nid

Inherited from Old French nid, from Latin nīdus, from Proto-Italic *nizdos (“nest”), from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”).

Nid de mitrailleuses

Nid d’espions

(military) Some people or dangerous things, hidden or not


soit

From Latin sĭt, third-person singular present subjunctive of sum.

Soit f une fonction linéaire.


Simone

a female given name, the feminine form of Simon


contravention

→ Romanian: contravenție

(law) infraction, infringement, minor offence


raï

→ English: raï

→ German: Raï

Borrowed from Algerian Arabic راي (rāy, “opinion”), from Arabic رَأْي (raʔy, “opinion”).

bor+

(music) raï (form of music originating from Algeria)


dito

Borrowed from Italian ditto, a variant of detto (past participle of dire (“to say”)), from Latin dicere.


effleurer

effleurer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
effleurant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
effleuré (participle past)
effleure (first-person indicative present singular)
effleures (indicative present second-person singular)
effleure (indicative present singular third-person)
effleurons (first-person indicative plural present)
effleurez (indicative plural present second-person)
effleurent (indicative plural present third-person)
effleurais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
effleurais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
effleurait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
effleurions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
effleuriez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
effleuraient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
effleurai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
effleuras (historic indicative past second-person singular)
effleura (historic indicative past singular third-person)
effleurâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
effleurâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
effleurèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
effleurerai (first-person future indicative singular)
effleureras (future indicative second-person singular)
effleurera (future indicative singular third-person)
effleurerons (first-person future indicative plural)
effleurerez (future indicative plural second-person)
effleureront (future indicative plural third-person)
effleurerais (conditional first-person singular)
effleurerais (conditional second-person singular)
effleurerait (conditional singular third-person)
effleurerions (conditional first-person plural)
effleureriez (conditional plural second-person)
effleureraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
effleure (first-person present singular subjunctive)
effleures (present second-person singular subjunctive)
effleure (present singular subjunctive third-person)
effleurions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
effleuriez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
effleurent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
effleurasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
effleurasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
effleurât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
effleurassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
effleurassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
effleurassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
effleure (imperative second-person singular)
effleurons (first-person imperative plural)
effleurez (imperative plural second-person)

→ English: efflower

From Middle French effleurer, from Old French esflourer, equivalent to ex- (“ex-”) + fleurer (“sprinkle”). In some senses, from Middle French fleur (“surface, top layer”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *flōr (“ground, floor”), from Proto-Germanic *flōraz.


incapable

fr-noun

incapable m (plural incapables, feminine incapable)

incapables (plural)
incapable (feminine)


nom de plume

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Borrowed from English nom de plume, itself a phrase based on French elements that was modelled after French nom de guerre.

Ajoutons à tous ces noms Miss Mary–Ann McIver, d’Ottowa, […] M. Game, plutôt connu par son nom de plume The Lorne Farmer; […]

1874, Edmond Lareau, Histoire de la littérature canadienne (A History of Canadian Literature), John Lovell, page 126–7

To these names we can add Miss Mary-Ann McIver, of Ottowa, […] M. Game, better known by his pen name The Lorne Farmer; […]

Le Clarindo qui n’écrivait que pour vivre est peut-être Andrés de Claramonte, mais enfin ce n’est nullement certain, car rien ne prouve que Claramonte ait été le seul poète ayant pris Clarindo comme nom de plume ; rien ne prouve non plus que les auteurs des trois pièces n’aient pas désigné sous le nom de Clarindo un autre que Claramonte.

1920 April, Raymond Foulché-Delbosc (?), "La Estrella de Sevilla. Édition critique publié par R. Foulché-Delbosc", in Revue Hispanique, volume XLVIII, number 114, page 528

The Clarindo who only wrote for a living is perhaps Andrés de Claramonte, but ultimately that's not at all certain, for nothing proves that Claramonte was the only poet to have taken Clarindo as a nom de plume; nothing proves, either, that the authors of the three plays didn’t use the name Clarindo in reference to someone other than Claramonte.

Dans le cas de Carlo Lorenzini (plus connu sous son nom de plume, Collodi (1826–1890), c’est son œuvre Pinocchio qui jouit d’une notoriété mondiale, au détriment de son auteur (voir à Montecatini Terme, p. 306).

2009, Eva Cantavenera et al., Toscane Ombrie: Marches, Michelin, →ISBN, page 86:

In the case of Carlo Lorenzini (better known under his nom de plume, Collodi (1826–1890), it’s his work Pinocchio that enjoyed worldwide fame, to the detriment of its author (see Montecatini Terme, p. 306).


tarmac

Borrowed from English, a clipping of tarmacadam. Genericized trademark.


Arthur

Arabic: آرثر

Japanese: アルテュール (Arutyūru)

Equivalent to English Arthur, used in France since the Middle Ages.

Il n’est pas rare aujourd’hui que le garçon bouvier se nomme Arthur, Alfred ou Alphonse, et que le vicomte — s’il y a encore des vicomtes — se nomme Thomas, Pierre ou Jacques. Ce déplacement qui met le nom « élégant » sur le plébéien et le nom campagnard sur l’aristocrate n’est autre chose qu’un remous d’égalité. L’irrésistible pénétration du souffle nouveau est là comme en tout.

1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 2, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 4; republished as Isabel F. Hapgood, transl., 1887:

It is not rare for the neatherd's boy nowadays to bear the name of Arthur, Alfred, or Alphonse, and for the vicomte--if there are still any vicomtes--to be called Thomas, Pierre, or Jacques. This displacement, which places the "elegant" name on the plebeian and the rustic name on the aristocrat, is nothing else than an eddy of equality. The irresistible penetration of the new inspiration is there as everywhere else.


arsenal

desctree

→ Russian: арсенал (arsenal)
→ Georgian: არსენალი (arsenali)


billet

→ Bulgarian: биле́т (bilét)

→ Danish: billet

→ Dutch: biljet

→ German: Billett

→ Latvian: biļete

→ Macedonian: биле́т (bilét)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: billett

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: billett

→ Persian: بلیط, بلیت (belit)

→ Portuguese: bilhete

→ Romanian: bilet

→ Russian: биле́т (bilét), биле́тъ (bilét) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
→ Georgian: ბილეთი (bileti)
→ Kazakh: билет (bilet)
→ Mongolian: билет (bilet)
→ Yakut: билиэт (biliet)
→ Yiddish: בילעט (bilet)

→ Swedish: biljett

→ Turkish: bilet

→ Volapük: biliet

From Old French billette, from Latin bulla. See French boulette.


dentifrice

Learned borrowing from Latin dentifricium.


mouton

Haitian Creole: mouton

Louisiana Creole: mouton

Seychellois Creole: mouton

→ English: mouton

>? Galician: motóa

Inherited from Middle French mouton, from Old French mouton, from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.


chier

chier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
chiant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
chié (participle past)
chie (first-person indicative present singular)
chies (indicative present second-person singular)
chie (indicative present singular third-person)
chions (first-person indicative plural present)
chiez (indicative plural present second-person)
chient (indicative plural present third-person)
chiais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
chiais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
chiait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
chiions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
chiiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
chiaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
chiai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
chias (historic indicative past second-person singular)
chia (historic indicative past singular third-person)
chiâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
chiâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
chièrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
chierai (first-person future indicative singular)
chieras (future indicative second-person singular)
chiera (future indicative singular third-person)
chierons (first-person future indicative plural)
chierez (future indicative plural second-person)
chieront (future indicative plural third-person)
chierais (conditional first-person singular)
chierais (conditional second-person singular)
chierait (conditional singular third-person)
chierions (conditional first-person plural)
chieriez (conditional plural second-person)
chieraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
chie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
chies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
chie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
chiions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
chiiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
chient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
chiasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
chiasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
chiât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
chiassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
chiassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
chiassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
chie (imperative second-person singular)
chions (first-person imperative plural)
chiez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Middle French chier, from Old French, inherited from Latin cacāre, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root *kakka-. Doublet of caguer.


merde

Inherited from Middle French merde, from Old French merde, from Latin merda.


merde

→ English: merde

J’ai marché dans une merde de chien.


plomb

Inherited from Middle French plom, from Old French, from Latin plumbum.


mercaptan

Ultimately from Danish mercaptan, which see.


polynôme

Coordinate term: monôme


base de données

fr-noun

base de données f (plural bases de données)

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base de données relationnelle

administrateur de bases de données


monarchie

Learned borrowing from Late Latin monarchia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μοναρχία (monarkhía).


monarque

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μόναρχος (mónarkhos).


