Is « révolution » masculine or feminine?

« révolution » is feminine. You say la révolution.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

révolution ends in -tion. Nouns ending in -tion are usually feminine, so révolution 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 « révolution » masculine or feminine?

« révolution » is feminine. You say la révolution.

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

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


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