Is « plein » masculine or feminine?
« plein » is masculine. You say le plein.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le plein |
| With the indefinite article | un plein |
| With the partitive article | du plein |
Plural
The plural is pleins (les pleins). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
plein ends in
-in. Nouns ending in
-in are usually masculine,
so plein follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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La fête bat son plein.
The party's in full swing. -
Je dois faire le plein.
I have to gas up. -
Le plein, s'il vous plait.
Fill it up, please.
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 « plein » masculine or feminine?
« plein » is masculine. You say le plein.
Is it « la plein » or « le plein »?
It is « le plein ». « la plein » is incorrect.
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