French Gender of Nouns - Masculine and Feminine / French Grammar Course Lesson 3

In French, gender of nouns are masculine and feminine. We call it “le genre des noms“. In this lesson, we learn all the rules around French genders and how to change a noun from masculine to feminine, as well as countries. Countries in French have also different genders. 1. The obvious gender The obvious gender in French is when we can guess the gender of the person such as: une femme, un oncle, ... 2. 90% rule 90% of the time, French nouns ending in E will be feminine, nouns ending with another letter will be masculine. 3. Masculine nouns Some specific endings are always masculine in French, such as ACLE, AGE, EU, etc. Days of the week, languages, weights and metrics, English words used in French are always masculine in French. 4. Feminine nouns Some specific endings are always feminine in French, such as ADE, ALE, TION, etc 5. Professions and people French professions change when masculine and feminine. Most of the time, the noun will take an E when femini