Is « réveil » masculine or feminine?

« réveil » is masculine. You say le réveil.

Article forms

With the definite article le réveil
With the indefinite article un réveil
With the partitive article du réveil

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« réveil » is masculine. You say le réveil.

Is it « la réveil » or « le réveil »?

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


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