Is « effraction » masculine or feminine?

« effraction » is feminine. You say l'effraction.

Article forms

With the definite article l'effraction
With the indefinite article une effraction
With the partitive article de l'effraction

Plural

The plural is effractions (les effractions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

effraction ends in -tion. Nouns ending in -tion are usually feminine, so effraction follows the pattern. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

Common questions

Is « effraction » masculine or feminine?

« effraction » is feminine. You say l'effraction.

« l'effraction » hides the gender. Is « effraction » masculine or feminine?

It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'effraction » for both genders, but you say une effraction, not un effraction, and adjectives take the feminine form.


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