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.
In a sentence
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C'est une invasion.
It is an invasion. -
Ce livre traite de l'invasion des Romains.
This book deals with the invasion of the Romans. -
La France et l'Angleterre se joignirent à l'invasion.
France and Britain joined the invasion.
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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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