Is « patrouille » masculine or feminine?

« patrouille » is feminine. You say la patrouille.

Article forms

With the definite article la patrouille
With the indefinite article une patrouille
With the partitive article de la patrouille

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« patrouille » is feminine. You say la patrouille.

Is it « le patrouille » or « la patrouille »?

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


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