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Nouns with genders which English speakers often get wrong
The following nouns are masculine:
| French | English |
| le caractère | character/temperament |
| le choix | choice |
| le crime | crime |
| l'espace | space |
| l'exode | exodus |
| le groupe | group |
| un légume | a vegetable |
| le manque | lack, lacuna |
| le mérite | merit |
| un parachute | a parachute |
| un parapluie | an umbrella |
| le silence | silence |
NB: espace is feminine when it means 'a space in printing'.
The following nouns are feminine:
| French | English |
| une croix | a cross |
| une espèce | a type, kind |
| la fin | the end |
| une forêt | a forest |
| une noix | a nut |
| une vis | a screw |