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Is « mission » masculine or feminine?

« mission » is feminine. You say la mission.

In English, « mission » means mission.

Article forms

Plural

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

Why the gender

mission ends in -sion. Nouns ending in -sion are usually feminine, so mission follows the pattern. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

In a sentence

• La mission a échoué.
  The mission was a failure.
• La mission était simple.
  The mission was simple.
• Yanni avait une mission.
  Yanni had an assignment.

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:

• impression
• décision
• occasion
• pression
• émission
• vision
• explosion
• version

Common questions

Is « mission » masculine or feminine?

« mission » is feminine. You say la mission.

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

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

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