Is « dinosaure » masculine or feminine?

« dinosaure » is masculine. You say le dinosaure.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

dinosaure ends in -ure. Nouns ending in -ure are usually feminine, so dinosaure is one of the exceptions: it is masculine. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « dinosaure » masculine or feminine?

« dinosaure » is masculine. You say le dinosaure.

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

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


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