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