Is « fédération » masculine or feminine?
« fédération » is feminine. You say la fédération.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la fédération |
| With the indefinite article | une fédération |
| With the partitive article | de la fédération |
Plural
The plural is fédérations (les fédérations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
fédération ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so fédération follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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La Fédération de Russie vivra.
The Russian Federation will live. -
Le Parti communiste de la Fédération de Russie reste puissant.
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation remains powerful. -
L'océan Pacifique constitue la frontière orientale de la Fédération de Russie.
The Pacific Ocean forms the eastern border of the Russian Federation.
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 « fédération » masculine or feminine?
« fédération » is feminine. You say la fédération.
Is it « le fédération » or « la fédération »?
It is « la fédération ». « le fédération » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.