Is « soir » masculine or feminine?

« soir » is masculine. You say le soir.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« soir » is masculine. You say le soir.

Is it « la soir » or « le soir »?

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


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