Is « anneau » masculine or feminine?
« anneau » is masculine. You say l'anneau.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'anneau |
| With the indefinite article | un anneau |
| With the partitive article | de l'anneau |
Plural
The plural is anneaux (les anneaux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
anneau ends in
-eau. Nouns ending in
-eau are usually masculine,
so anneau follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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L'anneau est maudit.
The ring is cursed. -
Tom a volé l'anneau.
Tom stole the ring. -
Saturne a des anneaux.
Saturn has rings.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « anneau » masculine or feminine?
« anneau » is masculine. You say l'anneau.
« l'anneau » hides the gender. Is « anneau » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'anneau » for both genders, but you say un anneau, not une anneau, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.