y

Eye dialect spelling or contraction of il and ils.

(Quebec, colloquial) he: alternative form of il

(Quebec, colloquial) they: alternative form of ils

(Quebec, colloquial) they: alternative form of elles


brassière

desctree

→ English: brassiere, brassière
→ Spanish: brasier

Inherited from Old French braciere (originally a lining inside armor to protect the arm, but later a garment), from Old French brace (“arm”). Equivalent to bras + -ière.


pi

"Blanc d'or rouge noir pi toute"

1963, Jack Kerouac, Visions of Gerard, page 8:

(Quebec, colloquial) alternative spelling of pis (“and”)


tin

(Quebec, colloquial) (surprise, giving someone something) alternative form of tiens


pamphlet

→ German: Pamphlet

(Quebec or dated) pamphlet (small booklet)


twit

(Quebec, colloquial) twit (foolish person)


machine

→ Amharic: ማሽን (mašn)

→ Azerbaijani: maşın

→ Danish: maskine
→ Faroese: maskina

→ Dutch: machine, masjine, masjien (adapted), machien (archaic or colloquial)
Afrikaans: masjien
→ Caribbean Javanese: mesin
→ Malay: mesin
Indonesian: mesin
→ Sundanese: mesin
→ Sranan Tongo: masyin
→ Aukan: masini
→ Caribbean Hindustani: mashin
→ Kari'na: masini
→ Saramaccan: masíni

→ German: Maschine (see there for further descendants)

→ Limburgish: mesjien

→ Norwegian: maskin

→ Pashto: ماشين (māšín)

→ Persian: ماشین (mâšin)
→ Central Kurdish: ماشێن (maşên)
→ Turkmen: maşyn

→ Romanian: mașină (also via German)

→ Spanish: mashina (Louisiana)

→ Swedish: maskin

→ Tajik: мошин (mošin), мошина (mošina)
→ Yagnobi: мошин (mošin)

→ Esperanto: maŝino

Inherited from Middle French machine, borrowed from Latin machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), itself a borrowing from Doric Ancient Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́). Not to be confused with machin, which means "thing".


claque

Deverbal from claquer (“to clap”). Sense 5 developed as paying audience members to applaud started at the Paris Opera.


cell

Clipping of cellulaire; influenced by North American English cell

téléphone cellulaire
téléphone cellulaire#French

(Quebec, colloquial) cellular phone, mobile phone; clipping of téléphone cellulaire


correct

fr-adj

correct (feminine correcte, masculine plural corrects, feminine plural correctes)

correcte (feminine)
corrects (masculine plural)
correctes (feminine plural)

J'suis tellement désolé! T'es correct?

Ouais, c'est correct.


moron

fr-noun

moron m (plural morons, feminine moronne)

English moron, from Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “foolish, dull”).


moron

fr-adj

moron (feminine moronne, masculine plural morons, feminine plural moronnes)

moronne (feminine)
morons (masculine plural)
moronnes (feminine plural)

Que t'es moron, toi!


ac

pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(Quebec, informal) pronunciation spelling of avec


pu

(Quebec, colloquial) alternative form of plus


tu

C'est-tu possible ?


pied

Haitian Creole: pye

Inherited from Middle French pied, from Old French pié, from Latin pedem. The -d was added to the spelling in Middle French after the Latin form.
Cognate with Italian piede, Catalan peu, Spanish pie, Portuguese pé, and further with English foot, Lithuanian pėda, Persian پا (pâ) etc.

(Quebec, etc.) Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres)


mail

Inherited from Latin malleus (“hammer”).


flu

Borrowed from English flu (“influenza”).


fucker

fucker (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
fuckant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
fucké (participle past)
fucke (first-person indicative present singular)
fuckes (indicative present second-person singular)
fucke (indicative present singular third-person)
fuckons (first-person indicative plural present)
fuckez (indicative plural present second-person)
fuckent (indicative plural present third-person)
fuckais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
fuckais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
fuckait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
fuckions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
fuckiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
fuckaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fuckai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
fuckas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
fucka (historic indicative past singular third-person)
fuckâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
fuckâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
fuckèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
fuckerai (first-person future indicative singular)
fuckeras (future indicative second-person singular)
fuckera (future indicative singular third-person)
fuckerons (first-person future indicative plural)
fuckerez (future indicative plural second-person)
fuckeront (future indicative plural third-person)
fuckerais (conditional first-person singular)
fuckerais (conditional second-person singular)
fuckerait (conditional singular third-person)
fuckerions (conditional first-person plural)
fuckeriez (conditional plural second-person)
fuckeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
fucke (first-person present singular subjunctive)
fuckes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
fucke (present singular subjunctive third-person)
fuckions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
fuckiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
fuckent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
fuckasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
fuckasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fuckât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fuckassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
fuckassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fuckassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
fucke (imperative second-person singular)
fuckons (first-person imperative plural)
fuckez (imperative plural second-person)

Ça te fucke une nuit de sommeil, ça.

It fucks up one night of sleep for you, it does.

Bref, le genre d’histoire qui te fucke une semaine.

In short, the kind of story that fucks up your week.

(Quebec, vulgar) to fuck up, mess up, ruin

Il a fucké après ça toute la journée.

(Quebec, vulgar) to do something with difficulty


abstème

(Quebec, law, historical) refusing to receive communion in Church under the species of wine


partir

partir (infinitive)
avoir (infinitive multiword-construction)
être + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
partant (gerund participle present)
ayant (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
étant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
parti (participle past)
pars (first-person indicative present singular)
pars (indicative present second-person singular)
part (indicative present singular third-person)
partons (first-person indicative plural present)
partez (indicative plural present second-person)
partent (indicative plural present third-person)
partais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
partais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
partait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
partions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
partiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
partaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
partis (first-person historic indicative past singular)
partis (historic indicative past second-person singular)
partit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
partîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
partîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
partirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
partirai (first-person future indicative singular)
partiras (future indicative second-person singular)
partira (future indicative singular third-person)
partirons (first-person future indicative plural)
partirez (future indicative plural second-person)
partiront (future indicative plural third-person)
partirais (conditional first-person singular)
partirais (conditional second-person singular)
partirait (conditional singular third-person)
partirions (conditional first-person plural)
partiriez (conditional plural second-person)
partiraient (conditional plural third-person)
present indicative of avoir (indicative multiword-construction perfect present)
être + past participle (indicative multiword-construction perfect present)
imperfect indicative of avoir (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect)
être + past participle (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect)
past historic of avoir (anterior indicative multiword-construction past)
être + past participle (anterior indicative multiword-construction past)
future of avoir (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
être + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
être + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
parte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
partes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
parte (present singular subjunctive third-person)
partions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
partiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
partent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
partisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
partisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
partît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
partissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
partissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
partissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
present subjunctive of avoir (multiword-construction past subjunctive)
être + past participle (multiword-construction past subjunctive)
imperfect subjunctive of avoir (multiword-construction pluperfect subjunctive)
être + past participle (multiword-construction pluperfect subjunctive)
pars (imperative second-person singular)
partons (first-person imperative plural)
partez (imperative plural second-person)
simple imperative of avoir (imperative multiword-construction second-person singular)
être + past participle (imperative multiword-construction second-person singular)
simple imperative of avoir (first-person imperative multiword-construction plural)
être + past participle (first-person imperative multiword-construction plural)
simple imperative of avoir (imperative multiword-construction plural second-person)
être + past participle (imperative multiword-construction plural second-person)

Inherited from Middle French partir, from Old French partir, from Latin partīre.

rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir à point

partir une affaire


nono

fr-noun

nono m (plural nonos, feminine nounoune)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Mathieu Denel WMFr-nono.wav


cap

Borrowed from Occitan cap, from Latin caput. Doublet of chef.

