Is « bouquin » masculine or feminine?
« bouquin » is masculine. You say le bouquin.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le bouquin |
| With the indefinite article | un bouquin |
| With the partitive article | du bouquin |
Plural
The plural is bouquins (les bouquins). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
bouquin ends in
-in. Nouns ending in
-in are usually masculine,
so bouquin follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
Vois-tu un bouquin ?
Do you see a book? -
En mangeant, je lis un bouquin.
I read a book while I eat. -
Il a passé la soirée à lire un bouquin.
He spent the evening reading a book.
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 « bouquin » masculine or feminine?
« bouquin » is masculine. You say le bouquin.
Is it « la bouquin » or « le bouquin »?
It is « le bouquin ». « la bouquin » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.