Is « écho » masculine or feminine?
« écho » is masculine. You say l'écho.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'écho |
| With the indefinite article | un écho |
| With the partitive article | de l'écho |
Plural
The plural is échos (les échos). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
écho ends in
-o. Nouns ending in
-o are usually masculine,
so écho follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Tes yeux reflètent l'écho de ma voix.
Your eyes reflect the echo of my voice. -
La mousse acoustique réduisait les échos.
The acoustic foam dampened echoes. -
Si on crie du haut d'une falaise, on entend l'écho de sa voix.
If you shout from the top of a cliff, you can hear the echo of your voice.
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Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « écho » masculine or feminine?
« écho » is masculine. You say l'écho.
« l'écho » hides the gender. Is « écho » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'écho » for both genders, but you say un écho, not une écho, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.