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.


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