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.
In a sentence
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C’est un truc du métier.
It's a trick of the trade. -
Quel est le métier de tes rêves ?
What's your dream job? -
Vendre des voitures est mon métier.
Selling cars is my job.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
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.