Is « seau » masculine or feminine?

« seau » is masculine. You say le seau.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« seau » is masculine. You say le seau.

Is it « la seau » or « le seau »?

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


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