Is « bouteille » masculine or feminine?
« bouteille » is feminine. You say la bouteille.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la bouteille |
| With the indefinite article | une bouteille |
| With the partitive article | de la bouteille |
Plural
The plural is bouteilles (les bouteilles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
bouteille ends in
-eille. Nouns ending in
-eille are usually feminine,
so bouteille follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Il a de la bouteille.
He's an old hand. -
Ouvre la bouteille.
Open the bottle. -
Lâchez la bouteille !
Let go of the bottle.
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 « bouteille » masculine or feminine?
« bouteille » is feminine. You say la bouteille.
Is it « le bouteille » or « la bouteille »?
It is « la bouteille ». « le bouteille » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.