Is « immatriculation » masculine or feminine?

« immatriculation » is feminine. You say l'immatriculation.

Article forms

With the definite article l'immatriculation
With the indefinite article une immatriculation
With the partitive article de l'immatriculation

Plural

The plural is immatriculations (les immatriculations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

immatriculation ends in -tion. Nouns ending in -tion are usually feminine, so immatriculation 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 « immatriculation » masculine or feminine?

« immatriculation » is feminine. You say l'immatriculation.

« l'immatriculation » hides the gender. Is « immatriculation » masculine or feminine?

It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'immatriculation » for both genders, but you say une immatriculation, not un immatriculation, and adjectives take the feminine form.


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