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.
In a sentence
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Quelle fut la cause de votre querelle ?
What was the cause of your quarrel? -
Toutes ces querelles m'usent les nerfs.
All this bickering is starting to fray my nerves. -
Il essaye toujours de créer une querelle.
He's always trying to provoke an argument.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.