Is « feuille » masculine or feminine?
« feuille » is feminine. You say la feuille.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la feuille |
| With the indefinite article | une feuille |
| With the partitive article | de la feuille |
Plural
The plural is feuilles (les feuilles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
feuille ends in
-ille. Nouns ending in
-ille are usually feminine,
so feuille follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
Une feuille tombe.
A leaf is falling. -
La feuille tombe.
The leaf is falling. -
Les feuilles tombent.
Leaves are falling.
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 « feuille » masculine or feminine?
« feuille » is feminine. You say la feuille.
Is it « le feuille » or « la feuille »?
It is « la feuille ». « le feuille » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.