Is « comparaison » masculine or feminine?

« comparaison » is feminine. You say la comparaison.

Article forms

With the definite article la comparaison
With the indefinite article une comparaison
With the partitive article de la comparaison

Plural

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

Why the gender

comparaison ends in -aison. Nouns ending in -aison are usually feminine, so comparaison follows the pattern. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

In a sentence

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 « comparaison » masculine or feminine?

« comparaison » is feminine. You say la comparaison.

Is it « le comparaison » or « la comparaison »?

It is « la comparaison ». « le comparaison » is incorrect.


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