Plural Guy or Girl?

Hey everyone,
so i have this french homework where its a plural sentence and i need to figure out if its feminine or masculine, i don't no how to tell if a plural word is guy or girl.
Here is an example: Nous sommes copains.

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Permalink Reply by Pamela Kingfisher on October 28, 2009 at 3:21am

We are friends. (guys) copains is masculine
Nous sommes copines. (girls)

Pam

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Permalink Reply by Frank on October 29, 2009 at 3:30pm

Hi Isabelle,

A dictionary will provide this kind of information. There are some rules of thumb (like a "ine" suffix is often feminine, while "in" is maculine), but looking up these words in a dictionary would be way more reliable.