Une salade is a feminine noun in French. There is a hint in the article (une and la are feminine articles, un and le are masculine)
Salt is "sel" in French. This is a masculine noun.
une salade nicoise (fem.)
La salade : feminine
La salade is feminine
une salade nicoise (fem.)
Feminine
its masculine no doubt
Masculine
masculine
feminine
The word "universidad" is feminine in Spanish.
La pizarra is feminine, (el) is masculine, and (la) is feminine.
Une école feminine
it is masculine so El
directeur → masculine directrice→ feminine