Is « cuisinier » masculine or feminine?

« cuisinier » is masculine. You say le cuisinier.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« cuisinier » is masculine. You say le cuisinier.

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

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


Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.