Is « grenouille » masculine or feminine?

« grenouille » is feminine. You say la grenouille.

Article forms

With the definite article la grenouille
With the indefinite article une grenouille
With the partitive article de la grenouille

Plural

The plural is grenouilles (les grenouilles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

grenouille ends in -ille. Nouns ending in -ille are usually feminine, so grenouille follows the pattern. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « grenouille » masculine or feminine?

« grenouille » is feminine. You say la grenouille.

Is it « le grenouille » or « la grenouille »?

It is « la grenouille ». « le grenouille » is incorrect.


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