Is « réputation » masculine or feminine?
« réputation » is feminine. You say la réputation.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la réputation |
| With the indefinite article | une réputation |
| With the partitive article | de la réputation |
Plural
The plural is réputations (les réputations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
réputation ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so réputation follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
Ziri a une réputation douteuse.
Ziri has a questionable reputation. -
J'ai une réputation à maintenir.
I have a public image to uphold. -
Il a la réputation d'être un coureur de jupons.
He has a reputation for being a skirt chaser.
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 « réputation » masculine or feminine?
« réputation » is feminine. You say la réputation.
Is it « le réputation » or « la réputation »?
It is « la réputation ». « le réputation » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.