======Les noms de professions et leur féminin======

//Feminine forms of professions//

=====Introduction=====

Le <color blue>président</color> et le <color blue>directeur financier</color> organisent une réunion avec  les <color blue>informaticiens</color> et les <color blue>comptables</color>.  //<color blue>(masculine form)</color>//

//The chief executive and the financial manager organized a meeting with the computer scientists and the accountants.//

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La <color deeppink>présidente</color> et la <color deeppink>directrice financière</color> organisent une réunion avec  les <color deeppink>informaticiennes</color> et les <color deeppink>comptables</color>.  //<color deeppink>(feminine form)</color>//

//The chief executive and the financial manager organized a meeting with the computer scientists and the accountants.//

=====Definition=====


We usually add an « E » to the masculine profession noun to form a feminine profession:

  * <color blue>un président</color>/ <color deeppink>une président__e__</color>
  * //a president// 

  * <color blue>un commercial</color> / <color deeppink>une commercial__e__</color>
  * //a commercial//

  * <color blue>un assistant</color> / <color deeppink>une assistant__e__</color>
  * //an assistant// 

=====Other cases=====

Professions ending in « -ien »  become « -ienne » in the feminine form.

  * <color blue>un informaticien</color> / <color deeppink>une informatic__ienne__</color>
  * //a computer scientist//

  * <color blue>un musicien</color> / <color deeppink>une music__ienne__</color>
  * //a musician// 

 
Professions ending in « -ier »  become « -ière »  in the feminine form.

  * <color blue>un banquier</color> / <color deeppink>une banqui__ère__</color>
  * //a banker//

  * <color blue>un boulanger</color> / <color deeppink>une boulang__ère__</color>
  * //a baker//

 
Professions ending in « -teur »  become « -trice » in the feminine form.

  * <color blue>un acteur</color> / <color deeppink>une ac__trice__</color>
  * //an actor / an actres//s 

  * <color blue>un animateur</color> /<color deeppink>une anima__trice__</color>
  * //an animator /a host /a presentor// 

 

Professions ending in « -eur »  become « -euse » in the feminine form.

  * <color blue>un vendeur</color>/ <color deeppink>une vend__euse__</color>
  * //a salesman / a saleswoman//



For professions ending in « e » nothing changes.

  * <color blue>un journaliste</color> / <color deeppink>une journaliste</color>
  * //a journalist//
 
  * <color blue>un scientifique</color> / <color deeppink>une scientifique</color> 
  * //a scientist// 



=====Pronunciation=====

Pronunciation is different between masculine and feminine especially for : 

professions finishing by "t"

  * un assistant  (the final "t" is silent )
  * une assistante  (you need to add an “e” and pronounce the "t")

professions finishing by “er”

  * un boulanger  (the final -er is pronunced like the english letter "a" )
  * une boulangère ( you hear the final letter 'r' )



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