Is « coopération » masculine or feminine?
« coopération » is feminine. You say la coopération.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la coopération |
| With the indefinite article | une coopération |
| With the partitive article | de la coopération |
Plural
The plural is coopérations (les coopérations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
coopération ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so coopération follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Elle plaide en faveur de la coopération.
She advocates for cooperation. -
Seule la coopération peut sauver l’humanité.
Only cooperation can save humanity. -
La coopération est plus efficace que la compétition.
Cooperation is more effective than competition.
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 « coopération » masculine or feminine?
« coopération » is feminine. You say la coopération.
Is it « le coopération » or « la coopération »?
It is « la coopération ». « le coopération » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.