conjuguer

conjuguer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
conjuguant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
conjugué (participle past)
conjugue (first-person indicative present singular)
conjugues (indicative present second-person singular)
conjugue (indicative present singular third-person)
conjuguons (first-person indicative plural present)
conjuguez (indicative plural present second-person)
conjuguent (indicative plural present third-person)
conjuguais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
conjuguais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
conjuguait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
conjuguions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
conjuguiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
conjuguaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
conjuguai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
conjuguas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
conjugua (historic indicative past singular third-person)
conjuguâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
conjuguâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
conjuguèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
conjuguerai (first-person future indicative singular)
conjugueras (future indicative second-person singular)
conjuguera (future indicative singular third-person)
conjuguerons (first-person future indicative plural)
conjuguerez (future indicative plural second-person)
conjugueront (future indicative plural third-person)
conjuguerais (conditional first-person singular)
conjuguerais (conditional second-person singular)
conjuguerait (conditional singular third-person)
conjuguerions (conditional first-person plural)
conjugueriez (conditional plural second-person)
conjugueraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
conjugue (first-person present singular subjunctive)
conjugues (present second-person singular subjunctive)
conjugue (present singular subjunctive third-person)
conjuguions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
conjuguiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
conjuguent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
conjuguasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
conjuguasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
conjuguât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
conjuguassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
conjuguassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
conjuguassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
conjugue (imperative second-person singular)
conjuguons (first-person imperative plural)
conjuguez (imperative plural second-person)


sermon

Inherited from Old French sermon, from Latin sermōnem.


émail

→ Danish: emalje

desc

→ German: Emaille f, Email n (now specialist, otherwise less common)

→ Romanian: email

→ Russian: эмаль (emalʹ)

Inherited from Middle French email, from Old French esmal, from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.


braquemard

Spanish: bracamarte, bracamante


Phil

a male given name, diminutive of Philippe


Isaac

a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac


khâgne

Pseudo-Greek modification of cagneux (“knock-kneed”), c. 1900.

(France, university slang) the second year course, preceded by hypokhâgne, of a two-year academic cycle in France (called Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles, Humanities section) whose aim is to prepare students for the entrance competition to the École normale supérieure in Paris


caster

caster (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
castant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
casté (participle past)
caste (first-person indicative present singular)
castes (indicative present second-person singular)
caste (indicative present singular third-person)
castons (first-person indicative plural present)
castez (indicative plural present second-person)
castent (indicative plural present third-person)
castais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
castais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
castait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
castions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
castiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
castaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
castai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
castas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
casta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
castâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
castâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
castèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
casterai (first-person future indicative singular)
casteras (future indicative second-person singular)
castera (future indicative singular third-person)
casterons (first-person future indicative plural)
casterez (future indicative plural second-person)
casteront (future indicative plural third-person)
casterais (conditional first-person singular)
casterais (conditional second-person singular)
casterait (conditional singular third-person)
casterions (conditional first-person plural)
casteriez (conditional plural second-person)
casteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
caste (first-person present singular subjunctive)
castes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
caste (present singular subjunctive third-person)
castions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
castiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
castent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
castasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
castasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
castât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
castassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
castassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
castassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
caste (imperative second-person singular)
castons (first-person imperative plural)
castez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive, film) to cast (into a role)


vaudeville

→ Armenian: վոդևիլ (vodewil)

→ Belarusian: вадэвіль (vadevilʹ)

→ Bulgarian: водевил (vodevil)

→ Catalan: vodevil

→ Danish: vaudeville

desctree

→ English: vaudeville
→ Tagalog: bodabil

→ Georgian: ვოდევილი (vodevili)

→ German: Vaudeville

→ Greek: βοντβίλ (vontvíl)

→ Hebrew: ווֹדְווִיל (vodevil)

→ Hindi: वडेविल (vaḍevil)

→ Japanese: ヴォードヴィル (vōdoviru)

→ Korean: 보더빌 (bodeobil)

→ Latvian: vodeviļa

→ Lithuanian: vodevilis

→ Macedonian: водвиль

→ Polish: wodewil

→ Portuguese: vaudeville

→ Romanian: vodevil

→ Russian: водеви́ль (vodevílʹ)

→ Serbo-Croatian: во̀двӣљ (vòdvīlj)

→ Spanish: vodevil

→ Swedish: vådevill

→ Ottoman Turkish: وودویل (vodvil)

Turkish: vodvil

→ Ukrainian: водеві́ль (vodevílʹ)

Unclear. Possibly a corruption of voix de ville (“voice of the city”), or vallée de Vire (“valley of the (river) Vire”).

À ses moments perdus, Fernand écrivait, avec ses camarades de bureau, un tiers ou un sixième de vaudeville .

1858, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, L'Héritage mystérieux:

"In his idle moments Fernand would write a scene or two of vaudeville with his colleagues from the office."


mardi

Haitian Creole: madi

Louisiana Creole: maddi, mardi

Mauritian Creole: mardi

Seychellois Creole: mardi

Inherited from Latin Mārtis diēs, variant of diēs Mārtis (literally “day of Mars”).

En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.
En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.
Lundi marche devant,
Rantaplan.
Mardi joue de la trompette,
De la trompette.
Mercredi du violon,
Du violon.
Jeudi de l’accordéon,
De l’accordéon.
Vendredi et samedi chantent la chanson de dimanche.
Vendredi et samedi chantent la chanson de dimanche.
En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.
En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.

1986, “Il était une fois … une maison des musiciens [There Once Was… a House of Musicians]”, in Il était une fois … une petite grenouille [There Once Was… a Little Frog] (fiction), Paris: CLE International:

Onward, the music of the days of the week.
Onward, the music of the days of the week.
Monday marches ahead,
Rantaplan.
Tuesday plays the trumpet,
The trumpet.
Wednesday the violin,
The violin.
Thursday the accordion,
The accordion.
Friday and Saturday sing the song of Sunday.
Friday and Saturday sing the song of Sunday.
Onward, the music of the days of the week.
Onward, the music of the days of the week.

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


SAS

(law enforcement) Abbreviation of section des agressions sexuelles. (sexual assault squad)


Tatar

fr-noun

Tatar m (plural Tatars, feminine Tatare)

Tatar (member of various Turkic peoples)


casino

→ Italian: casinò


assassin

fr-adj

assassin (feminine assassine, masculine plural assassins, feminine plural assassines)

assassine (feminine)
assassins (masculine plural)
assassines (feminine plural)

From either Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish users”) or أَسَاسِيُّون (ʔasāsiyyūn).


bois

fr-noun

bois m (countable and uncountable, plural bois)

Inherited from Middle French boys, from Old French bois, from Early Medieval Latin boscus, borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

etymon

croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer

Coordinate term: cuivre


nul

Inherited from Middle French nul, from Old French nul, from Latin nūllus.


égalité

→ German: Egalität

→ Romanian: egalitate

From égal + -ité, or borrowed from Latin aequālitātem. Cf. also the variant forms equalité, esgalité (Middle French), igauté, and the inherited Old French form oelté.

(tennis, table tennis, volleyball) deuce


armoire

q

via <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">le armoire</i>

Louisiana Creole: larmwa (via le armoire)

Seychellois Creole: larmwar (via le armoire)

→ English: armoire

Sicilian: armuarra, muarra

Inherited from Old French armaire, aumaire, borrowed from Latin armārium, from arma (“weapons, tools”).

wardrobe (British), closet (US), a cabinet, taller than it is wide, for storing things.


au-delà

Il est allé rejoindre ses proches dans l’au-delà.

