Is « adaptation » masculine or feminine?
« adaptation » is feminine. You say l'adaptation.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'adaptation |
| With the indefinite article | une adaptation |
| With the partitive article | de l'adaptation |
Plural
The plural is adaptations (les adaptations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
adaptation ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so adaptation 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 « adaptation » masculine or feminine?
« adaptation » is feminine. You say l'adaptation.
« l'adaptation » hides the gender. Is « adaptation » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'adaptation » for both genders, but you say une adaptation, not un adaptation, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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