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Nouns in French are either masculine or feminine. Unfortunately, there are no simple rules for predicting the gender of a noun. However, it is not necessary to learn all genders by heart as there are certain rules that can be used to predict the genre with varying degrees of accuracy. Be careful not to forget that there are always exceptions to these models.
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==Names of ships==
The names of ships are usually masculine because the word ship is masculine, e.g. "''Le Normandie''". However, small ships can be feminine eg. "''La Marie-Joseph''" because the corvette (la corvette) and the frigate (la fregate) are feminine.

==Names of Restaurants==
Restaurant names also tend to be masculine, as the restaurant itself is masculine. A restaurant named after a region renowned for its excellent products, such as "La Normandie" (Normandy), will be called "''Le Normandie''".

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* [[Language/French/Grammar/Collective-nouns|Collective nouns]]
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* [[Language/French/Grammar/Intransitive-verbs-and-auxiliary-“être”|Intransitive verbs and auxiliary “être”]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Indirectly-transitive-verbs|Indirectly transitive verbs]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/L’on-VS-on|L’on VS on]]