He went to join his loved ones in the afterlife.


foutre

foutre (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
foutant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
foutu (participle past)
fous (first-person indicative present singular)
fous (indicative present second-person singular)
fout (indicative present singular third-person)
foutons (first-person indicative plural present)
foutez (indicative plural present second-person)
foutent (indicative plural present third-person)
foutais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
foutais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
foutait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
foutions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
foutiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
foutaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
foutis (first-person historic indicative past singular)
foutis (historic indicative past second-person singular)
foutit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
foutîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
foutîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
foutirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
foutrai (first-person future indicative singular)
foutras (future indicative second-person singular)
foutra (future indicative singular third-person)
foutrons (first-person future indicative plural)
foutrez (future indicative plural second-person)
foutront (future indicative plural third-person)
foutrais (conditional first-person singular)
foutrais (conditional second-person singular)
foutrait (conditional singular third-person)
foutrions (conditional first-person plural)
foutriez (conditional plural second-person)
foutraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
foute (first-person present singular subjunctive)
foutes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
foute (present singular subjunctive third-person)
foutions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
foutiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
foutent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
foutisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
foutisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
foutît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
foutissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
foutissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
foutissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
fous (imperative second-person singular)
foutons (first-person imperative plural)
foutez (imperative plural second-person)
se foutre (infinitive reflexive)
s'être + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction reflexive)
se foutant (gerund participle present reflexive)
ayant (gerund multiword-construction participle present reflexive)
étant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present reflexive)
foutu (participle past reflexive)
me fous (first-person indicative present reflexive singular)
te fous (indicative present reflexive second-person singular)
se fout (indicative present reflexive singular third-person)
nous foutons (first-person indicative plural present reflexive)
vous foutez (indicative plural present reflexive second-person)
se foutent (indicative plural present reflexive third-person)
me foutais (first-person imperfect indicative reflexive singular)
te foutais (imperfect indicative reflexive second-person singular)
se foutait (imperfect indicative reflexive singular third-person)
nous foutions (first-person imperfect indicative plural reflexive)
vous foutiez (imperfect indicative plural reflexive second-person)
se foutaient (imperfect indicative plural reflexive third-person)
me foutis (first-person historic indicative past reflexive singular)
te foutis (historic indicative past reflexive second-person singular)
se foutit (historic indicative past reflexive singular third-person)
nous foutîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural reflexive)
vous foutîtes (historic indicative past plural reflexive second-person)
se foutirent (historic indicative past plural reflexive third-person)
me foutrai (first-person future indicative reflexive singular)
te foutras (future indicative reflexive second-person singular)
se foutra (future indicative reflexive singular third-person)
nous foutrons (first-person future indicative plural reflexive)
vous foutrez (future indicative plural reflexive second-person)
se foutront (future indicative plural reflexive third-person)
me foutrais (conditional first-person reflexive singular)
te foutrais (conditional reflexive second-person singular)
se foutrait (conditional reflexive singular third-person)
nous foutrions (conditional first-person plural reflexive)
vous foutriez (conditional plural reflexive second-person)
se foutraient (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 foute (first-person present reflexive singular subjunctive)
te foutes (present reflexive second-person singular subjunctive)
se foute (present reflexive singular subjunctive third-person)
nous foutions (first-person plural present reflexive subjunctive)
vous foutiez (plural present reflexive second-person subjunctive)
se foutent (plural present reflexive subjunctive third-person)
me foutisse (first-person imperfect reflexive singular subjunctive)
te foutisses (imperfect reflexive second-person singular subjunctive)
se foutît (imperfect reflexive singular subjunctive third-person)
nous foutissions (first-person imperfect plural reflexive subjunctive)
vous foutissiez (imperfect plural reflexive second-person subjunctive)
se foutissent (imperfect plural reflexive subjunctive third-person)
fous-toi (imperative reflexive second-person singular)
foutons-nous (first-person imperative plural reflexive)
foutez-vous (imperative plural reflexive second-person)

→ Afrikaans: foeter

→ English: fouter

→ Switzerland German: foutieren

Inherited from Middle French foutre (“to fuck, have sex”), from Old French fotre, inherited from Latin futuere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”). Compare English footle.

inh+

c’est l’hôpital qui se fout de la charité

Qu’est-ce qu’elles foutent ?

(transitive, vulgar, slang) to do, to fuck around with, to dick around, to fritter, to tinker

On a foutu toute la nuit.

(transitive, vulgar, archaic) to fuck, to screw, to have sex

Va te faire foutre !

(reflexive, vulgar) to fuck off, to jerk off, to wank


foutre

Il lui donne de violents coups de poing dans le nez, jusqu’à ce qu’elle saigne, et il continue encore, malgré qu’elle soit en sang; il décharge et mêle son foutre au sang qu’elle perd.

1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage:

He punched her violently in the nose, until it bled, and he kept going, despite the bleeding; he offloaded and mixed his cum with the blood she'd shed.


demande

Haitian Creole: demann

Inherited from Old French demande, from the verb demander.


savoir

savoir (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
sachant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
su (participle past)
sais (first-person indicative present singular)
sais (indicative present second-person singular)
sait (indicative present singular third-person)
savons (first-person indicative plural present)
savez (indicative plural present second-person)
savent (indicative plural present third-person)
savais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
savais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
savait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
savions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
saviez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
savaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
sus (first-person historic indicative past singular)
sus (historic indicative past second-person singular)
sut (historic indicative past singular third-person)
sûmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
sûtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
surent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
saurai (first-person future indicative singular)
saurai (first-person future indicative singular)
sauras (future indicative second-person singular)
sauras (future indicative second-person singular)
saura (future indicative singular third-person)
saura (future indicative singular third-person)
saurons (first-person future indicative plural)
saurons (first-person future indicative plural)
saurez (future indicative plural second-person)
saurez (future indicative plural second-person)
sauront (future indicative plural third-person)
sauront (future indicative plural third-person)
saurais (conditional first-person singular)
saurais (conditional first-person singular)
saurais (conditional second-person singular)
saurais (conditional second-person singular)
saurait (conditional singular third-person)
saurait (conditional singular third-person)
saurions (conditional first-person plural)
saurions (conditional first-person plural)
sauriez (conditional plural second-person)
sauriez (conditional plural second-person)
sauraient (conditional plural third-person)
sauraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
sache (first-person present singular subjunctive)
saches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
sache (present singular subjunctive third-person)
sachions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
sachiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
sachent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
susse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
susses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sût (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sussions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
sussiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sussent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sache (imperative second-person singular)
sachons (first-person imperative plural)
sachez (imperative plural second-person)

Saint Dominican Creole French: savé

Inherited from Old French savoir/eir, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapĕre.
Comments
The now-obsolete spelling sçavoir owes its ⟨ç⟩ to the Latin scīre (“to know”), which was long assumed to be the etymon of the French verb.
The 1SG present indicative sais comes from Old French sai < Vulgar Latin */ˈsajo/ ≠ Classical Latin sapiō. The inflections with ⟨ch⟩ reflect regular palatalization of an original [pj], as in sache < Old French sacheṭ < */ˈsa(p)t͡ʃat/ < */ˈsapjat/ < Classical Latin sapiat (cf. French seiche < Latin sēpia). The past participle su comes from Old French seü < */saˈ(β)udo/ < Vulgar Latin */saˈputu/, most likely influenced by Latin perfect verb forms such as sapuī.

on ne saurait faire boire un âne qui n’a pas soif

Nous devons savoir pourquoi il a fait ça.


Marie

→ Danish: Mari, Marie

→ English: Marie

→ Georgian: მერი (meri)

→ German: Marie

→ Norwegian: Mari, Marie

→ Swedish: Mari, Marie

⇒ French: Manon (diminutive)

→ Dutch: Manon

⇒ French: Marion (diminutive)

→ English: Marion, Marian

⇒ French: Marise (diminutive)

→ Dutch: Marijse

a female given name, equivalent to English Mary. Also a very common part in hyphenated female given names such as Anne-Marie or Marie-Pierre

Used as the latter part of hyphenated male given names such as Jean-Marie or Pierre-Marie.


bitte

desctree

→ Italian: bitta
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Latin script: bȉtva
Cyrillic script: би̏тва

From Old Norse biti (“beam, girder”), from Proto-Germanic *bitô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).


macaroni

→ Polish: makaron

Borrowed from Italian maccaroni, obsolete variant of maccheroni (“macaroni”), plural of maccherone, of uncertain origin.


Caroline

a female given name, masculine equivalent Charles


mets

Inherited from Old French més, from Latin missum. The form was later influenced by the underlying mettre.


ferme

Inherited from Middle French ferme, from Old French ferm, ferme (“solid”), from Latin firmus (“solid, secure”), from Proto-Italic *fermos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s (“holding”), from the root *dʰer- (“to hold”).


thon

→ Romanian: ton

→ Turkish: ton

From Latin thunnus, thynnus (itself from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos)), possibly through the intermediate of Old Occitan ton.


dispositif

En censurant l’essentiel de la loi dite « Avia », jeudi 18 juin, le Conseil constitutionnel a mis à bas un dispositif adopté en mai, destiné à imposer aux géants du numérique de retirer les incitations à la haine, à la violence et au terrorisme, ainsi que les injures à caractère raciste ou sexiste et les images pornographiques représentant des mineurs.

