Is « collier » masculine or feminine?

« collier » is masculine. You say le collier.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« collier » is masculine. You say le collier.

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

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


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