Is « pareil » masculine or feminine?

« pareil » is masculine. You say le pareil.

Article forms

With the definite article le pareil
With the indefinite article un pareil
With the partitive article du pareil

Plural

The plural is pareils (les pareils). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

pareil ends in -eil. Nouns ending in -eil are usually masculine, so pareil 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 « pareil » masculine or feminine?

« pareil » is masculine. You say le pareil.

Is it « la pareil » or « le pareil »?

It is « le pareil ». « la pareil » is incorrect.


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