2020 June 19, “Stopper la haine sur Internet”, in Le Monde:

By censuring most of the so-called "Avia" law, on Thursday the 18th of June, the Constitutional Council scrapped a dispositif adopted in May, intended to require the digital giants to remove incitements to hatred, violence, and terrorism, as well as insults of a racist or sexist character, and pornographic images depicting minors.


systole

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek συστολή (sustolḗ), from συστέλλω (sustéllō, “to contract”), from σύν (sún, “together”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to send”).


oracle

From Middle French oracle m, from Old French oracle m, from Latin ōrāculum n (12th c.).


oratorio

Borrowed from Italian oratorio. Doublet of oratoire.


canadien

fr-adj

canadien (feminine canadienne, masculine plural canadiens, feminine plural canadiennes)

canadienne (feminine)
canadiens (masculine plural)
canadiennes (feminine plural)


surgeon

Inherited from Middle French sourgon, sourjon, from Old French sorjon, sourjon (“source”) (1200s), from a conjugated form of sourdre (see sourjant) + -on, from Latin surgere. The modern spelling dates from 1541.

(botany) shoot (new growth from the trunk of a tree)


cardigan

→ Romanian: cardigan


fragrance

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin fragrantia, from fragrō, fragrāre. Related to flairer, which was inherited.


Catherine

→ English: Catherine

Japanese: カトリーヌ (Katorīnu)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Anonymât (Kvardek du)-rue Sainte-Catherine.wav

From Medieval Latin Katerīna, from Latin Ecaterīna, from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterínē), *Ἑκατερίνη (*Hekaterínē).

a female given name, equivalent to English Catherine


gauche

From gauchir (“bend, dodge, warp”), a conflation of Old French gauchier (“tread”) (from Frankish *walkijan, *walkan, cognate with English walk) + Old French guenchir (“deviate”) (from Frankish *wenkijan (“to sway, falter”)). Gauche replaced the original word for "left", senestre, in the sixteenth century. Compare Walloon gåtche.


gauche

→ Franco-Provençal: gôcho


ovule

From Latin ōvum (“egg”) + -ule (diminutive suffix).

af

Marvin avait avalé 1 kilo de poudre blanche, soit 105 petits ovules plastifiés.


baiser

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

Par le baiser que me donne ma pauvre Modeste, je devine ce qui se passe en elle : si elle a reçu ce qu’elle attend, ou si elle est inquiète. Il y a bien des nuances dans les baisers, même dans ceux d’une fille innocente, […]

By the kiss my Modeste gives me I can guess what is passing within her. I know whether she has received what she was looking for, or whether she is uneasy or expectant. There are many gradations in a kiss, even in that of an innocent young girl, […]


baiser

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

Je l’ai baisée.

J’ai envie de baiser.

Aristocrates, vous voilà dans le bahut, / Nous baiserons vos femmes et vous serez cocus, / Aristocrates, je vous vois tous cornus.

1791, anonymous author, Le tombeau des aristocrates:

Aristocrats, behold yourselves in your chests, / We will fuck your wives and you will be cuckolds, / we can see your horns.

Si j’ai trahi les gros, les joufflus, les obèses
C’est que je baise, que je baise, que je baise
Comme un bouc, un bélier, une bête, une brute
Je suis hanté : le rut, le rut, le rut, le rut !

1966, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Le bulletin de santé”:

(vulgar, transitive, intransitive) to fuck, screw

L’enfoiré croyait m’avoir, mais je l’ai bien baisé.

The asshole thought he had me, but I screwed him.

(vulgar slang) to prevail over someone, fuck, screw

En forçant sur l’écrou, j’ai baisé le filetage.

By forcing the nut, I fucked up the screw thread.

(vulgar slang) to break, deteriorate, to fuck up


coup d'envoi

coup d’ envoi (canonical masculine)
coups d’envoi (plural)

donner le coup d’envoi


minuit

Inherited from Middle French mynuyt, from Old French mie nuit, from mie, feminine singular of mi (“half, half way”) + nuit (“night”). Equivalent to mi- + nuit. Compare Occitan mièjanuèch, mièjanuèit, Catalan mitjanit, Portuguese meia-noite, Spanish medianoche, Italian mezzanotte, Romanian miazănoapte.

La nouvelle journée commence à minuit.

Il est déjà minuit?

Pendant les week-ends, je me couche à minuit.

On the weekends, I go to bed by midnight.


aide

Inherited from Middle French ayde, from Old French aide, aie, from aidier (modern Old French aider (“to help”)). The medial -d- would've been regularly lost, but was reinserted on the basis of the verb.


infection

→ Turkish: enfeksiyon

From Old French infection, from Late Latin īnfectiōnem.


Samuel

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Samuel


rater

rater (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
ratant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
raté (participle past)
rate (first-person indicative present singular)
rates (indicative present second-person singular)
rate (indicative present singular third-person)
ratons (first-person indicative plural present)
ratez (indicative plural present second-person)
ratent (indicative plural present third-person)
ratais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ratais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
ratait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
rations (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
ratiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
rataient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
ratai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
ratas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
rata (historic indicative past singular third-person)
ratâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
ratâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
ratèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
raterai (first-person future indicative singular)
rateras (future indicative second-person singular)
ratera (future indicative singular third-person)
raterons (first-person future indicative plural)
raterez (future indicative plural second-person)
rateront (future indicative plural third-person)
raterais (conditional first-person singular)
raterais (conditional second-person singular)
raterait (conditional singular third-person)
raterions (conditional first-person plural)
rateriez (conditional plural second-person)
rateraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
rate (first-person present singular subjunctive)
rates (present second-person singular subjunctive)
rate (present singular subjunctive third-person)
rations (first-person plural present subjunctive)
ratiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
ratent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
ratasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
ratasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
ratât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
ratassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
ratassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
ratassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
rate (imperative second-person singular)
ratons (first-person imperative plural)
ratez (imperative plural second-person)

→ Catalan: ratar

→ Haitian Creole: rate

Emerged in the early 1700s, likely originally in reference to a firearm misfiring, from the expression (1651) prendre un rat (“to misfire”, literally “to get a rat”), from rat (“rat”). More at rat.

Le revolver rata.

(intransitive, of a weapon) to fail to fire; to misfire [first att. 1718]


knickers

Unadapted borrowing from English knickers, or a clipping of knickerbockers.

unadapted borrowing

Il est venu en knickers.


knickerbockers

Unadapted borrowing from English knickerbockers.

Il est venu en knickerbockers.
He came in knickerbockers.


charivari

→ Catalan: xivarri

desc

→ English: charivari, shivaree, chivaree, chivari

→ German: Charivari

Inherited from Old French chalivali (“noise from pots and pans”), from Late Latin caribaria, from carivaria, from Ancient Greek καρηβάρεια (karēbáreia, “headache”, from κάρη (kárē, “head”) + βαρύς (barús, “heavy”)).

der

Mettez dix personnes d’intelligence suffisante devant un tableau d’aspect neuf et original, et ces personnes, à elles dix, ne feront plus qu’un grand enfant ; elles se pousseront du coude, elles commenteront l’œuvre de la façon la plus comique du monde. Les badauds arriveront à la file, grossissant le groupe ; bientôt ce sera un véritable charivari, un accès de folie bête.

1893, Émile Zola, “Le public”, in Édouard Manet, étude biographique et critique, page 365:

Put ten people of sufficient intelligence in front of a new- and original-looking painting, and those ten people will act like children; they will elbow each other, and comment on the painting in the most ridiculous way imaginable. Passers-by will flock to them and make the group bigger; soon there will be absolute mayhem, a bout of mindless folly.

(by extension) racket, banging in general, rumpus


cé

The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.


convent

Borrowed from Latin conventus. See also the doublet couvent.


yachtsman

fr-noun

yachtsman m (plural yachtsmans or yachtsmen, feminine yachtswoman)

yachtsmans (plural)
yachtsmen (plural)
yachtswoman (feminine)


yachtswoman

yachtswoman f (plural yachtswomans, masculine yachtsman)

yachtswomans (plural)
yachtsman (masculine)


jeunesse

From jeune + -esse; found in Old French as juenesce. Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *juvenitia. Compare Italian giovinezza.

