Is « dortoir » masculine or feminine?

« dortoir » is masculine. You say le dortoir.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« dortoir » is masculine. You say le dortoir.

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

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


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