Masculine Nouns
The following categories of nouns are masculine nouns:
- Names of males
- Days, months (le dimanche = Sundays)
- Seasons (le printemps = spring)
The following are masculine nouns when not ending in -e:
-Trees, flowers not ending in -e
-Colours
-Languages
-Most countries
Masculine noun endings are listed below, there are however many exceptions.
| Ending | Examples | Exceptions |
| - acle | Un miracle | |
| -age | Le courage | Une image, une page, une cage, une plage |
| -al | Un animal | |
| -ail | Le rail | |
| -amme | Le programme | La gamme |
| -eau* | Un oiseau | |
| -ème | Un problème | |
| -er | Le fer | La mer |
| -et | Un billet | |
| -isme | Le réalisme | |
| -ment | Un élément | Une jument (mare/female horse) |
| -oir | Un miroir |
*valid for words of two or more syllables