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Most French nouns are made plural by adding an an
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Most French nouns are made plural by adding an –s to the singular form:
un livredes livres une portedes portes |
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French uses the ........... plural when the gender is mixed:
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French uses the masculine plural when the gender is mixed:
des étudiants = some students (male or mixed) des étudiantes = some students (female) |
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Nouns ending in –s, –x or –z in the singular
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Nouns ending in –s, –x or –z in the singular do not change in the plural:
un cours (a course)des cours un choix (a choice)des choix un nez (a nose)des nez |
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Most nouns ending in –eu, –au, –eau or –œu are made plural by adding
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Most nouns ending in –eu, –au, –eau or –œu are made plural by adding –x to the singular form:
un cheveu (a hair)des cheveux un joyau (a jewel)des joyaux un bureau (an office)des bureaux un vœu (a wish)des vœux |
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Most nouns ending in –al
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Most nouns ending in –al are made plural by replacing –al with –aux:
un journal (a newspaper)des journaux un cheval (a horse)des chevaux |
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Some nouns ending in –ail
others by replacing –ail |
Some nouns ending in –ail are made plural by adding –s to the singular form; others by replacing –ail with –aux:
un détail (a detail)des détails un vitrail (a stained-glass window)des vitraux |
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Some nouns have a completely ............. plural form:
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Some nouns have a completely irregular plural form:
un oeil (an eye)des yeux |
