Is « impression » masculine or feminine?
« impression » is feminine. You say l'impression.
In English, « impression » means impression; printing.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'impression |
| With the indefinite article | une impression |
| With the partitive article | de l'impression |
Plural
The plural is impressions (les impressions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
impression ends in
-sion. Nouns ending in
-sion are usually feminine,
so impression follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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J'ai l'impression de rêver.
I feel like I'm dreaming. -
J'ai l'impression de renaître.
I feel like I've been reborn. -
J'avais l'impression d'être mort.
I feel dead.
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 « impression » masculine or feminine?
« impression » is feminine. You say l'impression.
« l'impression » hides the gender. Is « impression » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'impression » for both genders, but you say une impression, not un impression, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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