Is « intuition » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

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

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

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


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