Is « chapelle » masculine or feminine?
« chapelle » is feminine. You say la chapelle.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la chapelle |
| With the indefinite article | une chapelle |
| With the partitive article | de la chapelle |
Plural
The plural is chapelles (les chapelles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
chapelle ends in
-elle. Nouns ending in
-elle are usually feminine,
so chapelle follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Où est la chapelle ?
Where's the chapel? -
L'homme mince se reposa à l'ombre de la chapelle.
The thin man took a rest in the shade of a shrine. -
De la fumée blanche s'est élevée de la Chapelle Sixtine.
White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel.
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 « chapelle » masculine or feminine?
« chapelle » is feminine. You say la chapelle.
Is it « le chapelle » or « la chapelle »?
It is « la chapelle ». « le chapelle » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.