glace

→ Italian: glassa

→ Lingala: galási

→ Luxembourgish: Glace

→ Moroccan Arabic: جلاص (glāṣ)

→ Swedish: glass

→ Switzerland German: Glace

Inherited from Middle French glace, from Old French glace (“ice", also "glass, mirror, radiance”), from Vulgar Latin *glacium/a, from Latin glaciēs (“ice”). The senses of "glass, mirror, radiance" were possibly derived from Frankish *glas (“glass”).

inh

(France, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, New Caledonia, Réunion, West Africa) ice cream

Cambodia; Laos; Algeria; Tunisia; Cambodia; Laos; Algeria; Tunisia


déjeuner

déjeuners (plural)
déjeûner (alternative)
déjeusner (alternative archaic)

→ English: déjeuner

→ Romanian: dejun

→ Scots: disjune

(France, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Algeria, Tunisia, New Caledonia, Réunion, Morocco, West Africa) lunch, luncheon


petit déjeuner

fr-noun

petit déjeuner m (plural petits déjeuners)

petits déjeuners (plural)
petit-déjeuner (alternative)

→ Portuguese: pequeno-almoço (calque)

→ Romanian: mic dejun (calque)

(chiefly France, New Caledonia, Réunion, West Africa) breakfast (morning meal)


marron

fr-adj

marron (feminine marronne, masculine plural marrons, feminine plural marronnes)

marronne (feminine)
marrons (masculine plural)
marronnes (feminine plural)

From a West Indies creole, from Spanish cimarrón; see that entry for more.

cochon marron

(Antilles, Réunion) feral, maroon (that has become wild again (used of a slave or animal who has returned to a free or wild state))

tabac marron

(Antilles, Réunion) wild (to qualify a wild alternative for a cultivated plant or domestic animal)

magie marronne

(Réunion) illicit, crooked (of professions)


pamplemousse

(botany, France, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, New Caledonia, Réunion, West Africa) pomelo


yaourt

yaourts (plural)
yahourt (alternative)
yoghourt (alternative)
yogourt (alternative)

(chiefly France, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, New Caledonia, Réunion, West Africa) yoghurt


souper

→ German: Souper

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

(France, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, New Caledonia, Réunion, West Africa) a light meal eaten at night, after the main evening meal


velours

→ Danish: velour

→ English: velour

→ Turkish: velur

Inherited from Old French velor, an alteration of velos, either from velu (“hairy”) + -os (“-ous”), or a borrowing from Old Occitan velos; either way, from Latin villus. Cognate with English velvet and a doublet of villeux.

héliotrope argenté
héliotrope argenté#French

velvetleaf soldierbush
velvetleaf soldierbush

Delachaux et Niestlé
w:fr:Delachaux et Niestlé

(Réunion) synonym of héliotrope argenté (“velvetleaf soldierbush”) (Heliotropium arboreum)


sauge

Inherited from Old French sauge, from Latin salvia.

(Réunion) synonym of sauge écarlate (“blood sage”) (Salvia coccinea Buc'hoz ex Etl.)


jacaranda

jacaranda à feuilles de mimosa
jacaranda à feuilles de mimosa#French

(Réunion) synonym of jacaranda à feuilles de mimosa (Jacaranda mimosifolia D. Don)


bombarde

→ Italian: bombarda

From Middle French bombarde (“a bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a bassoon-like musical instrument”), from Latin bombus (“buzzing; booming”).

uder

(Réunion) a rustic beehive made from a hollow trunk


chouchou

chouchous (plural)
chou-chou (alternative)

→ Catalan: xuixo

→ Portuguese: chuchu

→ Vietnamese: su su


datura

Dictionnaire de la langue française
Littré
Émile Littré

Borrowed from Portuguese, ultimately from Sanskrit धत्तूर (dhattūra). Littré's Dictionnaire de la langue française states it comes from Arabic and ultimately from Persian.

dature inoffensive
dature inoffensive#French

Datura innoxia
Datura innoxia#Translingual

(Réunion) synonym of dature inoffensive (Datura innoxia)


rougail

Borrowed from Réunion Creole French rougay, ultimately from Tamil ஊறுகாய் (ūṟukāy, “pickled fruits”).

der

(Réunion) a kind of condiment served with curry


coucoune

(Réunion) cigarette butt, fag end; joint (of cannabis)


affouche

Les affouches sont des ficus, sans aucun doute ! Mais tous les ficus ne sont pas des affouches. D'où vient le mot affouche ? Pas du malgache sûrement !

