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.
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.