Is « canal » masculine or feminine?
« canal » is masculine. You say le canal.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le canal |
| With the indefinite article | un canal |
| With the partitive article | du canal |
Plural
The plural is canaux (les canaux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
canal ends in
-al. Nouns ending in
-al are usually masculine,
so canal follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Le navire traversa le Canal de Suez.
The ship sailed through the Suez Canal. -
Peut-on dériver l'eau vers le canal ?
Can we shunt the water over to the canal? -
L'homme-grenouille s'est jeté dans le canal.
The frogman jumped into the canal.
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 « canal » masculine or feminine?
« canal » is masculine. You say le canal.
Is it « la canal » or « le canal »?
It is « le canal ». « la canal » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.