Is « implication » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

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

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

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


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