Is « évolution » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

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

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

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


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