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.

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.


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