andrei.despinoiu

[woeful linden]

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[high salmon]

musée is masculine?

[odd briar]

Parce que c'est dérivé du Latin, où c'était masculin.

It is taken from Latin, where it is a masculin word, so French has kept it as masculin even though it ends in ée.

There are many such examples in French. Words that look like they should be masculin but are not, and vice-versa.

[high salmon]

Fremch is drunk

[odd briar]

la question
le problème
etc

[high salmon]

that ée tripped me up

thank you

[odd briar]

don't worry, it's normal to mix up the gender of nouns as a beginner and even intermediate.
everyone will understand you, but you will learn them naturally as time goes on.

[odd briar]

you're welcome

[muted patio]

Lots of masculine nouns end in ée
Lycée, mausolée, apogée
Gender isn’t determined by spelling, it’s simply a part of the noun

[odd briar]

le mausolée is another example of a Latin word that has kept its gender even though the spelling changed