Is « voyou » masculine or feminine?

« voyou » is masculine. You say le voyou.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« voyou » is masculine. You say le voyou.

Is it « la voyou » or « le voyou »?

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


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