Is « milieu » masculine or feminine?
« milieu » is masculine. You say le milieu.
In English, « milieu » means middle; environment; (le milieu) the criminal underworld.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le milieu |
| With the indefinite article | un milieu |
| With the partitive article | du milieu |
Plural
The plural is milieux (les milieux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
milieu ends in
-eu. Nouns ending in
-eu are usually masculine,
so milieu follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Celui du milieu est à moi.
The middle one is mine. -
C'est le milieu de la nuit.
It's the dead of the night. -
Elle a dansé au milieu du feu.
She danced in the fire.
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 « milieu » masculine or feminine?
« milieu » is masculine. You say le milieu.
Is it « la milieu » or « le milieu »?
It is « le milieu ». « la milieu » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.