Is « cahier » masculine or feminine?
« cahier » is masculine. You say le cahier.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le cahier |
| With the indefinite article | un cahier |
| With the partitive article | du cahier |
Plural
The plural is cahiers (les cahiers). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
cahier ends in
-ier. Nouns ending in
-ier are usually masculine,
so cahier follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Donne-moi le cahier.
Give me the notebook. -
Il a sorti un cahier.
He took out a notebook. -
Il sortit un cahier.
He pulled out a notebook.
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 « cahier » masculine or feminine?
« cahier » is masculine. You say le cahier.
Is it « la cahier » or « le cahier »?
It is « le cahier ». « la cahier » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.