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.
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.