Le dictionnaire is masculine
Answer: Area, Agua... are not really masculine because the adjective used with this words must be feminine ("El agua estaba fria (fem)"- The water was cold. -- El área estaba cerrada (-The place was closed
But some others use the masc. article and the adjective in masc. as el:
el mapa.
el periodista
el problema
el idioma
el telegrama
el fantasma
el clima
el sistema
el mapa
el reuma
el programa,
El Titicaca
el Papá
el cura
el cometa
el yoga
el Alta (medica)
el día
el diploma
el alma
el carisma
el diafragma
el tequila
el enigma
el gorila
el patriarca
el pirata
el prisma
el profeta
Why? There is not an answer, it¡s just like that... logic is not the principal component of a language!
Answer: Some words are masculine, some are feminine! The ending "a" is usually feminine, but that isn't always the case; words that have a Greek origin are often an exception to this general rule.
Liste is a feminine word, so it's une liste or la liste
Le jeu - masculine
feminine
Maculine
Le
Feminine
its masculine no doubt
Masculine
feminine
masculine
Feminine.
La pizarra is feminine, (el) is masculine, and (la) is feminine.
Une école feminine
it is masculine so El
directeur → masculine directrice→ feminine
feminine
masculine