Is « policier » masculine or feminine?

« policier » is masculine. You say le policier.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« policier » is masculine. You say le policier.

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

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


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