Is « vaisselle » masculine or feminine?
« vaisselle » is feminine. You say la vaisselle.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la vaisselle |
| With the indefinite article | une vaisselle |
| With the partitive article | de la vaisselle |
Plural
The plural is vaisselles (les vaisselles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
vaisselle ends in
-elle. Nouns ending in
-elle are usually feminine,
so vaisselle follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
Fais la vaisselle.
Do the dishes. -
Faisons la vaisselle.
Let's do the dishes. -
Je fais la vaisselle.
I'm washing dishes.
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 « vaisselle » masculine or feminine?
« vaisselle » is feminine. You say la vaisselle.
Is it « le vaisselle » or « la vaisselle »?
It is « la vaisselle ». « le vaisselle » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.