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.
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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