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.

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.


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