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.

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.


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