French GCSE

Irregular nouns

What Irregular nouns means in French GCSE, as defined for AQA.

Definition of Irregular nouns

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Nouns ending in '-s', '-x' or '-z' do not change in the plural, nouns ending in '-eau' or '-eu' take an '-x', and nouns ending in '-al' often change to '-aux'.

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