Coordinate term: vieillesse

si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait


trottoir

Haitian Creole: twotwa

→ Alemannic German: Trottuar

→ Bulgarian: тротоар (trotoar)

desctree

→ Dutch: trottoir
→ Indonesian: trotoar
→ Petjo: tattowaar

→ Esperanto: trotuaro

→ Central Franconian: Trottwa, Trottewa

→ German: Trottoir

→ Georgian: ტროტუარი (ṭroṭuari)

→ Ladino: trotuar

→ Luxembourgish: Trottoir, Trëttoir

→ Polish: trotuar

→ Romanian: trotuar

→ Rhine Franconian: Trottwa, Trottewa

→ Russian: тротуа́р (trotuár)

→ Serbo-Croatian: trotòār, трото̀а̄р

→ Swedish: trottoar

→ Turkish: tretuvar

→ Yiddish: טראָטואַר (trotuar)

sidewalk, pavement, footpath (paved path located at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians)


nutriment

Learned borrowing from Latin nūtrīmentum.

lbor

nutrient (something providing nourishment)


impromptu

Univerbation of the Latin adverbial locution in prōmptū (“ready, at hand”).

Quand je faisais mentalement des réserves sur Fauré, celles-ci portaient sur les Barcarolles, les Nocturnes et les Impromptus.

When I had reservations in my mind about Fauré, they concerned his barcarolles, his nocturnes and his impromptus.


voyeur

fr-noun

voyeur m (plural voyeurs, feminine voyeuse)


jolie laide

Literally, “pretty [and] ugly”, or more loosely translated as “with unusual, flawed or quirky good looks”.


plein

fr-adj

plein (feminine pleine, masculine plural pleins, feminine plural pleines)

pleine (feminine)
pleins (masculine plural)
pleines (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French plein, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Compare Catalan ple; Italian pieno; Portuguese cheio; Romanian plin; Sardinian prenu; Spanish lleno; English plene.


fille

Haitian Creole: fi

Louisiana Creole: fiy

* (daughter): From Middle French fille, from Old French fille, from Latin fīlia.
* (slang, prostitute): By ellipsis of the euphemisms fille des rues (“girl of the streets”), fille de joie (“girl of joy”), fille publique (“public girl”), and others like them that signify "prostitute".

Il buvait et courait les filles avant qu’il ne contracte la cirrhose et la blennorragie. ― He drank and consorted with hookers before contracting cirrhosis and gonorrhea.


elle

The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.


uvula

Unadapted borrowing from Late Latin ūvula (“small grape”), diminutive of Latin ūva. Doublet of uvule, another borrowing.


impasse

→ English: impasse

→ German: Impasse

→ Italian: impasse

→ Dutch: impasse

→ Portuguese: impasse

→ Spanish: impasse


connaître

connaître (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
connaissant (gerund participle present)
connaissant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
connu (participle past)
connais (first-person indicative present singular)
connais (indicative present second-person singular)
connaît (indicative present singular third-person)
connaissons (first-person indicative plural present)
connaissons (first-person indicative plural present)
connaissez (indicative plural present second-person)
connaissez (indicative plural present second-person)
connaissent (indicative plural present third-person)
connaissais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
connaissais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
connaissais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
connaissais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
connaissait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
connaissait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
connaissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
connaissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
connaissiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
connaissiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
connaissaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
connaissaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
connus (first-person historic indicative past singular)
connus (historic indicative past second-person singular)
connut (historic indicative past singular third-person)
connûmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
connûtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
connurent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
connaîtrai (first-person future indicative singular)
connaîtrai (first-person future indicative singular)
connaîtras (future indicative second-person singular)
connaîtras (future indicative second-person singular)
connaîtra (future indicative singular third-person)
connaîtra (future indicative singular third-person)
connaîtrons (first-person future indicative plural)
connaîtrons (first-person future indicative plural)
connaîtrez (future indicative plural second-person)
connaîtrez (future indicative plural second-person)
connaîtront (future indicative plural third-person)
connaîtront (future indicative plural third-person)
connaîtrais (conditional first-person singular)
connaîtrais (conditional first-person singular)
connaîtrais (conditional second-person singular)
connaîtrais (conditional second-person singular)
connaîtrait (conditional singular third-person)
connaîtrait (conditional singular third-person)
connaîtrions (conditional first-person plural)
connaîtrions (conditional first-person plural)
connaîtriez (conditional plural second-person)
connaîtriez (conditional plural second-person)
connaîtraient (conditional plural third-person)
connaîtraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
connaisse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
connaisses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
connaisse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
connaissions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
connaissions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
connaissiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
connaissiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
connaissent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
connusse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
connusses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
connût (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
connussions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
connussiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
connussent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
connais (imperative second-person singular)
connaissons (first-person imperative plural)
connaissons (first-person imperative plural)
connaissez (imperative plural second-person)
connaissez (imperative plural second-person)
se connaître (infinitive reflexive)
s'être + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction reflexive)
se connaissant (gerund participle present reflexive)
se connaissant (gerund participle present reflexive)
ayant (gerund multiword-construction participle present reflexive)
étant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present reflexive)
connu (participle past reflexive)
me connais (first-person indicative present reflexive singular)
te connais (indicative present reflexive second-person singular)
se connaît (indicative present reflexive singular third-person)
nous connaissons (first-person indicative plural present reflexive)
nous connaissons (first-person indicative plural present reflexive)
vous connaissez (indicative plural present reflexive second-person)
vous connaissez (indicative plural present reflexive second-person)
se connaissent (indicative plural present reflexive third-person)
me connaissais (first-person imperfect indicative reflexive singular)
me connaissais (first-person imperfect indicative reflexive singular)
te connaissais (imperfect indicative reflexive second-person singular)
te connaissais (imperfect indicative reflexive second-person singular)
se connaissait (imperfect indicative reflexive singular third-person)
se connaissait (imperfect indicative reflexive singular third-person)
nous connaissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural reflexive)
nous connaissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural reflexive)
vous connaissiez (imperfect indicative plural reflexive second-person)
vous connaissiez (imperfect indicative plural reflexive second-person)
se connaissaient (imperfect indicative plural reflexive third-person)
se connaissaient (imperfect indicative plural reflexive third-person)
me connus (first-person historic indicative past reflexive singular)
te connus (historic indicative past reflexive second-person singular)
se connut (historic indicative past reflexive singular third-person)
nous connûmes (first-person historic indicative past plural reflexive)
vous connûtes (historic indicative past plural reflexive second-person)
se connurent (historic indicative past plural reflexive third-person)
me connaîtrai (first-person future indicative reflexive singular)
me connaîtrai (first-person future indicative reflexive singular)
te connaîtras (future indicative reflexive second-person singular)
te connaîtras (future indicative reflexive second-person singular)
se connaîtra (future indicative reflexive singular third-person)
se connaîtra (future indicative reflexive singular third-person)
nous connaîtrons (first-person future indicative plural reflexive)
nous connaîtrons (first-person future indicative plural reflexive)
vous connaîtrez (future indicative plural reflexive second-person)
vous connaîtrez (future indicative plural reflexive second-person)
se connaîtront (future indicative plural reflexive third-person)
se connaîtront (future indicative plural reflexive third-person)
me connaîtrais (conditional first-person reflexive singular)
me connaîtrais (conditional first-person reflexive singular)
te connaîtrais (conditional reflexive second-person singular)
te connaîtrais (conditional reflexive second-person singular)
se connaîtrait (conditional reflexive singular third-person)
se connaîtrait (conditional reflexive singular third-person)
nous connaîtrions (conditional first-person plural reflexive)
nous connaîtrions (conditional first-person plural reflexive)
vous connaîtriez (conditional plural reflexive second-person)
vous connaîtriez (conditional plural reflexive second-person)
se connaîtraient (conditional plural reflexive third-person)
se connaîtraient (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 connaisse (first-person present reflexive singular subjunctive)
te connaisses (present reflexive second-person singular subjunctive)
se connaisse (present reflexive singular subjunctive third-person)
nous connaissions (first-person plural present reflexive subjunctive)
nous connaissions (first-person plural present reflexive subjunctive)
vous connaissiez (plural present reflexive second-person subjunctive)
vous connaissiez (plural present reflexive second-person subjunctive)
se connaissent (plural present reflexive subjunctive third-person)
me connusse (first-person imperfect reflexive singular subjunctive)
te connusses (imperfect reflexive second-person singular subjunctive)
se connût (imperfect reflexive singular subjunctive third-person)
nous connussions (first-person imperfect plural reflexive subjunctive)
vous connussiez (imperfect plural reflexive second-person subjunctive)
se connussent (imperfect plural reflexive subjunctive third-person)
connais-toi (imperative reflexive second-person singular)
connaissons-nous (first-person imperative plural reflexive)
connaissons-nous (first-person imperative plural reflexive)
connaissez-vous (imperative plural reflexive second-person)
connaissez-vous (imperative plural reflexive second-person)

Inherited from Old French conoistre, from Late Latin conōscere, from Latin cognōscere.

