Is « zoo » masculine or feminine?

« zoo » is masculine. You say le zoo.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« zoo » is masculine. You say le zoo.

Is it « la zoo » or « le zoo »?

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


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