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Is « conspiration » masculine or feminine?

« conspiration » is feminine. You say la conspiration.

Article forms

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

In a sentence

• C'est une conspiration.
  It's a conspiracy.
• Ce n'est pas une conspiration.
  It's not a conspiracy.
• Sans un instant d'hésitation, ils prirent des mesures draconiennes contre la conspiration.
  Without a moment's hesitation, they took drastic action against the conspiracy.

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:

• question
• attention
• relation
• situation
• information
• opération
• position
• action

Common questions

Is « conspiration » masculine or feminine?

« conspiration » is feminine. You say la conspiration.

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

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

Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.