LIST OF THE NOUNS OF DOUBLE GENDER EXISTING IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE.
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Aide { m., a male assistant.
{ f., a female assistant; aid, help, succor.
Aigle { m., male eagle.
{ f., she-eagle; standard, eagle.
Ange { m., angel; (artil.) chain-shot, bar-shot; angel-shot; (ich.) angel-fish.[1]
{ f., not used.
Apologétique { m., Tertullian’s treatise in defense of the early Christians.
{ f., apologetics, a part of theology.
Armadille { m., wood-louse.
{ f., armadilla, Spanish fleet to defend Spain’s possessions in the New World; Spanish frigate belonging to this fleet.
Asclépiade { m., (ancient poet.) asclepiad.
{ f., (bot.) asclepias, swallow-wort.
Aune { m., alder tree.
{ f., obsolete French measure = one ell.
Barbe { m., Barbary horse.
{ f., beard.
Barde { m., a bard, Celtic poet.
{ f., a thin slice, a rasher of bacon.
Basque { m., Biscayan; Basque (nation and language).
{ f., flap, skirt, tail, of a coat, or any other garment.
Bourgogne { m., Burgundy (wine).
{ f., Burgundy (province).
Brie { m., Brie (cheese).
{ f., Brie (province); rolling-pin.
Bulbe { m., (anat.) bulb.
{ f.,[2](bot.) bulb.
Câpre[3] { m., ☉pirate; privateer; piratical ship.
{ f., (bot.) caper.
Carpe { m., wrist.
{ f., (ich.) carp.
Cartouche { m., (arch.) cartouch, modillion.
{ f., cartridge for small firearms.
Caustique { m., (med.) caustic.
{ f., (geom., phys.) caustic curve.
Champagne { m., Champagne (wine).
{ f., Champagne (province).
Chorée { m., choreus, choree, trochee.
{ f., (med.) chorea, St. Vitus’ dance.
Cinquième { m., the fifth part; pupil in the 5th form in public schools.
{ f., 5th form in public schools.
Cistophore { m., (antiq.) Asiatic coin marked with a cist.
{ f., (antiq.) a female cist-bearer in the feast of Ceres and Bacchus.
Claque { m. opera hat.
{ f., flap, slap, smack; (thea.) claque, paid clappers.
Cloaque { m., sink, receptacle of filth; filthy, dirty place; filthy person; (anat.) cloaca.
{ f., (Roman antiq.) common sewer.
Coche { m., barge for the conveyance of travelers, track-boat, coach.
{ f., sow, she-pig; notch, nick, indentation.
Connétable { m., High-Constable.
{ f., High-Constable’s wife.
Contumace { m., a man guilty of contumacy (jur.).
{ f., contumacy.
Cornette { m., cornet, ensign-bearer (cavalry).
{ f., cornet, mob-cap; (milit.) colors of a company of cavalry; cornetcy; (nav.) broad pendant.
Cosaque { m., Cossack.
{ f., Cossack dance.
Cosmétique { m., cosmetic.
{ f., the art of using cosmetics.
Cotte { m., (ich.) bull-head, miller’s-thumb.
{ f., ☉petticoat. — d’armes; coat of arms. — de mailles; coat of mail. — morte; property left by a deceased monk.
Couple { m., a married pair, husband and wife.
{ f., a brace, two.
Cravate { m., Croatian horse; ☉trooper of light cavalry regiments which bore the same name.
{ f., cravat, necktie, neckcloth.
Crêpe { m., crape.
{ f., pancake.
Critique { m., a critic.
{ f., criticism.
Custode { m., warden.
{ f., cloth to cover the pyx in which the Host is kept; curtain of the high altar; ☉curtain.
Décime { m., copper coin worth 10 centimes, the tenth part of a franc; a war tax.
{ f., tithe formerly levied on ecclesiastical revenues; pl., tax paid formerly to the king by the holders of benefices.
Dentale { m., (conch,) dentalium, dental, tooth-shell.
