Is « batteur » masculine or feminine?
« batteur » is masculine. You say le batteur.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le batteur |
| With the indefinite article | un batteur |
| With the partitive article | du batteur |
Plural
The plural is batteurs (les batteurs). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
batteur ends in
-teur. Nouns ending in
-teur are usually masculine,
so batteur follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Il manque le batteur.
The drummer is missing. -
Le batteur est mort.
The drummer died. -
Le batteur s'est noyé.
The drummer drowned.
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 « batteur » masculine or feminine?
« batteur » is masculine. You say le batteur.
Is it « la batteur » or « le batteur »?
It is « le batteur ». « la batteur » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.