Is « ado » masculine or feminine?
« ado » works as both masculine and feminine. You will see un ado and une ado, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person described.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'ado |
| With the indefinite article | un ado / une ado |
| With the partitive article | de l'ado |
Plural
The plural is ados (les ados). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
ado ends in
-o. Nouns ending in
-o are usually masculine,
though ado works as either gender.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
Elle connaissait l'ado.
She knew the teen. -
L'amour, c'est pour les ados.
Love is for teenagers. -
Mon fils est un ado rebelle.
My son is a rebellious teenager.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « ado » masculine or feminine?
« ado » works as both. You will see un ado and une ado, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person being described.
Is it « un ado » or « une ado »?
Both are correct. Use the masculine or the feminine depending on the sense or the person.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.