Feminine describes the gender of the French word corbeille. The feminine singular noun translates literally as "basket" and often as "recycle bin" or "trash" in English. The pronunciation will be "kor-bey" in Alsatian and Cevenol French.

Masculine describes the gender of the French word objets. The masculine plural noun translates literally as "objects" in English. The pronunciation will be "ob-zheey" in Alsatian and Cevenol French.

"Mon chien" is the correct French phrase. "Mon" is used before masculine nouns to show possession, while "ma" is used before feminine nouns. In this case, "chien" is a masculine noun, so it should be preceded by "mon" rather than "ma."

Feminine describes the gender of the French phrase une règle. The feminine singular phrase translates as "a regulation," "a rule" or, in terms of the measuring instrument, "one ruler" according to English contexts. The pronunciation will be "yoon reg" in Alsatian French and "yoo-nuh reh-gluh" in Provençal French.

The word "baguette" is feminine in French.

"Craie" is a feminine word in French.

Feminine, not masculine, describes the gender of the French word école. The feminine singular noun may be preceded immediately by the feminine singular definite article l'(for la ["the"] before nouns whose spelling begins with a consonant) or by the feminine singular indefinite article une ("one"). The pronunciation will be "ey-kol" in French while the translation will be "school" in English.

Feminine describes the gender of the French word plage. The feminine singular noun in question translates as "beach" in English. The pronunciation will be "plazh" in northern French and "pla-zhuh" in southerly French.

The word "leçon" is feminine in French.

Nouveau and nouvel are the masculine equivalents of the French feminine adjective nouvelle. Context makes clear whether the form, translated as "new" in English, before a word beginning with a consonant (case 1) or a vowel (example 2) suits. The respective pronunciation will be "noo-vo" and "noo-vel" in Alsatian French.

"Margarine" is a feminine noun in French, so it takes the feminine definite article "la" (e.g. la margarine).

In French, the word "qui" is considered to be a masculine term.

The French noun "lunettes de soleil" is feminine.

A feminine noun before a masculine prepositional phrase describes the gender of the French phrase lunettes de soleil. The feminine plural noun lunettes means "glasses" and the masculine possessive singular phrase de soleil "of (the) sun," for a translation as "sunglasses" in English. The pronunciation will be "lyoo-net so-ley" in Alsatian French.

"Instrument" is a masculine word in French.

Feminine describes the gender of the French word chauve-souris. The feminine singular noun, which translates as "bat," with the literal wording of "bald mouse," may be preceded immediately by the feminine singular la since French employs definite articles where English does and does not use "the." The pronunciation will be "(la) shov-soo-ree" in French.

The word whiteboard in French is masculine. It is "un tableau blanc".

The French word "trousse" is feminine.

"Diary" is masculine in French. It is translated as "le journal intime."

"Agenda" is masculine in French.

Règle is a feminine, not a masculine, word in French. The feminine singular noun, which translates as "rule" or "(the instrument) ruler" in English, may be preceded immediately by the feminine singular la since French employs definite articles where English does and does not use "the." The pronunciation will be "(la) reg" in Alsatian French and "(la) reh-gluh" in Provençal French.

To conjugate -er verbs in the present tense in French, remove the -er ending from the infinitive form of the verb to find the stem. Then add the appropriate endings: -e, -es, -e, -ons, -ez, -ent. For example, for the verb "parler" (to speak), the conjugation would be: je parle, tu parles, il/elle parle, nous parlons, vous parlez, ils/elles parlent.

Masculine describes the gender of the French word baladeur. The masculine noun in its singular form translates as "music player" or "Walkman" in English. The pronunciation will be "ba-la-duhr" in French.

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The only words ending with -ou when singular that are ending with -oux when plural: bijou, chou, pou, caillou, genou, joujou and hibou

e.g. un pou / des poux

Some words are ending with -oux at both singular and plural, e.g.: courroux, saindoux

The gender of the French word montre is feminine. The above-mentioned examples represents the singular form of a noun whose translations include "display," "exhibit," "inspection," "show," "timepiece" or "watch" according to context in English. The pronunciation will be "mont" in northerly French and "moh-truh" in southerly French.