Is « agneau » masculine or feminine?
« agneau » is masculine. You say l'agneau.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'agneau |
| With the indefinite article | un agneau |
| With the partitive article | de l'agneau |
Plural
The plural is agneaux (les agneaux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
agneau ends in
-eau. Nouns ending in
-eau are usually masculine,
so agneau 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 « agneau » masculine or feminine?
« agneau » is masculine. You say l'agneau.
« l'agneau » hides the gender. Is « agneau » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'agneau » for both genders, but you say un agneau, not une agneau, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.