Regular Adjectives
The final consonant is usually silent in masculine adjectives
and pronounced in feminine adjectives.
|
| Masculine |
Feminine |
|
| chaud |
chaude |
warm |
| court |
courte |
short |
| droit |
droite |
right |
| fort |
forte |
strong |
| froid |
froide |
cold |
| gris |
grise |
gray |
| haut |
haute |
high |
| laid |
laide |
ugly |
| lourd |
lourde |
heavy |
| mauvais |
mauvaise |
evil |
| parfait |
parfaite |
perfect |
| petit |
petite |
small |
| sourd |
sourde |
deaf |
|
The endings of the following masculine adjectives are nasalized.
The feminine adjecive endings aren't nasalized and the final consonant pronounced.
|
| Masculine |
Feminine |
|
| amusant |
amusante |
amusing |
| content |
contente |
content |
| grand |
grande |
big |
| intelligent |
intelligente |
intelligent |
| intéressant |
intéressante |
interesting |
| méchant |
méchante |
mean |
| lent |
lente |
slow |
| plein |
pleine |
full |
| prochain |
prochaine |
next |
| puissant |
puissante |
powerful |
|
The following masculine and feminine adjectives are pronounced the same despite
different spellings.
|
| bleu |
bleue |
blue |
| clair |
claire |
clear |
| compliqué |
compliquée |
complicated |
| désolé |
désolée |
sorry |
| dur |
dure |
hard |
| égal |
égale |
equal |
| fatigué |
fatiguée |
tired |
| gai |
gaie |
happy |
| joli |
jolie |
pretty |
| noir |
noire |
black |
| poli |
polie |
polite |
| sûr |
sûre |
sure |
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