livre

Louisiana Creole: liv

→ English: livre

Inherited from Middle French livre, from Old French livre, from Latin lībra.

(Europe, informal) metrical pound, half a kilogramme, 500 g


tennis

→ Persian: تنیس (tenis)


basket

On y va dès que tout le monde a fini de mettre ses baskets.

We'll go once everyone has put on their trainers.

(Europe, especially in plural) sneaker (US), trainer (UK)


manager

(sports, Europe, Africa, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, New Caledonia) manager


patate

Borrowed from Spanish patata (“potato”), from Taíno batata (“sweet potato”).

(North America or informal in Europe) potato


trombe

→ English: tromp

→ German: Trombe

→ Swedish: tromb

From being shaped like a trumpet. Inherited from Middle French, borrowed from Italian tromba. Doublet of trompe.


flippant

fr-adj

flippant (feminine flippante, masculine plural flippants, feminine plural flippantes)

flippante (feminine)
flippants (masculine plural)
flippantes (feminine plural)


playback

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from playback.

Elle a chanté sa dernière chanson en playback.

(music, singing, Europe) lip-syncing, lip-synching


toboggan

(Europe, Africa, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, New Caledonia) slide (in a playground)


espadrille

→ English: espadrille

→ Tunisian Arabic: سبادري (spēdri)

Borrowed from Occitan espardilha via metathesis, itself from espart (“esparto grass”). Compare Catalan espardenya.


saper

Ce type-là est toujours bien sapé.

(informal, transitive, reflexive, Europe, Africa) to dress


talkie-walkie

Borrowed, and inverted, from English walkie-talkie.


métropole

fr-noun

métropole f (countable and uncountable, plural métropoles)

(Europe, only with definite article) Continental France, not including its various oversea territories


bosser

First attested in 1878.
Probably from bosse + -er (see below) with some sort of semantic shift. It has been suggested that in western France, the verb came to mean "to bend over for work"; alternately, that sailors raising an anchor was considered typical "hard work", or that the word came from the sense of "to emboss" and was originally cant used by artisans.

Il n’y a jamais eu autant de jobistes en Belgique. La conséquence d’un assouplissement de la législation ces dix dernières années face à la pénurie dans certains secteurs. Mais qui sont ces étudiants-travailleurs et pourquoi sacrifient-ils leur été, et de plus en plus l’année entière, à bosser ?

2023 August 6, “Qui sont ces 627.000 étudiants-travailleurs, et pourquoi sacrifient-ils leur été?”, in Le Soir:

There have never been so many working students in Belgium. The consequence of a relaxation of legislation over the last ten years in the face of shortages in certain sectors. But who are these student workers and why do they sacrifice their summer, and increasingly the entire year, to work?

Toute la journée il bosse, et pour que dalle.

He works all day long, and all that for nothing.

(Europe, informal) to work, labour, do a day's work

Je dois encore bosser (sur) mon solfège ce weekend.

I still need to work on music theory this weekend.

Va bosser tes maths au lieu de jouer aux jeux vidéos!

Get back to your maths and study instead of playing video-games!

(Europe, informal) to train (for something), work on (something), study, improve (on something)


passage clouté

passage clouté m (plural passages cloutés)

(Europe, dated, strictly) pedestrian crossing delimited by two parallel lines of slightly rounded nailheads or rivet heads


football américain

(Europe, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, New Caledonia, Africa) American football


collante

(Europe, school slang) Notification of an examination, especially the bac

(Europe, school slang) Result sheet for an examination


itinérance

(Europe) pedestrian traveling done for pleasure; hiking; backpacking


petite souris

petite souris f (usually uncountable, plural petites souris)


