Is « concentration » masculine or feminine?

« concentration » is feminine. You say la concentration.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

concentration ends in -tion. Nouns ending in -tion are usually feminine, so concentration 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 « concentration » masculine or feminine?

« concentration » is feminine. You say la concentration.

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

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


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