Is « suggestion » masculine or feminine?

« suggestion » is feminine. You say la suggestion.

Article forms

With the definite article la suggestion
With the indefinite article une suggestion
With the partitive article de la suggestion

Plural

The plural is suggestions (les suggestions). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

suggestion ends in -tion. Nouns ending in -tion are usually feminine, so suggestion 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 « suggestion » masculine or feminine?

« suggestion » is feminine. You say la suggestion.

Is it « le suggestion » or « la suggestion »?

It is « la suggestion ». « le suggestion » is incorrect.


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