Masculin ou féminin

Ariana N.A1Kwiziq community member

Masculin ou féminin

I know the masculine form is more dominant than the feminine form. How come the correct answer in this quiz is ‘zombie’ not ‘zombi’?

This question relates to:French lesson "a zombie"
Asked 2 years ago
Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Either spelling is ‘correct’ but the noun remains masculine according to Larousse, Robert and wordreference. 

Of course, as this is not a native French word, and has not been recognised by the Académie as an official French word,  this classification is based on general usage as noted by lexicographers. 

This has been discussed before in reference to one of the dictations, I think, but I can’t find the link. 

https://dictionnaire.lerobert.com/definition/zombie 

 

https://www.wordreference.com/fren/zombie 

 

https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/zombi/83177

 

Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

There is no firm rule that says nouns ending on -e are always feminine.

un zombie -- a zombie

CélineKwiziq team member

Bonjour Ariana,

Maarten is correct here! Could you give a bit more details (i.e which quiz/exercise and which sentence) please? It would be very helpful to see if there's a typo etc  ;-) 

Merci et bonne journée 

Masculin ou féminin

I know the masculine form is more dominant than the feminine form. How come the correct answer in this quiz is ‘zombie’ not ‘zombi’?

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