The feminine of words ending in -eur (basic)

Deciding on the feminine of French nouns and adjectives ending in -eur can be a little trickier than with some other endings. On this page, we'll give you a few practical rules of thumb that will work most of the time.
How to decide on the feminine form: the simple answer

If you're learning French to GCSE level or some other equivalent exam where you've been studying for a couple of years or so, you don't need to get bogged down in all the complications. If you use the following simplified rules, you'll get the form right almost all the time, and in the cases where these rues don't work, nobody will think you've made a terribly bad mistake (bear in mind that there are actually a few cases where native French speakers disgree on the feminine forms of these words). OK, this is what you need to remember:

* if the masculine ends in -cteur or is a "long" word ending in -ateur, then change -teur to -trice in the feminine;
* otherwise, change -eur to -euse;
* remember that meilleur(e) (better, best) is regular.

By "long", we mean, say, three syllables or more.
Examples

Here are some examples applying the above rules. Make sure you understand for each word why the feminine ends up with the particular form it does:
Masculine Feminine Meaning
acteur actrice actor/actress
chanteur chanteuse singer
facteur factrice postman/woman; maker, manufacturer
menteur menteuse liar
pêcheur pêcheuse fisherman/fisherwoman, angler
producteur productrice producer
programmeur programmeuse programmer
travailleur travailleuse worker

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