Is « sourire » masculine or feminine?
« sourire » is masculine. You say le sourire.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le sourire |
| With the indefinite article | un sourire |
| With the partitive article | du sourire |
Plural
The plural is sourires (les sourires). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Garde le sourire.
Keep smiling. -
Tom a gardé le sourire.
Tom kept smiling. -
J'ai contenu un sourire.
I stifled a grin.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Common questions
Is « sourire » masculine or feminine?
« sourire » is masculine. You say le sourire.
Is it « la sourire » or « le sourire »?
It is « le sourire ». « la sourire » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.