Is « organisation » masculine or feminine?

« organisation » is feminine. You say l'organisation.

Article forms

With the definite article l'organisation
With the indefinite article une organisation
With the partitive article de l'organisation

Plural

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

Why the gender

organisation ends in -tion. Nouns ending in -tion are usually feminine, so organisation 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 « organisation » masculine or feminine?

« organisation » is feminine. You say l'organisation.

« l'organisation » hides the gender. Is « organisation » masculine or feminine?

It is feminine. The article shortens to « l'organisation » for both genders, but you say une organisation, not un organisation, and adjectives take the feminine form.


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