Is « chapeau » masculine or feminine?
« chapeau » works as both masculine and feminine. You will see un chapeau and une chapeau, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person described.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le chapeau / la chapeau |
| With the indefinite article | un chapeau / une chapeau |
| With the partitive article | du chapeau / de la chapeau |
Plural
The plural is chapeaux (les chapeaux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
chapeau ends in
-eau. Nouns ending in
-eau are usually masculine,
though chapeau works as either gender.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « chapeau » masculine or feminine?
« chapeau » works as both. You will see un chapeau and une chapeau, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person being described.
Is it « un chapeau » or « une chapeau »?
Both are correct. Use the masculine or the feminine depending on the sense or the person.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.