Is « confirmation » masculine or feminine?
« confirmation » is feminine. You say la confirmation.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la confirmation |
| With the indefinite article | une confirmation |
| With the partitive article | de la confirmation |
Plural
The plural is confirmations (les confirmations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
confirmation ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so confirmation follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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J'ai eu la confirmation.
I had the confirmation. -
Je vous ai déjà envoyé la confirmation le 15 du mois.
I already sent you confirmation on the 15th.
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 « confirmation » masculine or feminine?
« confirmation » is feminine. You say la confirmation.
Is it « le confirmation » or « la confirmation »?
It is « la confirmation ». « le confirmation » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.