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.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

question
attention
relation
situation
information
opération
position
action

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.

Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.