ban

From Old French ban, from Frankish *ban, related to *bannan.


ring

→ Romanian: ring

From English ring (sense 1) and Dutch ring (sense 2).


file

→ Dutch: file (“queue, traffic jam”)

→ English: file (“column of people”)

→ Spanish: fila


TV

(North America and Belgium, informal) television


major

From Middle French major, from Spanish mayor, from Latin maior. Doublet of maire, majeur, and mayeur. The use for a non-commissioned officer in the French army (since 1972) is a short form of adjudant-major or sergent-major.

(North America, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, DRC) major (field officer rank)


nonante

Inherited from Old French nonante, from Latin nōnāgintā, from earlier *nūnāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥dḱomt (“nine tens”).

inh

Il a attendu nonante minutes.

(Switzerland, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Acadia) ninety

Democratic Republic of the Congo; Acadia; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Acadia


s'il vous plaît

s’ il vous plaît (canonical)
s'il vous plait (alternative)
s'il te plaît (alternative)
svp (alternative)

→ Dutch: alstublieft (calque)

→ Dutch: s'il vous plaît

Literally, “if it pleases you”. From Middle French s'il vous plaist. Compare Catalan si us plau.


duvet

Inherited from Middle French duvet, from Old French duvet (“down, the feathers of young birds”), alteration of dumet, dumect, from Old French dum, dun (“down, feathers”), from Old Norse dúnn (“down, down feather”), from Proto-Germanic *dūnaz (“down”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, fume, raise dust”).
Cognate with Danish dun (“down”), German Daune (“down”). More at English down.


baiser

baiser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
baisant (gerund participle present)
baisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
baisé (participle past)
baisé (participle past)
baise (first-person indicative present singular)
baises (indicative present second-person singular)
baise (indicative present singular third-person)
baisons (first-person indicative plural present)
baisons (first-person indicative plural present)
baisez (indicative plural present second-person)
baisez (indicative plural present second-person)
baisent (indicative plural present third-person)
baisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
baisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
baisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
baisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
baisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
baisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
baisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
baisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
baisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
baisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
baisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
baisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
baisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
baisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
baisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
baisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
baisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
baisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
baisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
baisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
baisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
baisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
baisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
baisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
baiserai (first-person future indicative singular)
baiseras (future indicative second-person singular)
baisera (future indicative singular third-person)
baiserons (first-person future indicative plural)
baiserez (future indicative plural second-person)
baiseront (future indicative plural third-person)
baiserais (conditional first-person singular)
baiserais (conditional second-person singular)
baiserait (conditional singular third-person)
baiserions (conditional first-person plural)
baiserions (conditional first-person plural)
baiseriez (conditional plural second-person)
baiseriez (conditional plural second-person)
baiseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
baise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
baises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
baise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
baisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
baisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
baisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
baisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
baisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
baisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
baisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
baisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
baisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
baisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
baisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
baisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
baisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
baisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
baisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
baisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
baisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
baise (imperative second-person singular)
baisons (first-person imperative plural)
baisons (first-person imperative plural)
baisez (imperative plural second-person)
baisez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Middle French baiser, from Old French baisier, from Latin bāsiāre (“to kiss”). As far as the verb is concerned, the meaning “fuck” arose via euphemism and has become the dominant sense.

Alexandre Dumas, Les Mille et Un Fantômes
Nous baisâmes les livres saints et nous sortîmes de la chapelle.

We kissed the books of the saints and removed ourselves from the chapel.

(dated outside North America and Belgium) to kiss


drache

(Belgium, North, Picardy, Lorraine) Heavy rain; downpour


collation

(North America, Belgium) a light snack usually taken between breakfast and lunch (often employed as the analogue of English brunch)


goûter

goûter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
goûtant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
goûté (participle past)
goûte (first-person indicative present singular)
goûtes (indicative present second-person singular)
goûte (indicative present singular third-person)
goûtons (first-person indicative plural present)
goûtez (indicative plural present second-person)
goûtent (indicative plural present third-person)
goûtais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
goûtais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
goûtait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
goûtions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
goûtiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
goûtaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
goûtai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
goûtas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
goûta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
goûtâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
goûtâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
goûtèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
goûterai (first-person future indicative singular)
goûteras (future indicative second-person singular)
goûtera (future indicative singular third-person)
goûterons (first-person future indicative plural)
goûterez (future indicative plural second-person)
goûteront (future indicative plural third-person)
goûterais (conditional first-person singular)
goûterais (conditional second-person singular)
goûterait (conditional singular third-person)
goûterions (conditional first-person plural)
goûteriez (conditional plural second-person)
goûteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
goûte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
goûtes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
goûte (present singular subjunctive third-person)
goûtions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
goûtiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
goûtent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
goûtasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
goûtasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
goûtât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
goûtassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
goûtassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
goûtassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
goûte (imperative second-person singular)
goûtons (first-person imperative plural)
goûtez (imperative plural second-person)
gouter (alternative)

→ German: goutieren

Inherited from Middle French gouster, from Old French goster, inherited from Latin gustāre. Compare the borrowed prefixed verb déguster.

Cette tarte goûte la cannelle.


caracole

Borrowed from Spanish caracol, of unclear origin.


septante

Inherited from Old French setante, from Latin septuāgintā, from *septmāginta, from Proto-Indo-European *septm̥̄ḱomt, from earlier *septḿ̥dḱomt (“seven-ten”). The -p- was restored under influence of the Latin word.

(Belgium, Switzerland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Acadia, Savoy) seventy

Democratic Republic of the Congo; Acadia; Savoy; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Acadia; Savoy


dracher

dracher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
drachant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
draché (participle past)
drache (indicative present singular third-person)
drachait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
dracha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
drachera (future indicative singular third-person)
dracherait (conditional singular third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
drache (present singular subjunctive third-person)
drachât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)

(Belgium) to pour, rain hard, to chuck it down


dringueille

Il a encore eu une dringueille à sa grand-mère.

He still gets pocket money from his grandma.


guindailler

guindailler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
guindaillant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
guindaillé (participle past)
guindaille (first-person indicative present singular)
guindailles (indicative present second-person singular)
guindaille (indicative present singular third-person)
guindaillons (first-person indicative plural present)
guindaillez (indicative plural present second-person)
guindaillent (indicative plural present third-person)
guindaillais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
guindaillais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
guindaillait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
guindaillions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
guindailliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
guindaillaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
guindaillai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
guindaillas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
guindailla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
guindaillâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
guindaillâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
guindaillèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
guindaillerai (first-person future indicative singular)
guindailleras (future indicative second-person singular)
guindaillera (future indicative singular third-person)
guindaillerons (first-person future indicative plural)
guindaillerez (future indicative plural second-person)
guindailleront (future indicative plural third-person)
guindaillerais (conditional first-person singular)
guindaillerais (conditional second-person singular)
guindaillerait (conditional singular third-person)
guindaillerions (conditional first-person plural)
guindailleriez (conditional plural second-person)
guindailleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
guindaille (first-person present singular subjunctive)
guindailles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
guindaille (present singular subjunctive third-person)
guindaillions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
guindailliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
guindaillent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
guindaillasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
guindaillasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
guindaillât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
guindaillassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
guindaillassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
guindaillassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
guindaille (imperative second-person singular)
guindaillons (first-person imperative plural)
guindaillez (imperative plural second-person)


horeca

(Belgium, Luxembourg) the hotel and catering industry


blocus

Inherited from Middle French blocus, bloccus, from Middle Dutch blochuus.

Je suis en blocus à partir de samedi prochain.

I’m on revision break from next Saturday.

