Is « fiction » masculine or feminine?
« fiction » is feminine. You say la fiction.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la fiction |
| With the indefinite article | une fiction |
| With the partitive article | de la fiction |
Plural
The plural is fictions (les fictions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
fiction ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so fiction follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Il préfère la poésie à la fiction.
He prefers poetry to fiction. -
La réalité dépasse souvent la fiction.
Truth is often stronger than fiction. -
La réalité est plus étrange que la fiction.
Fact is stranger than fiction.
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 « fiction » masculine or feminine?
« fiction » is feminine. You say la fiction.
Is it « le fiction » or « la fiction »?
It is « la fiction ». « le fiction » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.