Not very easily.
Some native speakers still don't get it right, after speaking it for over thirty plus years!
You might be able to get a clue from the articles used;
Un and Le are used with "masculine" words like gateau, jeu, garçon. (Also the possessive adjectives of mon, ton, son)
Une and La are used with "feminine" words like voiture, maison, fille. (And the possessive adjectives ma, ta, sa)
However Des and Les are the plural forms and are used in front of all words. (same with mes, tes, ses)
But there is no "rule of thumb", for example all words ending in "xx" are xx.
Just like in English, most animals have male/female versions, like chien/chienne (dog/bitch), chat/chatte (tabby/tom), that will identify their gender.
Mostly in Québec/Canadian French, job titles are largely gender specific, infirmier/infirmière (nurse), enseignant/enseignate (teacher). The opposite of American "political correctness" using one generic for both like "police-officer".
There are even some words that "go both ways", changing the meaning of the word depending on the gender. And some "newer" words or "imported" words that are one gender in France, and the other in Canada.
it is a masculine gender
There is no word in French for the neuter pronoun "it" because French grammar knows only masculine and feminine gender. Use the masculine or feminine pronoun, il or elle,respectively, depending upon the gender of the antecedent. Where the gender of the antecedent is not specified, use the masculine form il.Neither. Only the nouns - and their related adjectives - are masculine and feminine in French.
verbs have no feminine or masculine gender in French. Only nouns and their related adjectives have a gender.
In English, there is no gender to "lobster" but the French term homard is a masculine noun.
Both feminine and masculine genders exist in French.Specifically, all nouns exhibit either feminine or masculine gender. In addition, all adjectives have feminine or masculine forms. The past participles of verbs also will have feminine or masculine forms depending upon the gender of the speaker.
it is a masculine gender
There is no word in French for the neuter pronoun "it" because French grammar knows only masculine and feminine gender. Use the masculine or feminine pronoun, il or elle,respectively, depending upon the gender of the antecedent. Where the gender of the antecedent is not specified, use the masculine form il.Neither. Only the nouns - and their related adjectives - are masculine and feminine in French.
verbs have no gender in French. Only nouns and adjectives can be masculine or feminine.
verbs have no feminine or masculine gender in French. Only nouns and their related adjectives have a gender.
much is translated 'beaucoup' in French. Beaucoup is an adverb and has no gender - it is neither masculine nor feminine.
In English, there is no gender to "lobster" but the French term homard is a masculine noun.
Belle is a feminine adjective in French. The masculine is "beau".Belle is female in French language
The French word acteur is masculine in gender. The masculine singular noun, whose feminine equivalent is actrice, means "actor" in English. The pronunciation will be "ak-tuhr" in the masculine and "ak-treess" in the feminine in French.
Both feminine and masculine genders exist in French.Specifically, all nouns exhibit either feminine or masculine gender. In addition, all adjectives have feminine or masculine forms. The past participles of verbs also will have feminine or masculine forms depending upon the gender of the speaker.
The word français is masculine, not feminine, in gender in French. The masculine singular adjective/noun/pronoun translates into English as "French." The pronunciation will be "faw-seh" in French.
Enfant is both masculine and feminine.
capitaine can be used in both masculine (un capitaine) and feminine forms (une capitaine) in French.