Is « troupeau » masculine or feminine?
« troupeau » is masculine. You say le troupeau.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le troupeau |
| With the indefinite article | un troupeau |
| With the partitive article | du troupeau |
Plural
The plural is troupeaux (les troupeaux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
troupeau ends in
-eau. Nouns ending in
-eau are usually masculine,
so troupeau follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Je vis un troupeau de moutons.
I saw a flock of sheep. -
Le berger garde son troupeau.
The shepherd is tending his flock. -
Les loups traquaient le troupeau.
Wolves stalked the flock.
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 « troupeau » masculine or feminine?
« troupeau » is masculine. You say le troupeau.
Is it « la troupeau » or « le troupeau »?
It is « le troupeau ». « la troupeau » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.