Is « jardinier » masculine or feminine?

« jardinier » is masculine. You say le jardinier.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« jardinier » is masculine. You say le jardinier.

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

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


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