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.
In a sentence
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La lune a fait son apparition.
The moon has come out. -
La lune fait son apparition.
The moon makes its appearance. -
Son apparition a animé la fête.
His appearance animated the party.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
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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