million

Is million masculine or feminine?

lemillion
/lə miljɔ̃/masculine

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -on are usually masculine.
Words ending in -tion, -sion, -son, or -aison follow different rules.
91.9% of -on nouns are masculine
Exceptions

These end in -on too, but they are feminine.

lafaçonlaréunionlaleçonl'opinionlarégion

In context

  • Ses dettes montent à deux millions de dollars.

    His debts amount to two million dollars.

  • Le Canada compte environ 26 millions d'habitants.

    The population of Canada is about 26 million.

  • Zéro, dix, cent, mille, un million, un milliard.

    Zero, ten, one hundred, one thousand, one million, one billion.

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