Every French noun has a gender. A noun can be either masculine or feminine.
ɛ v ɹ i WORD_BOUNDARY f ɹ ɛ n t̠ʃ WORD_BOUNDARY n aʊ n WORD_BOUNDARY h ʌ z WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY d̠ʒ ɛ n d ə ɹ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY n aʊ n WORD_BOUNDARY k æ n WORD_BOUNDARY b iː WORD_BOUNDARY iː ð ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY m æ s k j ʊ l ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY f ɛ m ɪ n ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY