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genders - generally feminine - noun endings
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Nouns ending in:
- - tion, sion, son
- - ure
- - ude
- - ade
- - ée
- - té
- - ière
- - ie
- - euse
- - ance, ence
- - most other endings vowel + cons + e: ine, ise, alle, elle, esse, ette
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Masculine nouns - endings
- Nouns ending in:
- - age, ment
- - il, ail, eil, ueil
- - é but not té
- - eau and ou
- - ème, ège
- - i, at, et, and ot
- - er, oir,
- - isme, ing, ard
- - consonants
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three weird rules for feminine nouns
- Three weird ones:- always feminine, no matter gender of person (personne, victime, recrue, connaissance)
- - female animals (chatte, chienne, louve)
- - place names ending in e
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three weird rules for masculine nouns
- - always masculin, whatever gender of person (amateur, auteur, témoin, vainqueur, voyou, certain job titles)
- - male animals: étalon (stallion), cerf (stag), matou (tomcat)
- - names of towns. Also, other place names NOT ending in - e. except le Mexique, le Combodge, le Zimbabwe
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more feminine nouns + 7 exceptions
- - figurative nouns ending in eur derived from an adjective: rougeur, largeur, pâleur, couleur, horreur
- - learn these exceptions: cage, eau, image, merci, page, peau, plage
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more masculine nouns + 10 exceptions
- - nouns ending in eur derived from a verb, people or machines: aspirateur, facteur, ordinateur
- - exceptions: cimetière, episode, espace, intervalle, lycée, magazine, mille, musée, silence, stade
- - verb-nouns. porte-monnaie, pare-brise.
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