Is « tiroir » masculine or feminine?

« tiroir » is masculine. You say le tiroir.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« tiroir » is masculine. You say le tiroir.

Is it « la tiroir » or « le tiroir »?

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


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