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.
In a sentence
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Tous les sons sont des vibrations.
All sound is vibration.
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 « 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.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.