(Quebec, geography) cap (summit of a mountain)


fin

fr-adj

fin (feminine fine, masculine plural fins, feminine plural fines)

fine (feminine)
fins (masculine plural)
fines (feminine plural)


poche

Inherited from Middle French poche, from Old French puche, poche (“purse, small bag”), from Frankish *pokkō, *pokō (“pouch, bag”), from Proto-Germanic *pukô (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *buk-, *bu-, *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Reinforced by Old Norse puki, poki (“bag, pocket”), via Old Northern French.
Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pohha, pocca (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”), and English pocket; compare also pouch.

(Quebec, informal) bad, untalented, sucky


bœuf

bœufs (plural)
boeuf (alternative nonstandard)

Haitian Creole: bèf

Inherited from Middle French bœuf, from Old French buef, boef, from Latin bovem (“ox”), from Proto-Italic *gʷōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (compare English cow).
The music sense derives from the expression “faire un Bœuf”, after the Parisian cabaret-bar Le Bœuf sur le toit where jam sessions were held.

"T'as peut-être fait quelque chose de croche. Si toi tu le sais pas, les bœufs le savent, eux."

1996, Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, →ISBN, page 79:

"Maybe you did something wrong. Even if you don't know, the pigs will."

(Quebec, slang, derogatory) a police officer; a pig


è

From a, a distinctly Quebec contracted form of elle + est.

(Quebec) she's, it's: contraction of elle est


malin

malin (feminine maligne or maline, masculine plural malins, feminine plural malignes or malines)

maligne (feminine)
maline (feminine)
malins (masculine plural)
malignes (feminine plural)
malines (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French malin(g), backformation from Old French maligne m (12th c.), a borrowing from Latin malignus. Compare the same backformation in bénin and, on the other hand, the original common-gender form preserved in digne.

(Quebec) aggressive (of an animal); petulant (of a person)


cave

Probably from cavé, from the past participle of caver, a term used in games.

(Quebec, dated in France, slang) an imbecile, a stupid person


l'

À la manifestation, / on rêvait d'révolution / se gelant l'cul avec une poignée de comparses / sous la pluie froide du mois d'mars

2002, Jean-François Pauzé, “La Manifestation”, in Break Syndical:

At the demonstration, / we dreamed o' revolution / freezing da asses off with a handful of cronies / in the cold rain of March

(Quebec, Louisiana, colloquial, after a vowel) apocopic form of le: the


l'

Icitte y'a papa qui se r'met / fe sa p'tite opération / t'aurais du l'voir, y fakait / fallait l'traiter aux p'tits oignons

2002, Jean-François Pauzé, Marie-Annick Lépine, “Toune d'automne”, in Break Syndical:

Here's Dad recoverin' / doin' his lil operation / you shoulda seen him, he was doin' it / you hadda treat him like a pro

(Quebec, Louisiana, colloquial, after a vowel) apocopic form of le: him, it


citron

From Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably connected with Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar, juniper”).

cog

(Quebec, informal) lemon (defective item)


hostie

hosties (plural)
ostie (alternative)
osti (alternative)
sti (alternative)
'sti (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin hostia. Compare Old French oiste.

"Ciboire! Il a joui en l'étranglant! C'est un hostie de malade!."

1996, Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, →ISBN, page 53:

What the hell! He came while strangling him. He's a damn nutcase!


lulu

(Quebec) twintail, pigtail; one of a pair of ponytails on the sides of the head


ponce

From Latin pūmex (via a Late Latin pōmex).

(Quebec) hot alcoholic beverage made with gin or rum


sou

→ English: sou

Louisiana Creole: sou

Inherited from Old French, inherited from Late Latin soldus, from Latin solidus. Doublet of solide. See also the form sol, which kept the historical spelling from Old French, even if it came to be pronounced like sou.

Ça va être six piastres et vingt-cinq sous, s'il te plaît.

That'll be six dollars and twenty-five cents, please.

(Quebec, Louisiana, colloquial) cent (one hundredth of a dollar)


paver

paver (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
pavant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
pavé (participle past)
pave (first-person indicative present singular)
paves (indicative present second-person singular)
pave (indicative present singular third-person)
pavons (first-person indicative plural present)
pavez (indicative plural present second-person)
pavent (indicative plural present third-person)
pavais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pavais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pavait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pavions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
paviez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pavaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pavai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
pavas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
pava (historic indicative past singular third-person)
pavâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
pavâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
pavèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
paverai (first-person future indicative singular)
paveras (future indicative second-person singular)
pavera (future indicative singular third-person)
paverons (first-person future indicative plural)
paverez (future indicative plural second-person)
paveront (future indicative plural third-person)
paverais (conditional first-person singular)
paverais (conditional second-person singular)
paverait (conditional singular third-person)
paverions (conditional first-person plural)
paveriez (conditional plural second-person)
paveraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
pave (first-person present singular subjunctive)
paves (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pave (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pavions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
paviez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pavent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pavasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pavasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pavât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pavassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pavassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pavassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pave (imperative second-person singular)
pavons (first-person imperative plural)
pavez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French paver (“to pave, to cover”), from Vulgar Latin *pavāre (“to beat down, to smash”), from Latin pavīre (“to beat, strike, ram, tread down”).

inh

(Canada, Quebec) to pave in any sense (including with asphalt, etc.)


slacker

slacker (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
slackant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
slacké (participle past)
slacke (first-person indicative present singular)
slackes (indicative present second-person singular)
slacke (indicative present singular third-person)
slackons (first-person indicative plural present)
slackez (indicative plural present second-person)
slackent (indicative plural present third-person)
slackais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
slackais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
slackait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
slackions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
slackiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
slackaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
slackai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
slackas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
slacka (historic indicative past singular third-person)
slackâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
slackâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
slackèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
slackerai (first-person future indicative singular)
slackeras (future indicative second-person singular)
slackera (future indicative singular third-person)
slackerons (first-person future indicative plural)
slackerez (future indicative plural second-person)
slackeront (future indicative plural third-person)
slackerais (conditional first-person singular)
slackerais (conditional second-person singular)
slackerait (conditional singular third-person)
slackerions (conditional first-person plural)
slackeriez (conditional plural second-person)
slackeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
slacke (first-person present singular subjunctive)
slackes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
slacke (present singular subjunctive third-person)
slackions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
slackiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
slackent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
slackasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
slackasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
slackât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
slackassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
slackassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
slackassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
slacke (imperative second-person singular)
slackons (first-person imperative plural)
slackez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive, Quebec, colloquial) to slacken; to loosen


partner

fr-noun

partner m or f by sense (plural partners)

(obsolete, except for in Quebec) partner


police

→ Amharic: ፖሊስ (polis)

→ Chadian Arabic: بوليس (bōlīs)

→ Hunsrik: Puliss

→ Persian: پلیس (polis)

Borrowed from Late Latin polītīa (“state, government”), from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía).

bor+

(Quebec, colloquial) cop (police officer)


bic

→ Chadian Arabic: بيك (bīk)

→ Khmer: ប៊ិក (bĭk)

→ Lao: ບິກ (bik)

A genericized trademark. From BIC, a popular French brand of disposable ballpoint pen and disposable lighters, which is from the name of the co-founder of the company. Named after French businessman Marcel Bich. From Bich (“surname”).


