sapin

Is sapin masculine or feminine?

lesapin
/lə sapɛ̃/masculinefir

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -in are usually masculine.
(Words ending in -ain, -ein, -oin, -aim, or -uin follow different rules.)
97.4% of -in nouns are masculine
Exceptions

These end in -in too, but they are feminine.

lafin

In context

  • L'enfant grimpa jusqu'au sommet du sapin.

    The child climbed to the top of the fir tree.

  • Mennad a acheté un sapin de Noël coûteux.

    Mennad bought an expensive Christmas tree.

  • À Noël, toutes les familles décorent un sapin.

    At Christmas, all families decorate a fir tree.

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