essentiel

Is essentiel masculine or feminine?

l'essentiel
/lesɑ̃sjɛl/masculineessential

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -al, -el, -il, -ol, or -eul are usually masculine.
The whole family: -al, -el, -il, -ol, -eul. All masculine.
96.5% of -al / -el / -il / -ol / -eul nouns are masculine
Exceptions

These end in -al / -el / -il / -ol / -eul too, but they are feminine.

lajavel

In context

  • La santé est un facteur essentiel du bonheur.

    Health is an important factor of happiness.

  • Les 7 outils essentiels pour apprendre une langue.

    The 7 essential tools for learning a language.

  • Un résumé contient l'essentiel d'un texte.

    A summary contains the essence of a text.

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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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