Is « convention » masculine or feminine?
« convention » is feminine. You say la convention.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la convention |
| With the indefinite article | une convention |
| With the partitive article | de la convention |
Plural
The plural is conventions (les conventions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
convention ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so convention follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Défiez les conventions.
Defy convention. -
Le Mexique est-il signataire de la convention de Genève ?
Is Mexico a signatory to the Geneva Convention? -
L'art moderne s'est détaché des conventions du XIXe siècle.
Modern art has broken away from nineteenth century conventions.
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 « convention » masculine or feminine?
« convention » is feminine. You say la convention.
Is it « le convention » or « la convention »?
It is « la convention ». « le convention » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.