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.


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