Word gender exceptions

(m) the recycling

recyclage

(m) a big river

fleuve

(f) a confirmation

confirmation

(f) to redact, to write

rédaction

(f) a/the complication

complication

(f) a/the imagination

imagination

(f) an/the attention

attention

(f) a/the population

population

(f) a/the competition

compétition

(f) a/the repetition

répétition

(f) a/the constellation

constellation

(f) swimming

natation

(f) a/the production

fabrication

(f) a/the nation

nation

(f) a/the recess

récréation

(f) a/the navigation

navigation

(f) a/the construction

construction

(f) a/the conversation

conversation

(f) an/the education

éducation

(f) an/the addition

addition

(f) a/the multiplication

multiplication

(f) a/the subtraction

soustraction

(f) a/the protest

manifestation

(f) a/the contraction

contraction

(f) a/the station

station

(f) a/the translation

traduction

(f) an/the explanation

explication

(f) a/the division

division

(f) a/the region

région

(f) a/the Legion of Honor

Légion d'honneur

(f) a/the revision

révision

(f) a/the television

télévision

(f) an/the expression

expression

(f) a/the profession

profession

(f) an/the occasion

occasion

(m) a plane

avion

(m) a lion

lion

(m) a game piece, a person who watches over students in study hall

pion

(m) an heir

scion

(f) a/the lesson

leçon

(f) a/the house

maison

(f) a/the reason

raison

(f) a/the way

façon

(m) a/the gram

gramme

(m) a/the kilogram

kilogramme

(m) a/the program

programme

(m) a/the poem

poème

(m) an/the emblem

emblème

(m) a/the theme

thème

(m) a/the theorem

théorème

(m) a/the problem

problème

(m) a/the system

système

(m) a/the desk

pupitre

(m) a/the referee

arbitre

(m) a/the theater

théâtre

(m) a/the amphitheater

amphithéâtre

(m) a/the chapter

chapitre

(m) a/the meter

mètre

(m) a/the kilometer

kilomètre

(m) a/the centimeter

centimètre

(m) a/the millimeter

millimètre

(m) a/the liter

litre

(f) the/a time

fois

(f) the/a nut

noix

(m) gardening

jardinage

(m) a/the kilometer mileage

kilométrage

(m) a/the sharing

partage

(m) a/the toll

péage

(m) a/the household chores

ménage

(m) an/the age

âge

(m) a/the dressage

dressage

(m) a/the garage

garage

(m) a/the wire fencing

grillage

(m) a/the internship

stage

(m) a/the wise

sage

(m) a/the short film

court métrage

(m) a/the usage

usage

(m) a/the makeup

maquillage

(m) a/the language

langage

(m) a/the trip

voyage

(m) a/the floor

étage

(m) a/the dam

barrage

(m) a/the cheese

fromage

(m) a/the inheritance/heritage

héritage

(m) a/the composting

compostage

(m) a/the bandage

bandage

(m) a/the message

message

(m) a/the storm

orage

(m) a/the traffic jam

embouteillage

(f) a/the cage

cage

(f) a/the page

page

(f) a/the beach

plage

(f) a/the swim

nage

(f) a/the rage

rage

(m) an/the act

acte

(m) a/the pact

pacte

(m) a military grade/rank

grade militaire

(f) a hike

balade

(f) a stampede

bousculade

(f) a game bird/a guinea fowl

pintade