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Regular Nouns
Derogation 1
Derogation-2
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Exceptions
Compounds
SUMMURY
Humans
Animals
Proper-nouns
Shortened Forms
Homonyms
1000 frequent nouns
wordpacks
Bibliography
Feminine Exceptions
Feminine exceptions are very few compared to the total number
of feminine nouns and compared to
masculine exceptions
.
Pattern 1: Final CONSONANT letter (about 30 words)
Final letter -x:
voix
(< vox f.) voice,
croix
(< crux f.) cross,
noix
(< nux f.) nuts,
poix
(< pix f.) pitch,
paix
(< pax f.) peace,
perdrix
(< perdix) partridge,
chaux
(< calx f.) lime,
faux
(< falx f.) scythe,
toux
(< tussis f.) cough
Final letter -t:
nuit
(< nox f.) night,
part
/
plupart
(< pars f.) part,
dot
(< dos f.) dowry,
mort
(< mors f.) death,
forêt
(< [silva f.] forestis), (forest),
dent
(< dens f.),
tooth,
gent
(< gens f.) race, kind
Final letter -r:
mer
(< mare, is n.) sea,
cuiller
(< cochlearis f.) spoon,
chair
(< caro f.) flesh,
tour
(< turris f.) tower,
cour
(< curia f.) court
Final letter -is:
oasis
(< Oasis n.),
vis
(< vitis f.) screw,
souris
(< saurex, icis m.) mouse,
fois
(< vices f.) time;
Final letter -in/im:
fin
(< finis m.) end,
faim
(< fames f.) hunger),
main
(< manus f.) hand;
Final letter -f:
clef
(< clavis f.) key,
nef
(< navis f.) nave,
soif
(< sitis f.) thirst;
Pattern 2: Final VOWEL letter (14 words)
Final letter -i:
paroi
(< L.
paries
m.)
partition,
loi
(< L.
lex
f.)
law
,
foi
(< L.
fides
f.)
faith
,
fourmi
(< L.
formica
f.)
ant
,
merci
(< L.
merces
f.)
mercy;
Final letter -u:
glu
(< L.
glus
f.)
glu
e
,
tribu
(< L.
tribus
f.)
trib
e
,
vertu
(< L.
virtus
f.)
virtu
e
,
eau
(< L.
aqua
f.)
water
,
peau
(< L.
pellis
f.)
skin;
Final letter -é:
clé
(< L.
clavis
f.)
key
,
acné
(< Gr.)
acne
,
psyché
(< Gr.)
psyche
Final letter -o:
libido
(< L. libido f.)
libido
Pattern 3: Final VOWEL letter -a (about 50 foreign loanwords)
loanwords from ROMANCE languages
Spanish:
armada, cafétéria, corrida, fiesta, guérilla, marijuana,
turist
a
, vérand
a
,
paella,
peset
a, salsa ;
Exception:
mascara
m. (< Sp.
máscara
f.)
Italian:
chipolata, maestria, marina, mafia, malaria,
tombol
a
,
vendett
a
, vill
a
,
pizza, pizzeria ;
Exception:
opéra
m. (< It.
opera
f.)
Portuguese:
favel
a
, samb
a
;
Latin:
aur
a
, camér
a
, supernov
a
;
Other languages (Russian, Arabic...):
balalaïk
a
, bamboul
a
, barak
a
,
diaspor
a
, djellab
a
, doum
a
,
fatw
a
, harmonic
a
, intelligentsi
a
, Intifad
a
, kip
a
, mazurk
a
,
médin
a
, nomenklatur
a
, noub
a
, paranoï
a
, perestroïk
a
, polk
a
,
razzi
a
, sag
a
, taïg
a
, Tor
ah
, toundr
a
, troïk
a
, vodk
a
;
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ègles internes du genre des noms en français
Edilivre Edition
, Paris, 2009
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