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.
In a sentence
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Tu as la permission d'y aller.
You may go there. -
Ce n'était pas une permission.
It wasn't a permission. -
Tu as la permission de nager.
You may swim.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.