Is « roulette » masculine or feminine?

« roulette » is feminine. You say la roulette.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« roulette » is feminine. You say la roulette.

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

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


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