innocent

fr-noun

innocent m (plural innocents, feminine innocente)

From Old French inocent, borrowed from Latin innocentem (“harmless, inoffensive”, from in- (“not”) + nocēns (present participle of noceō (“to hurt”))).

af

present participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">noceō</i> (“to hurt”)


pissant

fr-adj

pissant (feminine pissante, masculine plural pissants, feminine plural pissantes)

pissante (feminine)
pissants (masculine plural)
pissantes (feminine plural)


habitant

fr-noun

habitant m (plural habitants, feminine habitante)

(Quebec, derogatory) someone who has a poor understanding of social conventions, making them look backward

(Quebec, dated or derogatory) anybody from a rural or recently colonized area

(Quebec, colloquial) Montreal Canadiens hockey club or supporter of Montreal Canadiens hockey club


ils

head

ils m pl (third-person plural, singular il, accusative les, dative leur, emphatic eux, possessive determiner leur)

il (singular)
les (accusative)
leur (dative)
eux (emphatic)
leur (determiner possessive)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin illī, which sounded il in Old French, to which a plural -s was added. While il was the nominative form from late Latin, els, eus was the oblique form ("them") that had evolved from late Latin illōs, and is the ancestor of modern French eux.
In Old French, "they", being a nominative, was il from late Latin *illi, thus it didn't have the final -s, thus it was il used both for "he" and "they". The -s was added at the end of the 13th century in some regions, at the time the declension system of Old French started to collapse. As a consequence, some oïl languages in France have retained the original Old French il-form, and in some other regions, the ils-form supplanted the older one. Some dialects have even retained both forms depending on the locals.
See cognates in regional languages in France: Angevin, Champenois, Lorrain, and Orléanais is; Bourbonnais-Berrichon ils; Bourguignon âs; Franc-Comtois and Poitevin-Saintongeais és; Gallo i and iz; Norman i and is; Picard is and i; Franco-Provençal ils; Occitan els (Gascon eus); Catalan ells; Corsican elli.


chum

fr-noun

chum m (plural chums, feminine blonde or chum de fille)

chums (plural)
blonde (feminine)
chum de fille (feminine)

Elle m'a présenté son nouveau chum.

Je croyais qu'il était rien qu'un ami à Éric mais en fait c'est son chum.

I believed that he was just another of Éric's friends, but in fact, it's his boyfriend.

J'suis allé danser avec une gang de chums.

I went to dance with a group of my chums.

(Canada, chiefly slang, Quebec) a friend, usually male; a chum


tenir

tenir (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
tenant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
tenu (participle past)
tiens (first-person indicative present singular)
tiens (indicative present second-person singular)
tient (indicative present singular third-person)
tenons (first-person indicative plural present)
tenez (indicative plural present second-person)
tiennent (indicative plural present third-person)
tenais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
tenais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
tenait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
tenions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
teniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
tenaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
tins (first-person historic indicative past singular)
tins (historic indicative past second-person singular)
tint (historic indicative past singular third-person)
tînmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
tîntes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
tinrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
tiendrai (first-person future indicative singular)
tiendras (future indicative second-person singular)
tiendra (future indicative singular third-person)
tiendrons (first-person future indicative plural)
tiendrez (future indicative plural second-person)
tiendront (future indicative plural third-person)
tiendrais (conditional first-person singular)
tiendrais (conditional second-person singular)
tiendrait (conditional singular third-person)
tiendrions (conditional first-person plural)
tiendriez (conditional plural second-person)
tiendraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
tienne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
tiennes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
tienne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
tenions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
teniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
tiennent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
tinsse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
tinsses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
tînt (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
tinssions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
tinssiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
tinssent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tiens (imperative second-person singular)
tenons (first-person imperative plural)
tenez (imperative plural second-person)
se tenir (infinitive reflexive)
s'être + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction reflexive)
se tenant (gerund participle present reflexive)
ayant (gerund multiword-construction participle present reflexive)
étant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present reflexive)
tenu (participle past reflexive)
me tiens (first-person indicative present reflexive singular)
te tiens (indicative present reflexive second-person singular)
se tient (indicative present reflexive singular third-person)
nous tenons (first-person indicative plural present reflexive)
vous tenez (indicative plural present reflexive second-person)
se tiennent (indicative plural present reflexive third-person)
me tenais (first-person imperfect indicative reflexive singular)
te tenais (imperfect indicative reflexive second-person singular)
se tenait (imperfect indicative reflexive singular third-person)
nous tenions (first-person imperfect indicative plural reflexive)
vous teniez (imperfect indicative plural reflexive second-person)
se tenaient (imperfect indicative plural reflexive third-person)
me tins (first-person historic indicative past reflexive singular)
te tins (historic indicative past reflexive second-person singular)
se tint (historic indicative past reflexive singular third-person)
nous tînmes (first-person historic indicative past plural reflexive)
vous tîntes (historic indicative past plural reflexive second-person)
se tinrent (historic indicative past plural reflexive third-person)
me tiendrai (first-person future indicative reflexive singular)
te tiendras (future indicative reflexive second-person singular)
se tiendra (future indicative reflexive singular third-person)
nous tiendrons (first-person future indicative plural reflexive)
vous tiendrez (future indicative plural reflexive second-person)
se tiendront (future indicative plural reflexive third-person)
me tiendrais (conditional first-person reflexive singular)
te tiendrais (conditional reflexive second-person singular)
se tiendrait (conditional reflexive singular third-person)
nous tiendrions (conditional first-person plural reflexive)
vous tiendriez (conditional plural reflexive second-person)
se tiendraient (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 tienne (first-person present reflexive singular subjunctive)
te tiennes (present reflexive second-person singular subjunctive)
se tienne (present reflexive singular subjunctive third-person)
nous tenions (first-person plural present reflexive subjunctive)
vous teniez (plural present reflexive second-person subjunctive)
se tiennent (plural present reflexive subjunctive third-person)
me tinsse (first-person imperfect reflexive singular subjunctive)
te tinsses (imperfect reflexive second-person singular subjunctive)
se tînt (imperfect reflexive singular subjunctive third-person)
nous tinssions (first-person imperfect plural reflexive subjunctive)
vous tinssiez (imperfect plural reflexive second-person subjunctive)
se tinssent (imperfect plural reflexive subjunctive third-person)
tiens-toi (imperative reflexive second-person singular)
tenons-nous (first-person imperative plural reflexive)
tenez-vous (imperative plural reflexive second-person)

Saint Dominican Creole French: tini

Inherited from Middle French tenir, from Old French tenir, from Early Medieval Latin tenīre, from Classical Latin tenēre.

tenir à quelque chose comme à la prunelle de ses yeux

J'me tenais dans l’ouest de la ville, ça me fait plus peur l’exil

1975, “Le Vent de la ville”, in Passagers, performed by Beau Dommage, Capitol Record, ST-70.055 [V], 4XL56355 [K7], CDL-56355 [CD]:

I used to hang out in the west end; exile doesn't scare me anymore.

Regarde donc ce qu'est devenu le p'tit gars d'à côté // Y se tient avec une gang de drogués

1995, “On jase de toi”, in Noir Silence, performed by Noir Silence, Disques MPV, MPVCD-1353:

Look what happened with the boy next door // He hangs around with a bunch of drug addicts

(reflexive, Quebec, slang) to hang out, to hang around [with avec ‘with someone’]


a

C'te fille-là, a'a l'air cute.

(Quebec, colloquial) alternative form of elle (“she”)


Inc.

