Is « spectateur » masculine or feminine?
« spectateur » is masculine. You say le spectateur.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le spectateur |
| With the indefinite article | un spectateur |
| With the partitive article | du spectateur |
Plural
The plural is spectateurs (les spectateurs). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
spectateur ends in
-teur. Nouns ending in
-teur are usually masculine,
so spectateur 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 « spectateur » masculine or feminine?
« spectateur » is masculine. You say le spectateur.
Is it « la spectateur » or « le spectateur »?
It is « le spectateur ». « la spectateur » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.