Is « information » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

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

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

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


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