beige

→ Catalan: beix

→ Dutch: beige

Afrikaans: beige

→ English: beige

Hindi: बेज (bej)

→ Hijazi Arabic: بيج (bēj)

→ Estonian: beež

→ Finnish: beesi, beige, bees

→ Galician: beixe

→ German: beige, Beige

→ Greek: μπεζ (bez)

→ Hungarian: bézs

→ Italian: beige

→ Japanese: ベージュ (bēju)

→ Korean: 베이지 (beiji)

→ Louisiana Creole: bèj

→ Luxembourgish: beige

→ Persian: بژ (bež)

→ Polish: beż

→ Portuguese: bege

→ Romanian: bej

→ Russian: беж (bež)

→ Spanish: beis, beige

→ Swedish: beige

→ Turkish: bej

→ Vietnamese: be


violet

fr-adj

violet (feminine violette, masculine plural violets, feminine plural violettes)

violette (feminine)
violets (masculine plural)
violettes (feminine plural)

Louisiana Creole: vyolé

From Old French violet, a back-formation from violette (“violet (flower)”), from viole + -ette, from Latin viola.


orange

Inherited from Middle French orange, from Old French orenge, short form of late pomme d'orenge or pomme d'orange, which was calqued after Old Italian melarancia (mela + arancia). The o came into the word under influence of the place name Orange.
See English orange.

Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange.

The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.


or

Haitian Creole: lò

From Middle French or, from Old French or, from Latin aurum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”), from *h₂ews- (“to dawn, become light, become red”).

la parole est d’argent, le silence est d’or


cyan

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).

lbor

Near-synonym: céruléen

cyan (vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum)


turquoise

Inherited from Old French turquois, from turc + -ois.


vert

Inherited from Middle French and Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish verde. The Old French -t is due to regular final devoicing. The feminine was originally also vert and was extended with -e only during Middle French times, thus keeping the
devoiced sound.


vert

fr-adj

vert (feminine verte, masculine plural verts, feminine plural vertes)

verte (feminine)
verts (masculine plural)
vertes (feminine plural)

Haitian Creole: vèt, vè

Louisiana Creole: vè, vèr, vær

→ Wolof: wert

l’herbe est toujours plus verte ailleurs

l’herbe est toujours plus verte dans le pré du voisin

capitalisme vert

environmentally friendly
environmentally friendly

(figuratively) green, environmentally friendly


jaune

Inherited from Middle French jaune, iaune, from Old French jaune, jalne, from Latin galbinus.


rose

Inherited from Middle French rose, from Old French rose, borrowed from Latin rosa (the expected form if it was inherited would be *reuse).


laid

laid (feminine laide, masculine plural laids, feminine plural laides)

laide (feminine)
laids (masculine plural)
laides (feminine plural)

From Middle French laid (“hideous, ugly”), from Old French laid, leid (“unpleasant, horrible, odious”), from Vulgar Latin *laitus (“unpleasant, ugly”), from Frankish *laiþ (“unpleasant, obstinate, odious”), from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (“sorrowful, unpleasant”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“unpleasant”).
Akin to Old High German leid (“unpleasant, odious”) (German leid (“unfortunate”), Leid (“grief”)), Old Norse leiþr (“odious”), Old English lāþ (“unpleasant, odious”), Catalan lleig (“ugly”), Occitan lag (“ugly”). More at loath.


vif

fr-adj

vif (feminine vive, masculine plural vifs, feminine plural vives)

vive (feminine)
vifs (masculine plural)
vives (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French vif, from Old French vif, from Latin vīvus (“alive, living”), from Proto-Italic *gʷīwos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”).


cardinal

cardinal (feminine cardinale, masculine plural cardinaux, feminine plural cardinales)

cardinale (feminine)
cardinaux (masculine plural)
cardinales (feminine plural)


café

fr-noun

café m (usually uncountable, plural cafés)

Haitian Creole: kafe

Louisiana Creole: kafe

Borrowings

→ Albanian: kafeja

→ Alemannic German: Kaafe

→ Arabic: كَافِيه (kāfē)

Gulf Arabic: كافيه (kāfē)

→ Asturian: café

→ Bulgarian: кафе́ (kafé)

→ Cantonese: 咖啡 (gaa³ fe¹)

Taishanese: 咖啡 (ga¹ fie²)

→ Coeur d'Alene: lkaapi

→ Crimean Tatar: kafe

→ Danish: café

→ English: café

→ German: Café (“café”)

→ German: Kaffee (“coffee”)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: kaffe

→ Dutch: café

→ Hebrew: קָפֶה (kafé)

→ Khmer: កាហ្វេ (kaafee)

→ Kumak: kafe

→ Lao: ກາເຟ (kā fē)

→ Luxembourgish: Café

→ Mandarin: 咖啡 (kāfēi)

