lave-vaisselle

Is lave-vaisselle masculine or feminine?

lelave-vaisselleexception
/lə lavvɛsɛl/masculinedishwasher

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -elle are usually feminine, but le lave-vaisselle is masculine.
Lave-vaisselle is one of the rare exceptions: learn it as it is.
95.1% of -elle nouns are feminine
Fellow exceptions

Like lave-vaisselle, these end in -elle but are masculine.

levioloncellelezelle

In context

  • Quelque chose ne va pas avec le lave-vaisselle.

    Something's wrong with the dishwasher.

  • J'ai chargé la vaisselle dans le lave-vaisselle.

    I loaded the dishes into the dishwasher.

  • Le rouleau à pâtisserie est dans le lave-vaisselle.

    The rolling pin is in the dishwasher.

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