Is « dossier » masculine or feminine?

« dossier » is masculine. You say le dossier.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« dossier » is masculine. You say le dossier.

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

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


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