Is « mouchoir » masculine or feminine?

« mouchoir » is masculine. You say le mouchoir.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« mouchoir » is masculine. You say le mouchoir.

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

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


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