The noun hippopotamus is a common gender noun, a word for a male or a female animal.
The gender noun for a female hippopotamus is a cow; the gender noun for a male is a bull.
its masculine
Feminin.
feminin
chica is feminine
it is feminin
masculin
feminin
le pain
feminin
feminine
The French word "lit" is masculine.
The word "chateau" is masculine in French.