Is « clou » masculine or feminine?
« clou » is masculine. You say le clou.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le clou |
| With the indefinite article | un clou |
| With the partitive article | du clou |
Plural
The plural is clous (les clous). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
clou ends in
-ou. Nouns ending in
-ou are usually masculine,
so clou follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Passe-moi les clous !
Hand me the nails. -
Un clou chasse l'autre.
One nail drives out another. -
Le clou traversa le mur.
The nail pierced the wall.
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 « clou » masculine or feminine?
« clou » is masculine. You say le clou.
Is it « la clou » or « le clou »?
It is « le clou ». « la clou » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.