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French Gender

This page discusses the gender in French. Below is a list of masculine (man) and feminine (woman) words. We picked the most popular ones.

Boy: Le garçon
Girl: La fille
Man: L'homme
Woman: La femme
Father: Le père
Mother: La mère
Brother: Le frère
Sister: La sœur
Actor: L'acteur
Actress: L'actrice
Cat (m): Le chat
Cat (f): La chatte

These examples show a sentence with both genders (masculine or feminine). The list includes the use of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.

He is tall: Il est grand
She is tall: Elle est grande
He is a short man: C'est un homme court
She is a short woman: C'est une femme courte
He is German: Il est allemand
She is German: Elle est allemande
Japanese men are friendly: Les hommes japonais sont aimables
Japanese women are friendly: Les femmes japonaises sont aimables

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