Is « injection » masculine or feminine?
« injection » is feminine. You say l'injection.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'injection |
| With the indefinite article | une injection |
| With the partitive article | de l'injection |
Plural
The plural is injections (les injections). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
injection ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so injection follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Je vais vous faire une injection.
I'll give you a shot. -
Le médecin me fit une injection.
The doctor gave me a jab. -
Je dois vous faire une injection.
I need to give you an injection.
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 « injection » masculine or feminine?
« injection » is feminine. You say l'injection.
« l'injection » hides the gender. Is « injection » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'injection » for both genders, but you say une injection, not un injection, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.