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.


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