Is « psychiatre » masculine or feminine?
« psychiatre » works as both masculine and feminine. You will see un psychiatre and une psychiatre, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person described.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le psychiatre / la psychiatre |
| With the indefinite article | un psychiatre / une psychiatre |
| With the partitive article | du psychiatre / de la psychiatre |
Plural
The plural is psychiatres (les psychiatres). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
In a sentence
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Je recommande de dépenser cet argent pour un psychiatre.
I recommend spending that money on a psychiatrist. -
Ce psychiatre s'est spécialisé dans les désordres alimentaires.
That psychiatrist specialized in eating disorders. -
Ils ont appelé le psychiatre et ont demandé ce qu'ils devaient faire.
They called the psychiatrist and asked what they should do.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Common questions
Is « psychiatre » masculine or feminine?
« psychiatre » works as both. You will see un psychiatre and une psychiatre, with the article carrying the meaning or agreeing with the person being described.
Is it « un psychiatre » or « une psychiatre »?
Both are correct. Use the masculine or the feminine depending on the sense or the person.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.