Is « casino » masculine or feminine?
« casino » is masculine. You say le casino.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le casino |
| With the indefinite article | un casino |
| With the partitive article | du casino |
Plural
The plural is casinos (les casinos). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
casino ends in
-o. Nouns ending in
-o are usually masculine,
so casino follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Tom travaille comme croupier dans un casino.
Tom works as a croupier in a casino. -
J'ai passé beaucoup de temps dans des casinos.
I've spent a lot of time in casinos. -
Les casinos en ligne sont illégaux au Vietnam.
Online casinos are illegal in Viet Nam.
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 « casino » masculine or feminine?
« casino » is masculine. You say le casino.
Is it « la casino » or « le casino »?
It is « le casino ». « la casino » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.