Après la levée de l’état de siège, les tribunaux militaires continuent de connaître des crimes et délits dont la poursuite leur avait été déférée.

1849 August 9, “Loi du 9 août 1849 sur l'état de siège [Law of 9 August 1849 on State of Siege]”, in Légifrance, published 2004-12-21:

After the lifting of the state of siege, the military tribunals continue to address crimes and offences whose prosecution has been submitted to them.

(law, somewhat archaic) to hear or examine judicially; to judge or decide judicially


oublier

oublier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
oubliant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
oublié (participle past)
oublie (first-person indicative present singular)
oublies (indicative present second-person singular)
oublie (indicative present singular third-person)
oublions (first-person indicative plural present)
oubliez (indicative plural present second-person)
oublient (indicative plural present third-person)
oubliais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
oubliais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
oubliait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
oubliions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
oubliiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
oubliaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
oubliai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
oublias (historic indicative past second-person singular)
oublia (historic indicative past singular third-person)
oubliâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
oubliâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
oublièrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
oublierai (first-person future indicative singular)
oublieras (future indicative second-person singular)
oubliera (future indicative singular third-person)
oublierons (first-person future indicative plural)
oublierez (future indicative plural second-person)
oublieront (future indicative plural third-person)
oublierais (conditional first-person singular)
oublierais (conditional second-person singular)
oublierait (conditional singular third-person)
oublierions (conditional first-person plural)
oublieriez (conditional plural second-person)
oublieraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
oublie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
oublies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
oublie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
oubliions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
oubliiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
oublient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
oubliasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
oubliasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
oubliât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
oubliassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
oubliassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
oubliassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
oublie (imperative second-person singular)
oublions (first-person imperative plural)
oubliez (imperative plural second-person)

→ Italian: obliare

Inherited from Old French oblier, from Vulgar Latin *oblītāre, frequentative of Latin oblīvīscor (via its past participle oblītus).

J’ai oublié tout ce qu’il m’a dit.

Ne m’oublie pas.

N’oubliez pas de rectifier les documents.

J’essaie vraiment d’ t’aider sans m’oublier.

I'm truly trying to help you without forgetting myself.


aube

Inherited from Old French albe, from Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus (“white”).


aube

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin alba.


aube

Probably from Latin alapa (“blow, slap, smack”), of uncertain origin.


nourriture

Inherited from Old French norriture, from Latin nūtrītūra (“act of feeding or nourishing”) and remade after the verb nourrir.


exception

(programming) exception (interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition)


freestyle

sports de glisse freestyle
sports de glisse freestyle#French

(sports) freestyle (skiing and snowboarding) (freestyle skiing, snowboarding) Ellipsis of sports de glisse freestyle.


crevé

fr-adj

crevé (feminine crevée, masculine plural crevés, feminine plural crevées)

crevée (feminine)
crevés (masculine plural)
crevées (feminine plural)

un pneu crevé


oubliette

→ Dutch: oubliëtte

→ English: oubliette

→ Italian: oubliette


Patrick

a male given name, the English form of Patrice, quite popular in France


cafard

fr-noun

cafard m (plural cafards, feminine cafarde)

Francized form of Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”).

(by extension) tattletale, informant, rat

avoir le cafard


immanent

fr-adj

immanent (feminine immanente, masculine plural immanents, feminine plural immanentes)

immanente (feminine)
immanents (masculine plural)
immanentes (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin immanēns.

lbor

Coordinate term: transcendant


intuition

Borrowed from Medieval Latin intuītiōnem.

bor+

(uncountable, philosophy) intuition (cognitive faculty)


buste

→ Danish: buste

→ Polish: biust

desctree

→ Russian: бюст (bjust)
→ Georgian: ბიუსტი (biusṭi)

Borrowed from Italian busto, from Latin būstum.

Une chaîne en or orne son buste.


rayon

→ Russian: райо́н (rajón), раіо́нъ (raión) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
→ English: raion
→ Ingrian: raijona, rajona
→ Romanian: raion
→ Uyghur: رايون (rayon)
→ Buryat: район (rajon)
→ Yakut: оройуон (oroyuon)


rayon

Inherited from Old French roion, reun, roïon, etc. By surface analysis, raie + -on.

(agriculture) row (for planting seeds in)


rosser

rosser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
rossant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
rossé (participle past)
rosse (first-person indicative present singular)
rosses (indicative present second-person singular)
rosse (indicative present singular third-person)
rossons (first-person indicative plural present)
rossez (indicative plural present second-person)
rossent (indicative plural present third-person)
rossais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
rossais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
rossait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
rossions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
rossiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
rossaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
rossai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
rossas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
rossa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
rossâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
rossâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
rossèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
rosserai (first-person future indicative singular)
rosseras (future indicative second-person singular)
rossera (future indicative singular third-person)
rosserons (first-person future indicative plural)
rosserez (future indicative plural second-person)
rosseront (future indicative plural third-person)
rosserais (conditional first-person singular)
rosserais (conditional second-person singular)
rosserait (conditional singular third-person)
rosserions (conditional first-person plural)
rosseriez (conditional plural second-person)
rosseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
rosse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
rosses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
rosse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
rossions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
rossiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
rossent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
rossasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
rossasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
rossât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
rossassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
rossassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
rossassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
rosse (imperative second-person singular)
rossons (first-person imperative plural)
rossez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French roissier, probably from Vulgar Latin *rustiare, from *rustia, from Late Latin rustum, or less likely from Vulgar Latin *ruptiāre, from Latin ruptus, from rumpō.


cyanose

Coined by François Sulpice Beudant, from Ancient Greek κυάνεος (kuáneos).


mainframe

(computer hardware) mainframe (large, powerful computer connected to terminals)


haine

Inherited from Middle French haine, from Old French haine, from Frankish *hati, from Proto-Germanic *hataz. More at hate.


fratricide

Learned borrowing from Latin frātricīda.


vestibule

→ English: vestibule

→ German: Vestibül

→ Romanian: vestibul

→ Russian: вестибюль (vestibjulʹ)


sabot

Inherited from Middle French savate (“old shoe”), of unknown origin. Possibly from Tatar чабата (çabata, “overshoes”), ultimately either from Ottoman Turkish چاپوت (çaput, çapıt, “patchwork, tatters”), from Ottoman Turkish چاپمق (çapmak, “to slap on”), or of Iranian origin, cognate with modern Persian چپت (čapat, “a kind of traditional leather shoe”).
Akin to Norman chavette, Spanish zapato, Italian ciabatta, Portuguese sapato, Sicilian savatta.

cog

ne pas se trouver sous le sabot d’un cheval

ne pas se trouver sous les sabots d’un cheval


suave

→ Romanian: suav

Inherited from Middle French suave, borrowed from Latin suāvis (“sweet, pleasant”), replacing the inherited form souef (in use until the 17th century), from Old French soef, suef (“sweet, mild, agreeable, tranquil, peaceful”), descendants of which live on in other Oïl languages.

(especially of persons and their speech) smooth and graceful, polite, polished, suave


taekwondo

[around 1980] Unadapted borrowing from Korean 태권도(跆拳道) (taegwondo).

ubor

je pratique le taekwondo


piquant

fr-adj

piquant (feminine piquante, masculine plural piquants, feminine plural piquantes)

piquante (feminine)
piquants (masculine plural)
piquantes (feminine plural)


carafe

Borrowed from Italian caraffa, probably from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”), from غَرَفَ (ḡarafa, “to ladle”).


chevalet

(lutherie) bridge (of guitar, violin, etc.)


Alfred

From English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd.

Il n’est pas rare aujourd’hui que le garçon bouvier se nomme Arthur, Alfred ou Alphonse, et que le vicomte — s’il y a encore des vicomtes — se nomme Thomas, Pierre ou Jacques. Ce déplacement qui met le nom « élégant » sur le plébéien et le nom campagnard sur l’aristocrate n’est autre chose qu’un remous d’égalité. L’irrésistible pénétration du souffle nouveau est là comme en tout.


haha

Château de Meudon
Louis, Grand Dauphin
New France
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!

