One example would be vase.
"Un vase" is a vase, used for holding flowers.
"La vase" is the fine mud found at the bottom of rivers.
This is unusual because the change of gender completely alters the meaning.
The word "eleve" can be masculine or feminine according to the gender of the student concerned, but it is always a student.
Feminine
verbs have no gender in French. Only nouns and adjectives can be masculine or feminine.
Oeuf is a French word. It is masculine.
masculine : un porc
China is la Chine (feminine noun), in French.
The French have feminine and masculine words for African: africain (noun or adjective, masculine) and africaine (noun or adjective, feminine).
In French, the word "douce" is feminine. This can be determined by looking at the ending of the word, with the "e" at the end indicating it is feminine. In French, nouns and adjectives have gender, with feminine words typically ending in "e" and masculine words often ending in consonants.
Feminine
Bicyclette is feminine. In words ending in "ette" in French, are feminine.
une dent is a feminine noun in French.
Words ending '-ion' are always feminine.
Roughly 60% of French words are masculine, while the remaining 40% are feminine.
masculine
La salade is feminine
masculine
Feminine
feminine