Is « photo » masculine or feminine?

« photo » is feminine. You say la photo.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

photo ends in -o. Nouns ending in -o are usually masculine, so photo 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:

numéro
radio
vidéo
labo
zéro
studio
vélo
go

Common questions

Is « photo » masculine or feminine?

« photo » is feminine. You say la photo.

Is it « le photo » or « la photo »?

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

Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.