drapeau

Is drapeau masculine or feminine?

ledrapeau
/lə dʁapo/masculineflag

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 drapeau français est bleu, blanc et rouge.

    The French flag is blue, white and red.

  • Tout le monde commença à agiter son drapeau.

    Everybody started waving his flag.

  • Ce jour-là, des drapeaux japonais volaient au vent.

    On that day, Japanese flags were flying in the wind.

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