Is « avion » masculine or feminine?

« avion » is masculine. You say l'avion.

Article forms

With the definite article l'avion
With the indefinite article un avion
With the partitive article de l'avion

Plural

The plural is avions (les avions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Common questions

Is « avion » masculine or feminine?

« avion » is masculine. You say l'avion.

« l'avion » hides the gender. Is « avion » masculine or feminine?

It is masculine. The article shortens to « l'avion » for both genders, but you say un avion, not une avion, and adjectives take the masculine form.


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