Is « obsession » masculine or feminine?
« obsession » is feminine. You say l'obsession.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'obsession |
| With the indefinite article | une obsession |
| With the partitive article | de l'obsession |
Plural
The plural is obsessions (les obsessions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
obsession ends in
-sion. Nouns ending in
-sion are usually feminine,
so obsession follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Tu es mon obsession.
You are my obsession. -
Je ne comprends pas cette obsession que tu as.
I don't understand this obsession of yours.
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 « obsession » masculine or feminine?
« obsession » is feminine. You say l'obsession.
« l'obsession » hides the gender. Is « obsession » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'obsession » for both genders, but you say une obsession, not un obsession, and adjectives take the feminine form.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.