Is « foie » masculine or feminine?
« foie » is masculine. You say le foie.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le foie |
| With the indefinite article | un foie |
| With the partitive article | du foie |
Plural
The plural is foies (les foies). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
foie ends in
-ie. Nouns ending in
-ie are usually feminine,
so foie is one of the exceptions: it is
masculine.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
J'ai les foies.
I'm chicken. -
J'ai eu les foies.
I freaked out. -
T'as les foies ?
Are you freaking out?
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 « foie » masculine or feminine?
« foie » is masculine. You say le foie.
Is it « la foie » or « le foie »?
It is « le foie ». « la foie » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.