génération

Is génération masculine or feminine?

lagénération
/la ʒeneʁasjɔ̃/femininegeneration

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -tion are feminine.
The suffix forms abstract nouns of action or state.
99.8% of -tion nouns are feminine
Exceptions

These end in -tion too, but they are masculine.

lebastion

In context

  • La culture se transmet de génération en génération.

    Culture is handed down from generation to generation.

  • Elle appartient à la nouvelle génération du rock.

    She belongs to the new generation of rock.

  • Un père et son fils représentent deux générations.

    A father and son represent two generations.

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Un autre mot ?

POPULAR
le ou latablele ou lavoiturele ou lachocolatle ou laeaule ou lafromagele ou lafleurle ou lalivrele ou lajardin
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