Is « veau » masculine or feminine?
« veau » is masculine. You say le veau.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le veau |
| With the indefinite article | un veau |
| With the partitive article | du veau |
Plural
The plural is veaux (les veaux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
veau ends in
-eau. Nouns ending in
-eau are usually masculine,
so veau follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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La vache mit bas un veau à deux têtes.
The cow gave birth to a calf with two heads. -
Le boucher dépeça la carcasse du veau.
The butcher cut up the calf's carcass. -
Le veau a disparu, mais il reste la vache.
The calf has disappeared, but there is still a cow.
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 « veau » masculine or feminine?
« veau » is masculine. You say le veau.
Is it « la veau » or « le veau »?
It is « le veau ». « la veau » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.