There are also some exceptions to this rule, for example, the word “coffee.” In Russian, “coffee” is “кофе” (kofe). As you can see, it ends with–е, so it should belong to the neutral gender. However, it is masculine. The reason is that in earlier times, the word “кофе” was written as “кофий” (kofii).
Borrowed from English or from Dutch (koffie) in the beginning of the eighteenth century, the word originally had the form ко́фий or ко́фей, which allowed one to identify it as a masculine noun, by analogy with other nouns in -й.
Soft stems of masculine nouns are indicated by the letters -й and -ь (soft sign): музей, словарь. Soft stems of feminine nouns are indicated by -я and -ь: песня, дверь.
тетрадь {feminine}
In the last two years of his life, when he was sick, he filled a notebook with his thoughts about me.
Coffee—especially strong, black coffee—is coded as unquestionably masculine. It's fuel for a hard day's work; it inspires physical and mental intensity and is the drug of choice for anyone who needs to work hard or play hard. And the more you drink, and the stronger you take it, the more of a man you are.
The Spanish noun café (pronounced: kah-FEH), which means 'coffee,' is masculine, so it must be used with the masculine articles el ('the') or un ('a'). In the same way, adjectives that precede or follow this noun will have to be in their masculine form. For example: ¿Te apetece un café? (Do you fancy a coffee?)
Plural is “cafés”. A cup of coffee in French is literally “Une tasse de café”, but most people will just say “Un café”.
Мать is masculine, feminine.
площадь {feminine}
Это деревенская площадь Питера Брейгеля. expand_more This is the village square by Pieter Bruegel.
The basic rules to determine grammatical gender of Russian nouns are: Masculine nouns usually end in a consonant letter or -й Feminine nouns usually end in -a or –я Neuter nouns usually end in -о, -е, or -ё.
(masculine) большой город — big city. (feminine) большая машина — big car. (neuter) большое солнце — big sun.
Nouns ending in the soft sign -ь can be either masculine or feminine: день (day - masculine), жизнь (life - feminine). The best way to tell the gender of such nouns is to memorize it as you progress with your Russian language study.
The generic word for "horse" is лошадь. It means that, if we do not know if the horse is a male or a female, we would say лошадь. Конь is used when if we know it is a male horse.
MORE MEN DRINK COFFEE
Over 50% of men drink coffee compared with only 32% of women.
The coffee consumption rate was significantly higher in males (50.8%) than in females (32.8%).
Examples: The word caffè is masculine but the word notte is feminine.
Etymology. Inherited from Old East Slavic площадь (ploščadĭ), from Proto-Slavic *ploščadь, from *ploskъ (“flat”) + *-ědь.
If you encounter a noun that ends in –о or –e, it belongs to the neutral gender. Nouns that end in –ь can be either masculine or feminine.
Feminine nouns end in а or я. For example, собака (so-BA-ka, 'dog') ends in an -a, so it is a feminine word. Neuter nouns end in о or е.
Russian distinguishes between three grammatical genders – masculine, feminine, and neuter. Gender agreement is expressed as a suffix, and appears on singular adjectives, verbs in the past tense, demonstratives, participles, and certain pronouns.
An 'egg' (jajko) is neither feminine nor masculine – it's neuter.
What is a Café au Lait? The Café au Lait is made using brewed coffee and steamed milk, in a typical ratio of one part coffee to one part steamed milk with no froth or foam on top (sometimes certain coffee shops will add it though).
In Britain, a cafe (/ˈkæfeɪ/), also known colloquially as a caff or greasy spoon, is a small, cheap eatery typically specialising in fried foods or home-cooked meals.
However, just in case you're still attached to writing 'café' in the older way, with its accent intact, Oxford Dictionaries allows that usage too – '(also café)' – and even includes it in its example sentences. What's more, dictionaries can disagree even on common words like this.
un café serré : a strong, small coffee nom masculin. FR CA. une noisette : a "macchiato", a small coffee with a drop of milk nom féminin.