Is « béguin » masculine or feminine?
« béguin » is masculine. You say le béguin.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le béguin |
| With the indefinite article | un béguin |
| With the partitive article | du béguin |
Plural
The plural is béguins (les béguins). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
béguin ends in
-in. Nouns ending in
-in are usually masculine,
so béguin follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Il eut le béguin pour elle.
He had a crush on her. -
Elle a le béguin pour toi.
She has a crush on you. -
Elle eut le béguin pour lui.
She had a crush on him.
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 « béguin » masculine or feminine?
« béguin » is masculine. You say le béguin.
Is it « la béguin » or « le béguin »?
It is « le béguin ». « la béguin » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.