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FrGenExceptionsDefs
French Gender Rule Exceptions, Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| la syrah | The only feminine wine! |
| l'antitoxine (f) | Antitoxin |
| l'antisepsie (f) | Antiseptic |
| la garde-robe | Wardrobe, clothes |
| le/la garde-malade | Nurse |
| le/la garde-barrière | Gatekeeper |
| la choucroute | French sauerkraut |
| la dot | Dowry |
| la nuit | Night |
| la forêt | Forest |
| la jument | Mare |
| la dent | Tooth |
| la part | Share, portion, helping |
| la plupart | Most, the greater part |
| la mort | Death |
| la vis | Screw |
| la souris | Mouse |
| la brebis | Ewe, sheep |
| la fois | Time, occasion |
| la foi | Faith |
| la loi | Law |
| la paroi | (Inner) wall, surface, side |
| l'eau (f) | Water |
| la peau | Skin |
| la bru | Daughter-In-Law |
| la vertu | Virtue, chastity; property |
| la tribu | Tribe |
| la fin | End, close; aim, object |
| la main | Hand |
| la chanson | Song |
| la façon | Make, fashioning, way, manner |
| la leçon | Lesson, reading |
| la cour | Court, courtyard |
| la tour | Tower |
| la mer | Sea |
| la chair | Flesh; meat; pulp |
| la soif | Thirst |
| la clef / la clé | Key; wrench |
| la tong | Flip-flop, thong |
| la boum | Party (slang) |
| la perdrix | Partridge |
| la paix | Peace |
| la toux | Cough |
| la chaux | Lime (chemical) |
| la faux | Scythe |
| la choix | Choice, option, selection |
| la photo(graphe) | Photo |
| la dactylo(graphie) | Typing |
| la dynamo(électrique) | Dynamo |
| la météo(rologie) | Meteorology |
| la vodka | Vodka |
| la polka | Polka |
| la saga | Saga |
| la véranda | Veranda, porch |
| l'acné (f) | Acne |
| la rébellion | Rebellion |
| le tison | Ember, smoldering log |
| le poison | Poison |
| le frisson | Shiver, shudder, thrill |
| le poisson | Fish |
| l'unisson (m) | Unison |
| le bastion | Bastion |
| l'avion (m) | Airplane |
| le camion | Truck |
| le fion | Marais-style flan |
| l'ion (m) | Ion |
| le bonheur | Happiness |
| le malheur | Unhappiness |
| l'intérieur (m) | Interior |
| l'extérieur (m) | Exterior |
| l'équateur (m) | Equator |
| le coeur | Heart |
| l'honneur (m) | Honor |
| l'aparté (m) | Aside, private conversation |
| le comité | Committee |
| le traité | Treatise; treaty, agreement |
| le velouté | Softness, velvetiness; creamed soup |
| le pâté | Paté |
| l'image (f) | Image |
| la plage | Beach; surface; area, time period; section; range |
| la page | Page (of a book) |
| la nage | Swimming; rowing; stroke |
| la rage | Fury; mania; violent pain; rabies |
| l'enigme (f) | Enigma |
| la débâcle | Disaster, collapse; landslide (politics) |
| la boucle | Buckle; loop earling; curl, lock |
| la cible | Target; target group |
| la fable | Fable, story; talk/laughingstock (of the town) |
| la table | Table; switchboard; index |
| l'étable (f) | Cattleshed; pigsty |
| la secte | Sect |
| la rixe | Brawl, fight |
| la taxe | Tax, duty; fixed price |
| l'annexe (f) | Annex; appendix (document) |
| l'orthographe (f) | Spelling |
| la Norvège | Norway |
| la tirelire | Piggy bank |
| l'aire (f) | Area; Surface area; Field, sphere; aerie |
| l'affaire (f) | Affair, matter, business |
| la grammaire | Grammar |
| la glaire | Mucus; egg white |
| la circulaire | Circular |
| le verbe | Verbe |
| l'adverbe (m) | Adverbe |
| le charme | Charm, attraction; spell |
| le terme | Term, word; end; deadline (payment) |
| le gendarme | Police officer |
| le cerne | Ring |
| le commerce | Trade, commerce, business |
| le large | Breadth, width, space; open sea |
| le morse | Walrus |
| l'inverse (m) | Inverse, reverse, opposite |
| le monde | World; people, society |
| le dividende | Dividend |
| le mastodonte | Mastodon; Huge, hulking person |
| le ponte | Big shot |
| le glaive | Sword |
| le fleuve | Large river |
| le fauve | Fawn |
| le rêve | Dream, daydream |
| le bagne | Convict; penal colony; hard labor |
| le pagne | Loincloth |
| le peigne | Comb |
| le cygne | Swan |
| le signe | Sign; Gesture; Indication |
| l'insigne (m) | Badge, emblem |
| le vermicelle | Vermicelli |
| l'intervalle (m) | Space, interval |
| le mille | Mile; thousand; bullseye |
| le gorille | Gorilla |
| le bacille | Bacillum |
| le pamplemousse | Grapefruit |
| le mousse (cabin boy, foam) | Cabin boy |
| le/la gosse | Kid, youngster |
| le colosse | Colossus, giant |
| le carosse | Coach, carriage |
| l'abysse (m) | Abyss |
| le squelette | Skeleton |
| le renne | Reindeer |
| le musée | Museum |
| le mausolée | Mausoleum |
| le cimetiére | Cemetary |
| le derriére | Back, rear; backside |
| l'arrière (m) | Rear light |
| le silence | Silence; stillness; secrecy |
| le prince | Prince |
| le sconse / la mouffette | Skunk |
| le suspense | Suspense |
| le foie | Liver |
| le bravache | Bully; swaggerer |
| le pastiche | Pastiche |
| le caniche | Poodle |
| le panache | Plume, tuft; wreath (smoke); antlers (Can); verve |
| le porche | Porch; portal |
| le/la lâche | Coward |
| le murmure | Murmur; whisper |
| le sulfure | Sulfide |
| le parjure | Perjury; perjurer |
| le cyanure | Cyanide |
| le dinosaure | Dinosaur |
| le centaure | Centaur |
| le coude | Elbow; bend |
| l'interlude | (Musical) interlude |
| le prélude | Prelude |
| le doute | Doubt |
| le groupe | Group (persons or objects) |
| le stade | Stadium; stage, phase |
| le jade | Jade |
| le grade | Rank; (university) degree, title; grade (oil) |
| l'espace (m) | Space, outer space; area, room; interval, gap |
| le rapace | Bird of prey |
| le palace | Luxury hotel |
| le pétale | Petal |
| le scandale | Scandal; scene, uproar |
| le drame | Drama; tragedy |
| le pirate | Pirate; crook, swindler; hijacker |
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