Is « veille » masculine or feminine?
« veille » is feminine. You say la veille.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la veille |
| With the indefinite article | une veille |
| With the partitive article | de la veille |
Plural
The plural is veilles (les veilles). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
veille ends in
-eille. Nouns ending in
-eille are usually feminine,
so veille follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
Il avait neigé la veille.
It had snowed the day before. -
Je l'ai rencontré la veille.
I met her the day before. -
Ils se sont mariés la veille de Noël.
They married on Christmas Eve.
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 « veille » masculine or feminine?
« veille » is feminine. You say la veille.
Is it « le veille » or « la veille »?
It is « la veille ». « le veille » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.