{ f., dental, dental consonant.
Didactique { m., didactic language, didactic style.
{ f., the art of teaching.
Dixième { m., the tenth part; a tax.
{ f., (mus.) tenth.
Ébène[4] { m., not used.
{ f., ebony, ebon; (fig.) black color.
Écho { m., echo.
{ f., Echo (nymph).
Élève { m., male pupil, school-boy.
{ f., female pupil, school-girl; breeding of horses, cattle, etc.
Enseigne { m., ensign, standard-bearer.
{ f., sign-board.
Éphémère { m., (ent.) ephemera, ephemeran, day-fly, May-fly.
{ f., spider-wort, tradescantia virginica.
Espace { m., space, distance, interval.
{ f., (print.) space, metallic plate to separate words.
Exemple { m., example.
{ f., writing-copy.
Faune { m., faun (myth.).
{ f., fauna.
Faux { m., forgery, falsehood.
{ f., scythe.
Fin { m., sharp, astute man; gist, main point; (metal.) pure metal.
{ f., end, termination; aim, object, view, design, intention.
Finale { m., (mus.) finale.
{ f., (gram.) final letter or syllable.
Flasque { m., cheek (of a gun-carriage).
{ f., powder-flask, powder-horn; (nav.) whelp (of the capstan); board (of bellows).
Follicule { m., (anat., bot.) follicle.
{ f., [5]small sheet of paper; (pharm.) pod of senna.
Foret[6] { m., drill (to bore holes).
{ f., forest.
Foudre { m., (st.e.) thunder-bolt, lightning; (paint., sculpt.) thunder-bolt, Jupiter’s attribute; (fig.) irresistible eloquence; great general, orator, hero; divine anger, vengeance; fulmination of excommunication, etc.; artillery, mines, war; (poet.) catastrophe, destruction. A tun (cask).
{ f., thunder-bolt, lightning; (fig.) divine anger, vengeance; fulmination of excommunication, etc.; superior eloquence; artillery, mines, etc.
Fourbe { m., knave.
{ f., deceit, craftiness.
Garde { m., a guard, a keeper.
{ f., guarding, guard; watching; keeping.
Garde-robe { m., lady’s apron.
{ f., wardrobe; (bot.) artemisia.
Geste { m., gesture, action, movement. pl., ☉great deeds of generals, princes, etc.
{ f., poem in old French.
Givre { m., hoar frost, rime.
{ f., (her.) snake, serpent, wyvern.
Grave { m., (phys.) body, heavy body; (lit.) grave style; (mus.) flat; wine made at Grave (France).
{ f., shore, beach (Newfoundland);
{ pl., gravelly and clayey soil in the department of Gironde (France).
Greffe { m., record-office of a court of justice.
{ f., graft.
Grêle { m., nut-coal.
{ f., hail; (med.) chalazion, grando, hailstone.
Guérilla { m., guerilla-soldier.
{ f., guerilla, small army of irregulars.
Guide { m., a guide.
{ f., rein.
Havane { m., Havana (cigar).
{ f., Havana (town).
Hymne { m., ode, hymn.
{ f., hymn (church).
Inde { m., indigo, indigo blue; logwood.
{ f., India.
Interligne { m., space between printed or written lines; space between the lines of the stave (mus.).
{ f., (print.) lead, metallic plate to separate lines.
Jujube { m., the extract of jujube (fruit).
{ f., [7]jujube (fruit).
Laque { m., lacker, lacquer.
{ f., lac, lake, gum-lake.
Lepte { m., (ent.) leptus, wheal-worm, harvest-bug.
{ f., (bot.) a triphyllous plant of the order celastraceæ.
Lévite { m., Levite.
{ f., surtout, overcoat.
Liquide { m., a liquid.
{ f., (gram.) liquid, liquid consonant.
Litre { m., liter, French measure of capacity, less than a quart.
