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