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.
In a sentence
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J'ai eu la trouille.
I freaked out. -
Ils ont la trouille.
They're scared. -
Ça me donne la trouille.
It scares me.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.