Is « coco » masculine or feminine?

« coco » works as both masculine and feminine. You will see un coco and une coco, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person described.

Article forms

With the definite article le coco / la coco
With the indefinite article un coco / une coco
With the partitive article du coco / de la coco

Plural

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

Why the gender

coco ends in -o. Nouns ending in -o are usually masculine, though coco works as either gender. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « coco » masculine or feminine?

« coco » works as both. You will see un coco and une coco, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person being described.

Is it « un coco » or « une coco »?

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.