Is « élection » masculine or feminine?
« élection » is feminine. You say l'élection.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'élection |
| With the indefinite article | une élection |
| With the partitive article | de l'élection |
Plural
The plural is élections (les élections). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
élection ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so élection follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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J'ai remporté l'élection.
I won the election. -
Demain, c'est l'élection.
Tomorrow is the election. -
Tom a gagné les élections.
Tom won the election.
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 « élection » masculine or feminine?
« élection » is feminine. You say l'élection.
« l'élection » hides the gender. Is « élection » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'élection » for both genders, but you say une élection, not un élection, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.