Is « rouleau » masculine or feminine?

« rouleau » is masculine. You say le rouleau.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

rouleau ends in -eau. Nouns ending in -eau are usually masculine, so rouleau 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 « rouleau » masculine or feminine?

« rouleau » is masculine. You say le rouleau.

Is it « la rouleau » or « le rouleau »?

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


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