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Is « évaluation » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

Plural

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

Why the gender

évaluation ends in -tion. Nouns ending in -tion are usually feminine, so évaluation follows the pattern. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

• question
• attention
• relation
• situation
• information
• opération
• position
• action

Common questions

Is « évaluation » masculine or feminine?

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

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

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

Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.