(Belgium) Holiday period in higher education allowing students preparation time for their exams; revision break


lange

Substantivization of Old French lange (“woollen”), from Latin laneus.


zwanzer

zwanzer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
zwanzant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
zwanzé (participle past)
zwanze (first-person indicative present singular)
zwanzes (indicative present second-person singular)
zwanze (indicative present singular third-person)
zwanzons (first-person indicative plural present)
zwanzez (indicative plural present second-person)
zwanzent (indicative plural present third-person)
zwanzais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
zwanzais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
zwanzait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
zwanzions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
zwanziez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
zwanzaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
zwanzai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
zwanzas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
zwanza (historic indicative past singular third-person)
zwanzâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
zwanzâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
zwanzèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
zwanzerai (first-person future indicative singular)
zwanzeras (future indicative second-person singular)
zwanzera (future indicative singular third-person)
zwanzerons (first-person future indicative plural)
zwanzerez (future indicative plural second-person)
zwanzeront (future indicative plural third-person)
zwanzerais (conditional first-person singular)
zwanzerais (conditional second-person singular)
zwanzerait (conditional singular third-person)
zwanzerions (conditional first-person plural)
zwanzeriez (conditional plural second-person)
zwanzeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
zwanze (first-person present singular subjunctive)
zwanzes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
zwanze (present singular subjunctive third-person)
zwanzions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
zwanziez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
zwanzent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
zwanzasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
zwanzasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
zwanzât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
zwanzassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
zwanzassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
zwanzassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
zwanze (imperative second-person singular)
zwanzons (first-person imperative plural)
zwanzez (imperative plural second-person)


casserole

→ Algerian Arabic: كسرونة (kasrūna)

→ Bulgarian: касеро́ла (kaseróla)

→ Danish: kasserolle

→ English: casserole

→ German: Kasserolle

→ Moroccan Arabic: كسرونة (kasrūna)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: kasserolle

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: kasserolle

→ Portuguese: caçarola

→ Russian: кастрю́ля (kastrjúlja)

→ Vietnamese: xoong

Inherited from Middle French casserolle. By surface analysis, casse (“container, recipient”) + -erole (diminutive suffix), a form of -ole lengthened with -er-. The first part is derived from Medieval Latin cattia (“pan”) influenced by Provençal caça. Similar, related formations include cassole (without the -er-) and casseron (using the diminutive suffix -eron, from -on).


bec

→ Portuguese: beque

Inherited from Old French bec, from Latin beccus (“beak”), from Gaulish *beccos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos.

Elle m'a fait un bec en partant.

(colloquial, North of France, Belgium, North America, Switzerland) kiss


dîner

Inherited from Old French disner, from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre, from disieiūnāre, disjejūnāre (“to break the fast”), from dis- + Late Latin iēiūnāre (“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus. Doublet of déjeuner.

(Belgium, North America, Switzerland, Congo, Rwanda) lunch, midday meal


bourgmestre

fr-noun

bourgmestre m or f by sense (plural bourgmestres)

bourgmestres (plural)
bourguemaître (alternative archaic)

Inherited from Old French bourgemaistre (with various variants), from Middle Dutch burchmeester and Middle High German burgemeister.


souper

→ German: Souper

From Middle French soupper, from Old French soper, derived from supe, sope (“soup”) (modern French soupe).

Veuillez m'excuser, je serai en retard pour le souper.

(Switzerland, Belgium, North America, Congo, Rwanda) dinner (the main evening meal)


tantôt

On l'a vu tantôt.

On le verra tantôt.

(dated or Quebec, Belgium, Normandy) within a short time of now, either earlier or later


lime

Borrowed from Spanish lima, from Arabic لِيمَة (līma).


toilette

→ Bulgarian: тоале́т (toalét)

→ Dutch: toilet

desctree

→ German: Toilette
→ Estonian: tualett
→ Hungarian: toalett

→ Greek: τουαλέτα (toualéta)

→ Italian: toilette

→ Ottoman Turkish: توالت
Turkish: tuvalet

→ Persian: توالت (tovâlet)

→ Polish: toaleta

→ Portuguese: toalete

→ Romanian: toaletă

(Belgium, North America) the toilet, lavatory


jubé

Inherited from Middle French jubé, from Latin iubē, singular imperative of iubeō (“allow, bid”), from the Latin formula jube, Domine, benedicere ("deign, O Lord, to bless [me]"), which the reader used before reading the lesson at matins.

(Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada) choir loft, organ loft


borin

fr-noun

borin m (plural borins, feminine borine)

(archaic, Belgium, north France) coalminer


yogourt

yogourts (plural)
yaourt (alternative Belgium France)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yōghurt, yoğurt) (Modern Turkish yoğurt). The form yogourt comes from the original Ottoman Turkish whilst the form yaourt comes from the variation yoğurt which is now the standard in Modern Turkish. Compare with cognates of the word in many European languages, e.g. German Joghurt, Italian iogurt, Finnish jogurtti.

bor+

(North America, Switzerland, Belgium, Rwanda, Congo) yogurt


cordon sanitaire

fr-noun

cordon sanitaire m (plural cordons sanitaires)

→ Catalan: cordó sanitari (calque)

→ Dutch: cordon sanitaire

→ English: cordon sanitaire

(Belgium, politics, figuratively) The agreement amongst Belgian political parties to not govern with the party Vlaams Belang.


praline

→ English: praline

→ German: Praline

→ Romanian: pralină

From prasline, named after César de Choiseul, Comte du Plessis-Praslin (1602–1675), whose cook is credited with the invention of the recipe.


communauté

Inherited from Old French com(m)unalté, alteration after comunal (see communal) of communité, itself borrowed from Latin communitātem.

(Belgium) one of the three linguistic communities making up the country (French-, Flemish-, and German-speaking).


doubler

doubler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
doublant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
doublé (participle past)
double (first-person indicative present singular)
doubles (indicative present second-person singular)
double (indicative present singular third-person)
doublons (first-person indicative plural present)
doublez (indicative plural present second-person)
doublent (indicative plural present third-person)
doublais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
doublais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
doublait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
doublions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
doubliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
doublaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
doublai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
doublas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
doubla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
doublâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
doublâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
doublèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
doublerai (first-person future indicative singular)
doubleras (future indicative second-person singular)
doublera (future indicative singular third-person)
doublerons (first-person future indicative plural)
doublerez (future indicative plural second-person)
doubleront (future indicative plural third-person)
doublerais (conditional first-person singular)
doublerais (conditional second-person singular)
doublerait (conditional singular third-person)
doublerions (conditional first-person plural)
doubleriez (conditional plural second-person)
doubleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
double (first-person present singular subjunctive)
doubles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
double (present singular subjunctive third-person)
doublions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
doubliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
doublent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
doublasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
doublasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
doublât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
doublassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
doublassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
doublassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
double (imperative second-person singular)
doublons (first-person imperative plural)
doublez (imperative plural second-person)

→ Brazilian Portuguese: dublar

→ Romanian: dubla

Inherited from Old French dobler, from Late Latin dūplāre, from Latin dūplus. Compare Spanish and Catalan doblar, Portuguese dobrar, Italian doppiare.


brosser

brosser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
brossant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
brossé (participle past)
brosse (first-person indicative present singular)
brosses (indicative present second-person singular)
brosse (indicative present singular third-person)
brossons (first-person indicative plural present)
brossez (indicative plural present second-person)
brossent (indicative plural present third-person)
brossais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
brossais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
brossait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
brossions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
brossiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
brossaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
brossai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
brossas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
brossa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
brossâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
brossâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
brossèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
brosserai (first-person future indicative singular)
brosseras (future indicative second-person singular)
brossera (future indicative singular third-person)
brosserons (first-person future indicative plural)
brosserez (future indicative plural second-person)
brosseront (future indicative plural third-person)
brosserais (conditional first-person singular)
brosserais (conditional second-person singular)
brosserait (conditional singular third-person)
brosserions (conditional first-person plural)
brosseriez (conditional plural second-person)
brosseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
brosse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
brosses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
brosse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
brossions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
brossiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
brossent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
brossasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
brossasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
brossât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
brossassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
brossassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
brossassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
brosse (imperative second-person singular)
brossons (first-person imperative plural)
brossez (imperative plural second-person)

→ Dutch: brossen

(Belgium, informal) to play truant, to skip class


baptême

baptêmes (plural)
baptinse (alternative interjection)
batinse (alternative interjection)

Inherited from Middle French baptesme, from Old French batesme, bapteme, baptesme (earlier batesma), a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma), and Late Latin baptismus, baptismum from Ancient Greek βαπτισμός (baptismós). Doublet of baptisme.


chèvrechoutiste

Derived from the idiom ménager la chèvre et le chou

Le Conseil général adopte une résolution à tout le moins chèvrechoutiste reconnaissant tout à la fois l'existance de trois entités territoriales et de deux "communautés ethniques".

