Is « attraction » masculine or feminine?
« attraction » is feminine. You say l'attraction.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'attraction |
| With the indefinite article | une attraction |
| With the partitive article | de l'attraction |
Plural
The plural is attractions (les attractions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
attraction ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so attraction follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Les éléphants sont l'attraction principale du cirque.
The elephants are the chief attraction at the circus. -
Si tu apprends à faire des tours de cartes tu seras toujours l'attraction de la soirée.
If you learn how to do card tricks you'll always be the life of 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 « attraction » masculine or feminine?
« attraction » is feminine. You say l'attraction.
« l'attraction » hides the gender. Is « attraction » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'attraction » for both genders, but you say une attraction, not un attraction, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.