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.
In a sentence
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Il maria sa fille à un banquier.
He married his daughter to a banker. -
Les banquiers ont eu de gros bonus.
The bankers got big bonuses. -
Le banquier est allé en prison pour fraude.
The banker went to jail for fraud.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.