Is « pelle » masculine or feminine?
« pelle » is feminine. You say la pelle.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la pelle |
| With the indefinite article | une pelle |
| With the partitive article | de la pelle |
Plural
The plural is pelles (les pelles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
pelle ends in
-elle. Nouns ending in
-elle are usually feminine,
so pelle follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Où est la pelle ?
Where's the shovel? -
Apporte une pelle !
Bring a shovel. -
As-tu une pelle à neige ?
Do you have a snow shovel?
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 « pelle » masculine or feminine?
« pelle » is feminine. You say la pelle.
Is it « le pelle » or « la pelle »?
It is « la pelle ». « le pelle » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.