Is « description » masculine or feminine?
« description » is feminine. You say la description.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la description |
| With the indefinite article | une description |
| With the partitive article | de la description |
Plural
The plural is descriptions (les descriptions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
description ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so description follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
Je n'ai pas vu la description.
I haven't seen the description. -
Elle correspondait à la description.
She matched the description. -
L'homme correspond à la description.
The man fits the description.
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 « description » masculine or feminine?
« description » is feminine. You say la description.
Is it « le description » or « la description »?
It is « la description ». « le description » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.