Is « transmission » masculine or feminine?

« transmission » is feminine. You say la transmission.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« transmission » is feminine. You say la transmission.

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

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


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