Is « installation » masculine or feminine?
« installation » is feminine. You say l'installation.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'installation |
| With the indefinite article | une installation |
| With the partitive article | de l'installation |
Plural
The plural is installations (les installations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
installation ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so installation 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 « installation » masculine or feminine?
« installation » is feminine. You say l'installation.
« l'installation » hides the gender. Is « installation » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'installation » for both genders, but you say une installation, not un installation, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.