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Is « attention » masculine or feminine?

« attention » is feminine. You say l'attention.

In English, « attention » means attention; care; (as a warning) watch out.

Article forms

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.

In a sentence

• Il aime l'attention.
  He likes to show off.
• J'ai apprécié l'attention.
  I enjoyed the attention.
• Yanni aimait l'attention.
  Yanni loved attention.

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:

• question
• relation
• situation
• information
• opération
• position
• action
• conversation

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.

Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.