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→Endings with consonant X in the masculine and consonant X with phonetic change triggered by presence of final '-e' in the feminine
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+Analogical extension | |+Analogical extension | ||
! | !Clitic subject pronoun | ||
! | !Tonic pronoun | ||
|- | |- | ||
|il | |il | ||
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|+Endings from Latin '-or' and '-rix' | |+Endings from Latin '-or' and '-rix' | ||
! | ! | ||
! | !Masculine | ||
! | !Feminine | ||
! | !Analytic 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 | ||
! | !Feminine | ||
! | !Analytic gender neutral | ||
! | !Synthetic gender neutral | ||
|- | |- | ||
!-eux/-euse | !-eux/-euse | ||
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|+Endings with '-x' (♂︎) and '-[s]' (♀︎) | |+Endings with '-x' (♂︎) and '-[s]' (♀︎) | ||
! | ! | ||
! | !Masculine | ||
! | !Feminine | ||
! | !Analytic gender neutral | ||
! | !Synthetic gender neutral | ||
|- | |- | ||
!-x/-sse | !-x/-sse | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! | ! | ||
! | !Masculine | ||
! | !Feminine | ||
! | !Analytic 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 | ||
! | !Feminine | ||
! | !Analytic 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 | ||
! | !Feminine | ||
! | !Analytic gender neutral | ||
! | !Synthetic gender neutral | ||
|- | |- | ||
!-eau/-elle | !-eau/-elle | ||
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|+ | |+ | ||
! | ! | ||
! | !Masculine | ||
! | !Feminine | ||
! | !Analytic 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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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 | ||
! | ! | ||
! | !Masculine | ||
!Feminine | |||
!Analytic gender neutral | |||
!Synthetic gender neutral | |||
|- | |- | ||
!👑 | !👑 | ||