Is « merdier » masculine or feminine?

« merdier » is masculine. You say le merdier.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« merdier » is masculine. You say le merdier.

Is it « la merdier » or « le merdier »?

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


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