2004, Chantal Kesteloot, Au nom de la Wallonie et de Bruxelles français: les origines du FDF, Editions Complexe, page 196:

Verdict? Mi-figue, mi-raisin, même si B. s'en sort plutôt bien. Un test chèvrechoutiste, qui ménage la chèvre et le chou, qui satisfait tout le monde.

2008 January 29, Jean-Luc Henquinet, “Le verdict du polygraphe: chèvrechoutiste”, in actu24.be:

(Belgium) attempting to please everybody or reconcile conflicting options


agace

agaces (plural)
agasse (alternative)
agache (alternative)

Inherited from Middle French agace, from Old French agace (“magpie”), from Frankish *agattjā or Old High German agaza (“magpie”), ultimately perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Compare Walloon agaesse, Occitan agaça, gacha, Italian gazza, and possibly Catalan garsa.


chaussée

→ English: chaussée

→ Esperanto: ŝoseo

→ German: Chaussee

→ Kashubian: szasé, szaséjô, szasô

→ Polish: szosa

→ Romanian: șosea

desctree

→ Russian: шоссе́ (šossé)
→ Armenian: շոսսե (šosse), շոշ (šoš) — colloquial, dialectal
→ Azerbaijani: şose
→ Georgian: შოსე (šose)
→ Uzbek: shosse
→ Yiddish: שאָסיי (shosey)

→ Ottoman Turkish: شوسه (şose)

Turkish: şose

→ Northern Kurdish: şose

From Old French chauciee, chaucie, from Vulgar Latin *calciāta; there is dispute as to whether this is from Latin calx (“lime”) or its homonym, calx (“heel”) (through the verb calciāre (“stamp, tread on”)). Compare English causeway.

(Belgium) highway. Belgian roads which are named in Dutch as steenweg (e.g. Waversesteenweg) and in Belgian French as chaussée (e.g. Chaussée de Wavre).


manique

(Belgium, Ardennes, Lorraine) oven mitt, oven glove


calotte

→ Catalan: calota

→ English: calotte

→ German: Kalotte

→ Italian: calotta

→ Portuguese: calota, calote

→ Spanish: galota, galocha

Borrowed from Old Occitan calotta, calota, either an extension of French cale (“a kind of bonnet”), or from Arabic كَلُّوتَة (kallūta, “a headdress consisting of a small cap with a giant turban, or only the small cap”). See also French calot and Latin calautica, kinds of caps.

der

(Belgium, university slang) cap worn by students of Belgian Catholic universities after the corona ceremony (a sort of hazing)


mettre en bouteille

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avec des si on mettrait Paris en bouteille

(transitive, Belgium, idiomatic) to tease, to wind up, to josh


chemisette

→ English: chemisette


braire

braire (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
brayant (gerund participle present)
brayant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
brait (participle past)
brais (first-person indicative present singular)
brais (indicative present second-person singular)
brait (indicative present singular third-person)
brayons (first-person indicative plural present)
brayons (first-person indicative plural present)
brayez (indicative plural present second-person)
brayez (indicative plural present second-person)
braient (indicative plural present third-person)
brayais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
brayais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
brayais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
brayais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
brayait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
brayait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
brayions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
brayiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
brayaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
brayaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
brayai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
brayas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
braya (historic indicative past singular third-person)
brayâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
brayâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
brayèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
brairai (first-person future indicative singular)
brairai (first-person future indicative singular)
brairas (future indicative second-person singular)
brairas (future indicative second-person singular)
braira (future indicative singular third-person)
braira (future indicative singular third-person)
brairons (first-person future indicative plural)
brairons (first-person future indicative plural)
brairez (future indicative plural second-person)
brairez (future indicative plural second-person)
brairont (future indicative plural third-person)
brairont (future indicative plural third-person)
brairais (conditional first-person singular)
brairais (conditional first-person singular)
brairais (conditional second-person singular)
brairais (conditional second-person singular)
brairait (conditional singular third-person)
brairait (conditional singular third-person)
brairions (conditional first-person plural)
brairions (conditional first-person plural)
brairiez (conditional plural second-person)
brairiez (conditional plural second-person)
brairaient (conditional plural third-person)
brairaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
braie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
braies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
braie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
brayions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
brayiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
braient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
brayasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
brayasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
brayât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
brayassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
brayassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
brayassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
brais (imperative second-person singular)
brayons (first-person imperative plural)
brayons (first-person imperative plural)
brayez (imperative plural second-person)
brayez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bragiō, from Gaulish *bragu (compare Old Irish braigid (“to flatulate”)), from Proto-Celtic *bragyeti (“to flatulate”). Cognate with English bray.

(Belgium, Northern France, figuratively, by extension) to cry, to weep


elbot

(Belgium) halibut (fish of genus Hippoglossus)


kermesse

→ Italian: kermesse

→ Portuguese: quermesse

→ Spanish: kermés

→ Romanian: chermeză

→ Turkish: kermes

From Dutch kermis, a bastardization of kerk (“church”) + mis (“mass”). Compare German Kirmes (“church mass”).

dans les parcs et les stades, on chantait, on dansait, on riait, on organisait de grandes kermesses tonitruantes.

2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:

In the parks and stadiums, we sang, we danced, we laughed, we organised raucous fêtes.

(Belgium, Northern France) kirmess, fair


mitraillette

From mitrailleuse, with substitution of suffix (mitrailler + -ette).

(Belgium) sandwich with meat and French fries


buse

Inherited from Old French buison, buson, from Latin būteōnem.

(Belgium) fail (fail of an exam, in school)


communautaire

communautaires (plural)
communitaire (alternative)

From communauté + -aire. Compare Latin commūnitārius.

(Belgium) that relates to the linguistic communities that make up the country


auditoire

Learned borrowing from Latin audītōrium.


haute école

Feminine of haut (“high”) + école (“school”) (from Latin schola); perfectly parallel to Dutch hogeschool; compare high school.

(Belgium) a school of higher education, academic but not ranked as a university


cruche

From Middle French cruche, from Old French crouche, kroche, cruche, from Frankish *krūkā, related to Proto-West Germanic *krōgu (“pot, pitcher”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Old Armenian կարաս (karas, “pitcher, large jar”), Ancient Greek κρωσσός (krōssós, “pitcher”), but the phonetics are problematic. Also compare Old Irish croiccenn (“skin”).
See also regional German Kruke (“crock”), Low German Kruuk (“jug”), Danish krukke (“jar”), Dutch kruik, English crock, and Icelandic krukka (“pot”).

cog

tant va la cruche à l'eau qu'à la fin elle se brise

tant va la cruche à l'eau qu'à la fin elle se casse

(Belgium, Upper Normandy, North-Eastern France) pitcher, jug

Upper Normandy; North-Eastern France; Upper Normandy; North-Eastern France


politiquement correct

political correctness
political correctness


échevin

fr-noun

échevin m (plural échevins, feminine échevine)

Inherited from Old French eschevin, from Early Medieval Latin scabīnus from Frankish *skapin, related to *skappjan.

(Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada) alderman, municipal councillor


s'il te plaît

s'il te plait (alternative)
steuplait (alternative informal)
stp (alternative)
s'il vous plaît (alternative)

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farde

Inherited from Middle French farde, from Old French farde (“load, package, bundle”), a borrowing from Arabic فَرْدَة (farda, from فَرْد (fard, “a spread, an unfolding”)).

der

from <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar">فَرْد</i> (fard, “a spread, an unfolding”)

(Belgium) file (stationery to keep documents together), binder, folder


fieu

From Picard fieux and Walloon fieu, ultimately from Latin filius.

Allez fieu, on se refait une bière?

(Belgium, humorous, colloquial) dude, my man


bachelier

fr-noun

bachelier m (plural bacheliers, feminine bachelière)

bacheliers (plural)
bachelière (feminine)

→ Catalan: batxiller

→ Italian: baccelliere

→ Spanish: bachiller

Inherited from Old French bacheler, bachelier, from Medieval Latin baccalaureus, a variant of baccalārius influenced by a folk etymology from bacca (“berry”), laurea (“laurel”), i.e. “crowned with berried laurels”, in reference to the fact that graduate students were crowned with those in the Middle Ages. See baccalārius for other senses.


septantième

(Belgium, Switzerland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Acadia, Savoy, ordinal number) seventieth


septantième

(Belgium, Switzerland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Acadia, Savoy, fractional number) seventieth

Democratic Republic of the Congo; Acadia; Savoy; fractional number; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Acadia; Savoy; fractional number


quatre-vingtième

(France, North America, Belgium, Luxembourg, fractional number) eightieth


quatre-vingtième

quatre-vingtième m (plural quatre-vingtièmes)

(France, North America, Belgium, Luxembourg, ordinal number) eightieth


nonantième

(Switzerland, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Acadia, ordinal number) ninetieth


nonantième

(Switzerland, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Acadia, fractional number) ninetieth

Democratic Republic of the Congo; Acadia; fractional number; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Acadia; fractional number


prester

prester (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
prestant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
presté (participle past)
preste (first-person indicative present singular)
prestes (indicative present second-person singular)
preste (indicative present singular third-person)
prestons (first-person indicative plural present)
prestez (indicative plural present second-person)
prestent (indicative plural present third-person)
prestais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
prestais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
prestait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
prestions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
prestiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
prestaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
prestai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
prestas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
presta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
prestâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
prestâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
prestèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
presterai (first-person future indicative singular)
presteras (future indicative second-person singular)
prestera (future indicative singular third-person)
presterons (first-person future indicative plural)
presterez (future indicative plural second-person)
presteront (future indicative plural third-person)
presterais (conditional first-person singular)
presterais (conditional second-person singular)
presterait (conditional singular third-person)
presterions (conditional first-person plural)
presteriez (conditional plural second-person)
presteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
preste (first-person present singular subjunctive)
prestes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
preste (present singular subjunctive third-person)
prestions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
prestiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
prestent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
prestasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
prestasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
prestât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
prestassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
prestassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
prestassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
preste (imperative second-person singular)
prestons (first-person imperative plural)
prestez (imperative plural second-person)

J'ai presté cinq heures.

(Belgium, transitive) to work (a certain amount of time), to provide a service


friture

→ Dutch: frituur

→ Danish: friture

→ German: Frittüre

→ Norwegian: frityr

→ Swedish: frityr

→ Finnish: frityyri

→ Estonian: fritüür

→ Russian: фритюр (fritjur) (see there for further descendants)

From frit + -ure, or possibly a Vulgar Latin *frīctūra, from Latin frīctus. Compare Spanish and Portuguese fritura, Italian frittura, Romanian friptură.

(Belgium) (deprecated, use friterie) chip shop, fish and chips takeaway


navetteur

(Belgium) commuter (a person who regularly travels to work)


loque

From Middle French loque, loc (“lock of hair; tuft of coarse wool”), from Middle Dutch locke (“curl”) or Middle English lok (“lock of hair”); both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *lokk (“lock (of hair)”), from Proto-Germanic *lukkaz (“lock (of hair)”). More at English lock.


ducasse

Reduced form of dédicace. Compare Walloon dicåce.

(Belgium, North of France) any festival that takes place one every two years


rond comme une queue de pelle

fr-adj

rond comme une queue de pelle (feminine ronde comme une queue de pelle, masculine plural ronds comme des queues de pelles, feminine plural rondes comme des queues de pelles)

ronde comme une queue de pelle (feminine)
ronds comme des queues de pelles (masculine plural)
rondes comme des queues de pelles (feminine plural)

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(France, Belgium, simile, colloquial) very drunk


craquelin

From Middle French craquelin, from Old French craquelin, from Middle Dutch crakelinc (modern Dutch krakeling), from the verb craken (“to crack”).

(Belgium) a type of brioche that is filled with nib sugar


koter

(Belgium) to live or stay in a student flat


taximan

fr-noun

taximan m (plural taximans, feminine taxiwoman)

(Belgium, Switzerland, Africa) (male) taxi driver


caquelon

From Alemannic German Kakel (compare Standard German Kachel) + -on.


taiseux

fr-adj

taiseux (feminine taiseuse, masculine plural taiseux, feminine plural taiseuses)

taiseuse (feminine)
taiseux (masculine plural)
taiseuses (feminine plural)

Bien sûr qu'on se perd parfois ; mais le timide, le taiseux, le cynique, le bileux, l'indécis […] se perdent aussi.


athénée

From Latin Athenaeum, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηναῖον (Athēnaîon), from Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē, “Athena”).

(Belgium, Luxembourg, Louisiana) a type of high school; atheneum


mazout

desc

→ Arabic: مَازُوت (māzūt), مَازُوط (māzūṭ)

→ Persian: مازوت (mâzut)

→ Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ូត (maasuut)

→ Rwanda-Rundi: amazǔtu

→ Turkish: mazot

(Belgium) a cocktail made with beer and cola


bisser

bisser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
bissant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
bissé (participle past)
bisse (first-person indicative present singular)
bisses (indicative present second-person singular)
bisse (indicative present singular third-person)
bissons (first-person indicative plural present)
bissez (indicative plural present second-person)
bissent (indicative plural present third-person)
bissais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
bissais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
bissait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
bissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
bissiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
bissaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
bissai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
bissas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
bissa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
bissâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
bissâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
bissèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
bisserai (first-person future indicative singular)
bisseras (future indicative second-person singular)
bissera (future indicative singular third-person)
bisserons (first-person future indicative plural)
bisserez (future indicative plural second-person)
bisseront (future indicative plural third-person)
bisserais (conditional first-person singular)
bisserais (conditional second-person singular)
bisserait (conditional singular third-person)
bisserions (conditional first-person plural)
bisseriez (conditional plural second-person)
bisseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
bisse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
bisses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
bisse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
bissions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
bissiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
bissent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
bissasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
bissasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
bissât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
bissassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
bissassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
bissassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
bisse (imperative second-person singular)
bissons (first-person imperative plural)
bissez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Congo, Mali, Rwanda, education) to repeat a year at school


