Is « chantier » masculine or feminine?

« chantier » is masculine. You say le chantier.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« chantier » is masculine. You say le chantier.

Is it « la chantier » or « le chantier »?

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


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