Is « verrou » masculine or feminine?

« verrou » is masculine. You say le verrou.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

verrou ends in -ou. Nouns ending in -ou are usually masculine, so verrou 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 « verrou » masculine or feminine?

« verrou » is masculine. You say le verrou.

Is it « la verrou » or « le verrou »?

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


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