boue

Is boue masculine or feminine?

laboue
/la bu/femininemud

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -aie, -oue, or -eue are feminine.
The whole family: -aie, -oue, -eue. All feminine.
94.4% of -aie / -oue / -eue nouns are feminine
Exceptions

These end in -aie / -oue / -eue too, but they are masculine.

leporte-monnaie

In context

  • Il était dans la boue jusqu'aux genoux.

    He was knee deep in mud.

  • Tom a sauté par-dessus la flaque de boue.

    Tom jumped across the mud puddle.

  • Son vélo était couvert d'éclaboussures de boue.

    His bike was covered in mud splatters.

À toi de jouer

Un autre mot ?

POPULAR
le ou latablele ou lavoiturele ou lachocolatle ou laeaule ou lafromagele ou lafleurle ou lalivrele ou lajardin
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