Is « raison » masculine or feminine?
« raison » is feminine. You say la raison.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la raison |
| With the indefinite article | une raison |
| With the partitive article | de la raison |
Plural
The plural is raisons (les raisons). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
raison ends in
-aison. Nouns ending in
-aison are usually feminine,
so raison 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 « raison » masculine or feminine?
« raison » is feminine. You say la raison.
Is it « le raison » or « la raison »?
It is « la raison ». « le raison » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.