Is « quartier » masculine or feminine?

« quartier » is masculine. You say le quartier.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« quartier » is masculine. You say le quartier.

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

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


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