Is « rasoir » masculine or feminine?
« rasoir » is masculine. You say le rasoir.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le rasoir |
| With the indefinite article | un rasoir |
| With the partitive article | du rasoir |
Plural
The plural is rasoirs (les rasoirs). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
rasoir ends in
-oir. Nouns ending in
-oir are usually masculine,
so rasoir follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Je me suis coupé avec un rasoir.
I cut myself with a razor. -
Il se rase tous les matins avec un rasoir électrique.
He shaves with an electric razor every morning. -
Yanni utilise le rasoir très soigneusement pour retirer l'autocollant.
Yanni is using the razor blade very carefully to take the sticker off.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « rasoir » masculine or feminine?
« rasoir » is masculine. You say le rasoir.
Is it « la rasoir » or « le rasoir »?
It is « le rasoir ». « la rasoir » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.