Is « invention » masculine or feminine?
« invention » is feminine. You say l'invention.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'invention |
| With the indefinite article | une invention |
| With the partitive article | de l'invention |
Plural
The plural is inventions (les inventions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
invention ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so invention follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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C'était une invention.
It was an invention. -
L'abaque est une invention chinoise.
The abacus is a Chinese invention. -
La nécessité est mère de l'invention.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « invention » masculine or feminine?
« invention » is feminine. You say l'invention.
« l'invention » hides the gender. Is « invention » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'invention » for both genders, but you say une invention, not un invention, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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