How do you know whether a word is masculine or feminine in French?

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The whole page is pretty good but this essentially answers the question "Most nouns that refer to people have a logical gender. Homme (man), garçon (boy), and serveur (waiter) are masculine, and femme (woman), fille (girl), and serveuse (waitress) are feminine. Animals and inanimate objects, however, are another kettle (poissonière — feminine) of fish (poisson — masculine). In most cases, there's no way to just look at a word and know what gender it is — you have to memorize the gender of each word as you learn it. The best way to remember the gender of nouns is to make sure your vocabulary lists include an article for each noun. If possible, use indefinite articles (un and une);" http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/writing-in-french-with-masculine-and-feminine-noun.html May 20 10, 11:37 PM