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.
In a sentence
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Qu'a dit le bulletin météo ?
What was the weather report? -
Le bulletin météo est erroné.
The weather report is wrong. -
Le bulletin météo est mauvais.
The weather report is bad.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.