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Determining the gender from the ending

The use of semantics to determine the gender

Compound Nouns

Homographs and Homophones

Plural nouns ending in au, eau, eu, oeu, and ou

Plural nouns ending in al, ail, s, x and z

Plural Compound Nouns

Nouns ending in al, ail, s, x and z

The plural of nouns is generally formed by adding an “s” to the end of of the noun.

Examples:

Singular	Plural
un chien	des chiens
une amie	des amies
un chanteur	des chanteurs
le canard	les canards
la voiture	les voitures

“des” is the plural of the indefinite articles “un” and “une”.
“les” is the plural of the definite article “le” and “la”.

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