Is « édition » masculine or feminine?

« édition » is feminine. You say l'édition.

Article forms

With the definite article l'édition
With the indefinite article une édition
With the partitive article de l'édition

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« édition » is feminine. You say l'édition.

« l'édition » hides the gender. Is « édition » masculine or feminine?

It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'édition » for both genders, but you say une édition, not un édition, and adjectives take the feminine form.


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