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.

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.


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