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What genders can French nouns have?

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masculine or feminine

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a man, a king

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un homme, un roi

Most nouns referring to men and boys are masculine

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a girl, a queen

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une fille, une reine

Most nouns referring to women and girls are feminine

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a male friend, a female friend

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un camarade, une camarade

If the same word is used to refer to males/ females, its gender changes

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a Belgian man, a Belgian woman

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un Belge, une Belge

If the same word is used to refer to males/ females, its gender changes

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a baby

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un bébé

Some words for people have ony one possible gender

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a film star

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une vedette

Some words for people have ony one possible gender

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an Englishman, an Englishwoman

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un Anglais, une Anglaise

Often the ending of French words change when they refer to females

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a prince, a princess

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un prince, une princesse

Often the ending of French words change when they refer to females

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a bull, a cow

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un taureau, une vache

Sometimes the noun changes according to the sex of the animal

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a male dog, a female dog

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un chien, une chienne

The same word + different endings is used according to some animals’ sex

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a fish, a mouse

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un poisson, une souris

Words for some animals do not change according to the animal’s sex

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a bakery

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une boulangerie

In general, words ending in -e are feminine

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a bank

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une banque

In general, words ending in -e are feminine

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an airport

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un aéroport

Words ending in a consonant are generally masculine

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a village

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un village

Words ending in -age are often masculine

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a picture

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une image

Not all words ending in -age are masculine

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a flat

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un appartement

Words ending in -ment are often masculine

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a mirror

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un miroir

Words ending in -oir are often masculine

20
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the tourism

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le tourisme

Words ending in -isme are often masculine

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a present

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un cadeau

Words ending in -eau are often masculine

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the skin

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la peau

Not all words ending in -eau are masculine

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a game

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un jeu

Words ending in -eu are often masculine

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a cabbage

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un chou

Words ending in -ou are often masculine

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# Translate to French the exercise book
le cahier | Words ending in **-ier** are often masculine
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# Translate to French a shop
un magasin | Words ending in **-in** are often masculine
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# Translate to French the end
la fin | Not all words ending in **-in** are masculine
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# Translate to French a mushroom
un champignon | Words ending in **-on** are often masculine
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# Translate to French a house
une maison | Not all words ending in **-on** are masculine
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# Translate to French Monday
le lundi | Days of the week are masculine
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# Translate to French the football
le football | English nouns used in French are masculine
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# Translate to French the luck, chance
la chance | Nouns ending in **-ance** are often feminine
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# Translate to French the silence
le silence | Not all nouns ending in **-ence** are feminine
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# Translate to French a dance
une danse | Nouns ending in **-anse** are often feminine
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# Translate to French the patience
la patience | Nouns ending in **-ence** are often feminine
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# Translate to French the defence
la défense | Nouns ending in **-ense** are often feminine
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# Translate to French a region
une région | Nouns ending in **-ion** are often feminine
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# Translate to French a plane
un avion | Not all nouns ending in **-ion** are feminine
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# Translate to French a speciality
une spécialité | Nouns ending in **-té** are often feminine
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# Translate to French a summer
un été | Not all nouns ending in **-té** are feminine
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# Translate to French a book, a pound
un livre, une livre | A few words have different meanings depending on gender
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# Translate to French the method, the fashion
le mode, la mode | A few words have different meanings depending on gender
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# Translate to French a turn, a tower
un tour, une tour | A few words have different meanings depending on gender

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