Is « couille » masculine or feminine?
« couille » is feminine. You say la couille.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la couille |
| With the indefinite article | une couille |
| With the partitive article | de la couille |
Plural
The plural is couilles (les couilles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
couille ends in
-ille. Nouns ending in
-ille are usually feminine,
so couille follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Tu es une couille molle.
You're a wet. -
Il y a une couille dans le potage.
There is a problem.
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 « couille » masculine or feminine?
« couille » is feminine. You say la couille.
Is it « le couille » or « la couille »?
It is « la couille ». « le couille » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.