Noms et adjectifs : Formes féminines irrégulières
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Most French nouns and adjectives become feminine with the addition of -e, but there are some exceptions. Some irregular adjectives and nouns require an additional spelling change, depending on the final letter(s) of the word.
| Par exemple… | |||
| c | > | che | |
| franc | franche | (adj) frank | |
| c | > | que | |
| public | publique | (adj) public | |
| er | > | ère | |
| un jardinier | une jardinière | (noun) gardener | |
| cher | chère | (adj) expensive | |
| et | > | ète | |
| secret | secrète | (adj) secret | |
| eur | > | euse | |
| un chanteur | une chanteuse | (noun) singer | |
| heureux | heureuse | (adj) happy | |
| eur | > | rice | |
| un traducteur | une traductrice | (noun) translator | |
| migrateur | migratrice | (adj) migratory | |
| eux | > | euse | |
| heureux | heureuse | (adj) happy | |
| f | > | ve | |
| naïf | naïve | (adj) naive | |
| g | > | gue | |
| long | longue | (adj) long | |
| gu | > | güe, guë | |
| aigu | aigüe, aiguë | (adj) acute | |
| l | > | lle | |
| formel | formelle | (adj) formal | |
| n | > | nne | |
| un patron | une patronne | (noun) boss | |
| mignon | mignonne | (adj) cute | |
| s | > | sse | |
| bas | basse | (adj) low | |
| t | > | tte | |
| un chat | une chatte | (noun) cat | |
| net | nette | (adj) neat, tidy | |
Conseil concis
-c and -eur have two different feminine endings, but that doesn’t mean you can choose which one to use. Each noun and adjective requires a specific feminine ending – you can find out the correct one for your word in the dictionary.
The location of the tréma on -gu is in flux. The feminine was originally spelled -guë and this is still very common, even though the spelling was officially changed to -güe in 1990.
French nouns and adjectives
- Introduction to nouns
- Introduction to adjectives
- Irregular feminine forms
- Irregular plurals
- Irregular adjectives (beau, fou, mou, nouveau, vieux)
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