(Quebec) abbreviation of incorporée: Inc


Tempo

Genericization of the trademark Tempo. From the name of a popular manufacturer of such structures. Clipping of temporaire.

(Quebec, automotive) Tempo: A type of temporary car shelter


capsule

→ Romanian: capsulă

→ Turkish: kapsül

LL-Q150 (fra)-Mathieu Denel WMFr-capsule.wav

Borrowed from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (whence caisse).


canner

canner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
cannant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
canné (participle past)
canne (first-person indicative present singular)
cannes (indicative present second-person singular)
canne (indicative present singular third-person)
cannons (first-person indicative plural present)
cannez (indicative plural present second-person)
cannent (indicative plural present third-person)
cannais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cannais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cannait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cannions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
canniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cannaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cannai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
cannas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
canna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
cannâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
cannâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
cannèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
cannerai (first-person future indicative singular)
canneras (future indicative second-person singular)
cannera (future indicative singular third-person)
cannerons (first-person future indicative plural)
cannerez (future indicative plural second-person)
canneront (future indicative plural third-person)
cannerais (conditional first-person singular)
cannerais (conditional second-person singular)
cannerait (conditional singular third-person)
cannerions (conditional first-person plural)
canneriez (conditional plural second-person)
canneraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
canne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cannes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
canne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cannions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
canniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cannent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cannasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cannasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cannât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cannassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cannassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cannassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
canne (imperative second-person singular)
cannons (first-person imperative plural)
cannez (imperative plural second-person)


finissant

finissant m (plural finissants, feminine finissante)

finissants (plural)
finissante (feminine)

(Quebec) a student who completely or incompletely finishes an educational stage


catcher

catcher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
catchant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
catché (participle past)
catche (first-person indicative present singular)
catches (indicative present second-person singular)
catche (indicative present singular third-person)
catchons (first-person indicative plural present)
catchez (indicative plural present second-person)
catchent (indicative plural present third-person)
catchais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
catchais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
catchait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
catchions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
catchiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
catchaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
catchai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
catchas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
catcha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
catchâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
catchâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
catchèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
catcherai (first-person future indicative singular)
catcheras (future indicative second-person singular)
catchera (future indicative singular third-person)
catcherons (first-person future indicative plural)
catcherez (future indicative plural second-person)
catcheront (future indicative plural third-person)
catcherais (conditional first-person singular)
catcherais (conditional second-person singular)
catcherait (conditional singular third-person)
catcherions (conditional first-person plural)
catcheriez (conditional plural second-person)
catcheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
catche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
catches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
catche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
catchions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
catchiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
catchent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
catchasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
catchasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
catchât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
catchassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
catchassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
catchassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
catche (imperative second-person singular)
catchons (first-person imperative plural)
catchez (imperative plural second-person)

T'as ben catché?

(Quebec) to catch, get (understand fully)


cleaner

cleaner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
cleanant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
cleané (participle past)
cleane (first-person indicative present singular)
cleanes (indicative present second-person singular)
cleane (indicative present singular third-person)
cleanons (first-person indicative plural present)
cleanez (indicative plural present second-person)
cleanent (indicative plural present third-person)
cleanais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cleanais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cleanait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cleanions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cleaniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cleanaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cleanai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
cleanas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
cleana (historic indicative past singular third-person)
cleanâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
cleanâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
cleanèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
cleanerai (first-person future indicative singular)
cleaneras (future indicative second-person singular)
cleanera (future indicative singular third-person)
cleanerons (first-person future indicative plural)
cleanerez (future indicative plural second-person)
cleaneront (future indicative plural third-person)
cleanerais (conditional first-person singular)
cleanerais (conditional second-person singular)
cleanerait (conditional singular third-person)
cleanerions (conditional first-person plural)
cleaneriez (conditional plural second-person)
cleaneraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
cleane (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cleanes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
cleane (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cleanions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cleaniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cleanent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cleanasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cleanasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cleanât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cleanassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cleanassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cleanassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cleane (imperative second-person singular)
cleanons (first-person imperative plural)
cleanez (imperative plural second-person)


crosser

crosser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
crossant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
crossé (participle past)
crosse (first-person indicative present singular)
crosses (indicative present second-person singular)
crosse (indicative present singular third-person)
crossons (first-person indicative plural present)
crossez (indicative plural present second-person)
crossent (indicative plural present third-person)
crossais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
crossais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
crossait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
crossions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
crossiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
crossaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
crossai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
crossas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
crossa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
crossâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
crossâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
crossèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
crosserai (first-person future indicative singular)
crosseras (future indicative second-person singular)
crossera (future indicative singular third-person)
crosserons (first-person future indicative plural)
crosserez (future indicative plural second-person)
crosseront (future indicative plural third-person)
crosserais (conditional first-person singular)
crosserais (conditional second-person singular)
crosserait (conditional singular third-person)
crosserions (conditional first-person plural)
crosseriez (conditional plural second-person)
crosseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
crosse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
crosses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
crosse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
crossions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
crossiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
crossent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
crossasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
crossasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
crossât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
crossassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
crossassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
crossassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
crosse (imperative second-person singular)
crossons (first-person imperative plural)
crossez (imperative plural second-person)

(Quebec, vulgar, reflexive) to masturbate, to jack off, to jerk off


mademoiselle

mesdemoiselles (plural)
Mademoiselle (alternative)
mam'zelle (alternative informal)
mamzelle (alternative informal)
m'moiselle (alternative informal)

→ Alemannic German: Màmsel, Màmselala

q

from <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">mamzelle</i>

→ English: mademoiselle, → mamzelle (from mamzelle)

→ German: Mamsell (from mamzelle)

→ Russian: мадемуазель (mademuazelʹ)

→ Turkish: matmazel

→ Persian: مادمازل (mâdmâzel)

Miss; A form of address or title for a young woman, regardless of marital status

(Quebec) Miss; as a form of address or title for a young girl


fif

(Quebec, slang, derogatory) an effeminate male homosexual; poof; faggot


choker

choker (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
chokant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
choké (participle past)
choke (first-person indicative present singular)
chokes (indicative present second-person singular)
choke (indicative present singular third-person)
chokons (first-person indicative plural present)
chokez (indicative plural present second-person)
chokent (indicative plural present third-person)
chokais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
chokais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
chokait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
chokions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
chokiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
chokaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
chokai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
chokas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
choka (historic indicative past singular third-person)
chokâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
chokâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
chokèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
chokerai (first-person future indicative singular)
chokeras (future indicative second-person singular)
chokera (future indicative singular third-person)
chokerons (first-person future indicative plural)
chokerez (future indicative plural second-person)
chokeront (future indicative plural third-person)
chokerais (conditional first-person singular)
chokerais (conditional second-person singular)
chokerait (conditional singular third-person)
chokerions (conditional first-person plural)
chokeriez (conditional plural second-person)
chokeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
choke (first-person present singular subjunctive)
chokes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
choke (present singular subjunctive third-person)
chokions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
chokiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
chokent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
chokasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
chokasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
chokât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
chokassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
chokassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
chokassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
choke (imperative second-person singular)
chokons (first-person imperative plural)
chokez (imperative plural second-person)

(Quebec, figuratively, by extension) to stop, to inhibit, to prevent


CES

certificat d’études secondaires
certificat d’études secondaires#French

(Quebec) initialism of certificat d’études secondaires: ≈ GED (high-school diploma), GCSE


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.


barda

Borrowed from Arabic بَرْذَعَة (barḏaʕa, “packsaddle”).


mal amanché

fr-adj

mal amanché (feminine mal amanchée, masculine plural mal amanchés, feminine plural mal amanchées)

mal amanchée (feminine)
mal amanchés (masculine plural)
mal amanchées (feminine plural)


tabarnak

Originally a Quebec eye-dialect spelling of tabernacle. As with other sacres, the semantic shift occurred due to the taboos surrounding blasphemy in predominantly Catholic Quebec.

tabarnaque (alternative)
tabarnac (alternative)

Non, non, c'est juste une joke. Garde-lé, ton vingt piastres. C't'une tabarnak de gang de fous: j'ai les poches pleines. M'a te dire rien qu'une affaire: tu l'as en tabarnak ! Non, non, c'est vrai. T'es correct, toé.