2007, Marc Rivière, Les plantes médicinales à l'Île de la Réunion: Homonymes:

(chiefly Mauritius, Réunion) any of various species of Ficus native to the Mascarene Islands


merle blanc

échenilleur de La Réunion
échenilleur de La Réunion#French

(Réunion) synonym of échenilleur de La Réunion (Lalage newtoni (Pollen, 1866)


Quel Panama!

From the collapse of the Panama Company, under Lesseps, one of the largest corporate collapses in history, when it failed to build the Panama Canal at the end of the 19th century. Literally, “What a Panama!”.

(France, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, New Caledonia, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Réunion, West Africa, historical, early 20th c.) what a mess; what a boondoggle; what a disaster

Cambodia; Laos; Algeria; Tunisia; early 20th c.; Cambodia; Laos; Algeria; Tunisia; early 20th c.


bouillon-blanc

fr-noun

bouillon-blanc m (plural bouillons-blancs)

bouillons-blancs (plural)
bouillon blanc (alternative)

psiadie à feuilles de buglosse
psiadie à feuilles de buglosse#French

(Réunion) synonym of psiadie à feuilles de buglosse (Psiadia anchusifolia (Poir.) Cordem.)


étoile de Bethléem

étoile de Bethléem f (plural étoiles de Bethléem)

hippobrome à longues fleurs
hippobrome à longues fleurs#French

(Réunion) synonym of hippobrome à longues fleurs (“star of Bethlehem”) (Hippobroma longiflora)


lastron blanc

lastron blanc m (plural lastrons blancs)


ambaville blanche

ambaville blanche f (plural ambavilles blanches, masculine ambaville blanc)

ambavilles blanches (plural)
ambaville blanc (masculine)

hubertie tomenteuse
hubertie tomenteuse#French

(Réunion) synonym of hubertie tomenteuse (Hubertia tomentosa Bory)


ambaville blanc

ambaville blanc m (plural ambavilles blancs, feminine ambaville blanche)

ambavilles blancs (plural)
ambaville blanche (feminine)


fleur la fête des Mères

fleur la fête des Mères f (plural fleurs la fête des Mères)

tournesol du Mexique
tournesol du Mexique#French

(Réunion) synonym of tournesol du Mexique (“tree marigold”) Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray


chasse vieillesse

chasse vieillesse f (plural chasse vieillesse)

chasse vieillesse (plural)
chasse-vieillesse (alternative)

Likely from Réunion Creole French. By surface analysis, chasser + vieillesse.

surf

faujasie à feuilles de saule
faujasie à feuilles de saule#French

synonym of faujasie à feuilles de saule (Faujasia salicifolia (Pers.) C. Jeffrey)


bouillon blanc

fr-noun

bouillon blanc m (plural bouillons blancs)


petit velours blanc

petit velours blanc m (plural petits velours blancs)

immortelle faux-arnica
immortelle faux-arnica#French

synonym of immortelle faux-arnica (Helichrysum arnicoides (Lam.) Cordem.)


bois de joli cœur

bois de joli cœur m (plural bois de joli cœur)

From its traditional use as an aphrodisiac.


joli cœur

jolis cœurs (plural)
joli-cœur (alternative)

bois de joli cœur
bois de joli cœur#French

(Réunion) synonym of bois de joli cœur (Pittosporum senacia Putt.)


bois de mangue marron

bois de mangue marron m (plural bois de mangue marron)


trompette du jugement dernier

trompette du jugement dernier f (plural trompettes du jugement dernier)

(Réunion) Brugmansia suaveolens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Bercht. & J. Presl


herbe à Sitarane

herbe à Sitarane f (plural herbes à Sitarane)

After Sitarane, a famous thief and murderer from Réunion.