French term attested 1686 in toponyms in New France (present-day Quebec); compare modern Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!. Usual etymology is that an expression of surprise – “ha ha” or “ah! ah!” is exclaimed on encountering such a boundary. In France this is traditionally attributed to the reaction of Louis, Grand Dauphin to encountering such a feature in the gardens of the Château de Meudon.


robe

→ Dutch: robe

→ German: Robe
→ Czech: róba

→ Romanian: robă f

→ Turkish: rop

Inherited from Old French, from Proto-Germanic *raubō (“booty”), later "stolen clothing".


lunette

→ Portuguese: luneta

refracting telescope
refracting telescope

(astronomy) telescope (refracting telescope)


anorak

→ Romanian: hanorac

→ Spanish: anorak


cruiser

Borrowed from English cruiser. Doublet of croiseur, croix, and crux.

(cycling) cruiser (bicycle designed for low-speed, recreational use)


dur de la feuille

dur de la feuille (feminine dure de la feuille, masculine plural durs de la feuille, feminine plural dures de la feuille)

dure de la feuille (feminine)
durs de la feuille (masculine plural)
dures de la feuille (feminine plural)

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-dur de la feuille.wav


péter les plombs

Fausse diversion, un jour tu pètes les plombs / Les plombs, certains chanceux en ont dans la cervelle

1997, “Demain, c’est loin”, in L'École du micro d'argent, performed by IAM:

False diversion, one day you blow your top / Some guys who are lucky get their heads blown off

T’es bien obligé de faire des trucs de malade, des trucs de ouf, pour que les autres, ils sachent que tu peux péter les plombs, comme ça, juste pour un regard, un mot, une attitude.

2012, François-Xavier Dillard, chapter 18, in Un vrai jeu d'enfant:

You've got no choice. You gotta do crazy shit so that people, they know you can go crazy just like that, over just a look, a word, a face they're making.

(colloquial) to go crazy, to blow a fuse


poste

→ Persian: پست (post)

Borrowed from Italian posta, from posto.


coup de fil

Passe-moi un coup de fil.

(informal) telephone call, ring, call, bell


flip

First attested 1716, borrowed from English flip.


twitter

twitter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
twittant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
twitté (participle past)
twitte (first-person indicative present singular)
twittes (indicative present second-person singular)
twitte (indicative present singular third-person)
twittons (first-person indicative plural present)
twittez (indicative plural present second-person)
twittent (indicative plural present third-person)
twittais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
twittais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
twittait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
twittions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
twittiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
twittaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
twittai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
twittas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
twitta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
twittâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
twittâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
twittèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
twitterai (first-person future indicative singular)
twitteras (future indicative second-person singular)
twittera (future indicative singular third-person)
twitterons (first-person future indicative plural)
twitterez (future indicative plural second-person)
twitteront (future indicative plural third-person)
twitterais (conditional first-person singular)
twitterais (conditional second-person singular)
twitterait (conditional singular third-person)
twitterions (conditional first-person plural)
twitteriez (conditional plural second-person)
twitteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
twitte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
twittes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
twitte (present singular subjunctive third-person)
twittions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
twittiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
twittent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
twittasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
twittasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
twittât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
twittassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
twittassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
twittassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
twitte (imperative second-person singular)
twittons (first-person imperative plural)
twittez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive, intransitive, Internet) to tweet (to post to Twitter)


Taylor

a unisex given name from English, of modern usage


aubade

→ Dutch: aubade
→ Indonesian: aubade

→ English: aubade


nocturne

→ Romanian: nocturn

1857, Charles Baudelaire, Je t'adore from Les Fleurs du mal
Je t’adore à l’égal de la voûte nocturne,
Ô vase de tristesse, ô grande taciturne
I love you as I love the night sky,


nocturne

→ English: nocturne


concupiscence

From Latin concupiscentia, from concupīscō (“to desire strongly, to desire eagerly; to covet”).


déjeuner

→ English: déjeuner

→ Romanian: dejun

→ Scots: disjune

(outside of France, occasionally in France) breakfast

outside of France; occasionally in France; outside of France; occasionally in France


petit déjeuner

fr-noun

petit déjeuner m (plural petits déjeuners)

→ Portuguese: pequeno-almoço (calque)

→ Romanian: mic dejun (calque)

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

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


cuisine

Haitian Creole: lakizin

→ English: cuisine

→ Malagasy: lakozy

→ Tamil: குசினி (kuciṉi)

Inherited from Old French cuisine, from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna. Cognate with English kitchen.

Brian est dans la cuisine


chanter

chanter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
chantant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
chanté (participle past)
chante (first-person indicative present singular)
ʃɑ̃t (first-person indicative present singular)
chantes (indicative present second-person singular)
chante (indicative present singular third-person)
chantons (first-person indicative plural present)
chantez (indicative plural present second-person)
chantent (indicative plural present third-person)
chantais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
chantais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
chantait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
chantions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
chantiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
chantaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
chantai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
chantas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
chanta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
chantâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
chantâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
chantèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
chanterai (first-person future indicative singular)
chanteras (future indicative second-person singular)
chantera (future indicative singular third-person)
chanterons (first-person future indicative plural)
chanterez (future indicative plural second-person)
chanteront (future indicative plural third-person)
chanterais (conditional first-person singular)
chanterais (conditional second-person singular)
chanterait (conditional singular third-person)
chanterions (conditional first-person plural)
chanteriez (conditional plural second-person)
chanteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
chante (first-person present singular subjunctive)
ʃɑ̃t (first-person present singular subjunctive)
chantes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
chante (present singular subjunctive third-person)
chantions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
chantiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
chantent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
chantasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
chantasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
chantât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
chantassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
chantassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
chantassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
chante (imperative second-person singular)
chantons (first-person imperative plural)
chantez (imperative plural second-person)

→ Dutch: chanteren

Inherited from Middle French chanter, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre.

chanter comme une casserole

chanter comme une seringue

chanter comme un rossignol


bowling

Elle adore jouer au bowling.


enfant

Saint Dominican Creole French: z'enfant

Inherited from Middle French enfant, from Old French enfant, from Latin īnfantem.

ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d’enfants

innocent comme l’enfant qui vient de naître


gourmand

gourmand m (plural gourmands, feminine gourmande)

→ Czech: gurmán

→ Portuguese: gourmand

→ Romanian: gurmand

From Middle French gourmant (“glutton”), originally an adjectival form, from Old French, where it had the sense of trencherman, but of uncertain ultimate origin.

a person who eats a lot, or who has refined tastes in food


corde

Inherited from Middle French corde, from Old French corde, borrowed from Latin chorda (“gut”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, cord”).

der

parler de corde dans la maison d’un pendu


synonyme

→ Turkish: sinonim

From syn- + -onyme, from Late Latin synonymon, from Latin synōnymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”), composed by σύν (sún, “with”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).


colonel

fr-noun

colonel m (plural colonels, feminine colonelle)

From Italian colonnello. Compare Middle French coronel, borrowed earlier from the same source. See English colonel for more.

a colonel, highest commissioned officer below generals

an ice cream dessert consisting of lemon sherbet and vodka


verbe

Learned borrowing from Latin verbum. Doublet of verve.


conjugaison

From Middle French conjugaison, alteration of earlier conjugation, borrowed from Latin coniugātiōnem. Equivalent to conjuguer + -aison.


ligne

Mauritian Creole: lalin

Inherited from Old French ligne, from Latin līnea.


bonne nuit

good night (a phrase uttered upon a farewell)


plume

English: plume

Rade: plim

→ Swedish: plym

Inherited from Old French plume f, from Latin plūma f.


Charlotte

a female given name; a feminine diminutive form of Charles


projection

(linear algebra, mathematics) projection


mordre

mordre (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
mordant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
mordu (participle past)
mords (first-person indicative present singular)
mords (indicative present second-person singular)
mord (indicative present singular third-person)
mordons (first-person indicative plural present)
mordez (indicative plural present second-person)
mordent (indicative plural present third-person)
mordais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
mordais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
mordait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
mordions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
mordiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
mordaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
mordis (first-person historic indicative past singular)
mordis (historic indicative past second-person singular)
mordit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
mordîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
mordîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
mordirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
mordrai (first-person future indicative singular)
mordras (future indicative second-person singular)
mordra (future indicative singular third-person)
mordrons (first-person future indicative plural)
mordrez (future indicative plural second-person)
mordront (future indicative plural third-person)
mordrais (conditional first-person singular)
mordrais (conditional second-person singular)
mordrait (conditional singular third-person)
mordrions (conditional first-person plural)
mordriez (conditional plural second-person)
mordraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
morde (first-person present singular subjunctive)
mordes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
morde (present singular subjunctive third-person)
mordions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
mordiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
mordent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
mordisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
mordisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
mordît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
mordissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
mordissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
mordissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
mords (imperative second-person singular)
mordons (first-person imperative plural)
mordez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French mordre, from Vulgar Latin *mordĕre, from Latin mordēre.


