Is « pagaille » masculine or feminine?
« pagaille » is feminine. You say la pagaille.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la pagaille |
| With the indefinite article | une pagaille |
| With the partitive article | de la pagaille |
Plural
The plural is pagailles (les pagailles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
pagaille ends in
-aille. Nouns ending in
-aille are usually feminine,
so pagaille follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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J'ai mis la pagaille.
I messed up. -
C'était la pagaille.
It was a mess. -
Désolé pour la pagaille !
Sorry about the mess.
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 « pagaille » masculine or feminine?
« pagaille » is feminine. You say la pagaille.
Is it « le pagaille » or « la pagaille »?
It is « la pagaille ». « le pagaille » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.