Is « confession » masculine or feminine?
« confession » is feminine. You say la confession.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la confession |
| With the indefinite article | une confession |
| With the partitive article | de la confession |
Plural
The plural is confessions (les confessions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
confession ends in
-sion. Nouns ending in
-sion are usually feminine,
so confession follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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J'ai une confession à faire.
I have a confession to make. -
Ils la forcèrent à la confession.
They forced her to confess. -
Les confessions obtenues par la torture sont en général sans valeur.
Confessions obtained by torture are generally worthless.
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 « confession » masculine or feminine?
« confession » is feminine. You say la confession.
Is it « le confession » or « la confession »?
It is « la confession ». « le confession » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.