Is « casier » masculine or feminine?

« casier » is masculine. You say le casier.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« casier » is masculine. You say le casier.

Is it « la casier » or « le casier »?

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


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