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