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.
In a sentence
-
Je bosse sur un chantier.
I work on a building site. -
Notre balle passa par-dessus la barrière et atterrit sur le chantier.
Our ball went over the fence and landed on the building site. -
Sami ne travaillait pas sur les lieux du chantier lorsque l'accident est survenu.
Sami wasn't working on the construction site when the accident happened.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.