Is « ego » masculine or feminine?
« ego » is masculine. You say l'ego.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'ego |
| With the indefinite article | un ego |
| With the partitive article | de l'ego |
Plural
The plural is egos (les egos). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
ego ends in
-o. Nouns ending in
-o are usually masculine,
so ego 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 « ego » masculine or feminine?
« ego » is masculine. You say l'ego.
« l'ego » hides the gender. Is « ego » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'ego » for both genders, but you say un ego, not une ego, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.