Is « jean » masculine or feminine?
« jean » works as both masculine and feminine. You will see un jean and une jean, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person described.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le jean / la jean |
| With the indefinite article | un jean / une jean |
| With the partitive article | du jean / de la jean |
Plural
The plural is jeans (les jeans). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Il portait un jeans.
He had jeans on. -
Tom portait un jean.
Tom had jeans on. -
Ziri porte des jeans.
Ziri wears jeans.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Common questions
Is « jean » masculine or feminine?
« jean » works as both. You will see un jean and une jean, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person being described.
Is it « un jean » or « une jean »?
Both are correct. Use the masculine or the feminine depending on the sense or the person.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.