2009, Robert Maltais, Le Curé du Mile End, page 195:

No, no, I was just joking. Keep it, your twenty bucks. They're all a fuckin' bunch of idiots: my pockets are full. Lemme tell ya something: you fuckin' have it! No, no, it's true: you're quite good, you.

Roman Reigns, écoute-moi bien: demain soir, t'es chez moi tabarnak!

2023, Friday Night SmackDown, spoken by Sami Zayn:

Roman Reigns, listen to me: tomorrow night, you're in my fuckin' house!

(Quebec, vulgar, slang) An expletive and intensifier for all purposes.


chienne

Heille Bob! T'ara tu vu ma chienne?!! Messemb' que j'l'ava mi su l'établie avant l'brèèke.

Hey Bob! Have you seen my overalls?!! Seems like I left them on the workbench before the coffee break.

(Quebec) overalls (shortening of chienne de travail)


demi

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dimedius, from Latin dīmidius (“half”), derived from dis- (“apart; in two”) + medius (“middle; centre”).

Appartements 3 1/2 pièces à louer à Montréal

3.5 room apartments [an apartment unit with a kitchen, a bedroom and a living room, plus a bathroom] for rent in Montreal


semaine

Antillean Creole: simenn

Aruamu: semen

Guianese Creole: simenn

Haitian Creole: semèn

Karipúna Creole French: simén

Louisiana Creole: lasmènn, smènn

desc

Seychellois Creole: lasemenn, semenn, smenn

Tayo: semen

→ Esperanto: semajno

Inherited from Middle French sepmaine, from Old French semaine, from Late Latin septimāna (“week”), from the Latin septimānus (“related to the seventh element of a series”, adjective), derived from septimus (“seventh”).

inh

days of the week: jour de la semaine: lundi · mardi · mercredi · jeudi · vendredi · samedi · dimanche [edit]

Je suis dans ma semaine.


cravate

→ Gulf Arabic: كرفتة (karafitta)

→ Dutch: kravat

→ English: cravat

→ Galician: gravata

desctree

→ German: Krawatte
→ Czech: kravata
→ Danish: kravat
→ Serbo-Croatian: kravata
→ Slovak: kravata
→ Ukrainian: краватка (kravatka)

→ Greek: γραβάτα (graváta)

→ Irish: carbhat

→ Italian: cravatta
→ Hijazi Arabic: كرفتة (karafitta, karavitta)
→ Spanish: corbata
→ Cebuano: korbata
→ Maranao: korbata
→ Sambali: korbata
→ Tagalog: kurbata
→ Yogad: kurbata

→ Manx: carvat

→ Persian: کراوات (kerâvât)

→ Polish: krawat

→ Portuguese: gravata

→ Turkish: kravat

→ Vietnamese: cà vạt

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Hrvat (“Croat”).

bor+

(Quebec) Situation in which a canoe is stuck on a rock


appelant

fr-noun

appelant m (plural appelants, feminine appelante)

(Quebec, no feminine) a decoy for birdhunt


dossard

From dos (“back (of a person)”) + -ard (suffix forming nouns indicating things belonging to or representing particular classes or sorts). Dos is ultimately derived from Latin dorsum (“back of the body”), further etymology uncertain.

af

(Quebec) pinny (colorful overshirt worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities)


affaire

Saint Dominican Creole French: z'afair

→ Albanian: aferë

→ Breton: afer

→ Dutch: affaire

→ English: affair

→ Spanish: affair

→ German: Affäre

→ Italian: affaire

→ Macedonian: афера (afera)

→ Polish: afera

desc

Portuguese: → afazer (calque), → affaire

→ Russian: афера (afera)

→ Serbo-Croatian: афера

→ Spanish: affaire

→ Swedish: affär

→ Vietnamese: áp phe


suisse

From Suisse. The meaning "guard" is a metonymic reference to the practice of hiring Swiss mercenaries to serve as guards at European courts. The meaning "chipmunk" derives from the rodent's stripes, reminiscent of the striped uniform of the Swiss Guard.


sacre

(Quebec, often in the plural) swear word, curse


loader

loader (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
loadant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
loadé (participle past)
loade (first-person indicative present singular)
loades (indicative present second-person singular)
loade (indicative present singular third-person)
loadons (first-person indicative plural present)
loadez (indicative plural present second-person)
loadent (indicative plural present third-person)
loadais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
loadais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
loadait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
loadions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
loadiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
loadaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
loadai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
loadas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
loada (historic indicative past singular third-person)
loadâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
loadâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
loadèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
loaderai (first-person future indicative singular)
loaderas (future indicative second-person singular)
loadera (future indicative singular third-person)
loaderons (first-person future indicative plural)
loaderez (future indicative plural second-person)
loaderont (future indicative plural third-person)
loaderais (conditional first-person singular)
loaderais (conditional second-person singular)
loaderait (conditional singular third-person)
loaderions (conditional first-person plural)
loaderiez (conditional plural second-person)
loaderaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
loade (first-person present singular subjunctive)
loades (present second-person singular subjunctive)
loade (present singular subjunctive third-person)
loadions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
loadiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
loadent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
loadasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
loadasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
loadât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
loadassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
loadassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
loadassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
loade (imperative second-person singular)
loadons (first-person imperative plural)
loadez (imperative plural second-person)


ak

(Quebec, informal) pronunciation spelling of avec


épais

fr-adj

épais (feminine épaisse, masculine plural épais, feminine plural épaisses)

épaisse (feminine)
épais (masculine plural)
épaisses (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French espés, from Old French espés, from Latin spissus, from Proto-Indo-European *spidtos.

Les Béotiens, les plus épais de tous les Grecs, prenaient le moins de part qu’ils pouvaient aux affaires générales.

1734, Montesquieu, Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence:

The Boeotians, the dullest of all the Greeks, took the least part they could in general affairs.

(literary or Quebec, informal) stupid, thick


boule

→ English: boule

Etymology tree
Latin bullader.
Proto-Germanic *bullǭ
Frankish *bollāder.
French boule
Inherited from Middle French boule, from Old French bole (“knob”), from either Latin bulla (“bubble”), in which case it is a doublet of bulle (which was borrowed later); or from Frankish *bollā (“ball, bun, bowl, cup”), in which case it is a doublet of bol.


couler

couler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
coulant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
coulé (participle past)
coule (first-person indicative present singular)
coules (indicative present second-person singular)
coule (indicative present singular third-person)
coulons (first-person indicative plural present)
coulez (indicative plural present second-person)
coulent (indicative plural present third-person)
coulais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
coulais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
coulait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
coulions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
couliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
coulaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
coulai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
coulas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
coula (historic indicative past singular third-person)
coulâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
coulâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
coulèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
coulerai (first-person future indicative singular)
couleras (future indicative second-person singular)
coulera (future indicative singular third-person)
coulerons (first-person future indicative plural)
coulerez (future indicative plural second-person)
couleront (future indicative plural third-person)
coulerais (conditional first-person singular)
coulerais (conditional second-person singular)
coulerait (conditional singular third-person)
coulerions (conditional first-person plural)
couleriez (conditional plural second-person)
couleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
coule (first-person present singular subjunctive)
coules (present second-person singular subjunctive)
coule (present singular subjunctive third-person)
coulions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
couliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
coulent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
coulasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
coulasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
coulât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
coulassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
coulassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
coulassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
coule (imperative second-person singular)
coulons (first-person imperative plural)
coulez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French, from Latin cōlāre (“filter, strain, purify”).

