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Gender of makes, brands of vehicle & machines
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Nouns in French are either masculine or feminine. Unfortunately, there are no easy rules for predicting the gender of a noun. However, it is not necessary to learn all genders by heart as there are certain models that can be used to predict the genre with varying degrees of accuracy. Be careful to remember that there are always exceptions to these models.

Usually, the gender of vehicle or machine brands, like cars, trucks, airplanes, lawnmowers, dishwashers, etc. is the same as the gender of the general name of the vehicle or machine.

Voiture[edit | edit source]

"Une voiture" (car) is feminine, so brands of cars are feminine too:

  • une Citroën
  • une Nissan
  • une Peugeot
  • une Renault
  • une Ford
  • une Fiat

Moto[edit | edit source]

"Une moto" (a motorcycle) is feminine, so brands of motorcycles are feminine too:

  • Une Yamaha
  • Une Honda

Camion[edit | edit source]

"Un camion" (truck) is masculine, so brands of trucks are masculine too:

  • un Foden
  • un Berliet
  • un pickup (sometimes the English names are used)

Avion[edit | edit source]

"Un avion" (an airplane) is masculine, so types of planes are masculine too:

  • Un Airbus A320
  • Un Boeing 747

Cuisinière[edit | edit source]

"Une cuisinière" (cooker) is feminine, so makes of cooker are feminine:

  • une Belling
  • une Arthur Martin

etc.

Gender of Nouns (all lessons)[edit source]


Table of Contents

Nouns


Determiners


Personal and impersonal pronouns


Adjectives


Adverbs


Numbers, measurements, time and quantifiers


Verb forms


Verb constructions


Verb and participle agreement


Tense


The subjunctive, modal verbs, exclamatives and imperatives


The infinitive


Prepositions


Question formation


Relative clauses


Negation


Conjunctions and other linking constructions

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