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.
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.
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