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.
In a sentence
-
Je suis un zéro.
I'm a zero. -
Le zéro est avant le un.
Zero is before one. -
Je vais avoir des ennuis : j'ai eu un zéro !
I'll get in trouble: I got an F!
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.