Oil – l'huile

(Pronounced wee-luh)

To remember that Oil is pronounced wee-luh (huile) in French, use the following mnemonic:

They had to put some oil on the wheel until (huile) it stopped squeaking.

Note: You need to know that huile (oil) is feminine because if there is an adjective after huile (oil), it needs the adjective to accord. For example, 'the black oil' would be l'huile noire instead of just noir (black).

Oil is feminine. Imagine our Labrador climbing out of a barrel of oil.