Is « banquier » masculine or feminine?

« banquier » is masculine. You say le banquier.

Article forms

With the definite article le banquier
With the indefinite article un banquier
With the partitive article du banquier

Plural

The plural is banquiers (les banquiers). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

banquier ends in -ier. Nouns ending in -ier are usually masculine, so banquier 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 « banquier » masculine or feminine?

« banquier » is masculine. You say le banquier.

Is it « la banquier » or « le banquier »?

It is « le banquier ». « la banquier » is incorrect.


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