{ f., band of black cloth bearing the coat of arms of a deceased person, and hung in church at his funeral.
Livre { m., book.
{ f., pound (weight, money).
Louche { m., ambiguity; equivocalnees; underhand dealing.
{ f., soup-ladle.
Loutre { m., ☉a hat, a muff, etc., made of otter-skin or hair.
{ f., otter.
Maheutre { m., (French hist.) Protestant soldier.
{ f., a sleeve that was formerly worn, and did not reach further than the elbow.
Manche { m., handle of a tool, a knife, etc.
{ f., sleeve; the English Channel.
Manœuvre { m., day-laborer; bricklayer’s journeyman; (fig.) bungler; crafty person.
{ f., (milit., nav.) maneuver; running rigging, cordages of a ship.
Marengo { m., Oxford gray (color).
{ f., (cook.) marengo (sauce for fowl).
Maroufle { m., ragamuffin, lout, rascallion, clodhopper.
{ f., (paint.) lining-paste.
Martyre { m., martyrdom.
{ f., a female martyr.
Masque { m., a mask.
{ f., ☉ugly woman, ugly girl.
Mémoire { m., memorandum; memoir; bill (of large amount).
{ f., the memory.
Merci { m., thanks.
{ f., mercy, grace, benevolence, favor.
Mestre de Camp { m., ☉colonel; general.
{ f., ☉the 1st company of a regiment.
Minime { m., minim, Franciscan monk.
{ f., ☉(mus.) minim.
Mobile { m., mover, spring, motive power; motive; soldier in the garde mobile.
{ f., the garde mobile, a French infantry corps no longer in existence.
Mode { m., mood, mode; method.
{ f., fashion.
Môle { m., pier, jetty.
{ f., (med.) mole.
Mort { m., a dead man.
{ f., death.
Moufle[8] { m., (chem.) muffle.
{ f., (mec.) tackle (assemblage of pulleys); fingerless glove.
Moule { m., mold, matrix to cast lead, iron, etc.
{ f., (ich.) mussel.
Mousse { m., cabin-boy, apprentice sailor.
{ f., moss; froth, foam.
Mulle { m., (ich.) mullet.
{ f., ☉rennet, prepared membrane of the calf’s stomach.
Myope { m., myope, short-sighted man; (ent.) conops.
{ f., myope, short-sighted female.
Mystique { m., mystic (man).
{ f., mystic (female); the study of spirituality.
Néphrétique { m., (med.) nephritic; man affected with nephritis.
{ f., nephritic, renal colic.
Nielle { m., niello.
{ f., blight, smut; (bot.) rose campion.
Noël { m., Christmas; Christmas carol.
{ f., la Noël (ellipsis for la fête de Noël), Christmas-day.
Œuvre { m., the philosopher’s stone; (arch.) walls; the whole of the works of an engraver, painter, or composer of music; argentiferous lead; (jur.) summons to one who builds upon another man’s ground.
{ f., work, deed, action; work of the hand; handiwork; (jewel.) bezel; (nav.) hull of a ship; the works of a writer.
Office { m., divine service; duty; office[9]; employment; formulary of prayers. Saint-—; holy-office, inquisition.
{ f., servants’ hall; pantry.
Ombre[10] { m., (ich.) umbra, chromis, corvo; umber, grayling, char; (card game) omber.
{ f., shade, shadow; spirit, ghost.
Once { m., mountain-cat, catamount.
{ f., ounce (weight); jaguar, ounce.
Orphiques { m., Orpheus’ poems; Pythagoreans, votaries of Orpheus.
{ f., orgies, feast in honor of Bacchus.
Page { m., page, young male servant.
{ f., page of a book, etc.
Paillasse { m., clown, merry-andrew.
{ f., straw-bed, straw-bed ticking.
Palme { m., palm; hand (measures).
{ f., palm; palm-branch; (bot.) palm-tree; pattern of cashmere shawls; (sculpt., arch.) palm; (her.) palm; (bot.) Cuban reed; (nav.) a kind of East Indian ship with two masts.
