Is « acheteur » masculine or feminine?
« acheteur » is masculine. You say l'acheteur.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'acheteur |
| With the indefinite article | un acheteur |
| With the partitive article | de l'acheteur |
Plural
The plural is acheteurs (les acheteurs). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
acheteur ends in
-teur. Nouns ending in
-teur are usually masculine,
so acheteur 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 « acheteur » masculine or feminine?
« acheteur » is masculine. You say l'acheteur.
« l'acheteur » hides the gender. Is « acheteur » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'acheteur » for both genders, but you say un acheteur, not une acheteur, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.