synonym of dature inoffensive (Datura innoxia Mill.)


tisaneur

tisaneur m (plural tisaneurs, feminine tisaneuse)

Borrowed from Réunion Creole French tizanèr. By surface analysis, tisane + -eur.


rose de bois

So named because its flowers lignify upon wilting.


rose des bois

(Réunion) synonym of rose de bois (Distimake tuberosus)


bois maigre

So named because of the appearance of its trunk, reminiscent of a scrawny man.

nuxie verticillée
nuxie verticillée#French

(Réunion) synonym of nuxie verticillée (Nuxia verticillata Lam.)


bois de bombarde

fr-noun

bois de bombarde m (plural bois de bombarde)

So named because older trees tend to become hollow and are used by bees for nesting.
The old trunks were also used to make rustic hives called bombardes in Réunion French.


valahir

valaïre (alternative)
valaker (alternative)


valaïre

valahir (alternative)
valaker (alternative)


valaker

valahir (alternative)
valaïre (alternative)


sauge écarlate

sauge écarlate f (plural sauges écarlates)

(France, Réunion) blood sage (Salvia coccinea Buc'hoz ex Etl.)


goutte de sang

goutte de sang f (plural gouttes de sang)

gouttes de sang (plural)
goutte-de-sang (alternative)

(Réunion) Asiatic witchweed (Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze)


fleur cirage

Borrowed from Réunion Creole French. So named because of the smell of polish emitted by the plant when bruised.

otacanthe bleuâtre
otacanthe bleuâtre#French

(Réunion) synonym of otacanthe bleuâtre (Matourea azurea)


plante efferalgan

plante efferalgan f (plural plantes efferalgan)

plante + Efferalgan. So named because the plant is used as a febrifuge.

(Réunion) blue coleus (Coleus neochilus (Schltr.) Codd)

(Réunion) synonym of gros thym (“Indian borage”) (Coleus amboinicus)


ti baume

ti baumes (plural)
ti-baume (alternative)


bois de corail

bois de corail m (plural bois de corail)

chassalie bois de corail
chassalie bois de corail#French

(Réunion) synonym of chassalie bois de corail (Chassalia corallioides (Cordem.) Verdc.)


bois de lousteau

bois de lousteau m (plural bois de lousteau)


gros bois cassant bleu

gros bois cassant bleu m (plural gros bois cassants bleus)

bois de lousteau
bois de lousteau#French

(Réunion) synonym of bois de lousteau (Chassalia gaertneroides)


gros tec-tec des Hauts

gros tec-tec des Hauts m (plural gros tec-tecs des Hauts)

(Réunion) synonym of échenilleur de La Réunion (Lalage newtoni (Pollen, 1866)


oiseau couillon

oiseau couillon m (plural oiseaux couillons)

(Réunion) synonym of échenilleur de La Réunion (Lalage newtoni (Pollen, 1866))


pervenche de Madagascar

pervenche de Madagascar f (plural pervenches de Madagascar)

catharanthe rose
catharanthe rose#French

Catharanthus roseus
Catharanthus roseus#Translingual

Delachaux et Niestlé
w:fr:Delachaux et Niestlé

(France, Réunion) synonym of catharanthe rose (“rosy periwinkle”) (Catharanthus roseus) (L.) G. Don.)


guillemette

(Réunion) synonym of catharanthe rose (“rosy periwinkle”) (Catharanthus roseus) (L.) G. Don.)


veloutier de mer

veloutier de mer m (plural veloutiers de mer)

héliotrope argenté
héliotrope argenté#French

velvetleaf soldierbush
velvetleaf soldierbush

(Réunion) synonym of héliotrope argenté (“velvetleaf soldierbush”) (Heliotropium arboreum)


veloutier bord de mer

veloutier bord de mer m (plural veloutiers bord de mer)


veloutier blanc

veloutier blanc m (plural veloutiers blancs)


myosotis de Bourbon

myosotis de Bourbon m (plural myosotis de Bourbon)

cynoglosse de Bourbon
cynoglosse de Bourbon#French

(Réunion) synonym of cynoglosse de Bourbon (Cynoglossum borbonicum Bory)