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.

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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