Is « hallucination » masculine or feminine?
« hallucination » is feminine. You say l'hallucination.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'hallucination |
| With the indefinite article | une hallucination |
| With the partitive article | de l'hallucination |
Plural
The plural is hallucinations (les hallucinations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
hallucination ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so hallucination 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 « hallucination » masculine or feminine?
« hallucination » is feminine. You say l'hallucination.
« l'hallucination » hides the gender. Is « hallucination » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'hallucination » for both genders, but you say une hallucination, not un hallucination, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.