| 3.2 Formation of feminine and masculine forms - 2 |
Nouns ending on e do not change the suffix but differentiate only with the article. Here we have a difference between the pattern of nouns and adjectives.
| Examples | ||
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un Russe | une Russe |
| a Russian man | a Russian woman | |
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un Tchèque | une Tchèque |
| a Czech man | a Czech woman | |
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un dentiste | une dentiste |
| a (male) dentist | a (female) dentist | |
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un commissaire | une commissaire |
| a (male) commissioner | a (female) commissioner | |
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un fonctionnaire | une fonctionnaire |
| a (male) civil servant | a (female) civil servant | |
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un journaliste | une journaliste |
| a (male) journalist | a (female) journalist | |
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un ministre | une ministre |
| a (male) minister | a (female) minister | |
Does the noun end on -eur, the feminine form ends on -euse or -rice.
| from - eur to -euse | ||
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le chanteur | la chanteuse |
| the (male) singer | the (female) singer | |
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le coiffeur | la coiffeuse |
| the (male) hairdresser | the woman hairdresser | |
| from -eur to -ice | ||
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l'acteur | l'actrice |
| the actor | the actress | |
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l'ambassadeur | l' ambassadrice |
| the ambassador | the ambassadress | |
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le recteur | la rectrice |
| the principal | the headmistress | |
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l' insituteur | l' institutrice |
| the teacher | the school mistress | |
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