Matching adjectives to their nouns

An adjective is a word that describes a noun. In French adjectives must agreewith their
nouns, which means that they have to show if they are masculine or feminine and singular
or plural to match the noun.
Invariable adjectives
Some adjectives are known as invariable, which means they don't change at all.
For marron and orange, you don't need to add anything to get the feminine and plural
forms, eg Je porte un pullover orange (I'm wearing an orange sweater); Elle a des lunettes
orange (She's got orange glasses).
Other adjectives like chic, extra, cool, super don't change either.
Regular and irregular adjectives
Some adjectives are regular and follow conventional rules depending on whether they are
masculine, feminine or singular. Some adjectives have different rules - they are
called irregular.
Regular or irregular?
When you look up an adjective in the dictionary, you always see it in themasculine
singular form, eg petit.
If it is regular all you need to do is:
add -e to the end to get the feminine singular form, eg petite
add -s for the masculine plural form, eg petits
add -es for the feminine plural form, eg petites
Follow these simple rules for all regular adjectives that end in -u, -i, -in the
masculine singular form.
Regular adjectives
Type of
adjectives
English Singular
masculine
Singular
feminine
Plural
masculine
Plural
feminine
Regular
adjectives
small petit petite petits petites
Adjectives
ending in -e
yellow jaune jaune jaunes jaunes
Adjectives
ending in -s
big gros grosse gros grosses
Type of
adjectives
English Singular
masculine
Singular
feminine
Plural
masculine
Plural
feminine
Adjectives
ending in -n
good bon bonne bons bonnes
Adjectives
ending in -eux
happy heureux heureuse heureux heureuses
Adjectives
ending in -er
first premier premire premiers premires
Adjectives
ending in -f
sporty sportif sportive sportifs sportives
Irregular adjectives
Adjective
(English)
Singular
before a vowel
or silent -h
Singular
masculine
Singular
feminine
Plural
masculine
Plural
feminine
big un gros gteau une grosse
voiture
de gros
gteaux
de grosses
voitures
long un long voyage une longue
rue
de longs
voyages
de longues
rues
white un manteau
blanc
une robe
blanche
des
manteaux
blancs
des robes
blanches
good un bon ami une bonne
amie
de bons amis de bonnes
amies
beautiful un beau garon un bel homme une belle
femme
de beaux
garons
de beaux
garons
old un vieux
pantalon
un vieil htel une vieille
maison
de vieux
pantalons
de vieilles
maisons
Adjective
(English)
Singular
before a vowel
or silent -h
Singular
masculine
Singular
feminine
Plural
masculine
Plural
feminine
new un nouveau
bateau
un nouvel
appartement
une
nouvelle
ville
de nouveaux
bateaux
de
nouvelles
villes