Is « archer » masculine or feminine?
« archer » is masculine. You say l'archer.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'archer |
| With the indefinite article | un archer |
| With the partitive article | de l'archer |
Plural
The plural is archers (les archers). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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L'archer tua le cerf.
The archer killed the deer.
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Common questions
Is « archer » masculine or feminine?
« archer » is masculine. You say l'archer.
« l'archer » hides the gender. Is « archer » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'archer » for both genders, but you say un archer, not une archer, and adjectives take the masculine form.
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