The word sheep is neutral, but sheep are divided into rams (male) and ewes (female).
A sheep: un mouton A ram (male sheep) : un bélier An ewe (female sheep) : une brebis
"Sheep" in French is masculine and is translated as "mouton".
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.The noun for a female who tends sheep is shepherdess.The word "shepherdess," is falling out of use in favor of using the noun "shepherd" as a common gender noun (a word for a male or a female).
Masculine is the opposite of feminine.
masculine ;)
A sheep: un mouton A ram (male sheep) : un bélier An ewe (female sheep) : une brebis
"Sheep" in French is masculine and is translated as "mouton".
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for a male or a female, such as male and female.A male sheep is a ram and a female sheep is a ewe.
Sheep is neuter. A female sheep is a "ewe', pronounced - you-. A male is a "ram", or "tup". A castrated male is a "wether".
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.The gender specific noun for an intact male sheep is ram.The gender specific noun for a castrated male sheep is wether.The gender specific noun for a female sheep is ewe.The noun 'sheep' is a common gender noun, a word for a male or a female of the species.
In French, the word "mouton" is masculine. It means "sheep" in English. Therefore, you would use masculine articles and adjectives with it, such as "le mouton" for "the sheep."
Feminine
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.The noun for a female is ewe or dam.The noun for a male is buck or ram.
" un mouton " is the general, masculine noun for a sheep in French. The ewe is " la brebis " (feminine); the lamb is " l'agneau " (masculine noun) and the ram is " le bélier " (masc.).
its masculine no doubt
un mouton (masc.) Of course some sheep are feminine - the word for a ewe is 'une brebis' (fromage de brebis - ewe's cheese is one of my favourite cheeses). A lamb can also be masculine - 'un agneau', or feminine - 'une agnelle'.
feminine