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