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Some, but not all, feminine noun have an 'e' at the end in French. But some masculine words also end with an 'e'.

masculine:

un élève (a pupil)

un glaçon (an ice cube)

feminine:

la liberté (freedom)

une idée (an idea)

une réunion (a meeting)

some masculine nouns are feminised by adding an 'e'

un garçon (a boy) > une garçonne (a tomboy)

un chat (a cat) > un chatte (a female cat)

but the marker 'e' is mostly found when putting adjectives in the feminine:

un grand ... > une grande ...

gris > grise

actif > active

or verbal forms used as adjectives:

couché > couchée

usé > usée

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