Is « glacier » masculine or feminine?

« glacier » is masculine. You say le glacier.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« glacier » is masculine. You say le glacier.

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

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


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