Is « dieu » masculine or feminine?
« dieu » is masculine. You say le dieu.
In English, « dieu » means god.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le dieu |
| With the indefinite article | un dieu |
| With the partitive article | du dieu |
Plural
The plural is dieux (les dieux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
dieu ends in
-eu. Nouns ending in
-eu are usually masculine,
so dieu follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Un Dieu existe.
A God exists. -
J'ai tué un dieu.
I killed a god. -
Les dieux existent.
Gods exist.
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 « dieu » masculine or feminine?
« dieu » is masculine. You say le dieu.
Is it « la dieu » or « le dieu »?
It is « le dieu ». « la dieu » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.