For people and animals, the grammatical gender of a noun usually corresponds to the biological gender of the object it defines.
French
English
Une mère.
A mom.
Grammatical Gender of Nouns
Rule 1: The basic form of the noun is always masculine. To obtain the feminine form of the noun, we add an -e.
French
English
un ami (m) - une amie (f)
a friend
Irregularities
Rule 2: A spelling change is often necessary when changing the form of the noun.
French
English
un boulanger (m) - une boulangère (f)
a baker
un serveur (f) - une serveuse (m)
a waiter/waitress
un directeur (m) - une directrice (f)
a director
un tigre (m) - une tigresse (f)
a tiger
Quiz
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Create the feminine form of the word chat (cat)
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correct answers.