Masculine and Feminine. In French all nouns have a gender, either masculine or feminine. The articles agree with the nouns they refer too, so they also have a gender. Except for animals and humans, most of the time, gender is arbitrary.A table is feminine (la table), whereas the sun is masculine (le soleil). 1  1.2  Articles:he articles agree with the nouns they refer too, so they also have a gender. Except for animals and humans, most of the time, gender is arbitrary. A table is feminine (la table), whereas the sun is masculine (le soleil). 1  1. 2  Articles:
In French, Ãªtre means: to be. Listen to Ãªtre: (If you have an HTML5 enabled browser, you can listen to the native audio below) This is a word that is used in the GamesForLanguage French Language Game in the following scenes: French 1, Level 2, Scene 1. French 1, Level 1, Scene 1. French 1, Level 3, Scene 6.
1590s, from Middle French esprit spirit, mind, from Old French espirit, from Latin spiritus spirit (see spirit). For initial e-, see especial. Esprit de corps first recorded 1780. French also has the excellent phrase esprit de l'escalier, literally spirit of the staircase, defined in OED as, a retort or remark that occurs to a person after the opportunity to make it has passed..