Is « adieu » masculine or feminine?
« adieu » is masculine. You say l'adieu.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'adieu |
| With the indefinite article | un adieu |
| With the partitive article | de l'adieu |
Plural
The plural is adieux (les adieux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
adieu ends in
-eu. Nouns ending in
-eu are usually masculine,
so adieu follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « adieu » masculine or feminine?
« adieu » is masculine. You say l'adieu.
« l'adieu » hides the gender. Is « adieu » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'adieu » for both genders, but you say un adieu, not une adieu, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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