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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