chauve-souris

Is chauve-souris masculine or feminine?

lachauve-sourisexception
/la ʃovsuʁi/femininebat

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -is are usually masculine, but la chauve-souris is feminine.
Chauve-souris is one of the rare exceptions: learn it as it is.
94.1% of -is nouns are masculine
Fellow exceptions

Like chauve-souris, these end in -is but are feminine.

lafoislabrebislavisl'oasislasyphilis

In context

  • Les chauves-souris ne sont pas des souris volantes.

    Bats aren't flying mice.

  • Tout comme nous, les chauves-souris sont des mammifères.

    Bats are mammals, just like us.

  • Combien de chauves-souris y a-t-il dans cette cave ?

    How many bats are there in this cave?

À toi de jouer

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