Is « cheveu » masculine or feminine?

« cheveu » is masculine. You say le cheveu.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« cheveu » is masculine. You say le cheveu.

Is it « la cheveu » or « le cheveu »?

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


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