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.
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.