Is « couloir » masculine or feminine?

« couloir » is masculine. You say le couloir.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« couloir » is masculine. You say le couloir.

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

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


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