Is « cuisse » masculine or feminine?
« cuisse » is feminine. You say la cuisse.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la cuisse |
| With the indefinite article | une cuisse |
| With the partitive article | de la cuisse |
Plural
The plural is cuisses (les cuisses). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Elle a un lézard tatoué sur la cuisse.
She has a tattoo of a lizard on her thigh. -
Tom n'aime pas les cuisses de grenouilles.
Tom doesn't like frog legs. -
As-tu déjà mangé des cuisses de grenouille ?
Have you ever eaten frog legs?
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Common questions
Is « cuisse » masculine or feminine?
« cuisse » is feminine. You say la cuisse.
Is it « le cuisse » or « la cuisse »?
It is « la cuisse ». « le cuisse » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.