Is « augmentation » masculine or feminine?
« augmentation » is feminine. You say l'augmentation.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'augmentation |
| With the indefinite article | une augmentation |
| With the partitive article | de l'augmentation |
Plural
The plural is augmentations (les augmentations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
augmentation ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so augmentation follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
Il exigea une augmentation.
He demanded better pay. -
Je veux une augmentation.
I want a raise. -
Ziri veut une augmentation.
Ziri wants a pay increase.
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Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « augmentation » masculine or feminine?
« augmentation » is feminine. You say l'augmentation.
« l'augmentation » hides the gender. Is « augmentation » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'augmentation » for both genders, but you say une augmentation, not un augmentation, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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