parjure

Is parjure masculine or feminine?

leparjureexception
/lə paʁʒyʁ/masculineforswearing

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -ure are usually feminine, but le parjure is masculine.
Parjure is one of the rare exceptions: learn it as it is.
94.3% of -ure nouns are feminine
Fellow exceptions

Like parjure, these end in -ure but are masculine.

ledinosaurelecyanurel'augurelemurmurelemercure

In context

  • La cour mit en évidence que le témoin avait commis un parjure.

    It was the court's finding that the witness committed perjury.

À toi de jouer

Un autre mot ?

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le ou latablele ou lavoiturele ou lachocolatle ou laeaule ou lafromagele ou lafleurle ou lalivrele ou lajardin
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