Is « intrusion » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

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

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

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


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