Is « bouclier » masculine or feminine?

« bouclier » is masculine. You say le bouclier.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« bouclier » is masculine. You say le bouclier.

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

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


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