chiquer

chiquer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
chiquant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
chiqué (participle past)
chique (first-person indicative present singular)
chiques (indicative present second-person singular)
chique (indicative present singular third-person)
chiquons (first-person indicative plural present)
chiquez (indicative plural present second-person)
chiquent (indicative plural present third-person)
chiquais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
chiquais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
chiquait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
chiquions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
chiquiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
chiquaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
chiquai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
chiquas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
chiqua (historic indicative past singular third-person)
chiquâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
chiquâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
chiquèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
chiquerai (first-person future indicative singular)
chiqueras (future indicative second-person singular)
chiquera (future indicative singular third-person)
chiquerons (first-person future indicative plural)
chiquerez (future indicative plural second-person)
chiqueront (future indicative plural third-person)
chiquerais (conditional first-person singular)
chiquerais (conditional second-person singular)
chiquerait (conditional singular third-person)
chiquerions (conditional first-person plural)
chiqueriez (conditional plural second-person)
chiqueraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
chique (first-person present singular subjunctive)
chiques (present second-person singular subjunctive)
chique (present singular subjunctive third-person)
chiquions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
chiquiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
chiquent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
chiquasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
chiquasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
chiquât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
chiquassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
chiquassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
chiquassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
chique (imperative second-person singular)
chiquons (first-person imperative plural)
chiquez (imperative plural second-person)


biesse

fr-noun

biesse m or f (plural biesses, masculine biesse)

(Belgium, somewhat humorous) dummy, nitwit, nincompoop


biesse

(Belgium, somewhat humorous) not bright, dumdum


giratoire

Borrowed from Latin gȳrātus (“rotated”) + -oire.


péteux

fr-adj

péteux (feminine péteuse, masculine plural péteux, feminine plural péteuses)

péteuse (feminine)
péteux (masculine plural)
péteuses (feminine plural)

(Belgium, Louisiana, Cajun) pretentious, stuck-up


piétonnier

(Belgium) pedestrian precinct, pedestrian zone, pedestrian area


épingle de sûreté

fr-noun

épingle de sûreté f (plural épingles de sûreté)


procureur du roi

procureur du roi m (plural procureurs du roi)

(Belgium, law) Crown prosecutor of Belgium


septante-neuf

From septante (“seventy”) + neuf (“nine”).

(Belgium, Switzerland, Congo, Acadia, Savoy) seventy-nine


baraki

Borrowed from Walloon barakî, which literally means "one who lives in a baraque".

(Belgium, derogatory) a poorly educated individual, usually a dirty one with poor clothing tastes; a chav


asteur

Louisiana Creole: astè, astœr

Contraction of à cette heure (“now, presently”, literally “at this hour”).

contraction

(Belgium, North America) alternative form of à cette heure (“presently”)


toudis

From tous (“all”) + Old French dis (“days”). Compare toujours with the same meaning.


chiclette

chiclettes (plural)
chiquelette (alternative)

From the brand name, ultimately from Spanish chicle, from Classical Nahuatl tzictli.


indaguer

indaguer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
indaguant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
indagué (participle past)
indague (first-person indicative present singular)
indagues (indicative present second-person singular)
indague (indicative present singular third-person)
indaguons (first-person indicative plural present)
indaguez (indicative plural present second-person)
indaguent (indicative plural present third-person)
indaguais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
indaguais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
indaguait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
indaguions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
indaguiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
indaguaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
indaguai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
indaguas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
indagua (historic indicative past singular third-person)
indaguâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
indaguâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
indaguèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
indaguerai (first-person future indicative singular)
indagueras (future indicative second-person singular)
indaguera (future indicative singular third-person)
indaguerons (first-person future indicative plural)
indaguerez (future indicative plural second-person)
indagueront (future indicative plural third-person)
indaguerais (conditional first-person singular)
indaguerais (conditional second-person singular)
indaguerait (conditional singular third-person)
indaguerions (conditional first-person plural)
indagueriez (conditional plural second-person)
indagueraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
indague (first-person present singular subjunctive)
indagues (present second-person singular subjunctive)
indague (present singular subjunctive third-person)
indaguions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
indaguiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
indaguent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
indaguasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
indaguasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
indaguât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
indaguassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
indaguassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
indaguassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
indague (imperative second-person singular)
indaguons (first-person imperative plural)
indaguez (imperative plural second-person)


subsidier

subsidier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
subsidiant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
subsidié (participle past)
subsidie (first-person indicative present singular)
subsidies (indicative present second-person singular)
subsidie (indicative present singular third-person)
subsidions (first-person indicative plural present)
subsidiez (indicative plural present second-person)
subsidient (indicative plural present third-person)
subsidiais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
subsidiais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
subsidiait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
subsidiions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
subsidiiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
subsidiaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
subsidiai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
subsidias (historic indicative past second-person singular)
subsidia (historic indicative past singular third-person)
subsidiâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
subsidiâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
subsidièrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
subsidierai (first-person future indicative singular)
subsidieras (future indicative second-person singular)
subsidiera (future indicative singular third-person)
subsidierons (first-person future indicative plural)
subsidierez (future indicative plural second-person)
subsidieront (future indicative plural third-person)
subsidierais (conditional first-person singular)
subsidierais (conditional second-person singular)
subsidierait (conditional singular third-person)
subsidierions (conditional first-person plural)
subsidieriez (conditional plural second-person)
subsidieraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
subsidie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
subsidies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
subsidie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
subsidiions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
subsidiiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
subsidient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
subsidiasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
subsidiasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
subsidiât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
subsidiassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
subsidiassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
subsidiassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
subsidie (imperative second-person singular)
subsidions (first-person imperative plural)
subsidiez (imperative plural second-person)


apparitorat

Ultimately borrowed from Latin apparitor.

(Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo) office of student affairs (at a university)


nonante et un

From nonante (“ninety”) + et (“and”) + un (“one”).

af

(Switzerland, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Acadia) ninety-one


maïoral

fr-adj

maïoral (feminine maïorale, masculine plural maïoraux, feminine plural maïorales)

maïorale (feminine)
maïoraux (masculine plural)
maïorales (feminine plural)
mayoral (alternative)


mayeur

fr-noun

mayeur m (plural mayeurs, feminine mayeure)

mayeurs (plural)
mayeure (feminine)
maïeur (alternative)

From Old French maior, from Latin maiōrem, accusative of maior. Doublet of maire, majeur, and major.

(Belgium, informal) synonym of bourgmestre (“mayor”)


postposer

postposer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
postposant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
postposé (participle past)
postpose (first-person indicative present singular)
postposes (indicative present second-person singular)
postpose (indicative present singular third-person)
postposons (first-person indicative plural present)
postposez (indicative plural present second-person)
postposent (indicative plural present third-person)
postposais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
postposais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
postposait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
postposions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
postposiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
postposaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
postposai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
postposas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
postposa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
postposâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
postposâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
postposèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
postposerai (first-person future indicative singular)
postposeras (future indicative second-person singular)
postposera (future indicative singular third-person)
postposerons (first-person future indicative plural)
postposerez (future indicative plural second-person)
postposeront (future indicative plural third-person)
postposerais (conditional first-person singular)
postposerais (conditional second-person singular)
postposerait (conditional singular third-person)
postposerions (conditional first-person plural)
postposeriez (conditional plural second-person)
postposeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
postpose (first-person present singular subjunctive)
postposes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
postpose (present singular subjunctive third-person)
postposions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
postposiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
postposent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
postposasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
postposasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
postposât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
postposassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
postposassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
postposassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
postpose (imperative second-person singular)
postposons (first-person imperative plural)
postposez (imperative plural second-person)


endéans

Le Conseil arbitral statue endéans les trente jours de la saisine.

The arbitration council makes a ruling within thirty days of the case submission.

