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