Is « vaisseau » masculine or feminine?

« vaisseau » is masculine. You say le vaisseau.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« vaisseau » is masculine. You say le vaisseau.

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

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


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