Ce tissu est fin.

Because tissu is a masculine singular noun in French.

• ce = this before a masculine singular noun
• cette = this before a feminine singular noun
• ces = these

So:

• ce tissu = this fabric
• cette chemise = this shirt
• ces tissus = these fabrics

In Ce tissu est fin, ce is not a pronoun by itself. It is a demonstrative determiner modifying the noun tissu.

So the structure is:

• ce = this
• tissu = fabric
• est = is
• fin = thin/fine

That gives:

• Ce tissu est fin. = This fabric is thin/fine.

You only use c’est when ce stands alone before a verb:

• C’est fin. = It is fine/thin.

But when a noun follows, you use ce + noun:

• ce tissu
• ce livre
• ce mur

With tissu, fin usually means something like:

• thin
• fine
• delicate
• lightweight

The exact English translation depends on context. For fabric, fin often refers to the material being not thick or having a fine texture.

So Ce tissu est fin could mean:

• This fabric is thin.
• This fabric is fine.

If the fabric is expensive or refined, context might push it toward fine. If you are talking about thickness, thin is more natural.

A helpful approximate pronunciation is:

suh tee-SU eh fan
—but that last part is only approximate.

More accurately:

• ce → suh /sə/
• tissu → tee-sy /ti.sy/
• est → eh /ɛ/
• fin → a nasal vowel /fɛ̃/

Important note about fin:

• The n is not pronounced as a full N sound
• Instead, it nasalizes the vowel

So fin is not like English fin. It is closer to feh(n) said through the nose.

Yes, some French adjectives go before the noun, but many go after it.

In Ce tissu est fin, the adjective is not directly attached inside the noun phrase anyway—it comes after est, because it is the predicate adjective:

• Ce tissu = subject
• est = verb
• fin = adjective describing the subject

This is just like English This fabric is thin.

If you put an adjective directly with the noun, many descriptive adjectives like fin usually still go after the noun:

• un tissu fin = a fine/thin fabric

So fin normally comes after tissu.

Because tissu is masculine singular, and adjectives must agree with the noun they describe.

Here:

• masculine singular: fin
• feminine singular: fine
• masculine plural: fins
• feminine plural: fines

Examples:

• Ce tissu est fin. = masculine singular
• Cette étoffe est fine. = feminine singular
• Ces tissus sont fins. = masculine plural

Est is the third-person singular form of être (to be).

Since ce tissu means this fabric, it is a singular subject, so French uses:

• il/elle est
• ce tissu est

So:

• Ce tissu est fin. = This fabric is thin/fine.

If the subject were plural, you would use sont:

• Ces tissus sont fins. = These fabrics are thin/fine.

Yes. Fin has several meanings depending on context.

Common ones include:

• thin or fine for physical things
• refined
• subtle
• sharp or clever in some expressions
• the end as a noun: la fin

But in Ce tissu est fin, the most natural meaning is about the fabric’s texture or thickness.

So even if you know other meanings of fin, the noun tissu tells you how to understand it.

Because ce already functions as the determiner.

In French, you normally use one determiner, not two, before a noun in this kind of structure.

So you say:

• ce tissu = this fabric

Not:

• ce le tissu

Similarly:

• ce livre = this book
• cette maison = this house

The word ce already does the job that this does in English.

Usually fin is the better choice for fabric.

Both fin and mince can relate to thinness, but they are not always interchangeable.

• fin works very naturally for fabric, texture, grain, delicate material
• mince often refers more generally to something thin/slender, especially people, objects, layers, or shapes

For fabric, French speakers commonly prefer fin.

So:

• Ce tissu est fin. = very natural

In standard French, ce can mean both this and that. The distinction often comes from context.

So Ce tissu est fin can mean:

• This fabric is thin
• That fabric is thin

If you want to make the distinction clearer, spoken French often adds -ci or -là:

• Ce tissu-ci est fin. = This fabric here is thin.
• Ce tissu-là est fin. = That fabric there is thin.

So the basic sentence can cover both meanings unless the context needs more precision.