(transitive, Quebec) to fail, flunk (a course, test, etc.)


cocotte

→ Catalan: cocota

→ English: cocotte

→ German: Kokotte

→ Greek: κοκότα (kokóta)


chaudron

Inherited from Middle French chaudron, from Old French chauderon, ultimately from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”). Compare English cauldron (from the northern Old French variant caudron).


Tricolore

(Quebec, slang) the Montreal Canadiens professional ice hockey club


cour

→ Norwegian Bokmål: kur

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: kur

Inherited from Old French cort, inherited from Latin cortem, shortening of cohors. Doublet of cohorte and court (“tennis court”).


chauffer

chauffer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
chauffant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
chauffé (participle past)
chauffe (first-person indicative present singular)
chauffes (indicative present second-person singular)
chauffe (indicative present singular third-person)
chauffons (first-person indicative plural present)
chauffez (indicative plural present second-person)
chauffent (indicative plural present third-person)
chauffais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
chauffais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
chauffait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
chauffions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
chauffiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
chauffaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
chauffai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
chauffas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
chauffa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
chauffâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
chauffâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
chauffèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
chaufferai (first-person future indicative singular)
chaufferas (future indicative second-person singular)
chauffera (future indicative singular third-person)
chaufferons (first-person future indicative plural)
chaufferez (future indicative plural second-person)
chaufferont (future indicative plural third-person)
chaufferais (conditional first-person singular)
chaufferais (conditional second-person singular)
chaufferait (conditional singular third-person)
chaufferions (conditional first-person plural)
chaufferiez (conditional plural second-person)
chaufferaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
chauffe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
chauffes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
chauffe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
chauffions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
chauffiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
chauffent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
chauffasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
chauffasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
chauffât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
chauffassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
chauffassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
chauffassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
chauffe (imperative second-person singular)
chauffons (first-person imperative plural)
chauffez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Middle French chauffer, from Old French chauffer, chaufer, from Vulgar Latin *cal(e)fāre, from Latin calfacere or calefacere. Compare Occitan caufar, calfar, Catalan calfar.


concombre

From Latin cucumerem, possibly through an Old Occitan intermediate cogombre or cocombre. Compare Occitan and Catalan cogombre.


cabochon

From caboche + -on, literally “small head”.

(Quebec, slang) silly, unintelligent, clumsy


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


poutine

Attested from 1810. Etymology uncertain, possibly either:
* a variant of pouding (“pudding”), borrowed from English pudding (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell”)); or
* from a dialectal French word influenced by French pouding or English pudding, though this word has not been identified.
Sense 1 is generally thought to have been coined by the Canadian restaurateur Fernand Lachance (1918–2004) as a name for the dish which is said to have been first served at his restaurant Lutin Qui Rit in Warwick, Quebec, in 1957.
Cognates
* Michif poutchine (possibly)

coinage

(Quebec, obsolete) any of several pudding-like desserts

(Quebec, obsolete) a messy situation or complicated thing; a quagmire


calice

Borrowed from Latin calix, calicem, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix). Compare also the inherited Old French chalice.

(Quebec, slang, euphemistic) alternative form of câlisse


échapper

échapper (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
échappant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
échappé (participle past)
échappe (first-person indicative present singular)
échappes (indicative present second-person singular)
échappe (indicative present singular third-person)
échappons (first-person indicative plural present)
échappez (indicative plural present second-person)
échappent (indicative plural present third-person)
échappais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
échappais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
échappait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
échappions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
échappiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
échappaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
échappai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
échappas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
échappa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
échappâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
échappâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
échappèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
échapperai (first-person future indicative singular)
échapperas (future indicative second-person singular)
échappera (future indicative singular third-person)
échapperons (first-person future indicative plural)
échapperez (future indicative plural second-person)
échapperont (future indicative plural third-person)
échapperais (conditional first-person singular)
échapperais (conditional second-person singular)
échapperait (conditional singular third-person)
échapperions (conditional first-person plural)
échapperiez (conditional plural second-person)
échapperaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
échappe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
échappes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
échappe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
échappions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
échappiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
échappent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
échappasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
échappasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
échappât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
échappassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
échappassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
échappassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
échappe (imperative second-person singular)
échappons (first-person imperative plural)
échappez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Middle French eschapper, from Old French eschaper, from Vulgar Latin *excappāre, a verb based on Late Latin cappa (“cloak”). Doublet of escaper.

Tu as échappé ta tuque.

(Quebec, transitive) to drop an object unintentionally


fesser

fesser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
fessant (gerund participle present)
fessant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
fessé (participle past)
fessé (participle past)
fesse (first-person indicative present singular)
fesses (indicative present second-person singular)
fesse (indicative present singular third-person)
fessons (first-person indicative plural present)
fessons (first-person indicative plural present)
fessez (indicative plural present second-person)
fessez (indicative plural present second-person)
fessent (indicative plural present third-person)
fessais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
fessais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
fessais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
fessais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
fessait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
fessait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
fessions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
fessions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
fessiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
fessiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
fessaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fessaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fessai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
fessai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
fessas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
fessas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
fessa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
fessa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
fessâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
fessâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
fessâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
fessâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
fessèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
fessèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
fesserai (first-person future indicative singular)
fesserai (first-person future indicative singular)
fesseras (future indicative second-person singular)
fesseras (future indicative second-person singular)
fessera (future indicative singular third-person)
fessera (future indicative singular third-person)
fesserons (first-person future indicative plural)
fesserons (first-person future indicative plural)
fesserez (future indicative plural second-person)
fesserez (future indicative plural second-person)
fesseront (future indicative plural third-person)
fesseront (future indicative plural third-person)
fesserais (conditional first-person singular)
fesserais (conditional first-person singular)
fesserais (conditional second-person singular)
fesserais (conditional second-person singular)
fesserait (conditional singular third-person)
fesserait (conditional singular third-person)
fesserions (conditional first-person plural)
fesserions (conditional first-person plural)
fesseriez (conditional plural second-person)
fesseriez (conditional plural second-person)
fesseraient (conditional plural third-person)
fesseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
fesse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
fesses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
fesse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
fessions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
fessions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
fessiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
fessiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
fessent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
fessasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
fessasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
fessasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fessasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fessât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fessât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fessassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
fessassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
fessassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fessassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fessassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
fessassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
fesse (imperative second-person singular)
fessons (first-person imperative plural)
fessons (first-person imperative plural)
fessez (imperative plural second-person)
fessez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Middle French fesser, derived from Old French faisse, fece ( compare Old French faisser), derived from Latin fascia. The spelling and sense (originally "to strike with a rod") influenced by unrelated fesse (“buttock”)).
Compare also Late Latin fasciāre.