(chiefly Belgium and Luxembourg) within a time interval, distance, or other limit


chicon

→ English: chicon

(Belgium, Northern France) chicon; witloof (edible chicory bud)


mordre sur sa chique

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(Belgium, informal) to tough it out, to gut it out, to bite the bullet


dikkenek

Fais pas ton dikkenek, fieu!

(Belgium) arrogant, haughty, supercilious person, a braggard


zieverer

From a dialectal Flemish pronunciation of Dutch zeveraar. Compare zivereer.

(Belgium, colloquial) a person who keeps repeating nonsense


zwanzeur

zwanzeur m (plural zwanzeurs, feminine zwanzeuse)

From zwanzer + -eur.
Borrowed from Dutch zwanzer.


bonne merde

(vulgar, Belgium) break a leg! Good luck!


buser

buser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
busant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
busé (participle past)
buse (first-person indicative present singular)
buses (indicative present second-person singular)
buse (indicative present singular third-person)
busons (first-person indicative plural present)
busez (indicative plural present second-person)
busent (indicative plural present third-person)
busais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
busais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
busait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
busions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
busiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
busaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
busai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
busas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
busa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
busâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
busâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
busèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
buserai (first-person future indicative singular)
buseras (future indicative second-person singular)
busera (future indicative singular third-person)
buserons (first-person future indicative plural)
buserez (future indicative plural second-person)
buseront (future indicative plural third-person)
buserais (conditional first-person singular)
buserais (conditional second-person singular)
buserait (conditional singular third-person)
buserions (conditional first-person plural)
buseriez (conditional plural second-person)
buseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
buse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
buses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
buse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
busions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
busiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
busent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
busasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
busasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
busât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
busassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
busassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
busassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
buse (imperative second-person singular)
busons (first-person imperative plural)
busez (imperative plural second-person)


avoir la tête comme un seau

Literally, “to have the head like a bucket”.

lit

(Belgium, informal, simile) to have a headache, to be hungover


boutroulle

(Belgium, informal, anatomy) belly button


casse-vitesse

From casser (“to break”) + vitesse (“speed”), literally “speedbreaker”.


papier collant

(chiefly Belgium) sticky tape, adhesive tape, sellotape, Scotch tape


night shop

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from night + shop.

pseudo-loan

(Belgium, informal) a convenience store, a bodega


mettre en évidence

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coûter un pont

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(informal, Belgium) to be expensive, to cost an arm and a leg


à fond de balle

(Belgium, informal) at full speed, at full throttle, hell-for-leather


avoir le cul dans le beurre

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Probably derived from a calque of Dutch met zijn gat in de boter vallen.
Literally, “to have the butt in the butter”. Compare also English land with one's bum in the butter.

cog

(Belgium, Rwanda, Congo, vulgar, derogatory) to have it easy, to be rolling in money, to be rolling in it (to be extremely well-off financially thanks to one's birth in a rich family)

être né avec une cuillère d'argent dans la bouche


mise en évidence

fr-noun

mise en évidence f (plural mises en évidence)


dame blanche

(Belgium) a type of dessert resembling the sundae


dire quoi

(informal, Belgium, Northern France) to keep updated, to keep informed [with à ‘someone’]


Hardenne

Hardennes (alternative)
Ardennes (alternative)
Ardenne (alternative)

Forest of Ardennes
Forest of Ardennes#English

Ardennes (forest, geographic region and low mountain range in France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg; in full, Ardennes Forest, Ardenne Forest, or Forest of Ardennes)

Ardennes (a department of Grand Est, France)


sucer de son pouce

Calque of Dutch uit zijn duim zuigen. See also English suck out of one's thumb.

Je peux pas le sucer de mon pouce !

Je pouvais pas le sucer de mon pouce !

Tiens ! si tu ne lui avais pas dit que je ne travaillais pas, il n'aurait pas pu le sucer de son pouce, ce vieux-là !

1940, Édouard Baudry, Les Lortie: roman, page 28:

Look, if you hadn't told the old codger that I wasn't working, he would have had no way of knowing!

Dites-moi, les journaux, ce qu'ils racontent sur moi, ils ne l'ont quand même pas sucé de leur pouce. Il a bien fallu que vous les aidiez un peu.

1989, Serge Livrozet, L'empreinte, →ISBN:

Be honest: the things the newspapers are saying about me, they didn't just pull them out of thin air, did they? You had to help them out a bit.

N'oublie pas que les Templiers sont des moines-soldats. Cette notion, révolutionnaire à l'époque, en Occident, ils ne l'ont pas sucé de leur pouce. Il existait, en Orient, des confréries de guerriers pratiquant un service armé et religieux dans des sortes de monastères fortifiés appelés Ribât et pour certains tenus par des soufis.

2015, Étienne Hermant, Le Chant de l'Étoile: Thriller ésotérique, →ISBN:

Don't forget that the Knights Templar were warrior monks. This concept was revolutionary at the time, but people in the West did not pull it out of thin air. In the East there were brotherhoods of warriors who performed military and religious duties in fortified monasteries called ribats, some of which were run by Soufis.

pull out of one's ass
pull out of one's ass

(Belgium, Rwanda, Congo, transitive, informal) to guess, to predict; to invent, to pull out of one's ass; to know


avoir un œuf à peler

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(Belgium, informal) to have a score to settle [with avec ‘with someone’]


chou vert et vert chou

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six of one, half a dozen of the other
six of one, half a dozen of the other

(Belgium) tomayto, tomahto; same difference; six of one, half a dozen of the other


coûter un os

(Belgium, informal) to be expensive, to cost an arm and a leg


petit pain au chocolat

petit pain au chocolat m (plural petits pains au chocolat)

pain au chocolat
pain au chocolat#French


queues de cerises

se disputer pour des queues de cerises

gagner des queues de cerises

to earn very little money, to earn peanuts, to be paid chicken feed

(Belgium, informal) very little money, peanuts


faire la file

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(Belgium) to line up, queue (to put oneself at the end of a queue)


à tantôt

(Belgium, Canada, informal) see you later (on the same day)


trace de freinage

trace de freinage f (plural traces de freinage)

(Belgium, informal, figuratively) skidmark (visible feces stain left on underpants)


tirer son plan

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(Belgium, Rwanda, Congo, informal) to figure it out oneself, to manage, to handle things by oneself


et des

(informal, chiefly Belgium) or thereabouts, and change, and a bit over


femme d'ouvrage

femme d'ouvrage f (plural femmes d'ouvrage)


compte à vue

Literally, “at sight account.” Compare Belgian Dutch zichtrekening.


poudre à lessiver

poudre à lessiver f (plural poudres à lessiver)


par après

(Belgium) subsequently, thereafter, afterwards, later


comparer des pommes et des poires

additionner des pommes et des poires (alternative)
mélanger des pommes et des poires (alternative)

mix apples and oranges
mix apples and oranges

compare apples and oranges
compare apples and oranges

(Belgium) to mix apples and oranges, to compare apples and oranges


avoir une brique dans le ventre

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Literally, “to have a brick in the stomach”. Compare Dutch baksteen in de maag.

lit

(Belgium, figuratively) to be interested in the building trade, in the real estate business, or in houses in general; to want to have one's own house


tout ça ne nous rendra pas le Congo

Literally, “all this won't give us back the Congo”. A reference to the fact that the Democratic Republic of the Congo was previously a Belgian colony (the Belgian Congo).

