Is « genou » masculine or feminine?
« genou » is masculine. You say le genou.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le genou |
| With the indefinite article | un genou |
| With the partitive article | du genou |
Plural
The plural is genoux (les genoux). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
genou ends in
-ou. Nouns ending in
-ou are usually masculine,
so genou follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Il se cogna le genou.
He banged his knee. -
Je me suis cogné le genou.
I bumped my knee. -
Il lui a tiré dans le genou.
He shot him in the knee.
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 « genou » masculine or feminine?
« genou » is masculine. You say le genou.
Is it « la genou » or « le genou »?
It is « le genou ». « la genou » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.