Is « machin » masculine or feminine?
« machin » is masculine. You say le machin.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le machin |
| With the indefinite article | un machin |
| With the partitive article | du machin |
Plural
The plural is machins (les machins). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
machin ends in
-in. Nouns ending in
-in are usually masculine,
so machin follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Tu peux me passer le machin ?
Can you pass me the thingy? -
Ah, merde. J'ai fait tomber mon machin dans l'évier.
Ah, crap. I dropped my doohickey into the sink. -
C'est quoi ce machin ?
What's this doohickey?
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 « machin » masculine or feminine?
« machin » is masculine. You say le machin.
Is it « la machin » or « le machin »?
It is « le machin ». « la machin » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.