Pantomime { m., pantomimist, pantomime.
{ f., dumb-show, pantomime.
Pâque[11] { m., Easter (Christian religion).
{ f., Passover, Easter (Jewish religion).
Parallèle { m., comparison; (geog.) parallel of latitude.
{ f., (geom.) parallel line; (fort.) trench, trenches.
Part { m., (jur.) new-born child, infant; birth.
{ f., share, portion, part; concern, interest, part, side.
Peau-rouge { m., American Indian. Red-skin.
{ f., (no hyphen) any one’s skin when it is red, or redder than usual.
Pendule { m., pendulum.
{ f., time-piece.
Période { m., highest point, acme, height.
{ f., period, epoch.
Personne { m., (pron.) nobody, anybody.
{ f., (noun) a person.
Physique { m., a person’s constitution, body.
{ f., natural philosophy.
Pique { m., spade (cards).
{ f., pike (weapon); tiff, pique, quarrel.
Pivoine { m., (orni.) bull-finch.
{ f., (bot.) peony, piony.
Plane { m., (bot.) plane-tree; inside surface of scissors blades.
{ f., joiner’s plane; spoke-shave, drawing-knife; (ich.) plaice.
Platine { m., (metal.) platinum.
{ f., lock (of small fire-arms); metallic-plate.
Podagre { m., a podagrical man, i.e. one having the gout in his feet.
{ f., podagra, gout in the feet.
Poêle { m., pall; stove.
{ f., frying-pan.
Polacre or Polaque { m., ☉Polish cavalry.
{ f., (nav.) polacca, polacre.
Politique { m., politician.
{ f., politics; policy.
Ponte { m., punter (gambling).
{ f., laying of eggs.
Poste { m., post, situation.
{ f., post, mail, post-office; buckshot.
Poulpe { m., (mol.) poulp, octopus.
{ f., pulp, pap.
Pourpre { m., purple (color); (her.) purpure; (chem.) purple; (med.) purples.
{ f., purple, coloring matter extracted from buccinum lapillus; stuff, fabric dyed in purple; (fig.) vivid red color; sovereign dignity, cardinal’s dignity.
Prétexte { m., pretense, pretext.
{ f., (Rom. ant.) prætexta.
Primevère { m., ☉spring season.
{ f., (bot.) primrose, cowslip, oxlip.
Pupille { m., a male ward.
{ f., a female ward; pupil of the eye.
Pyrrhique { m., pyrrhic (poet.).
{ f., pyrrhic, military dance.
Quadrille { m., quadrille (card game); quadrille, a dance; (mus.) quadrille.
{ f., troup of horses in a tournament.
Quadruple { m., quadruple, fourfold; (Spanish coin) doubloon.
{ f., Spanish gold coin worth about £3 8s.
Quatrième { m., fourth; 4th floor; pupil of the 4th form in public schools.
{ f., 4th form in public schools; (piquet) quart.
Queux { m., ☉cook.
{ f., whetting-stone, hone.
Réciproque { m., like, like for like, tit for tat.
{ f., (log.) converse.
Réclame { m., (hawking) cry, sign to bring back a hawk to the lure or to the fist.
{ f., (print.) catch-word; primer; editorial advertisement in newspapers; (c.rel.) part of the responses recited in the versicle; (thea.) cue.
Régale { m., organ stop imitating the human voice; regal (musical instrument).
{ f., the king’s right to receive the revenue of a vacant bishopric.
Réglisse { m., du réglisse (popular ellipsis for du jus de réglisse) extract of liquorice, Spanish juice.
{ f., (bot.) liquorice, licorice; liquorice root.
Relâche { m., (thea.) non-performance.
{ f., (nav.) putting into port.
Remise { m., coach let on hire, livery-coach.
{ f., coach-house; (com.) remittance.
Rencontre { m., (her.) rencounter.
