[1] Some grammars and dictionaries give _ange de mer_, angel-fish,
as feminine, but it is an error; _ange_ is masculine in all its
acceptations.—(ACAD.)
[2] In the language of botany this word is sometimes used in the
masculine.—(ACAD.)
[3] In the sense of pirate, this word has no accent: _capre_.
[4] Some grammarians and lexicographers give _ébène_, in the figurative
sense of black color, as masculine, but it is an error; _ébène_ is
feminine even when used figuratively.—(ACAD.)
[5] Voltaire used this word in the feminine, in the sense of a small
sheet of paper; but it is contrary to etymology, and even to common
sense. The French Academy does not give this acceptation.
[6] When it means _forest_, its _e_ has a circumflex accent: _forêt_.
[7] The French Academy gives to _jujube_ (fruit) the feminine gender; but
it is contrary to general present usage.
[8] French mechanicians give to this noun, in the sense of _tackle_, the
masculine gender.
[9] This word has never in French the meaning of _room_, _apartment_, for
the transaction of business.
[10] _Ombre_, card game, is also spelt _hombre_.
[11] _Pâque_, or _Pâques_, Christian religion, is often used in the
plural, and is then feminine. _Pâque_, Jewish religion, is always
feminine, and never used in the plural.
[12] When it means a coin, it is also spelt _stater_.