monter

monter (infinitive)
avoir (infinitive multiword-construction)
être + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
montant (gerund participle present)
ayant (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
étant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
monté (participle past)
monte (first-person indicative present singular)
montes (indicative present second-person singular)
monte (indicative present singular third-person)
montons (first-person indicative plural present)
montez (indicative plural present second-person)
montent (indicative plural present third-person)
montais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
montais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
montait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
montions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
montiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
montaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
montai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
montas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
monta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
montâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
montâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
montèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
monterai (first-person future indicative singular)
monteras (future indicative second-person singular)
montera (future indicative singular third-person)
monterons (first-person future indicative plural)
monterez (future indicative plural second-person)
monteront (future indicative plural third-person)
monterais (conditional first-person singular)
monterais (conditional second-person singular)
monterait (conditional singular third-person)
monterions (conditional first-person plural)
monteriez (conditional plural second-person)
monteraient (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)
monte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
montes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
monte (present singular subjunctive third-person)
montions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
montiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
montent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
montasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
montasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
montât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
montassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
montassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
montassent (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)
monte (imperative second-person singular)
montons (first-person imperative plural)
montez (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)

→ German: montieren

→ Polish: montaż

→ Polish: montować

→ Swedish: montera

Inherited from Middle French monter, from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from Latin montem (“mountain”).


descendre

descendre (infinitive)
avoir (infinitive multiword-construction)
être + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
descendant (gerund participle present)
ayant (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
étant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
descendu (participle past)
descends (first-person indicative present singular)
descends (indicative present second-person singular)
descend (indicative present singular third-person)
descendons (first-person indicative plural present)
descendez (indicative plural present second-person)
descendent (indicative plural present third-person)
descendais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
descendais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
descendait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
descendions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
descendiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
descendaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
descendis (first-person historic indicative past singular)
descendis (historic indicative past second-person singular)
descendit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
descendîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
descendîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
descendirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
descendrai (first-person future indicative singular)
descendras (future indicative second-person singular)
descendra (future indicative singular third-person)
descendrons (first-person future indicative plural)
descendrez (future indicative plural second-person)
descendront (future indicative plural third-person)
descendrais (conditional first-person singular)
descendrais (conditional second-person singular)
descendrait (conditional singular third-person)
descendrions (conditional first-person plural)
descendriez (conditional plural second-person)
descendraient (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)
descende (first-person present singular subjunctive)
descendes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
descende (present singular subjunctive third-person)
descendions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
descendiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
descendent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
descendisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
descendisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
descendît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
descendissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
descendissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
descendissent (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)
descends (imperative second-person singular)
descendons (first-person imperative plural)
descendez (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 descendre, from Old French descendre, borrowed from Latin descendere.


marron

Etymology tree
Byzantine Greek μάραον (máraon)bor.
Italian marronebor.
French marron
Borrowed from Italian marrone.

etymon

(pyrotechnics) firecracker (on a rocket)


marron

→ Asturian: marrón

→ Catalan: marró

→ Galician: marrón

Louisiana Creole: maron

→ Portuguese: marrom

→ Romanian: maro, maron

→ Spanish: marrón

→ Turkish: maron


coche

From Hungarian kocsi, via German Kutsche or Italian cocchio. Doublet of coach.


flamboyant

fr-adj

flamboyant (feminine flamboyante, masculine plural flamboyants, feminine plural flamboyantes)

flamboyante (feminine)
flamboyants (masculine plural)
flamboyantes (feminine plural)

→ Danish: flamboyant

→ English: flamboyant

→ German: flamboyant

→ Romanian: flamboiant


trot

Inherited from Old French trot, troter, from Medieval Latin trottare, of Germanic origin.


playback

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from playback.

(music, North America) playback (replaying of recorded sound or moving images)

Elle a chanté sa dernière chanson en playback.

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


amour

Inherited from Middle French amour, from Old French amor, from Latin amor. The regular phonetic development would be ameur, attested in Old French (c.f. Picard anmeur); there has probably been an influence from Old Occitan.

J’ai deux amours / Mon pays et Paris

1931, “J’ai deux amours”, performed by Josephine Baker:

Ô mon Amour/ Mes pensées sont en voyage / Elles s’enroulent comme un ruban / O my love I’ve been searching / But I don’t know how / To find my way in the world without you

2008, Cécile Corbel (lyrics and music), “Where have you been”, in Songbook vol. 3 - renaissance (CD), Brittany: Keltia Musique:

O my Love / My thoughts are wandering / They wind like a ribbon / O my love I’ve been searching / But I don’t know how / To find my way in the world without you


amoureux

amoureux (feminine amoureuse, masculine plural amoureux, feminine plural amoureuses)

amoureuse (feminine)
amoureux (masculine plural)
amoureuses (feminine plural)

→ German: amourös

Inherited from Middle French amoureux, from Old French amoreus, amereus, from Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, derived from Latin amōrem (“love”, noun). Compare English amorous, borrowed from Middle French. Doublet of amoroso, borrowed from Italian.

Je suis amoureux de toi


pamplemousse

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


fraise

→ Arabic: فَرَّاز (farrāz)

→ Dutch: frees

→ English: fraise

→ German: Fräse

→ Belarusian: фрэ́за (fréza)

→ Czech: fréza, frézka

desc

→ Bulgarian: фре́за (fréza), фрез (frez)

→ Macedonian: фреза (freza)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: фре́за

Latin script: fréza

→ Slovak: fréz, fréza, frézka

→ Slovene: frẹ̄za

→ Ukrainian: фре́за (fréza)

⇒ German: Fräser

desctree

⇒ German: Fräsmaschine
→ Bulgarian: фрезмаши́на (frezmašína)
→ Russian: фрезмаши́на (frezmašína)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
→ Cyrillic script: фрезмашина
→ Latin script: frezmašina

→ Polish: frez

→ Portuguese: fresa

→ Romanian: freză

→ Russian: фреза́ (frezá)

→ Spanish: fresa

→ Swedish: fräs

→ Ottoman Turkish: فرازه (freze)
Turkish: freze

Related to fraiser, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *fresāre, from Latin fresum, past participle of frendō, or from a derived root *fresa. Compare Italian and Spanish fresa.


volition

Borrowed from Medieval Latin volitiōnem (“will, volition”), from Latin volō (“to wish, to will”).


puissant

fr-adj

puissant (feminine puissante, masculine plural puissants, feminine plural puissantes)

puissante (feminine)
puissants (masculine plural)
puissantes (feminine plural)

Old present participle of the verb pouvoir (formed with the stem puis-; compare the modern form pouvant), from Old French puissant, pussant.


boulangerie

Haitian Creole: boulanjri


dragée

→ Bulgarian: драже (draže)

→ Danish: dragé

→ English: dragée

→ Portuguese: drágea

→ Romanian: drajeu

desctree

→ Russian: драже́ (dražé)
→ Armenian: դրաժե (draže)
→ Azerbaijani: draje
→ Georgian: დრაჟე (draže)

→ Spanish: gragea, dragea

→ Swedish: dragé

→ Turkish: draje

→ Ukrainian: драже́ (dražé)

Inherited from Old French dragee, dragie, via Latin tragēmata, from Ancient Greek τραγήματα (tragḗmata, “dried fruits, sweetmeats”), plural of τράγημα (trágēma).

der

[…] ſo I went and fetch’d a good Dram of Rum, and gave him; for I had been ſo good a Husband of my Rum, that I had a great deal left: When he had drank it, I made him take the two Fowling-Pieces, which we always carry’d, and load them with large Swan-Shot, as big as ſmall Piſtol Bullets; then I took four Muſkets, and loaded them with two Slugs, and five ſmall Bullets each; and my two Piſtols I loaded with a Brace of Bullets each; I hung my great Sword as uſual, naked by my Side, and gave Friday his Hatchet.

1722, La vie et les avantures surprenantes de Robinson Crusoe, contenant entre autres évenemens le séjour qu'il a fait pandant vingt-huit ans dans une isle deserte, située sur la côte de l'Amerique, près l'embouchure de la gran riviere Oronooque; son retour dans son isle, & ses autres neveaux voyages. Le tout écrit par lui-même. Traduit de l'anglois., volume 2, Amsterdam: L’Honore et Chatelain, page 96:

(historical, firearms, uncountable) swan-shot, small-shot, hail-shot


LGBT

LGBT; initialism of lesbiennes, gays, bisexuels, transgenres.