Is « millier » masculine or feminine?
« millier » is masculine. You say le millier.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le millier |
| With the indefinite article | un millier |
| With the partitive article | du millier |
Plural
The plural is milliers (les milliers). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
millier ends in
-ier. Nouns ending in
-ier are usually masculine,
so millier 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 « millier » masculine or feminine?
« millier » is masculine. You say le millier.
Is it « la millier » or « le millier »?
It is « le millier ». « la millier » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.