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.
In a sentence
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C'est du pareil au même.
It makes no difference. -
Arrête de chipoter. Tout ça c'est du pareil au même.
Stop nitpicking. It's all the same. -
Mary ! s'écria le jeune homme en frémissant; Mary, vous ici, et dans un pareil état ?
Mary! cried out the young man trembling; Mary, you here, and in such a state?
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.