Is « moto » masculine or feminine?
« moto » is feminine. You say la moto.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la moto |
| With the indefinite article | une moto |
| With the partitive article | de la moto |
Plural
The plural is motos (les motos). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
moto ends in
-o. Nouns ending in
-o are usually masculine,
so moto is one of the exceptions: it is
feminine.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
J'avais une moto.
I used to have a motorcycle. -
Il vend des motos.
He sells motorcycles. -
Tom veut une moto.
Tom wants a motorcycle.
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 « moto » masculine or feminine?
« moto » is feminine. You say la moto.
Is it « le moto » or « la moto »?
It is « la moto ». « le moto » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.