(Belgium, informal) it's all very well, but it doesn't do us any good, it makes no difference


bien dans ses bottes

fr-adj

bien dans ses bottes (plural bien dans leurs bottes)

être bien dans ses bottes

comfortable in one's own skin
comfortable in one's own skin

(Belgium, informal) comfortable in one's own skin, comfortable with who one is, comfortable with oneself, feeling good about oneself, well-adjusted, together


journal de classe

fr-noun

journal de classe m (plural journaux de classe)


panier de la ménagère

panier de la ménagère m (plural paniers de la ménagère)

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(Belgium, economics) basket of goods, commodity bundle, typical shopping basket (a set of control products used to track the evolution of the cost of living)


en ce compris

(Belgium) including (being part of the group or topic just mentioned)


taper la carte

taper les cartes (alternative)
taper le carton (alternative)


chèvrechoutisme

Derived from the idiom ménager la chèvre et le chou.

(Belgium) a policy of attempting to please everybody or reconcile conflicting options


conducteur fantôme

conducteur fantôme m (plural conducteurs fantômes, feminine conductrice fantôme)

conducteurs fantômes (plural)
conductrice fantôme (feminine)
conducteur-fantôme (alternative)

(Belgium) wrong-way driver, ghost driver


faire aller

(Belgium, informal, transitive) to pull someone's leg, to fool, usually as a joke


pécule de vacances

pécule de vacances m (plural pécules de vacances)

(Belgium) holiday pay, holiday allowance bonus


non peut-être

[nõ pœˈtɛːtʁ̥]

From non + peut-être, literally “not maybe”.


flamouche

(Belgium, dated, derogatory) alternative form of flamand (“Flemish”)


sur base de

Could be a calque of Dutch op basis van.

(Belgium, sometimes proscribed) alternative form of sur la base de


nonante-deux

(Switzerland, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Acadia) ninety-two


nonante-trois

(Switzerland, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Acadia) ninety-three


nonante-quatre

From nonante (“ninety”) + quatre (“four”).

(Switzerland, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Acadia) ninety-four


nonante-cinq

From nonante (“ninety”) + cinq (“five”).

(Switzerland, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Acadia) ninety-five


nonante-six

(Switzerland, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Acadia) ninety-six


nonante-sept

From nonante (“ninety”) + sept (“seven”).

(Switzerland, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Acadia) ninety-seven


nonante-huit

From nonante (“ninety”) + huit (“eight”).

(Switzerland, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Acadia) ninety-eight


nonante-neuf

From nonante (“ninety”) + neuf (“nine”).

(Switzerland, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Acadia) ninety-nine


barrière Nadar

barrière Nadar f (plural barrières Nadar)

Named after Nadar, pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, French cartoonist and balloonist. Cf. Belgian Dutch nadar.

crowd control barrier
crowd control barrier

(Belgium) police barrier, crush barrier, crowd control barrier


échevine

échevine f (plural échevines, masculine échevin)

(Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada) alderwoman, municipal councillor


avant-midi

avant-midi m or f (plural avant-midi or avant-midis)

avant-midi (plural)
avant-midis (plural)

(Canada, Belgium) morning (time from sunrise to noon)


agent de quartier

agent de quartier m (plural agents de quartier)


carabistouille

carabistouille f (plural carabistouilles)

(informal, Belgium, chiefly in the plural) nonsense


chercher misère

(Belgium, informal) to give (someone) a hard time, to make (someone's) life a misery, to torment [with à ‘someone’]


racrapoter

se racrapoter (infinitive reflexive)
s'être + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction reflexive)
se racrapotant (gerund participle present reflexive)
ayant (gerund multiword-construction participle present reflexive)
étant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present reflexive)
racrapoté (participle past reflexive)
me racrapote (first-person indicative present reflexive singular)
te racrapotes (indicative present reflexive second-person singular)
se racrapote (indicative present reflexive singular third-person)
nous racrapotons (first-person indicative plural present reflexive)
vous racrapotez (indicative plural present reflexive second-person)
se racrapotent (indicative plural present reflexive third-person)
me racrapotais (first-person imperfect indicative reflexive singular)
te racrapotais (imperfect indicative reflexive second-person singular)
se racrapotait (imperfect indicative reflexive singular third-person)
nous racrapotions (first-person imperfect indicative plural reflexive)
vous racrapotiez (imperfect indicative plural reflexive second-person)
se racrapotaient (imperfect indicative plural reflexive third-person)
me racrapotai (first-person historic indicative past reflexive singular)
te racrapotas (historic indicative past reflexive second-person singular)
se racrapota (historic indicative past reflexive singular third-person)
nous racrapotâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural reflexive)
vous racrapotâtes (historic indicative past plural reflexive second-person)
se racrapotèrent (historic indicative past plural reflexive third-person)
me racrapoterai (first-person future indicative reflexive singular)
te racrapoteras (future indicative reflexive second-person singular)
se racrapotera (future indicative reflexive singular third-person)
nous racrapoterons (first-person future indicative plural reflexive)
vous racrapoterez (future indicative plural reflexive second-person)
se racrapoteront (future indicative plural reflexive third-person)
me racrapoterais (conditional first-person reflexive singular)
te racrapoterais (conditional reflexive second-person singular)
se racrapoterait (conditional reflexive singular third-person)
nous racrapoterions (conditional first-person plural reflexive)
vous racrapoteriez (conditional plural reflexive second-person)
se racrapoteraient (conditional plural reflexive third-person)
future of s'être + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect reflexive)
conditional of s'être + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect reflexive)
me racrapote (first-person present reflexive singular subjunctive)
te racrapotes (present reflexive second-person singular subjunctive)
se racrapote (present reflexive singular subjunctive third-person)
nous racrapotions (first-person plural present reflexive subjunctive)
vous racrapotiez (plural present reflexive second-person subjunctive)
se racrapotent (plural present reflexive subjunctive third-person)
me racrapotasse (first-person imperfect reflexive singular subjunctive)
te racrapotasses (imperfect reflexive second-person singular subjunctive)
se racrapotât (imperfect reflexive singular subjunctive third-person)
nous racrapotassions (first-person imperfect plural reflexive subjunctive)
vous racrapotassiez (imperfect plural reflexive second-person subjunctive)
se racrapotassent (imperfect plural reflexive subjunctive third-person)
racrapote-toi (imperative reflexive second-person singular)
racrapotons-nous (first-person imperative plural reflexive)
racrapotez-vous (imperative plural reflexive second-person)

From ra- + crapoter or r- + accroupir + -oter.

Mourir de frissonner / Mourir de se dissoudre / De se racrapoter / Mourir de se découdre

1977, Jacques Brel, “Vieillir”, in Les Marquises:


tenir le pot droit

(Belgium, informal) to hold the fort; to keep house; to keep one's house in order


outre-Quiévrain

Literally, “on the other side of Quiévrain”.
Historically, the Quiévrain station was the border crossing on the Paris-Brussels railway, from 1846 until 1988.


fr-verb

ne pas avoir toutes ses frites dans le même sachet

/nə pa a.vwaʁ tut se fʁit dɑ̃ l(ə) mɛm sa.ʃɛ/

/nə pɑ a.vwaʁ tut se fʁit dɑ̃ l(ə) mɛm sa.ʃɛ/

Literally, “to not have all one's fries in the same bag”.

lit

a few sandwiches short of a picnic
a few sandwiches short of a picnic

one fry short of a Happy Meal
one fry short of a Happy Meal

(Belgium, informal) to have a screw loose, to be a few sandwiches short of a picnic, to be one fry short of a Happy Meal


facultaire

→ Dutch: facultair

(Belgium, Quebec, relational) faculty (division of a university)


filet américain

→ Dutch: filet americain

(Belgium) Belgian steak tartare, often made with mayonnaise and seasoned with capers and fresh herbs


carte grise

Literally, “gray card”, historically of a gray color.

