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.
In a sentence
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Le glacier fond.
The glacier is melting. -
Les glaciers fondent.
The glaciers are melting. -
Le glacier se déplace lentement.
The glacier moves but by inches.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.