Is « libération » masculine or feminine?
« libération » is feminine. You say la libération.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la libération |
| With the indefinite article | une libération |
| With the partitive article | de la libération |
Plural
The plural is libérations (les libérations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
libération ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so libération follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Elle lutte pour la libération des indigènes opprimés.
She is fighting for the liberation of the oppressed natives. -
La société ne peut jamais être libre sans la libération des femmes.
A society can never be free without women's liberation.
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 « libération » masculine or feminine?
« libération » is feminine. You say la libération.
Is it « le libération » or « la libération »?
It is « la libération ». « le libération » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.