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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