Is « métier » masculine or feminine?
« métier » is masculine. You say le métier.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le métier |
| With the indefinite article | un métier |
| With the partitive article | du métier |
Plural
The plural is métiers (les métiers). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
métier ends in
-ier. Nouns ending in
-ier are usually masculine,
so métier 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 « métier » masculine or feminine?
« métier » is masculine. You say le métier.
Is it « la métier » or « le métier »?
It is « le métier ». « la métier » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.