Is « damoiseau » masculine or feminine?

« damoiseau » is masculine. You say le damoiseau.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« damoiseau » is masculine. You say le damoiseau.

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

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


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