Is « punition » masculine or feminine?

« punition » is feminine. You say la punition.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

punition ends in -tion. Nouns ending in -tion are usually feminine, so punition follows the pattern. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

In a sentence

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 « punition » masculine or feminine?

« punition » is feminine. You say la punition.

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

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

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