Is « permission » masculine or feminine?

« permission » is feminine. You say la permission.

Article forms

With the definite article la permission
With the indefinite article une permission
With the partitive article de la permission

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« permission » is feminine. You say la permission.

Is it « le permission » or « la permission »?

It is « la permission ». « le permission » is incorrect.


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