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