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.
In a sentence
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J'ai trouvé un acheteur.
I've found a buyer. -
Il a un acheteur pour sa maison.
He has a buyer for his house. -
J'ai déjà un acheteur sur les rangs.
I've already got a buyer lined up.
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 « 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.