Is « querelle » masculine or feminine?

« querelle » is feminine. You say la querelle.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« querelle » is feminine. You say la querelle.

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

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


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