Is « distraction » masculine or feminine?
« distraction » is feminine. You say la distraction.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la distraction |
| With the indefinite article | une distraction |
| With the partitive article | de la distraction |
Plural
The plural is distractions (les distractions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
distraction ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so distraction follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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C'est une distraction.
It's a distraction. -
Il nous faut une distraction.
We need a distraction. -
La tragédie est la distraction des nobles.
Tragedy is the entertainment of the nobles.
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 « distraction » masculine or feminine?
« distraction » is feminine. You say la distraction.
Is it « le distraction » or « la distraction »?
It is « la distraction ». « le distraction » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.