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.
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.