Is « officier » masculine or feminine?
« officier » is masculine. You say l'officier.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'officier |
| With the indefinite article | un officier |
| With the partitive article | de l'officier |
Plural
The plural is officiers (les officiers). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
officier ends in
-ier. Nouns ending in
-ier are usually masculine,
so officier 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 « officier » masculine or feminine?
« officier » is masculine. You say l'officier.
« l'officier » hides the gender. Is « officier » masculine or feminine?
It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'officier » for both genders, but you say un officier, not une officier, and adjectives take the masculine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.