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.
In a sentence
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J'ai un manoir.
I've got a mansion. -
Yanni a un manoir.
Yanni has a mansion. -
Ils vivent dans un manoir.
They live in a mansion.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.