(Quebec, slang) to whack, to strike or crash into


morceau

→ English: morceau

Inherited from Middle French morceau, from Old French morsel (whence also English morsel), from Early Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), diminutive of Latin morsum (“a bit”), neuter of morsus, past participle of mordeō, mordēre (“bite, nibble, gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to rub, wipe; to pack, rob”).


saper

(transitive, informal, Quebec) to eat or chew noisily


balancer

balancer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
balançant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
balancé (participle past)
balance (first-person indicative present singular)
balances (indicative present second-person singular)
balance (indicative present singular third-person)
balançons (first-person indicative plural present)
balancez (indicative plural present second-person)
balancent (indicative plural present third-person)
balançais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
balançais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
balançait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
balancions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
balanciez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
balançaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
balançai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
balanças (historic indicative past second-person singular)
balança (historic indicative past singular third-person)
balançâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
balançâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
balancèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
balancerai (first-person future indicative singular)
balanceras (future indicative second-person singular)
balancera (future indicative singular third-person)
balancerons (first-person future indicative plural)
balancerez (future indicative plural second-person)
balanceront (future indicative plural third-person)
balancerais (conditional first-person singular)
balancerais (conditional second-person singular)
balancerait (conditional singular third-person)
balancerions (conditional first-person plural)
balanceriez (conditional plural second-person)
balanceraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
balance (first-person present singular subjunctive)
balances (present second-person singular subjunctive)
balance (present singular subjunctive third-person)
balancions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
balanciez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
balancent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
balançasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
balançasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
balançât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
balançassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
balançassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
balançassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
balance (imperative second-person singular)
balançons (first-person imperative plural)
balancez (imperative plural second-person)

(Quebec) to balance (to make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond)


balado

Clipping of baladodiffusion (“podcasting”).

clipping

La baladodiffusion est ainsi utilisée comme outil à potentiel cognitif, parce qu'elle permet, relativement facilement, de diffuser un contenu audio ou vidéo qui peut, par la suite, être écouté ou vu à tout moment par l'apprenant. Par ailleurs, les responsables du projet rappellent que les étudiants l'utilisent également pour écouter des balados de chroniques audio comme celles de The New England Journal of Medicine, une des plus importantes revues en médecine au monde.

2011, Christian Depover, Thierry Karsenti, Enseigner avec les technologies: Favoriser les apprentissages, développer des compétences, PUQ, →ISBN:

Therefore, podcasting is used as a tool for cognitive potential, because it allows for the relatively easy distribution of audio or video content, which, as a result, can be listened to or watched at any moment by the learner. Furthermore, the project managers remark that the students also use it to listen to audio podcast series, such as those of The New England Journal of Medicine, one of the most important medicine journals on Earth.


dins

En parlant de l'arrestation de M. Lavoie, elle dit: « [...] Là évidemment, y s'laisse pas faire, là l'encolure ostie, chu en train de l'étouffer, là je me bats avec dins escaliers, on se bat avec dins escaliers. [...] »

2012 (10 October), Hugo Pilon-Larose, "SPVM: l'agent 728 frappe à nouveau", La Presse

Describing Mr. Lavoie's arrest, she says, "Of course he didn't let it happen, the fucking collar, I'm strangling him, now I'm fighting with him in the stairs, we're fighting with him in the stairs."

(Quebec, spoken, informal) in the (plural)


sacres

(Quebec) profanity, swear words, taboo language; blasphemy


charrue

Inherited from Old French, from Latin carrūca (“Gaulish cart”), from carrus, from Transalpine Gaulish.

(Quebec) snow plow (US), snow plough (UK)


pareil

Inherited from Middle French pareil, from Old French, from Late Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin pār. Compare Occitan parelh, Spanish parejo.

J'avais pas envie d'y aller, mais ch't'y allé pareil.

I didn't feel like going, but I went anyway.

(Quebec, informal) anyway; just the same


ordinaire

Inherited from Old French ordinaire, borrowed from Latin ōrdinārius, from Latin ōrdō (whence French ordre) + -ārius (whence -aire).


d'abord

Okay, d'abord.

D'abord, pourquoi tu es toujours ici?

(Quebec) in that case, then, if that is so


repêchage

English: repechage

Greek: ρεπεσάζ n (repesáz)


yé

(Quebec, colloquial) he's, it's: contraction of il est


bullshitter

bullshitter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
bullshittant (gerund participle present)
bullshittant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
bullshitté (participle past)
bullshitté (participle past)
bullshitte (first-person indicative present singular)
bullshitte (first-person indicative present singular)
bullshittes (indicative present second-person singular)
bullshittes (indicative present second-person singular)
bullshitte (indicative present singular third-person)
bullshitte (indicative present singular third-person)
bullshittons (first-person indicative plural present)
bullshittons (first-person indicative plural present)
bullshittez (indicative plural present second-person)
bullshittez (indicative plural present second-person)
bullshittent (indicative plural present third-person)
bullshittent (indicative plural present third-person)
bullshittais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
bullshittais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
bullshittais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
bullshittais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
bullshittait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
bullshittait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
bullshittions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
bullshittions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
bullshittiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
bullshittiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
bullshittaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
bullshittaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
bullshittai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
bullshittai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
bullshittas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
bullshittas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
bullshitta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
bullshitta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
bullshittâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
bullshittâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
bullshittâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
bullshittâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
bullshittèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
bullshittèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
bullshitterai (first-person future indicative singular)
bullshitterai (first-person future indicative singular)
bullshitteras (future indicative second-person singular)
bullshitteras (future indicative second-person singular)
bullshittera (future indicative singular third-person)
bullshittera (future indicative singular third-person)
bullshitterons (first-person future indicative plural)
bullshitterons (first-person future indicative plural)
bullshitterez (future indicative plural second-person)
bullshitterez (future indicative plural second-person)
bullshitteront (future indicative plural third-person)
bullshitteront (future indicative plural third-person)
bullshitterais (conditional first-person singular)
bullshitterais (conditional first-person singular)
bullshitterais (conditional second-person singular)
bullshitterais (conditional second-person singular)
bullshitterait (conditional singular third-person)
bullshitterait (conditional singular third-person)
bullshitterions (conditional first-person plural)
bullshitterions (conditional first-person plural)
bullshitteriez (conditional plural second-person)
bullshitteriez (conditional plural second-person)
bullshitteraient (conditional plural third-person)
bullshitteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
bullshitte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
bullshitte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
bullshittes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
bullshittes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
bullshitte (present singular subjunctive third-person)
bullshitte (present singular subjunctive third-person)
bullshittions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
bullshittions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
bullshittiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
bullshittiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
bullshittent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
bullshittent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
bullshittasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
bullshittasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
bullshittasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
bullshittasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
bullshittât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
bullshittât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
bullshittassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
bullshittassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
bullshittassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
bullshittassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
bullshittassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
bullshittassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
bullshitte (imperative second-person singular)
bullshitte (imperative second-person singular)
bullshittons (first-person imperative plural)
bullshittons (first-person imperative plural)
bullshittez (imperative plural second-person)
bullshittez (imperative plural second-person)
bullshiter (alternative)

(Quebec, ambitransitive, vulgar) to tell lies, to deceive


camisole

→ English: camisole

Borrowed from Old Occitan camisola. Compare Portuguese camisola.

Les fenêtres étaient ouvertes. Les camisoles, raidies par le vent, qui y séchaient, se balançaient comme des enseignes de tôle.

The windows were open. The wind-stiffened camisoles which were drying there swung back and forth like sheet-metal shop signs.

