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.
In a sentence
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Je hais les organisations terroristes.
I hate terrorist organizations. -
Un agent secret infiltra l'organisation.
An undercover operative infiltrated the organization. -
Es-tu également membre de l'organisation ?
Are you also a member of the organization?
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.