Is « vaccin » masculine or feminine?

« vaccin » is masculine. You say le vaccin.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« vaccin » is masculine. You say le vaccin.

Is it « la vaccin » or « le vaccin »?

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


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