Is « corbeau » masculine or feminine?

« corbeau » is masculine. You say le corbeau.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« corbeau » is masculine. You say le corbeau.

Is it « la corbeau » or « le corbeau »?

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


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