boulette.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la boulette |
| With the indefinite article | une boulette |
| With the partitive article | de la boulette |
Plural
The plural is boulettes (les boulettes). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
boulette ends in
-ette. Nouns ending in
-ette are usually feminine,
so boulette follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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J'ai fait une boulette.
I goofed. -
J'aime manger des spaghettis avec des boulettes de viande.
I like eating spaghetti with meatballs. -
Aujourd'hui, nous avons mangé des boulettes de pommes de terre.
Today we ate potato dumplings.
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 « boulette » masculine or feminine?
« boulette » is feminine. You say la boulette.
Is it « le boulette » or « la boulette »?
It is « la boulette ». « le boulette » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.