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<div style="font-size:300%"> Adjective agreement with nouns — Invariable adjectives</div>
<div style="font-size:300%"> Adjective agreement with nouns — Invariable adjectives</div>
A number of adjectives do not change either in relation to gender or to number. It is sometimes argued that these are nouns being used adjectivally.
A number of adjectives do not change either in relation to gender or to number. It is sometimes argued that these are nouns being used adjectivally.
*un pull marron  
*un pull marron  
a brown pullover  
a brown pullover  


*une jupe marron  
*une jupe marron  
a brown skirt  
a brown skirt  


*des chaussures marron
*des chaussures marron
brown shoes
brown shoes


*un carton orange  
*un carton orange  
an orange box  
an orange box  


*une voiture orange  
*une voiture orange  
an orange car   
an orange car   


*des rideaux orange
*des rideaux orange
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*un lecteur de cassettes bon marché
*un lecteur de cassettes bon marché
a cheap cassette player
a cheap cassette player


*une planche à roulettes bon marché
*une planche à roulettes bon marché
a cheap skateboard
a cheap skateboard


*des fruits bon marché
*des fruits bon marché
cheap fruit
cheap fruit


*un pull cerise
*un pull cerise
a cherry pullover
a cherry pullover


*une tapisserie cerise
*une tapisserie cerise
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*des uniformes cerise
*des uniformes cerise
cherry-coloured uniforms


 
==Other invariable adjectives==
Other invariable adjectives:


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==Chic adjective==
NB: chic is invariable for gender but agrees for number:
NB: chic is invariable for gender but agrees for number:
*un tailleur chic
*un tailleur chic

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Adjective agreement with nouns — Invariable adjectives

A number of adjectives do not change either in relation to gender or to number. It is sometimes argued that these are nouns being used adjectivally.


  • un pull marron

a brown pullover


  • une jupe marron

a brown skirt


  • des chaussures marron

brown shoes


  • un carton orange

an orange box


  • une voiture orange

an orange car


  • des rideaux orange

orange curtains


  • un chemisier crème

a cream blouse


  • une jupe crème

a cream skirt


  • des sous-vêtements crème

cream underwear


  • un lecteur de cassettes bon marché

a cheap cassette player


  • une planche à roulettes bon marché

a cheap skateboard


  • des fruits bon marché

cheap fruit


  • un pull cerise

a cherry pullover


  • une tapisserie cerise

cherry-coloured wallpaper

  • des uniformes cerise

cherry-coloured uniforms

Other invariable adjectives

French English
angora angora
baba flabbergasted
bath great
cucu twee
gaga nuts
gnagnan childish, immature
kaki khaki
pop pop
porno pornographic
riquiqui inadequate (too small, too poor etc. depending on context)
rococo rococo
snob snobbish
sympa friendly

Chic adjective

NB: chic is invariable for gender but agrees for number:

  • un tailleur chic

a smart suit

  • une robe chic / des vêtements chics

a smart dress / smart clothes