Is « noir » masculine or feminine?
« noir » is masculine. You say le noir.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le noir |
| With the indefinite article | un noir |
| With the partitive article | du noir |
Plural
The plural is noirs (les noirs). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
noir ends in
-oir. Nouns ending in
-oir are usually masculine,
so noir follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Le noir est à moi.
The black one is mine. -
J'ai peur du noir.
I'm afraid of the dark. -
Il a peur du noir.
He's afraid of the dark.
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 « noir » masculine or feminine?
« noir » is masculine. You say le noir.
Is it « la noir » or « le noir »?
It is « le noir ». « la noir » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.