Is « bisou » masculine or feminine?

« bisou » is masculine. You say le bisou.

Article forms

With the definite article le bisou
With the indefinite article un bisou
With the partitive article du bisou

Plural

The plural is bisous (les bisous). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

bisou ends in -ou. Nouns ending in -ou are usually masculine, so bisou 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 « bisou » masculine or feminine?

« bisou » is masculine. You say le bisou.

Is it « la bisou » or « le bisou »?

It is « le bisou ». « la bisou » is incorrect.


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