Is « orgueil » masculine or feminine?
« orgueil » is masculine. You say l'orgueil.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'orgueil |
| With the indefinite article | un orgueil |
| With the partitive article | de l'orgueil |
Plural
The plural is orgueils (les orgueils). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
orgueil ends in
-eil. Nouns ending in
-eil are usually masculine,
so orgueil follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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L'orgueil précède la chute.
Pride cometh before a fall. -
L'orgueil est la faiblesse de l'homme.
Human pride is human weakness. -
L'humilité excessive est de l'orgueil.
Too much humility is pride.
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 « orgueil » masculine or feminine?
« orgueil » is masculine. You say l'orgueil.
« l'orgueil » hides the gender. Is « orgueil » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'orgueil » for both genders, but you say un orgueil, not une orgueil, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.