(dated outside Quebec and Switzerland) camisole (short, sleeveless undergarment)


cassé

fr-adj

cassé (feminine cassée, masculine plural cassés, feminine plural cassées)

cassée (feminine)
cassés (masculine plural)
cassées (feminine plural)


séraphin

fr-noun

séraphin m (plural séraphins, feminine séraphine)

Allusion to Séraphin Poudrier, the main character of Un homme et son péché by Claude-Henri Grignon.


séraphin

fr-adj

séraphin (feminine séraphine, masculine plural séraphins, feminine plural séraphines)

séraphine (feminine)
séraphins (masculine plural)
séraphines (feminine plural)

(Quebec) miserly, avaricious, usurious, mean


chu

chui (alternative)
chuis (alternative)
j'suis (alternative)

Chu vraiment tanné, là!


Yvette

J'ai enchaîné en disant que j'étais une Yvette, que nous étions toutes des Yvettes à cause de l'éducation que nous avons reçue. Improvisant devant sept cent cinquante personnes, j'ai ajouté que Claude Ryan, si on en jugeait par ses propos et ses attitudes, serait le genre d'homme à vouloir que les femmes restent des Yvettes et… maladresse des maladresses, j'ai ajouté : « Il est d’ailleurs marié à une Yvette. »

2010 [1982], Lise Payette, Le pouvoir ? Connais pas!, Athéna éditions, →ISBN, page 88:

I went on to say that I was an Yvette, that we were all Yvettes because of the way we were brought up. Improvising in front of seven hundred and fifty people, I added that Claude Ryan, if one were to judge by his comments and his attitudes, seemed the kind of man who would want women to remain Yvettes, and… I made the blunder of all blunders by adding, "What's more, he's married to an Yvette."

(Quebec, politics, derogatory, dated) Yvette (Federalist-voting French Quebecois housewife)


PFK

Initialism of Poulet Frit à la Kentucky, translated from English Kentucky Fried Chicken.

(Quebec, Canada) KFC (chain of fast-food chicken restaurants)


charier

charier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
chariant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
charié (participle past)
charie (first-person indicative present singular)
charies (indicative present second-person singular)
charie (indicative present singular third-person)
charions (first-person indicative plural present)
chariez (indicative plural present second-person)
charient (indicative plural present third-person)
chariais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
chariais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
chariait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
chariions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
chariiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
chariaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
chariai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
charias (historic indicative past second-person singular)
charia (historic indicative past singular third-person)
chariâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
chariâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
charièrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
charierai (first-person future indicative singular)
charieras (future indicative second-person singular)
chariera (future indicative singular third-person)
charierons (first-person future indicative plural)
charierez (future indicative plural second-person)
charieront (future indicative plural third-person)
charierais (conditional first-person singular)
charierais (conditional second-person singular)
charierait (conditional singular third-person)
charierions (conditional first-person plural)
charieriez (conditional plural second-person)
charieraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
charie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
charies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
charie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
chariions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
chariiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
charient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
chariasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
chariasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
chariât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
chariassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
chariassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
chariassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
charie (imperative second-person singular)
charions (first-person imperative plural)
chariez (imperative plural second-person)

chariot + -er. Cognate to English carry.


sceller

sceller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
scellant (gerund participle present)
scellant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
scellé (participle past)
scellé (participle past)
scelle (first-person indicative present singular)
scelles (indicative present second-person singular)
scelle (indicative present singular third-person)
scellons (first-person indicative plural present)
scellons (first-person indicative plural present)
scellez (indicative plural present second-person)
scellez (indicative plural present second-person)
scellent (indicative plural present third-person)
scellais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
scellais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
scellais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
scellais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
scellait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
scellait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
scellions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
scellions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
scelliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
scelliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
scellaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
scellaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
scellai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
scellai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
scellas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
scellas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
scella (historic indicative past singular third-person)
scella (historic indicative past singular third-person)
scellâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
scellâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
scellâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
scellâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
scellèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
scellèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
scellerai (first-person future indicative singular)
scelleras (future indicative second-person singular)
scellera (future indicative singular third-person)
scellerons (first-person future indicative plural)
scellerez (future indicative plural second-person)
scelleront (future indicative plural third-person)
scellerais (conditional first-person singular)
scellerais (conditional second-person singular)
scellerait (conditional singular third-person)
scellerions (conditional first-person plural)
scellerions (conditional first-person plural)
scelleriez (conditional plural second-person)
scelleriez (conditional plural second-person)
scelleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
scelle (first-person present singular subjunctive)
scelles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
scelle (present singular subjunctive third-person)
scellions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
scellions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
scelliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
scelliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
scellent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
scellasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
scellasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
scellasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
scellasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
scellât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
scellât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
scellassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
scellassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
scellassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
scellassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
scellassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
scellassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
scelle (imperative second-person singular)
scellons (first-person imperative plural)
scellons (first-person imperative plural)
scellez (imperative plural second-person)
scellez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Middle French sceller, from Old French seeler, from Vulgar Latin *sigellāre, from Latin sigillāre (“to seal”), from sigillum (“seal”). See sceau. Compare also Catalan segellar, Spanish sellar, Portuguese selar, Italian suggellare.


manette

→ Portuguese: manete


chien de poche

fr-noun

chien de poche m (plural chiens de poche)

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-chien de poche.wav

(Quebec) a dog who always insist to follow its master as closely as possible

(Quebec) someone whose behaviour reminds of such a dog


pelote

→ Breton: pouloud

From Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”).

(Quebec, slang) pussy (female genitalia)


bécosses

(Quebec, colloquial, plural only) Toilets in general, especially outdoor or makeshift ones


quin

(Quebec, colloquial) (surprise, giving someone something) alternative form of tiens


UDA

Union des artistes
w:fr:Union des artistes (Canada)

(Canada, Quebec) acronym of Union des artistes (literally “Union of Artists”)


veiller

veiller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
veillant (gerund participle present)
veillant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
veillé (participle past)
veillé (participle past)
veille (first-person indicative present singular)
veilles (indicative present second-person singular)
veille (indicative present singular third-person)
veillons (first-person indicative plural present)
veillons (first-person indicative plural present)
veillez (indicative plural present second-person)
veillez (indicative plural present second-person)
veillent (indicative plural present third-person)
veillais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
veillais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
veillais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
veillais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
veillait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
veillait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
veillions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
veilliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
veillaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
veillaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
veillai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
veillai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
veillas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
veillas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
veilla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
veilla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
veillâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
veillâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
veillâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
veillâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
veillèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
veillèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
veillerai (first-person future indicative singular)
veilleras (future indicative second-person singular)
veillera (future indicative singular third-person)
veillerons (first-person future indicative plural)
veillerez (future indicative plural second-person)
veilleront (future indicative plural third-person)
veillerais (conditional first-person singular)
veillerais (conditional second-person singular)
veillerait (conditional singular third-person)
veillerions (conditional first-person plural)
veillerions (conditional first-person plural)
veilleriez (conditional plural second-person)
veilleriez (conditional plural second-person)
veilleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
veille (first-person present singular subjunctive)
veilles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
veille (present singular subjunctive third-person)
veillions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
veilliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
veillent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
veillasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
veillasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
veillasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
veillasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
veillât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
veillât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
veillassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
veillassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
veillassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
veillassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
veillassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
veillassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
veille (imperative second-person singular)
veillons (first-person imperative plural)
veillons (first-person imperative plural)
veillez (imperative plural second-person)
veillez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Middle French veiller, veigler, from Old French veillier, veiller, from Vulgar Latin *viglāre, contracted from Latin vigilāre. Compare the borrowed doublet vigiler.

(intransitive, Quebec) to go out in the evening, e.g. in parties, clubs, bars…


fak

(Quebec, informal) eye dialect spelling of fait que