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|French | |||
|English | |||
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|un/une adulte | |||
|an adult | |||
|- | |||
|un/une adversaire | |||
|an adversary | |||
|- | |||
|un/une artiste | |||
|an artist | |||
|- | |||
|un/une bibliothécaire | |||
|a librarian | |||
|- | |||
|un/une camarade | |||
|a comrade | |||
|- | |||
|un/une célibataire | |||
|a bachelor/spinster (an unmarried person) | |||
|- | |||
|un/une chimiste | |||
|a chemist (scientist) | |||
|- | |||
|un/une collègue | |||
|a colleague | |||
|- | |||
|un/une compatriote | |||
|a compatriot | |||
|- | |||
|un/une complice | |||
|an accomplice | |||
|- | |||
|un/une concierge | |||
|a porter | |||
|- | |||
|un/une convive | |||
|a guest | |||
|- | |||
|un/une dentiste | |||
|a dentist | |||
|- | |||
|un/une élève | |||
|a (school) pupil | |||
|- | |||
|un/une enfant | |||
|a child | |||
|- | |||
|un/une esclave | |||
|a slave | |||
|- | |||
|un/une fonctionnaire | |||
|a civil servant | |||
|- | |||
|un/une gosse | |||
|a kid (a word for a child in informal French) | |||
|- | |||
|un/une interprète | |||
|an interpreter | |||
|- | |||
|un/une journaliste | |||
|a journalist | |||
|- | |||
|un/une libraire | |||
|a bookseller | |||
|- | |||
|un/une locataire | |||
|a tenant | |||
|- | |||
|un/une malade | |||
|a person who is ill | |||
|- | |||
|un/une partenaire | |||
|a partner | |||
|- | |||
|un/une patriote | |||
|a patriot | |||
|- | |||
|un/une pensionnaire | |||
|a boarder (as in boarding school) | |||
|- | |||
|un/une philosophe | |||
|a philosopher | |||
|- | |||
|un/une photographe | |||
|a photographer | |||
|- | |||
|un/une pianiste | |||
|a pianist | |||
|- | |||
|un/une pique-assiette | |||
|a sponger | |||
|- | |||
|un/une secrétaire | |||
|a secretary | |||
|- | |||
|un/une touriste | |||
|a tourist | |||
|} | |||
*NB: pupille meaning 'pupil of the eye' is feminine only. In set expressions such as pupille de la Nation, pupille de l'Etat the noun refers to a child whose education is paid for by the state. With this meaning pupille may be masculine or feminine according to the sex of the child. | *NB: pupille meaning 'pupil of the eye' is feminine only. In set expressions such as pupille de la Nation, pupille de l'Etat the noun refers to a child whose education is paid for by the state. With this meaning pupille may be masculine or feminine according to the sex of the child. | ||
Revision as of 14:34, 11 October 2021
Nouns which refer both to males and to females
Some nouns can refer either to males or to females simply by changing the determiner from masculine to feminine:
| French | English |
| un/une adulte | an adult |
| un/une adversaire | an adversary |
| un/une artiste | an artist |
| un/une bibliothécaire | a librarian |
| un/une camarade | a comrade |
| un/une célibataire | a bachelor/spinster (an unmarried person) |
| un/une chimiste | a chemist (scientist) |
| un/une collègue | a colleague |
| un/une compatriote | a compatriot |
| un/une complice | an accomplice |
| un/une concierge | a porter |
| un/une convive | a guest |
| un/une dentiste | a dentist |
| un/une élève | a (school) pupil |
| un/une enfant | a child |
| un/une esclave | a slave |
| un/une fonctionnaire | a civil servant |
| un/une gosse | a kid (a word for a child in informal French) |
| un/une interprète | an interpreter |
| un/une journaliste | a journalist |
| un/une libraire | a bookseller |
| un/une locataire | a tenant |
| un/une malade | a person who is ill |
| un/une partenaire | a partner |
| un/une patriote | a patriot |
| un/une pensionnaire | a boarder (as in boarding school) |
| un/une philosophe | a philosopher |
| un/une photographe | a photographer |
| un/une pianiste | a pianist |
| un/une pique-assiette | a sponger |
| un/une secrétaire | a secretary |
| un/une touriste | a tourist |
- NB: pupille meaning 'pupil of the eye' is feminine only. In set expressions such as pupille de la Nation, pupille de l'Etat the noun refers to a child whose education is paid for by the state. With this meaning pupille may be masculine or feminine according to the sex of the child.