Is « bulletin » masculine or feminine?

« bulletin » is masculine. You say le bulletin.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« bulletin » is masculine. You say le bulletin.

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

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


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