Is « zéro » masculine or feminine?

« zéro » is masculine. You say le zéro.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« zéro » is masculine. You say le zéro.

Is it « la zéro » or « le zéro »?

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


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