Is « infraction » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

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

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

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


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