Is « fumier » masculine or feminine?
« fumier » is masculine. You say le fumier.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le fumier |
| With the indefinite article | un fumier |
| With the partitive article | du fumier |
Plural
The plural is fumiers (les fumiers). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
fumier ends in
-ier. Nouns ending in
-ier are usually masculine,
so fumier follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Que faites-vous du fumier ?
What are you doing with the manure? -
Les bousiers trouvent du fumier avec leur puissant sens de l'odorat.
Dung beetles find dung with their acute sense of smell.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « fumier » masculine or feminine?
« fumier » is masculine. You say le fumier.
Is it « la fumier » or « le fumier »?
It is « le fumier ». « la fumier » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.