Is « illusion » masculine or feminine?
« illusion » is feminine. You say l'illusion.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'illusion |
| With the indefinite article | une illusion |
| With the partitive article | de l'illusion |
Plural
The plural is illusions (les illusions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
illusion ends in
-sion. Nouns ending in
-sion are usually feminine,
so illusion follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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La vie est une illusion.
Life is an illusion. -
L'illusion est parfaite.
The illusion is perfect. -
L'illusion fut parfaite.
The illusion was perfect.
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 « illusion » masculine or feminine?
« illusion » is feminine. You say l'illusion.
« l'illusion » hides the gender. Is « illusion » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'illusion » for both genders, but you say une illusion, not un illusion, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.