Is « poison » masculine or feminine?
« poison » is masculine. You say le poison.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le poison |
| With the indefinite article | un poison |
| With the partitive article | du poison |
Plural
The plural is poisons (les poisons). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
poison ends in
-oison. Nouns ending in
-oison are usually feminine,
so poison is one of the exceptions: it is
masculine.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
C'est du poison.
It's poison. -
C'est un poison mortel !
It's a deadly poison! -
La dose fait le poison.
The dose makes the poison.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Common questions
Is « poison » masculine or feminine?
« poison » is masculine. You say le poison.
Is it « la poison » or « le poison »?
It is « le poison ». « la poison » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.