Is « profession » masculine or feminine?
« profession » is feminine. You say la profession.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la profession |
| With the indefinite article | une profession |
| With the partitive article | de la profession |
Plural
The plural is professions (les professions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
profession ends in
-sion. Nouns ending in
-sion are usually feminine,
so profession follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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C'est une profession très exigeante.
It's a very demanding profession. -
Enseigner l'anglais est sa profession.
Teaching English is his profession. -
Quelles sont les professions que tu aimes ?
Which professions do you like?
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 « profession » masculine or feminine?
« profession » is feminine. You say la profession.
Is it « le profession » or « la profession »?
It is « la profession ». « le profession » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.