Is « intervention » masculine or feminine?
« intervention » is feminine. You say l'intervention.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'intervention |
| With the indefinite article | une intervention |
| With the partitive article | de l'intervention |
Plural
The plural is interventions (les interventions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
intervention ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so intervention follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Ce fut une intervention divine.
It was a divine intervention. -
Tom a décidé de subir l'intervention.
Tom has decided to have the surgery. -
Tom a subi une intervention chirurgicale.
Tom underwent surgery.
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Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « intervention » masculine or feminine?
« intervention » is feminine. You say l'intervention.
« l'intervention » hides the gender. Is « intervention » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'intervention » for both genders, but you say une intervention, not un intervention, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.