Is « envie » masculine or feminine?
« envie » is feminine. You say l'envie.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'envie |
| With the indefinite article | une envie |
| With the partitive article | de l'envie |
Plural
The plural is envies (les envies). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
envie ends in
-ie. Nouns ending in
-ie are usually feminine,
so envie 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 « envie » masculine or feminine?
« envie » is feminine. You say l'envie.
« l'envie » hides the gender. Is « envie » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'envie » for both genders, but you say une envie, not un envie, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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