Is « sentier » masculine or feminine?

« sentier » is masculine. You say le sentier.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« sentier » is masculine. You say le sentier.

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

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


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