Is « situation » masculine or feminine?
« situation » is feminine. You say la situation.
In English, « situation » means situation.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la situation |
| With the indefinite article | une situation |
| With the partitive article | de la situation |
Plural
The plural is situations (les situations). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
situation ends in
-tion. Nouns ending in
-tion are usually feminine,
so situation follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
La situation empira.
The situation worsened. -
Je gère la situation.
I'm handling the situation. -
La situation est grave.
The situation is grave.
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 « situation » masculine or feminine?
« situation » is feminine. You say la situation.
Is it « le situation » or « la situation »?
It is « la situation ». « le situation » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.