Gender neutral language in French: Difference between revisions

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    {| class="wikitable"
    {| class="wikitable"
    |+Analogical extension
    |+Analogical extension
    !clitic subject pronoun
    !Clitic subject pronoun
    !tonic pronoun
    !Tonic pronoun
    |-
    |-
    |il
    |il
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    |+Endings from Latin '-or' and '-rix'
    |+Endings from Latin '-or' and '-rix'
    !
    !
    !masculine
    !Masculine
    !feminine
    !Feminine
    !analytic gender neutral
    !Analytic gender neutral
    !synthetic gender neutral
    !Synthetic gender neutral
    |-
    |-
    !-eur/-euse
    !-eur/-euse
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    |+Endings from latin '-ōsus'<ref>CNRTL (2012): ''-EUX, élément formant''. Online at: https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/-eux.</ref>
    |+Endings from latin '-ōsus'<ref>CNRTL (2012): ''-EUX, élément formant''. Online at: https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/-eux.</ref>
    !
    !
    !masculine
    !Masculine
    !feminine
    !Feminine
    !analytic gender neutral
    !Analytic gender neutral
    !synthetic gender neutral
    !Synthetic gender neutral
    |-
    |-
    !-eux/-euse
    !-eux/-euse
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    |+Endings with '-x' (♂︎) and '-[s]' (♀︎)
    |+Endings with '-x' (♂︎) and '-[s]' (♀︎)
    !
    !
    !masculine
    !Masculine
    !feminine
    !Feminine
    !analytic gender neutral
    !Analytic gender neutral
    !synthetic gender neutral
    !Synthetic gender neutral
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    |-
    !-x/-sse
    !-x/-sse
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    |-
    |-
    !
    !
    !masculine
    !Masculine
    !feminine
    !Feminine
    !analytic gender neutral
    !Analytic gender neutral
    !synthetic gender neutral
    !Synthetic gender neutral
    |-
    |-
    !-ain/-aine
    !-ain/-aine
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    |+Endings with silent (♂︎) and audible consonant (♀︎)
    |+Endings with silent (♂︎) and audible consonant (♀︎)
    !
    !
    !masculine
    !Masculine
    !feminine
    !Feminine
    !analytic gender neutral
    !Analytic gender neutral
    !synthetic gender neutral
    !Synthetic gender neutral
    |-
    |-
    !-t/-te
    !-t/-te
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    |+Endings with a rounded vowel (♂︎) and '-_(l)le' (♀︎)
    |+Endings with a rounded vowel (♂︎) and '-_(l)le' (♀︎)
    !
    !
    !masculine
    !Masculine
    !feminine
    !Feminine
    !analytic gender neutral
    !Analytic gender neutral
    !synthetic gender neutral
    !Synthetic gender neutral
    |-
    |-
    !-eau/-elle
    !-eau/-elle
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    |+
    |+
    !
    !
    !masculine
    !Masculine
    !feminine
    !Feminine
    !analytic gender neutral
    !Analytic gender neutral
    !synthetic gender neutral
    !Synthetic gender neutral
    |-
    |-
    !-c/-che
    !-c/-che
    |sec
    |sec
    |sèche
    |sèche
    |seckèche
    |seckèche, sèchec
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    |
    |-
    |-
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    |naïf
    |naïf
    |naïve
    |naïve
    |naïfive
    |naïfive, naïvif
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    |
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    |}
    Florence Ashley highlights that the order of the feminine and masculine morphemes doesn't matter.<ref name=":5" /> Usage, intelligibleness and personal preference dictate which forms will gain in popularity. However, the prosodic sequencing of syllables in French can have an impact on intelligibility. 'naïvif'  — feminine morpheme first, masculine morpheme afterwards —, for example, sequenced as [na'i'vif], makes appear the word 'vif' (i. e. 'vivacious).
    ==== Some gender neutral nouns from irregular substantives ====
    {| class="wikitable"
    {| class="wikitable"
    |+
    |+Irregular substantives
    !
    !
    ! colspan="4" |Some examples of gender neutral nouns from irregular substantives
    !Masculine
    !Feminine
    !Analytic gender neutral
    !Synthetic gender neutral
    |-
    |-
    !👑
    !👑
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