French Adjectives

Just like in English, French adjectives describe or modify nouns and pronouns, but unlike English, French adjectives should agree in gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural) with the noun or pronoun they modify. The feminine is usually formed by adding an “-e” to the masculine form, for example: a big restaurant = un grand restaurant/ a big house = une grande maison. (“house” in French is feminine, so the adjective “big/ grand” will add an extra “e”)

To form adjectives in the plural usually an “s” should be added to the singular masculine: the big restaurant: le grand restaurant, the big restaurants: les grands restaurants. Remember that the feminine plural will take an “es”: a big house = une grande maison, big houses: des grandes maisons.

French adjectives usually follow the noun they modify: a white house: une maison blanche. But when it comes to some characters like: beauty, age, good or bad, and size usually the adjective comes first: (an old frined: un vieux ami), (a beautiful girl: une jolie fille)

Some adjectives can be placed either before or after depending on the meaning: un grand acteur: a great actor/ un acteur grand: a tall actor.

A List of 100 French Adjectives

This page contains a table including the following: French Adjectives and adverbs. Try to memorize the way they're used because they're very important in communication, and might be very helpful to convey your most important expressions. Make sure to check our Learn French page, which contains several lessons that might help you in your learning process.

In French an adjective is a word whose main role is to modify a noun or pronoun, giving more information about the noun or pronoun's definition. Some examples are: That is a green tree. I met a very old man. In French adjectives come either before (most of the case) or after the noun they describe and sometimes the meaning can be different or contain a nuance: « L'ancienne maison » (the old house, in the meaning it’s our previous house) or « la maison ancienne » (the old house).

*All the adjectives relative to the shape or color come after the noun.

French Adjectives (Genders/Number)

In French the use of adjective for the masculine is different than the feminine, also the use of singular is different than the plural, here are some examples in the table below:

Special Forms

Some adjectives have a different plural/feminine form:

I hope the content of this page was useful to you, and that you learned some French Adjectives ..., Make sure to memorize them to be able to use them in your daily conversation. Make sure to check our Learn French page, which contains several lessons that might help you in your learning process.