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Bonjour! French learners 😀 | |||
Nouns in French are either masculine or feminine. Unfortunately, there is no easy rules for predicting the gender of a noun. | |||
Here is a list of French names that refer to either men or women simply by changing the determinant from masculine to feminine: | |||
Please write a comment below if you know of other similar nouns! 👌 | |||
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Nouns which refer both to males and to females
Bonjour! French learners 😀
Nouns in French are either masculine or feminine. Unfortunately, there is no easy rules for predicting the gender of a noun.
Here is a list of French names that refer to either men or women simply by changing the determinant from masculine to feminine:
Please write a comment below if you know of other similar nouns! 👌
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.