Is « envie » masculine or feminine?
« envie » is feminine. You say l'envie.
In English, « envie » means desire, urge; envy.
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.
In a sentence
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J'ai perdu l'envie de vivre.
I've lost the will to live. -
L'envie de danser la démange.
She's itching to dance. -
Il a une envie secrète de jouer.
He has a secret desire to play.
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 « 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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