Is « combinaison » masculine or feminine?
« combinaison » is feminine. You say la combinaison.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la combinaison |
| With the indefinite article | une combinaison |
| With the partitive article | de la combinaison |
Plural
The plural is combinaisons (les combinaisons). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
combinaison ends in
-aison. Nouns ending in
-aison are usually feminine,
so combinaison follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Quelle est la combinaison du coffre ?
What's the combination for the safe? -
Je ne me souviens pas de la combinaison.
I can't remember the combination. -
La combinaison est la poésie des échecs.
The combination is the poetry of chess.
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 « combinaison » masculine or feminine?
« combinaison » is feminine. You say la combinaison.
Is it « le combinaison » or « la combinaison »?
It is « la combinaison ». « le combinaison » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.