Irregular Adjectives


The following are some adjectives with irregular feminine forms in French:

Masculine SingularFeminine SingularMeaning in English
absousabsouteabsolved
b�ninb�nignebenign
blancblanchewhite
brefbr�vebrief
coicoitequiet
dissousdissoutedissolved
douxdoucesweet; mild; gentle
�pais�paissethick
expr�sespresseexpress
fauxfaussefalse
favorifavoritefavorite
fraisfra�chefresh; cool (as in temperature)
francfranchefrank
grecgrequeGreek
longlonguelong
malinmalignemalign
nulnulleno (not any)
oblongoblongueoblong
paysanpaysannepeasant, country-style
publicpubliquepublic
rouxroussered (as in red hair)
secs�chedry
tierstiercethird (as in one-third)
turcturqueTurk, Turkish


The following adjective has an irregular masculine plural form:
Masculine SingularMasculine PluralFeminine SingularFeminine PluralMeaning
touttoustoutetoutesall, every


The following adjectives have special masculine forms when they come before a vowel or h muet:
Masculine SingularMasculine before
vowel or h muet		Masculine PluralFeminine SingularFeminine PluralMeaning
beaubelbeauxbellebellesbeautiful
foufolfouxfollefollesmad, crazy
moumolmouxmollemollessoft
nouveaunouvelnouveauxnouvellenouvellesnew
vieuxvieilvieuxvieillevieillesold



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