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16th century adjectival adjectives ATICU AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE blâme borrowed from Italian borrowed from Spanish calorifère camarade chambranle change of gender Chanson de Roland corresponds critère deverbative Dictionnaire dièse ending epicene etymology examples feminine form feminine gender feminine nouns feminine originals feminine termination final formative suffixes frêne gallicised German grammar grammatical gender Greek Greek neuters Greek words grimoire gruyère hêtre hydrogène Italian Italian forms langue française Latin Latinised form le camarade le violoncelle learned words légume liège livre masculine form masculine gender masculine nouns masculine or neuter masculine suffix meaning mélomane mètre modern môle moule musée names of trees neuter neuter originals neuter plural OIRE omoplate orgue oxygène paillasse palabre poêle popular and learned presbytère principle quadrille quintette rallye repère réverbère Romance languages sense sévices sigisbée somme sourire Spanish and Italian stère student of French supporting vowel tellure théâtre thème third declension trouvère vertige violoncelle Vulgar Latin wavered