Is « béton » masculine or feminine?
« béton » is masculine. You say le béton.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le béton |
| With the indefinite article | un béton |
| With the partitive article | du béton |
Plural
The plural is bétons (les bétons). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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La brique ne remplacera jamais le béton armé ici.
Bricks never take the place of ferro-concrete here. -
Les langues ne sont pas coulées dans le béton. Elles vivent à travers nous tous.
Languages are not carved in stone. Languages live through all of us.
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Common questions
Is « béton » masculine or feminine?
« béton » is masculine. You say le béton.
Is it « la béton » or « le béton »?
It is « le béton ». « la béton » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.