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.

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.


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