Is « torpille » masculine or feminine?
« torpille » is feminine. You say la torpille.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la torpille |
| With the indefinite article | une torpille |
| With the partitive article | de la torpille |
Plural
The plural is torpilles (les torpilles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
torpille ends in
-ille. Nouns ending in
-ille are usually feminine,
so torpille follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Une des torpilles a atteint sa cible.
One of the torpedoes hit its target.
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 « torpille » masculine or feminine?
« torpille » is feminine. You say la torpille.
Is it « le torpille » or « la torpille »?
It is « la torpille ». « le torpille » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.