Is « sorcier » masculine or feminine?

« sorcier » is masculine. You say le sorcier.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« sorcier » is masculine. You say le sorcier.

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

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


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