Is « nounou » masculine or feminine?

« nounou » is feminine. You say la nounou.

Article forms

With the definite article la nounou
With the indefinite article une nounou
With the partitive article de la nounou

Plural

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

Why the gender

nounou ends in -ou. Nouns ending in -ou are usually masculine, so nounou is one of the exceptions: it is feminine. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « nounou » masculine or feminine?

« nounou » is feminine. You say la nounou.

Is it « le nounou » or « la nounou »?

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


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