Is « stylo » masculine or feminine?
« stylo » is masculine. You say le stylo.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le stylo |
| With the indefinite article | un stylo |
| With the partitive article | du stylo |
Plural
The plural is stylos (les stylos). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
stylo ends in
-o. Nouns ending in
-o are usually masculine,
so stylo follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
C'est un stylo.
This is a pen. -
Voilà un stylo.
Here's a pen. -
Tu as un stylo ?
Do you have a pen?
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 « stylo » masculine or feminine?
« stylo » is masculine. You say le stylo.
Is it « la stylo » or « le stylo »?
It is « le stylo ». « la stylo » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.