Is « moulin » masculine or feminine?
« moulin » is masculine. You say le moulin.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le moulin |
| With the indefinite article | un moulin |
| With the partitive article | du moulin |
Plural
The plural is moulins (les moulins). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
moulin ends in
-in. Nouns ending in
-in are usually masculine,
so moulin follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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C'est un moulin à parole.
She is a chatterbox. -
Il se bat contre des moulins à vent.
He tilts at windmills. -
Cela apporte de l'eau à son moulin.
This is grist to his mill.
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 « moulin » masculine or feminine?
« moulin » is masculine. You say le moulin.
Is it « la moulin » or « le moulin »?
It is « le moulin ». « la moulin » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.