pomper

pomper (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
pompant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
pompé (participle past)
pompe (first-person indicative present singular)
pompes (indicative present second-person singular)
pompe (indicative present singular third-person)
pompons (first-person indicative plural present)
pompez (indicative plural present second-person)
pompent (indicative plural present third-person)
pompais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pompais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pompait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pompions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pompiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pompaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pompai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
pompas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
pompa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
pompâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
pompâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
pompèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
pomperai (first-person future indicative singular)
pomperas (future indicative second-person singular)
pompera (future indicative singular third-person)
pomperons (first-person future indicative plural)
pomperez (future indicative plural second-person)
pomperont (future indicative plural third-person)
pomperais (conditional first-person singular)
pomperais (conditional second-person singular)
pomperait (conditional singular third-person)
pomperions (conditional first-person plural)
pomperiez (conditional plural second-person)
pomperaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
pompe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
pompes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pompe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pompions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pompiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pompent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pompasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pompasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pompât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pompassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pompassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pompassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pompe (imperative second-person singular)
pompons (first-person imperative plural)
pompez (imperative plural second-person)


dégât des eaux

dégât des eaux m (plural dégâts des eaux)

(idiomatic, plural only, Europe, insurance) water damage

(Europe, insurance) an incident, such as a burst pipe or overflowing tub, that causes water damage


conséquent

fr-adj

conséquent (feminine conséquente, masculine plural conséquents, feminine plural conséquentes)

conséquente (feminine)
conséquents (masculine plural)
conséquentes (feminine plural)

(Europe, informal) Large; considerable; important; substantial


abondement

From abonder (“to supply financing to”) + -ment.

suf

(Europe, finance) additional financing provided by a second party to funds amassed by a first party, such as by an employer to a retirement fund


abonder

abonder (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
abondant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
abondé (participle past)
abonde (first-person indicative present singular)
abondes (indicative present second-person singular)
abonde (indicative present singular third-person)
abondons (first-person indicative plural present)
abondez (indicative plural present second-person)
abondent (indicative plural present third-person)
abondais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
abondais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
abondait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
abondions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
abondiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
abondaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
abondai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
abondas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
abonda (historic indicative past singular third-person)
abondâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
abondâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
abondèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
abonderai (first-person future indicative singular)
abonderas (future indicative second-person singular)
abondera (future indicative singular third-person)
abonderons (first-person future indicative plural)
abonderez (future indicative plural second-person)
abonderont (future indicative plural third-person)
abonderais (conditional first-person singular)
abonderais (conditional second-person singular)
abonderait (conditional singular third-person)
abonderions (conditional first-person plural)
abonderiez (conditional plural second-person)
abonderaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
abonde (first-person present singular subjunctive)
abondes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
abonde (present singular subjunctive third-person)
abondions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
abondiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
abondent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
abondasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
abondasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
abondât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
abondassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
abondassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
abondassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
abonde (imperative second-person singular)
abondons (first-person imperative plural)
abondez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French abonder, borrowed from Latin abundāre (“abound in”).

(transitive, Europe, finance) to contribute financing to


abouler

abouler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
aboulant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
aboulé (participle past)
aboule (first-person indicative present singular)
aboules (indicative present second-person singular)
aboule (indicative present singular third-person)
aboulons (first-person indicative plural present)
aboulez (indicative plural present second-person)
aboulent (indicative plural present third-person)
aboulais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
aboulais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
aboulait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
aboulions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
abouliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
aboulaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
aboulai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
aboulas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
aboula (historic indicative past singular third-person)
aboulâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
aboulâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
aboulèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
aboulerai (first-person future indicative singular)
abouleras (future indicative second-person singular)
aboulera (future indicative singular third-person)
aboulerons (first-person future indicative plural)
aboulerez (future indicative plural second-person)
abouleront (future indicative plural third-person)
aboulerais (conditional first-person singular)
aboulerais (conditional second-person singular)
aboulerait (conditional singular third-person)
aboulerions (conditional first-person plural)
abouleriez (conditional plural second-person)
abouleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
aboule (first-person present singular subjunctive)
aboules (present second-person singular subjunctive)
aboule (present singular subjunctive third-person)
aboulions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
abouliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
aboulent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
aboulasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
aboulasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
aboulât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
aboulassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
aboulassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
aboulassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
aboule (imperative second-person singular)
aboulons (first-person imperative plural)
aboulez (imperative plural second-person)

(Europe, dated slang, intransitive or pronominal) to rush or hurry over

Aboule le fric !

