The partitive article refers to an unspecified quantity of food, liquid, or some other uncountable noun. The closest thing to an equivalent article in English would be the adjectives “some” or “any”

Rules

⭐ There are three singular articles:

StructureUseExample
dumasculine noundu pain
de lafeminine nounde la salade
de l’before vowel or silent hde l’eau, de l’ail

⭐ There is only one plural partitive article: des

  • it is used with nouns that are always plural