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