Is « assassin » masculine or feminine?
« assassin » is masculine. You say l'assassin.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'assassin |
| With the indefinite article | un assassin |
| With the partitive article | de l'assassin |
Plural
The plural is assassins (les assassins). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
assassin ends in
-in. Nouns ending in
-in are usually masculine,
so assassin follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Tom est l'assassin.
Tom is a murderer. -
La police a trouvé l'assassin.
The police found the killer. -
L'assassin est derrière les barreaux.
The killer's behind bars.
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 « assassin » masculine or feminine?
« assassin » is masculine. You say l'assassin.
« l'assassin » hides the gender. Is « assassin » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'assassin » for both genders, but you say un assassin, not une assassin, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.