Is « vélo » masculine or feminine?

« vélo » is masculine. You say le vélo.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « vélo » masculine or feminine?

« vélo » is masculine. You say le vélo.

Is it « la vélo » or « le vélo »?

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


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