Is « deuil » masculine or feminine?

« deuil » is masculine. You say le deuil.

Article forms

With the definite article le deuil
With the indefinite article un deuil
With the partitive article du deuil

Plural

The plural is deuils (les deuils). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

deuil ends in -euil. Nouns ending in -euil are usually masculine, so deuil 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 « deuil » masculine or feminine?

« deuil » is masculine. You say le deuil.

Is it « la deuil » or « le deuil »?

It is « le deuil ». « la deuil » is incorrect.


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