Article défini
The French definite article indicates either a particular noun or, contrarily, the general sense of a noun.
Par exemple…
| Je vois les pandas. | I see the pandas. | |
| Le livre est sur la table. | The book is on the table. |
Characteristics of definite articles
- Used with countable and uncountable nouns
- Placed directly before of a noun or an adjective + noun
- Agrees with the noun in number and sometimes gender
- Contract with certain prepositions
French definite articles
| Masculine | Feminine | |||
| singular | le, l’ | la, l’ | ||
| plural | les | les |
+ There are three singular definite articles:
- Masculine:Â le
- Feminine:Â la
- Contracted (masc or fem in front of vowel or mute h): l’
+ There is only one plural definite article:Â les.
When preceded by the prepositions à  and de, the definite articles le and les must contract with them:
| le | les | But… | la | l’ | ||||||
| à | au | aux | à la | à l’ | ||||||
| de | du | des | de la | de l’ |
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