Is « héritier » masculine or feminine?
« héritier » is masculine. You say l'héritier.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'héritier |
| With the indefinite article | un héritier |
| With the partitive article | de l'héritier |
Plural
The plural is héritiers (les héritiers). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
héritier ends in
-ier. Nouns ending in
-ier are usually masculine,
so héritier 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 « héritier » masculine or feminine?
« héritier » is masculine. You say l'héritier.
« l'héritier » hides the gender. Is « héritier » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'héritier » for both genders, but you say un héritier, not une héritier, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.