Is « vibration » masculine or feminine?

« vibration » is feminine. You say la vibration.

Article forms

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

Plural

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

Why the gender

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

« vibration » is feminine. You say la vibration.

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

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


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