Is « fardeau » masculine or feminine?
« fardeau » is masculine. You say le fardeau.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le fardeau |
| With the indefinite article | un fardeau |
| With the partitive article | du fardeau |
Plural
The plural is fardeaux (les fardeaux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
fardeau ends in
-eau. Nouns ending in
-eau are usually masculine,
so fardeau follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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L'amour allège les fardeaux.
Love eases burdens. -
Je ne veux pas être un fardeau.
I don't want to be a burden. -
La vérité peut parfois être un fardeau.
The truth can be a burden sometimes.
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 « fardeau » masculine or feminine?
« fardeau » is masculine. You say le fardeau.
Is it « la fardeau » or « le fardeau »?
It is « le fardeau ». « la fardeau » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.