Is « neveu » masculine or feminine?
« neveu » is masculine. You say le neveu.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le neveu |
| With the indefinite article | un neveu |
| With the partitive article | du neveu |
Plural
The plural is neveux (les neveux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
neveu ends in
-eu. Nouns ending in
-eu are usually masculine,
so neveu follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Le fils de ma sœur est mon neveu.
My sister's son is my nephew. -
Le fils de mon frère est mon neveu.
My brother's son is my nephew. -
Un neveu est le fils d'un frère ou d'une sœur.
A nephew is a son of one's brother or sister.
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 « neveu » masculine or feminine?
« neveu » is masculine. You say le neveu.
Is it « la neveu » or « le neveu »?
It is « le neveu ». « la neveu » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.