Is « démission » masculine or feminine?
« démission » is feminine. You say la démission.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la démission |
| With the indefinite article | une démission |
| With the partitive article | de la démission |
Plural
The plural is démissions (les démissions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
démission ends in
-sion. Nouns ending in
-sion are usually feminine,
so démission follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Ils exigèrent la démission du président.
They demanded that the president resign. -
Le maire va annoncer sous peu sa démission.
The mayor will shortly announce his decision to resign. -
Le ministre a fini par remettre sa démission.
The cabinet minister ended up submitting his resignation.
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 « démission » masculine or feminine?
« démission » is feminine. You say la démission.
Is it « le démission » or « la démission »?
It is « la démission ». « le démission » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.