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I would tend to say that your question is based on a false assumption: "it has no defined gender" - this situation should never happen in French at all as all nouns have a definite gender. But yeah, …

Manifestement, ni le TLF ni l'Académie n'acceptent le terme, et Google n'est pas particulièrement enthousiaste non plus. Cependant, il semblerait que l'usage d'une auteure soit commun au Québec et qu …

Quant à l'utilisation du masculin... peut-être que le genre du nom n'était pas encore bien fixé à l'époque? Ou qu'il considérait que tous les fleuves devaient être masculins? …

A man will call his wife mon amour as well. It's the same as if they call one another my love. The word doesn't become feminine because you apply it to a woman. Both would say: Mon amour, tu as pe …

When I was at school, we were told to start letters with Cher Monsieur if we didn't know the gender of the person we were writing to. At the time, I believe the rule was to assume masculine until prov …

Non, parce que lui est ici un pronom personnel des deux genres, qui signifie à lui ou à elle. Tu ne peux pas dire Vous pouvez elle acheter une montre. (incorrect) Parce qu'il manque le à. Par …

You are right about the vowel part, consider these two examples: Du pain (instead of "de le pain") But: De l'alcool ("alcool" is also masculine, yet "du alcool" is incorrect) However, in y …