Is « simulation » masculine or feminine?
« simulation » is feminine. You say la simulation.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la simulation |
| With the indefinite article | une simulation |
| With the partitive article | de la simulation |
Plural
The plural is simulations (les simulations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
simulation ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so simulation follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Est-ce une simulation ?
Is this fake? -
Je ne suis pas bon dans la simulation.
I'm not good at pretending. -
La méthode proposée est appliquée à trois études de cas basées sur des simulations.
The proposed method is applied to three simulated case studies.
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 « simulation » masculine or feminine?
« simulation » is feminine. You say la simulation.
Is it « le simulation » or « la simulation »?
It is « la simulation ». « le simulation » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.