Is « opération » masculine or feminine?
« opération » is feminine. You say l'opération.
In English, « opération » means operation.
Article forms
| With the definite article | l'opération |
| With the indefinite article | une opération |
| With the partitive article | de l'opération |
Plural
The plural is opérations (les opérations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
opération ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so opération follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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L'opération a eu lieu hier.
The surgery was yesterday. -
Père va subir une opération.
Father is going to undergo an operation. -
L'opération ne peut attendre.
The operation cannot wait.
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 « opération » masculine or feminine?
« opération » is feminine. You say l'opération.
« l'opération » hides the gender. Is « opération » masculine or feminine?
It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'opération » for both genders, but you say une opération, not un opération, and adjectives take the feminine form.
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