Is « bijou » masculine or feminine?
« bijou » is masculine. You say le bijou.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le bijou |
| With the indefinite article | un bijou |
| With the partitive article | du bijou |
Plural
The plural is bijoux (les bijoux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
bijou ends in
-ou. Nouns ending in
-ou are usually masculine,
so bijou follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Vendez-vous des bijoux ?
Do you sell jewelry? -
C'est un bijou de famille.
It's a family heirloom. -
Nous portons des bijoux chers.
We are wearing expensive jewels.
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 « bijou » masculine or feminine?
« bijou » is masculine. You say le bijou.
Is it « la bijou » or « le bijou »?
It is « le bijou ». « la bijou » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.