Is « plateau » masculine or feminine?
« plateau » is masculine. You say le plateau.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le plateau |
| With the indefinite article | un plateau |
| With the partitive article | du plateau |
Plural
The plural is plateaux (les plateaux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
plateau ends in
-eau. Nouns ending in
-eau are usually masculine,
so plateau follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
Voulez-vous un plateau avec ?
Do you want a tray with that? -
Il retourna la table sur son plateau.
He turned the table upside down. -
Elle empila les plateaux dans le placard.
She stacked the trays in the cupboard.
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 « plateau » masculine or feminine?
« plateau » is masculine. You say le plateau.
Is it « la plateau » or « le plateau »?
It is « le plateau ». « la plateau » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.