Is « coucou » masculine or feminine?

« coucou » is masculine. You say le coucou.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« coucou » is masculine. You say le coucou.

Is it « la coucou » or « le coucou »?

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


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