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