Is « mail » masculine or feminine?
« mail » is masculine. You say le mail.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le mail |
| With the indefinite article | un mail |
| With the partitive article | du mail |
Plural
The plural is mails (les mails). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
mail ends in
-ail. Nouns ending in
-ail are usually masculine,
so mail follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Tom a ecrit un mail à Marie.
Tom wrote Mary an email. -
J'ai oublié de lui envoyer un mail.
I forgot to sent her an email. -
As-tu reçu le mail que je t'ai envoyé ?
Did you receive the email I sent you?
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 « mail » masculine or feminine?
« mail » is masculine. You say le mail.
Is it « la mail » or « le mail »?
It is « le mail ». « la mail » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.