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.

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.


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