Is « invitation » masculine or feminine?
« invitation » is feminine. You say l'invitation.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'invitation |
| With the indefinite article | une invitation |
| With the partitive article | de l'invitation |
Plural
The plural is invitations (les invitations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
invitation ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so invitation 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 « invitation » masculine or feminine?
« invitation » is feminine. You say l'invitation.
« l'invitation » hides the gender. Is « invitation » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'invitation » for both genders, but you say une invitation, not un invitation, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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