Is « oreille » masculine or feminine?
« oreille » is feminine. You say l'oreille.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'oreille |
| With the indefinite article | une oreille |
| With the partitive article | de l'oreille |
Plural
The plural is oreilles (les oreilles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
oreille ends in
-eille. Nouns ending in
-eille are usually feminine,
so oreille 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 « oreille » masculine or feminine?
« oreille » is feminine. You say l'oreille.
« l'oreille » hides the gender. Is « oreille » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'oreille » for both genders, but you say une oreille, not un oreille, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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