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.
Alternative forms. Etymology. Borrowed from French charrette, from Middle French charrete, from Old French charrete, from char + -ete (âdiminutiveâ), from Latin carrus. Sense âwork to meet a deadlineâ from French, probably from architecture students loading their work into a cart (pulled by the youngest member) on the day of an exposition. Noun. Related terms. ^ âcharretteâ in le TrÃ©sor de la langue franÃ§aise informatisÃ© (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). Further reading âcharretteâ in le TrÃ©sor de la langue franÃ§aise informatisÃ© (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).