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.
In a sentence
-
Es-tu un sorcier ?
Are you a wizard? -
C'est un sorcier.
This is a sorcerer. -
Les sorciers n'existent pas.
Wizards don't exist.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.