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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.