Is « bassin » masculine or feminine?
« bassin » is masculine. You say le bassin.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le bassin |
| With the indefinite article | un bassin |
| With the partitive article | du bassin |
Plural
The plural is bassins (les bassins). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
bassin ends in
-in. Nouns ending in
-in are usually masculine,
so bassin follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
Au centre du Bassin parisien coule la Seine.
The Seine flows through the central part of the Paris Basin. -
Un pétrolier géant vient de quitter le bassin.
A huge tanker just pulled out from the dock. -
Le pétrolier géant vient de quitter le bassin.
The huge tanker has just left the dock.
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 « bassin » masculine or feminine?
« bassin » is masculine. You say le bassin.
Is it « la bassin » or « le bassin »?
It is « le bassin ». « la bassin » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.