Is « plombier » masculine or feminine?

« plombier » is masculine. You say le plombier.

Article forms

With the definite article le plombier
With the indefinite article un plombier
With the partitive article du plombier

Plural

The plural is plombiers (les plombiers). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

plombier ends in -ier. Nouns ending in -ier are usually masculine, so plombier 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 « plombier » masculine or feminine?

« plombier » is masculine. You say le plombier.

Is it « la plombier » or « le plombier »?

It is « le plombier ». « la plombier » is incorrect.


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