Is « invasion » masculine or feminine?

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

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

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

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

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


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