Is « travail » masculine or feminine?

« travail » is masculine. You say le travail.

Article forms

With the definite article le travail
With the indefinite article un travail
With the partitive article du travail

Plural

The plural is travaux (les travaux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

travail ends in -ail. Nouns ending in -ail are usually masculine, so travail 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 « travail » masculine or feminine?

« travail » is masculine. You say le travail.

Is it « la travail » or « le travail »?

It is « le travail ». « la travail » is incorrect.


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