Is « passereau » masculine or feminine?
« passereau » is masculine. You say le passereau.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le passereau |
| With the indefinite article | un passereau |
| With the partitive article | du passereau |
Plural
The plural is passereaux (les passereaux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
passereau ends in
-eau. Nouns ending in
-eau are usually masculine,
so passereau follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Les passereaux piaillent.
The sparrows are cheeping.
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 « passereau » masculine or feminine?
« passereau » is masculine. You say le passereau.
Is it « la passereau » or « le passereau »?
It is « le passereau ». « la passereau » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.