Is « recommandation » masculine or feminine?
« recommandation » is feminine. You say la recommandation.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la recommandation |
| With the indefinite article | une recommandation |
| With the partitive article | de la recommandation |
Plural
The plural is recommandations (les recommandations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
recommandation ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so recommandation follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Il a suivi les recommandations des grands.
He followed the advice of the grown-ups. -
Mon instituteur a écrit une recommandation pour moi.
My teacher wrote a recommendation for me. -
Les recommandations de la commission bi-partisane furent ignorées.
The bipartisan commission's recommendations were ignored.
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 « recommandation » masculine or feminine?
« recommandation » is feminine. You say la recommandation.
Is it « le recommandation » or « la recommandation »?
It is « la recommandation ». « le recommandation » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.