Is « niveau » masculine or feminine?

« niveau » is masculine. You say le niveau.

Article forms

With the definite article le niveau
With the indefinite article un niveau
With the partitive article du niveau

Plural

The plural is niveaux (les niveaux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

niveau ends in -eau. Nouns ending in -eau are usually masculine, so niveau follows the pattern. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « niveau » masculine or feminine?

« niveau » is masculine. You say le niveau.

Is it « la niveau » or « le niveau »?

It is « le niveau ». « la niveau » is incorrect.


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