Is « complication » masculine or feminine?

« complication » is feminine. You say la complication.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « complication » masculine or feminine?

« complication » is feminine. You say la complication.

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

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


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