{ f., encounter, rencounter, accidental meeting; accident, chance, collision; meeting; accidental fight; opportunity, occurrence, case; juncture.
Rhingrave { m., count of the Rhine.
{ f., ☉knee-breeches.
Romaïque { m., Romaic, modern Greek language.
{ f., the Greek national dance.
Rossinante { m., Rosinante, Don Quixote’s horse.
{ f., Rosinante, a sorry horse, a jade.
Sagittaire { m., (astron.) Saggitarius.
{ f., (bot.) arrow-head, adder’s-tongue.
Sarde { m., a native of Sardinia.
{ f., (ich.) whale; scomber; sardan; Brazilian sardine or pilchard.
Satyre { m., (myth.) satyr.
{ f., (Grec. ant.) satyric tragedy.
Scolastique { m., scholastic; school-man.
{ f., scholasticism.
Scolie { m., (geom.) scholium.
{ f., scholium, annotation; (Grec antiq.) table-song.
Scytale { m., (zoöl.) a species of very venomous snakes.
{ f., (antiq.) staff used in Sparta as a cypher to write secret dispatches.
Septième { m., seventh, seventh part, seventh day.
{ f., (piquet) septième; (mus.) seventh.
Serpentaire { m., (astron.) Serpentarius; (orni.) secretary-bird, snake-eater.
{ f., (bot.) dragon’s-wort.
Silène { m., (myth.) Silenus; Satyr, attendant of Bacchus; (ent.) a South European butterfly.
{ f., (bot.) catch-fly.
Sixième { m., sixth, sixth part; sixth day; pupil of the 6th class in public schools.
{ f., (piquet) seizième; 6th class in public schools.
Solde { m., balance of an account.
{ f., soldier’s pay.
Somme { m., nap, slumbers, doze, sleep.
{ f., a sum of money; total; load, burden.
Souris { m., smile.
{ f., mouse.
Statère[12] { m., (antiq.) stater (coin).
{ f., (antiq.) statera, Roman balance.
Statuaire { m., sculptor.
{ f., the art of making statues, statuary.
Stipe { m., (bot.) stipe; caudex.
{ f., (bot.) stipa, feather-grass; ☉a tax on leases.
Superbe { m., proud, haughty man.
{ f., arrogance, haughtiness, vainglory.
Technique { m., (arts) material execution, technicalities.
{ f., technics.
Teneur { m., keeper, accountant; teneur de livres; book-keeper.
{ f., text, terms, purport, tenor, contents, of writings.
Terre-neuve { m., Newfoundland dog.
{ f., Newfoundland.
Tirelire { m., ☉song, carol of the lark.
{ f., money-box.
Tonique { m., (med.) tonic.
{ f., (mus.) tonic, key-note, key.
Topique { m., (rhet., med.) tonic.
{ f., (rhet.) the art of finding topic or arguments.
Tour { m., turn; tour; lathe; trick.
{ f., tower.
Triomphe { m., triumph.
{ f., triumph (card-game).
Trochée { m., (poet.) trochee.
{ f., (agri.) brushwood.
Troisième { m., third; third floor; pupil of the 3d class in public schools.
{ f., 3d class in public schools.
Trolle { m., globe-flower, trollius.
{ f., (hunt.) trolling.
Trompette { m., trumpeter.
{ f., trumpet.
Trouble { m., confusion, disorder, disturbance, dispute, quarrel; pl. troubles, broils, commotions.
{ f., hoop-net (for fishing).
Vague { m., space, emptiness; vagueness; looseness; uncertainty.
{ f., sea-wave, billow.
Vapeur { m., steamer, steam-boat.
{ f., steam; vapor.
Vase { m., vase.
{ f., mud, slime, mire.
Vigogne { m., hat made of vicugna wool.
{ f., (zoöl.) vicugna.
Voile { m., veil.
{ f., sail.
Vulnéraire { m., (pharm.) vulnerary.
{ f., (bot.) kidney-vetch, woundwort.