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* '''Nouns and adjectives:'''
* '''Nouns and adjectives:''' The most widespread neutral form among the two approaches (analytic and synthetic neutral) is marked in italic.


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|+
!
!
!masculine
!<big>masculine</big>
!feminine
!<big>feminine</big>
!analytic neutral
!<big>analytic neutral</big>
!synthetic neutral
!<big>synthetic neutral</big>
|-
|-
!
!
! colspan="4" |Endings from Latin "-or", "-rix" and medieval French "-euse"
! colspan="4" |Endings from Latin "-or", "-rix" and medieval French "-euse"
|-
|-
!-eux/-euse
!<big>-eur/euse</big>
|amoureux
|amoureuse
|
|amoureuxe
|-
!-eur/euse
|enquêteur
|enquêteur
|enquêteuse
|enquêteuse
|enquêteureuse
|''enquêteureuse''
|enquêtaire
|enquêtaire
|-
|-
!-eur/-ice
!<big>-eur/-ice</big>
|acteur
|acteur
|actrice
|actrice
|acteurice
|''acteurice''
|actaire
|actaire
|-
|-
!-eur/-_resse<sup>1</sup>
!<big>-eur/-_resse<sup>1</sup></big>
|docteur
|docteur
|doct<u>o</u>resse<ref>Doctoresse Joséphine Tornay. Online at: https://cm-latour.ch/team/josephine-tornay-medecine-interne-generale/. Very common Swiss French denomination for female doctors.</ref>
|doct<u>o</u>resse<ref>Doctoresse Joséphine Tornay. Online at: https://cm-latour.ch/team/josephine-tornay-medecine-interne-generale/. Very common Swiss French denomination for female doctors.</ref>
|docteuresse
|''docteuresse''
|doctaire
|doctaire
|-
|-
!-eur/-_resse<sup>2</sup>
!<big>-eur/-_resse<sup>2</sup></big>
|enchanteur
|enchanteur
|enchant<u>e</u>resse
|enchant<u>e</u>resse
|enchanteuresse
|''enchanteuresse''
|enchantaire
|enchantaire
|-
|-
!-e/-esse
!<big>-e/-esse</big>
|maître
|maître
|maîtresse
|maîtresse
|
|
|maîtré/maîtrè
|maîtré/maîtrè
|-
!
! colspan="4" |Endings with "-x", "-se"
|-
!<big>-eux/-euse</big>
|amoureux
|amoureuse
|amoureuseux
|''amoureuxe''
|-
|-
!
!
! colspan="4" |Endings with nasal vowels
! colspan="4" |Endings with nasal vowels
|-
|-
!-ain/-ine
!<big>-ain/-aine</big>
|écrivain [ekʀiv<u>ɛ̃</u>]
|écrivaine [ekʀivɛ<u>n</u>]
|écrivainn [ekʀiv<u>ɛ̃n</u>]
|''écrivan''
|-
!<big>-ain/-ine</big>
|cop<u>ain</u>
|cop<u>ain</u>
|copin<u>e</u>
|copin<u>e</u>
|cop<u>aine</u> [kɔpɛn]
|''cop<u>aine</u>'' [kɔpɛn]
|
|
|-
|-
!-in/-ine
!<big>-in/-ine</big>
|cousin [kuz<u>ɛ̃</u>]
|cousin [kuz<u>ɛ̃</u>]
|cousine [kuzi<u>n</u>]
|cousine [kuzi<u>n</u>]
|cousinn [kuz<u>ɛ̃n</u>]
|cousinn [kuz<u>ɛ̃n</u>]
|cousaine [kuzɛn]
|''cousaine [kuzɛn]''
|-
|-
!-ien/-ienne
!<big>-ien/-ienne</big>
|citoyen [sitwaj<u>ɛ̃</u>]
|citoyen [sitwaj<u>ɛ̃</u>]
|citoyenne [sitwajɛ<u>n</u>]
|citoyenne [sitwajɛ<u>n</u>]
|citoyenn [sitwaj<u>ɛ̃n</u>]
|citoyenn [sitwaj<u>ɛ̃n</u>]
|citoyan
|''citoyan''
|-
|-
!-un/-une
!<big>-un/-une</big>
|brun [bʀ<u>œ̃</u>]
|brun [bʀ<u>œ̃</u>]
|brune [bʀy<u>n</u>]
|brune [bʀy<u>n</u>]
|brunn [bʀ<u>œ̃n</u>]
|brunn [bʀ<u>œ̃n</u>]
|bran
|''bran''
|-
|-
!-an/-anne
!<big>-an/-anne</big>
|paysan [pɛiz<u>ã</u>]
|paysan [pɛiz<u>ã</u>]
|paysanne [pɛiza<u>n</u>]
|paysanne [pɛiza<u>n</u>]
|paysann [pɛiz<u>ãn</u>]
|paysann [pɛiz<u>ãn</u>]
|
|''paysaine [pɛizɛn]''
|-
!<big>-on/-onne</big>
|mignon [miɲ<u>õ</u>]
|mignonne [miɲɔ<u>n</u>]
|mignonne [miɲ<u>õn]</u>
|''mignan''
|-
|-
!
!
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