Is « audition » masculine or feminine?
« audition » is feminine. You say l'audition.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'audition |
| With the indefinite article | une audition |
| With the partitive article | de l'audition |
Plural
The plural is auditions (les auditions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
audition ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so audition follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Elle a perdu l'audition.
She lost her hearing. -
J'ai une audition aujourd'hui.
I have an audition today. -
Comment s'est passée l'audition ?
How did the audition go?
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 « audition » masculine or feminine?
« audition » is feminine. You say l'audition.
« l'audition » hides the gender. Is « audition » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'audition » for both genders, but you say une audition, not un audition, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.