Is « trouille » masculine or feminine?

« trouille » is feminine. You say la trouille.

Article forms

With the definite article la trouille
With the indefinite article une trouille
With the partitive article de la trouille

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« trouille » is feminine. You say la trouille.

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

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


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