Is « révélation » masculine or feminine?
« révélation » is feminine. You say la révélation.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la révélation |
| With the indefinite article | une révélation |
| With the partitive article | de la révélation |
Plural
The plural is révélations (les révélations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
révélation ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so révélation follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
J'ai eu une révélation.
I had a revelation. -
Ce fut une révélation pour moi.
It was a revelation to me. -
L'entreprise est encore sous le coup des révélations.
The company is still smarting from the revelations.
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 « révélation » masculine or feminine?
« révélation » is feminine. You say la révélation.
Is it « le révélation » or « la révélation »?
It is « la révélation ». « le révélation » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.