Is « cerveau » masculine or feminine?
« cerveau » is masculine. You say le cerveau.
In English, « cerveau » means brain; mastermind.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le cerveau |
| With the indefinite article | un cerveau |
| With the partitive article | du cerveau |
Plural
The plural is cerveaux (les cerveaux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
cerveau ends in
-eau. Nouns ending in
-eau are usually masculine,
so cerveau follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
Tom est un cerveau.
Tom is a mastermind. -
J'ai le cerveau en compote.
My brain is fried. -
Mike est un de nos cerveaux.
Mike is one of our brains.
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 « cerveau » masculine or feminine?
« cerveau » is masculine. You say le cerveau.
Is it « la cerveau » or « le cerveau »?
It is « le cerveau ». « la cerveau » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.