Is « vin » masculine or feminine?
« vin » is masculine. You say le vin.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le vin |
| With the indefinite article | un vin |
| With the partitive article | du vin |
Plural
The plural is vins (les vins). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
vin ends in
-in. Nouns ending in
-in are usually masculine,
so vin follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
J'ai bu du vin.
I drank some wine. -
Est-ce un vin ?
Is this a wine? -
Est-ce du vin ?
Is this wine?
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 « vin » masculine or feminine?
« vin » is masculine. You say le vin.
Is it « la vin » or « le vin »?
It is « le vin ». « la vin » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.