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.
In a sentence
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C'est le casier de Tom.
This is Tom's locker. -
Il a un casier vierge.
He has a clean record. -
C'était dans le casier de Tom.
This was in Tom's locker.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.