Is « cargo » masculine or feminine?
« cargo » is masculine. You say le cargo.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le cargo |
| With the indefinite article | un cargo |
| With the partitive article | du cargo |
Plural
The plural is cargos (les cargos). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
cargo ends in
-o. Nouns ending in
-o are usually masculine,
so cargo follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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C'est un cargo, pas un paquebot.
This is a cargo ship, not a passenger ship. -
Le cargo spatial explosa quelques secondes après le lancement.
The cargo spacecraft exploded a few seconds after launch.
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 « cargo » masculine or feminine?
« cargo » is masculine. You say le cargo.
Is it « la cargo » or « le cargo »?
It is « le cargo ». « la cargo » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.