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.

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.


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