Is « employeur » masculine or feminine?

« employeur » is masculine. You say l'employeur.

Article forms

With the definite article l'employeur
With the indefinite article un employeur
With the partitive article de l'employeur

Plural

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

Common questions

Is « employeur » masculine or feminine?

« employeur » is masculine. You say l'employeur.

« l'employeur » hides the gender. Is « employeur » masculine or feminine?

It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'employeur » for both genders, but you say un employeur, not une employeur, and adjectives take the masculine form.


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