corbeau

Is corbeau masculine or feminine?

lecorbeau
/lə kɔʁbo/masculineraven

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -eau are usually masculine.
93.1% of -eau nouns are masculine
Exceptions

These end in -eau too, but they are feminine.

l'eaulapeau

In context

  • Le corbeau est aussi noir que du charbon.

    A crow is as black as coal.

  • Le corbeau est aussi noir que le charbon.

    The raven is as black as coal.

  • Pourquoi est-ce qu'un corbeau ressemble à un pupitre ?

    Why is a raven like a writing-desk?

À toi de jouer

Un autre mot ?

POPULAR
le ou latablele ou lavoiturele ou lachocolatle ou laeaule ou lafromagele ou lafleurle ou lalivrele ou lajardin
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