Is « butin » masculine or feminine?
« butin » is masculine. You say le butin.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le butin |
| With the indefinite article | un butin |
| With the partitive article | du butin |
Plural
The plural is butins (les butins). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
butin ends in
-in. Nouns ending in
-in are usually masculine,
so butin follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Tom partit avec le butin.
Tom left with the loot. -
On partage le butin en trois.
We split the loot three ways. -
Les voleurs se partagèrent le butin.
The thieves divvied up the stolen loot among themselves.
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 « butin » masculine or feminine?
« butin » is masculine. You say le butin.
Is it « la butin » or « le butin »?
It is « le butin ». « la butin » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.