Is « voeu » masculine or feminine?

« voeu » is masculine. You say le voeu.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« voeu » is masculine. You say le voeu.

Is it « la voeu » or « le voeu »?

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


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