Is « guerrier » masculine or feminine?

« guerrier » is masculine. You say le guerrier.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« guerrier » is masculine. You say le guerrier.

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

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


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