Is « mission » masculine or feminine?

« mission » is feminine. You say la mission.

Article forms

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

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.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

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.


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