Nouns ending in au, eau, eu, oeu, and ou

The plural of nouns is generally formed by adding an “s” to the end of the noun.

Examples:

Singular	Plural
un chien	des chiens
une amie	des amies
un chanteur	des chanteurs
le canard	les canards
la voiture	les voitures

“des” is the plural of the indefinite articles “un” and “une”.
“les” is the plural of the definite article “le” and “la”.

Not all words form their plural by adding an “s”. The plural of a noun depends on its ending as we will see in this lesson and in the ones that will follow.

Nouns ending in “au”, “eau”, “eu” and “oeu”

The nouns ending in “au”, “eau”, “eu” and “oeu” form their plural by adding an “x” to the end of the noun.