Is « excitation » masculine or feminine?
« excitation » is feminine. You say l'excitation.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'excitation |
| With the indefinite article | une excitation |
| With the partitive article | de l'excitation |
Plural
The plural is excitations (les excitations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
excitation ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so excitation follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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L'excitation a atteint son paroxysme.
The excitement reached its peak. -
Les enfants ne pouvaient contenir leur excitation.
The children couldn't contain their excitement. -
L'excitation n'est pas du tout la même chose que la colère.
Getting excited is not at all the same as getting angry.
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 « excitation » masculine or feminine?
« excitation » is feminine. You say l'excitation.
« l'excitation » hides the gender. Is « excitation » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'excitation » for both genders, but you say une excitation, not un excitation, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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