Is « exposition » masculine or feminine?
« exposition » is feminine. You say l'exposition.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'exposition |
| With the indefinite article | une exposition |
| With the partitive article | de l'exposition |
Plural
The plural is expositions (les expositions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
exposition ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so exposition follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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L'exposition est déjà ouverte.
The exhibition is already open. -
Tu aurais dû voir l'exposition.
You ought to have seen the exhibition. -
L'exposition fut impressionnante.
The exhibition was impressive.
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 « exposition » masculine or feminine?
« exposition » is feminine. You say l'exposition.
« l'exposition » hides the gender. Is « exposition » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'exposition » for both genders, but you say une exposition, not un exposition, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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