Regular Adjectives
Tap a French term to hear it pronounced.
The final consonant is usually silent in masculine adjectives and pronounced in feminine adjectives.
| Masculine | Feminine | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | bad |
| parfait | parfaite | perfect |
| petit | petite | small |
| sourd | sourde | deaf |
The endings of these masculine adjectives are nasalized. The feminine endings are not nasalized, and the final consonant is pronounced.
| Masculine | Feminine | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 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, even though they’re spelled differently.
| Masculine | Feminine | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| bleu | bleue | blue |
| clair | claire | clear |
| compliqué | compliquée | complicated |
| désolé | désolée | sorry |
| dur | dure | hard |
| égal | égale | equal |
| fatigué | fatiguée | tired |
| joli | jolie | pretty |
| noir | noire | black |
| poli | polie | polite |