(France, Belgium) vehicle registration certificate, car registration document


examen de passage

fr-noun

examen de passage m (plural examens de passage)

(Belgium) resit, retake exam (examination taken a second time)


septantaine

(Belgium, Switzerland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Acadia, Savoy) about seventy


voiture de société

voiture de société f (plural voitures de société)

(Belgium) company car, take-home vehicle


Sabena

(Belgium, historical) acronym of Societé anonyme belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation aérienne


gosette

une gosette aux pommes

une gosette aux abricots

(Belgium) turnover (semicircular pastry made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, enclosing the filling)


pierre-papier-ciseaux

Calque of Japanese じゃんけんぽん. From pierre (“rock”) + papier (“paper”) + ciseaux (“scissors”).


avant-midis

(Canada, Belgium) (post-1990) plural of avant-midi


bibitif

fr-adj

bibitif (feminine bibitive, masculine plural bibitifs, feminine plural bibitives)

bibitive (feminine)
bibitifs (masculine plural)
bibitives (feminine plural)

jeu bibitif

soirée bibitive


café russe

From café (“coffee”) + russe (“Russian”).


avoir le gros cou

Calque of Dutch dikkenek. Literally, “to have a thick neck”.

(Belgium, Rwanda, Congo) to be arrogant, haughty, boastful


communautariser

communautariser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
communautarisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
communautarisé (participle past)
communautarise (first-person indicative present singular)
communautarises (indicative present second-person singular)
communautarise (indicative present singular third-person)
communautarisons (first-person indicative plural present)
communautarisez (indicative plural present second-person)
communautarisent (indicative plural present third-person)
communautarisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
communautarisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
communautarisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
communautarisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
communautarisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
communautarisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
communautarisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
communautarisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
communautarisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
communautarisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
communautarisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
communautarisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
communautariserai (first-person future indicative singular)
communautariseras (future indicative second-person singular)
communautarisera (future indicative singular third-person)
communautariserons (first-person future indicative plural)
communautariserez (future indicative plural second-person)
communautariseront (future indicative plural third-person)
communautariserais (conditional first-person singular)
communautariserais (conditional second-person singular)
communautariserait (conditional singular third-person)
communautariserions (conditional first-person plural)
communautariseriez (conditional plural second-person)
communautariseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
communautarise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
communautarises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
communautarise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
communautarisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
communautarisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
communautarisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
communautarisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
communautarisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
communautarisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
communautarisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
communautarisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
communautarisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
communautarise (imperative second-person singular)
communautarisons (first-person imperative plural)
communautarisez (imperative plural second-person)

(Belgium) transfer national competence from the federal government to the linguistic communities.


décommunautariser

décommunautariser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
décommunautarisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
décommunautarisé (participle past)
décommunautarise (first-person indicative present singular)
décommunautarises (indicative present second-person singular)
décommunautarise (indicative present singular third-person)
décommunautarisons (first-person indicative plural present)
décommunautarisez (indicative plural present second-person)
décommunautarisent (indicative plural present third-person)
décommunautarisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
décommunautarisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
décommunautarisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
décommunautarisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
décommunautarisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
décommunautarisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
décommunautarisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
décommunautarisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
décommunautarisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
décommunautarisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
décommunautarisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
décommunautarisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
décommunautariserai (first-person future indicative singular)
décommunautariseras (future indicative second-person singular)
décommunautarisera (future indicative singular third-person)
décommunautariserons (first-person future indicative plural)
décommunautariserez (future indicative plural second-person)
décommunautariseront (future indicative plural third-person)
décommunautariserais (conditional first-person singular)
décommunautariserais (conditional second-person singular)
décommunautariserait (conditional singular third-person)
décommunautariserions (conditional first-person plural)
décommunautariseriez (conditional plural second-person)
décommunautariseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
décommunautarise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
décommunautarises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
décommunautarise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
décommunautarisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
décommunautarisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
décommunautarisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
décommunautarisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
décommunautarisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
décommunautarisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
décommunautarisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
décommunautarisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
décommunautarisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
décommunautarise (imperative second-person singular)
décommunautarisons (first-person imperative plural)
décommunautarisez (imperative plural second-person)

dé- + communautaire + -iser. See notes below to understand the difference of meaning of the word between the EU and Belgium.

(Belgium) to transfer competences from the linguistic communities to the federal state


wallingant

From Wallonie, by analogy with flamingant.

(Belgium, politics) Wallonians supporting Wallonian independence; coined by their opponents.

...la definition de Jean-Pierre Hiernaux, qui présente le « wallingant » comme un «défenseur radicale ou excessif de la langue et culture français, dans la Belgique unitaire telle qu'issue de la révolution de 1830 ». Hiernaux (J.-P.), « Wallingant, wallingnantisme », in EMW, o.c., pp. 1619-1624.

2015, Céline Préaux, La Fin de la Flandre belge:

... Jean-Pierre Hiernaux's definition, which presents the "wallingant" as a "radical or excessive defender of French language and culture, in unitary Belgium as it appeared in 1830 revolution".

(Belgium, rare) A passionate defender of French culture and language, especially in Belgium.


écolage

clause d'écolage

clause about the repayment of training costs, training costs payback clause


arranger les bidons

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-arranger les bidons.wav

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-arranger les bidons.wav

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-arranger les bidons.wav

(Belgium, informal) to make things right, to patch things up


secrétaire d'État

fr-noun

secrétaire d'État m or f by sense (plural secrétaires d'État)


secrétariat social

secrétariat social m (plural secrétariats sociaux)

(Belgium) organization that supports companies by assuming some of their administrative tasks (such as payroll tasks)


maison communale

maison communale f (plural maisons communales)


échevinal

fr-adj

échevinal (feminine échevinale, masculine plural échevinaux, feminine plural échevinales)

échevinale (feminine)
échevinaux (masculine plural)
échevinales (feminine plural)

le collège échevinal


conseil communal

fr-noun

conseil communal f (plural conseils communaux)

(Belgium) city council, municipal council


refédéraliser

refédéraliser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
refédéralisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
refédéralisé (participle past)
refédéralise (first-person indicative present singular)
refédéralises (indicative present second-person singular)
refédéralise (indicative present singular third-person)
refédéralisons (first-person indicative plural present)
refédéralisez (indicative plural present second-person)
refédéralisent (indicative plural present third-person)
refédéralisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
refédéralisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
refédéralisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
refédéralisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
refédéralisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
refédéralisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
refédéralisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
refédéralisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
refédéralisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
refédéralisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
refédéralisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
refédéralisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
refédéraliserai (first-person future indicative singular)
refédéraliseras (future indicative second-person singular)
refédéralisera (future indicative singular third-person)
refédéraliserons (first-person future indicative plural)
refédéraliserez (future indicative plural second-person)
refédéraliseront (future indicative plural third-person)
refédéraliserais (conditional first-person singular)
refédéraliserais (conditional second-person singular)
refédéraliserait (conditional singular third-person)
refédéraliserions (conditional first-person plural)
refédéraliseriez (conditional plural second-person)
refédéraliseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
refédéralise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
refédéralises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
refédéralise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
refédéralisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
refédéralisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
refédéralisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
refédéralisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
refédéralisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
refédéralisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
refédéralisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
refédéralisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
refédéralisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
refédéralise (imperative second-person singular)
refédéralisons (first-person imperative plural)
refédéralisez (imperative plural second-person)


grande distinction

grande distinction f (plural grandes distinctions)

grandes distinctions (plural)
grande dis' (alternative clipping)

→ Dutch: grote onderscheiding (calque)

avec grande distinction


la plus grande distinction

la plus grande distinction f (uncountable)

desc

→ Dutch: grootste onderscheiding (calque)

la plus grande dis' (alternative clipping)

avec la plus grande distinction

(Belgium) highest honours, first-class honours