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