Is « sou » masculine or feminine?
« sou » is masculine. You say le sou.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le sou |
| With the indefinite article | un sou |
| With the partitive article | du sou |
Plural
The plural is sous (les sous). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
sou ends in
-ou. Nouns ending in
-ou are usually masculine,
so sou follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Je n'ai plus un sou.
I'm broke. -
J'étais sans le sou.
I was broke. -
Je n'ai pas un sou.
I don't have a penny to my name.
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 « sou » masculine or feminine?
« sou » is masculine. You say le sou.
Is it « la sou » or « le sou »?
It is « le sou ». « la sou » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.