Is « pro » masculine or feminine?
« pro » works as both masculine and feminine. You will see un pro and une pro, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person described.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le pro / la pro |
| With the indefinite article | un pro / une pro |
| With the partitive article | du pro / de la pro |
Plural
The plural is pros (les pros). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
pro ends in
-o. Nouns ending in
-o are usually masculine,
though pro works as either gender.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Nous devons engager un pro.
We need to hire a pro. -
C'est ainsi que le font les pros.
That's how the pros do it.
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 « pro » masculine or feminine?
« pro » works as both. You will see un pro and une pro, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person being described.
Is it « un pro » or « une pro »?
Both are correct. Use the masculine or the feminine depending on the sense or the person.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.