Is « motivation » masculine or feminine?
« motivation » is feminine. You say la motivation.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la motivation |
| With the indefinite article | une motivation |
| With the partitive article | de la motivation |
Plural
The plural is motivations (les motivations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
motivation ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so motivation follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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La motivation est la clé du succès.
Motivation is the key to success. -
La reconnaissance nourrit la motivation.
Recognition fuels motivation. -
La promotion était une motivation pour travailler plus dur.
Promotion was an incentive to harder work.
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 « motivation » masculine or feminine?
« motivation » is feminine. You say la motivation.
Is it « le motivation » or « la motivation »?
It is « la motivation ». « le motivation » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.