Ten words that make us doubt their gender

Everyone knows that we say a petal, an octave and an obelisk.

But the gender of

,

and

is more often doubted

.

They are the ones who make us make some mistakes, certainly forgivable, but irritating.

Some of these terms have the knack of having two genders, which distinguish them in meaning.

Thus the word

, which is said in the masculine when it is a wood stove, a heating appliance, and in the feminine when it designates a kitchen utensil.

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Others can be said in one genre as in another, as is the case of

, accepted in both masculine and feminine by the French Academy.

Or the

, this pretty name of flower which can be said in the feminine, although the wise have the preference of the masculine.

The editorial staff invites you to check your knowledge of these words that make us doubt their gender.

Will you be the best in this test?