French nouns with different meanings depending on gender
A useful vocabulary list of French nouns which change meaning depending on whether they're feminine or masculine
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| un tour | | a turn |
| un tour | | a trick |
| faire un tour de magie | | to do a magic trick |
| jouer un tour à [quelqu'un] | | to play a trick on [someone] |
| un tour | | a lap |
| faire un tour | | to have a walk |
| une tour | | a tower |
| un livre | | a book |
| une livre Sterling | | a pound (GB currency) |
| une livre | | a pound |
| le mode | | mode |
| le mode | | mood (linguistic) |
| la mode | | fashion |
| un poste | | an (employment) position |
| le poste de police | | the police station |
| la poste | | the post office |
| un page | | a pageboy |
| une page | | a page (book) |
| un vase | | a vase (flowers) |
| la vase | | silt, mud |
| le manche | | handle |
| la manche | | sleeve |
| une manche | | a round, a set (game) |
| la Manche | | the English Channel |
| le voile | | veil |
| la voile | | sail |
| le moule | | (cake) tin, mold ( American En) |
| la moule | | mussel |
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