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