Is « manoir » masculine or feminine?

« manoir » is masculine. You say le manoir.

Article forms

With the definite article le manoir
With the indefinite article un manoir
With the partitive article du manoir

Plural

The plural is manoirs (les manoirs). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

manoir ends in -oir. Nouns ending in -oir are usually masculine, so manoir 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 « manoir » masculine or feminine?

« manoir » is masculine. You say le manoir.

Is it « la manoir » or « le manoir »?

It is « le manoir ». « la manoir » is incorrect.


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