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.

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.


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