Is « malédiction » masculine or feminine?

« malédiction » is feminine. You say la malédiction.

Article forms

With the definite article la malédiction
With the indefinite article une malédiction
With the partitive article de la malédiction

Plural

The plural is malédictions (les malédictions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

malédiction ends in -tion. Nouns ending in -tion are usually feminine, so malédiction 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 « malédiction » masculine or feminine?

« malédiction » is feminine. You say la malédiction.

Is it « le malédiction » or « la malédiction »?

It is « la malédiction ». « le malédiction » is incorrect.


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