Is « devoir » masculine or feminine?
« devoir » is masculine. You say le devoir.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le devoir |
| With the indefinite article | un devoir |
| With the partitive article | du devoir |
Plural
The plural is devoirs (les devoirs). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
devoir ends in
-oir. Nouns ending in
-oir are usually masculine,
so devoir follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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J'ai des devoirs.
I have homework. -
Le devoir avant tout.
Duty should come before anything else. -
Le devoir m'appelle.
Duty calls.
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 « devoir » masculine or feminine?
« devoir » is masculine. You say le devoir.
Is it « la devoir » or « le devoir »?
It is « le devoir ». « la devoir » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.