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