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.
In a sentence
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L'employeur ne peut pas remplacer les grévistes.
The employers can't replace the striking workers. -
La gamine s'envola avec l'argent de son employeur.
The girl made off with her employer's money. -
Layla a pensé que Sami serait un employeur idéal.
Layla thought Sami would be an ideal employer.
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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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