Is « dodo » masculine or feminine?

« dodo » is masculine. You say le dodo.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« dodo » is masculine. You say le dodo.

Is it « la dodo » or « le dodo »?

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


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