Is « vérification » masculine or feminine?

« vérification » is feminine. You say la vérification.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« vérification » is feminine. You say la vérification.

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

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


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