Is « faille » masculine or feminine?
« faille » is feminine. You say la faille.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la faille |
| With the indefinite article | une faille |
| With the partitive article | de la faille |
Plural
The plural is failles (les failles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
faille ends in
-aille. Nouns ending in
-aille are usually feminine,
so faille follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Nous avons une faille de sécurité.
We have a security breach. -
Je suis sûr qu'on trouvera des failles.
I am sure exploits will be found. -
Il y a une faille dans ton raisonnement.
There's a flaw in your logic.
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 « faille » masculine or feminine?
« faille » is feminine. You say la faille.
Is it « le faille » or « la faille »?
It is « la faille ». « le faille » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.