Is « métro » masculine or feminine?
« métro » is masculine. You say le métro.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le métro |
| With the indefinite article | un métro |
| With the partitive article | du métro |
Plural
The plural is métros (les métros). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
métro ends in
-o. Nouns ending in
-o are usually masculine,
so métro follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Prenons le métro.
Let's take the subway. -
Où se trouve le métro ?
Where is the subway? -
Ils ont pris le métro.
They went by subway.
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 « métro » masculine or feminine?
« métro » is masculine. You say le métro.
Is it « la métro » or « le métro »?
It is « le métro ». « la métro » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.