Is « gâteau » masculine or feminine?
« gâteau » is masculine. You say le gâteau.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le gâteau |
| With the indefinite article | un gâteau |
| With the partitive article | du gâteau |
Plural
The plural is gâteaux (les gâteaux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
gâteau ends in
-eau. Nouns ending in
-eau are usually masculine,
so gâteau follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
C'est du gâteau.
It's a piece of cake. -
Faisons un gâteau.
Let's make a cake. -
Ce sera du gâteau.
That'll be very easy to do.
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 « gâteau » masculine or feminine?
« gâteau » is masculine. You say le gâteau.
Is it « la gâteau » or « le gâteau »?
It is « le gâteau ». « la gâteau » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.