Is « folie » masculine or feminine?
« folie » is feminine. You say la folie.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la folie |
| With the indefinite article | une folie |
| With the partitive article | de la folie |
Plural
The plural is folies (les folies). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
folie ends in
-ie. Nouns ending in
-ie are usually feminine,
so folie follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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C'est la folie.
This is insanity. -
C'est de la folie.
This is mad. -
C'est de la folie pure.
It's sheer madness.
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 « folie » masculine or feminine?
« folie » is feminine. You say la folie.
Is it « le folie » or « la folie »?
It is « la folie ». « le folie » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.