Is « soleil » masculine or feminine?
« soleil » is masculine. You say le soleil.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le soleil |
| With the indefinite article | un soleil |
| With the partitive article | du soleil |
Plural
The plural is soleils (les soleils). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
soleil ends in
-eil. Nouns ending in
-eil are usually masculine,
so soleil 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 « soleil » masculine or feminine?
« soleil » is masculine. You say le soleil.
Is it « la soleil » or « le soleil »?
It is « le soleil ». « la soleil » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.