(Europe, slang, transitive) to hand over or give money or goods; to pay


abruti

fr-adj

abruti (feminine abrutie, masculine plural abrutis, feminine plural abruties)

abrutie (feminine)
abrutis (masculine plural)
abruties (feminine plural)

(chiefly Europe, informal) moronic, idiotic


abruti

fr-noun

abruti m (plural abrutis, feminine abrutie)

Mais la France c’est aussi un pays / Où y a quand même pas cinquante millions d’abrutis

1970, “J'habite en France”, in J'habite en France, performed by Michel Sardou:

(chiefly Europe, informal) moron, idiot, fool


troisième base

troisième base f (plural troisièmes bases)

(Europe) Alternative form of troisième but


première base

première base f (plural premières bases)

(Europe) Alternative form of premier but


deuxième base

deuxième base f (plural deuxièmes bases)

(Europe) Alternative form of deuxième but


seum

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic سم (“venom, poison, jealousy”).

bor+

J’ai le seum

(slang, Europe, Morocco) frustration, regret


fin de semaine

fr-noun

fin de semaine f (plural fins de semaine)

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-fin de semaine.wav

In the sense “Saturday and Sunday”, a calque of English weekend.

(chiefly Europe) the end of the working week (Thursday and Friday)


but-sur-balles

but-sur-balles m (plural but-sur-balles)


lavette

(Europe, Africa, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, New Caledonia) dishcloth (to wash dishes)


hachis parmentier

Named after Antoine-Augustin Parmentier.


parmentier

From hachis parmentier (“shepherd's pie”) or purée parmentier, from Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, from Parmentier, from parmentier, from Middle French parementier.

hachis parmentier
hachis parmentier#French

(Europe) mashed potato (?) : Ellipsis of hachis parmentier.

purée parmentier
purée parmentier#French

(Europe) shepherd's pie (?) : Ellipsis of purée parmentier.


potiche

→ English: potiche


papier toilette

papier toilette m (plural papiers toilette)


syntoniseur

From the verb syntoniser with the suffix -eur.


bourré comme un coing

fr-adj

bourré comme un coing (feminine bourrée comme un coing, masculine plural bourrés comme des coings, feminine plural bourrées comme des coings)

bourrée comme un coing (feminine)
bourrés comme des coings (masculine plural)
bourrées comme des coings (feminine plural)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-bourré comme un coing.wav

Literally, “stuffed as a quince”, by extension from bourré (“drunk”).

(Europe, simile, slang) pissed as a newt, drunk as a skunk (very drunk)


tourtière du Lac-St-Jean

fr-noun

tourtière du Lac-St-Jean f (plural tourtières du Lac-St-Jean)

(Europe, Quebec, food) A variant of tourtière with thicker crust, cubes of potatoes, and broth in addition to minced meat.


plein comme une huître

fr-adj

plein comme une huître (feminine pleine comme une huître, masculine plural pleins comme des huîtres, feminine plural pleines comme des huîtres)

pleine comme une huître (feminine)
pleins comme des huîtres (masculine plural)
pleines comme des huîtres (feminine plural)


New-Rochelle

(Europe) Alternative spelling of New Rochelle


New Rochelle

Borrowed from English New Rochelle, in turn of French and Old French origin. Doublet of Nouvelle-Rochelle.

Westchester County
Westchester County#English

(Europe) New Rochelle (a city in Westchester County, New York, United States)


geste barrière

fr-noun

geste barrière m (plural gestes barrières)

(Europe, public health, health and safety) safety precaution, protective measure

public health; health and safety; public health; health and safety


avoir le seum

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-avoir le seum.wav

(slang, informal, Europe) to be pissed off, to be cheesed off