Is « fouille » masculine or feminine?
« fouille » is feminine. You say la fouille.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la fouille |
| With the indefinite article | une fouille |
| With the partitive article | de la fouille |
Plural
The plural is fouilles (les fouilles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
fouille ends in
-ille. Nouns ending in
-ille are usually feminine,
so fouille follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Il s'en fourre plein les fouilles.
He's raking it in. -
Le policier a effectué une fouille par palpation.
The officer conducted a pat down search. -
Lord Carnarvon finança les fouilles de la tombe de Toutânkhamon.
Lord Carnarvon financed the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb.
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 « fouille » masculine or feminine?
« fouille » is feminine. You say la fouille.
Is it « le fouille » or « la fouille »?
It is « la fouille ». « le fouille » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.