Is « porno » masculine or feminine?

« porno » is masculine. You say le porno.

Article forms

With the definite article le porno
With the indefinite article un porno
With the partitive article du porno

Plural

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

Why the gender

porno ends in -o. Nouns ending in -o are usually masculine, so porno follows the pattern. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

In a sentence

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 « porno » masculine or feminine?

« porno » is masculine. You say le porno.

Is it « la porno » or « le porno »?

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


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