Is « considération » masculine or feminine?
« considération » is feminine. You say la considération.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la considération |
| With the indefinite article | une considération |
| With the partitive article | de la considération |
Plural
The plural is considérations (les considérations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
considération ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so considération follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Je lui pardonnerai en vertu de la considération que je vous porte.
I will forgive him out of consideration for you. -
Dans toute décision que l'on prend il y a une considération d'options.
In any decision one makes there is a weighing of options. -
Merci d'avance pour toute la considération que vous porterez à notre requête.
Thank you very much for the consideration you will give to our request.
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 « considération » masculine or feminine?
« considération » is feminine. You say la considération.
Is it « le considération » or « la considération »?
It is « la considération ». « le considération » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.