Is « grenier » masculine or feminine?

« grenier » is masculine. You say le grenier.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« grenier » is masculine. You say le grenier.

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

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


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