Is « bleu » masculine or feminine?

« bleu » is masculine. You say le bleu.

Article forms

With the definite article le bleu
With the indefinite article un bleu
With the partitive article du bleu

Plural

The plural is bleus (les bleus). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

bleu ends in -eu. Nouns ending in -eu are usually masculine, so bleu 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 « bleu » masculine or feminine?

« bleu » is masculine. You say le bleu.

Is it « la bleu » or « le bleu »?

It is « le bleu ». « la bleu » is incorrect.


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