baby-sitter

Is baby-sitter masculine or feminine?

lababy-sitterexception
/la babisitœʁ/femininebabysitter

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -er are usually masculine, but la baby-sitter is feminine.
Baby-sitter is one of the rare exceptions: learn it as it is.
94.6% of -er nouns are masculine
Fellow exceptions

Like baby-sitter, these end in -er but are feminine.

lamerlacuiller

In context

  • J'étais ta baby-sitter quand tu étais enfant.

    I was your babysitter when you were a kid.

  • Est-ce que nous avons une baby-sitter pour ce soir ?

    Do we have a babysitter for tonight?

  • Tu peux me trouver un baby-sitter pour ce soir ?

    Can you find me a babysitter for tonight?

À toi de jouer

Un autre mot ?

POPULAR
le ou latablele ou lavoiturele ou lachocolatle ou laeaule ou lafromagele ou lafleurle ou lalivrele ou lajardin
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