Leps in French

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That would be" la chrysalide" and "bonne chance" both feminine.

Donald Davis wrote:

> Here's a few words that your students may be able to relate to. French words
> are given male or female classification - not neutral for things or objects as
> in English.
>
> Le papillon de nuit (M - masculine word) sounds familiar for moths
>
> For cocoon, try "le cocon", but for chrysalis (ie monarch butterfly) try "le
> chrysalide". There may very well be a word for "pupa". I just don't know it.
>
> Caterpillar is la chenille (F - female word). But larva, I think, is la larve.
>
> Egg is l'oeuf (masculine)
>
> Bon chance!
>
> Don Davis
> Toronto, ON