→ Norman: café

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: kaffi

→ Nzadi: kafɛ

→ Ojibwe: aapii

desctree

→ Russian: кафе́ (kafé)
→ Armenian: կաֆե (kafe)
→ Georgian: კაფე (ḳape)
→ Mongolian: кафе (kafe)
→ Ukrainian: кафе́ (kafé)

→ Persian:

Iranian Persian: کافه (kāfe)

→ Portuguese: café, cafè (obsolete)
Kadiwéu: gaape

→ Serbo-Croatian: kafić

→ Spanish: café
→ Cebuano: kape
→ Central Tarahumara: kajé
→ Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: cafe
→ Hiligaynon: kape
→ Mecayapan Nahuatl: capej
→ Navajo: ahwééh
→ Tagalog: kape
→ Hokkien: 咖啡 (ka-pé)
→ Waray-Waray: kape

→ Swedish: café

→ Tamil: கப்பே (kappē)

→ Thai: กาแฟ (gaa-fɛɛ)

→ West Uvean: kafe

→ Vietnamese: cà phê

Standard French

Belgium

Borrowed from Italian caffè, first appearing as the form caveé, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of caoua.


pers

fr-adj

pers (feminine perse, masculine plural pers, feminine plural perses)

perse (feminine)
pers (masculine plural)
perses (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin persus (“Persian”).

bor+

(literary) blue-green (particularly used in reference to eyes)


transparent

fr-adj

transparent (feminine transparente, masculine plural transparents, feminine plural transparentes)

transparente (feminine)
transparents (masculine plural)
transparentes (feminine plural)

→ Turkish: transparan

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārentem (“transparent”), present participle of transpareō, from Latin trāns + pareō.

bor+

J’étais transparent à ses regards.


vision

→ Turkish: vizyon

Inherited from Middle French vision, from Old French vision, borrowed from Latin vīsiō.


beau

fr-adj

beau (masculine singular before vowel bel, feminine belle, masculine plural beaux, feminine plural belles)

bel (before-vowel masculine singular)
belle (feminine)
beaux (masculine plural)
belles (feminine plural)

→ English: beau, Beau, belle, Belle

Inherited from Middle French beau, from Old French biau, bel, from Latin bellus.


rouge

→ English: rouge

Haitian Creole: rouj, wouj

→ Hijazi Arabic: روج (rōj)

→ Japanese: ルージュ (rūju)

→ Korean: 루주 (ruju)

Louisiana Creole: rouj

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: rouge

→ Serbo-Croatian: ruž

→ Swedish: rouge

→ Turkish: ruj

Inherited from Middle French rouge, from Old French roge, rouge, from Latin rubeus.


canon

From the above noun (see sense 4) by conversion.

Cette nouvelle coupe de cheveux te va trop bien, t’es canon!

This new hair really suits you, you're hot!


abricot

→ Basque: abrikot

→ Portuguese: abricote, abricó

From Middle French abricot, from dialectal Catalan abrecoc, abricoc, variants of standard albercoc, from Arabic اَلْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκία pl (berikokkía), from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion), from Late Latin (persica) praecoqua pl, (mālum) praecoquum, neuter of Latin (persicum) praecox (literally “early-ripening peach”). Doublet of précoce.

bor

اَلْبَرْقُوق


abricot

bor

اَلْبَرْقُوق


gris

→ Greek: γκρι (gkri)

Louisiana Creole: gri

Mauritian Creole: gri

→ Portuguese: griso

→ Romanian: gri

Seychellois Creole: gri

→ Turkish: gri

Derived from Old French or Old Occitan, both from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (“grey”). Akin to Old High German grīs (“grey”) (German greis) and Dutch grijs (“grey”). More at grizzle.


apparent

fr-adj

apparent (feminine apparente, masculine plural apparents, feminine plural apparentes)

apparente (feminine)
apparents (masculine plural)
apparentes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French aparent, aparant, borrowed from Latin appārentem.


kaki

Spelling evolved from khaki which was brought into French usage from the English, Hindu, Urdu and Persian word.


lunettes

desctree

Saint Dominican Creole French: linettes
Haitian Creole: linèt


goût

→ English: gout

→ Vietnamese: gu

Inherited from Middle French goust, from Old French goust, from Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.

des goûts et des couleurs, on ne discute pas

C’est un goût subtil.

Ils ont le même goût musical.

Nous avons des activités pour tous les goûts.

La langue est l’organe du goût.

Ce tabac a un goût de pourri.

(literally, “This tobacco has a rotten smell.”)


doux

fr-adj

doux (feminine douce, masculine plural doux, feminine plural douces)

douce (feminine)
doux (masculine plural)
douces (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French dous, from Latin dulcem (“sweet”).


noir

noir (feminine noire, masculine plural noirs, feminine plural noires)

noire (feminine)
noirs (masculine plural)
noires (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French noir, from Old French noir, neir, from Latin nigrum. Doublet of nègre.

Noir

black person; for the noun with the sense

Ce chat est noir.


bleu

Haitian Creole: ble

→ Greek: μπλε (ble)

→ Italian: blu

→ Ladino: blu

Louisiana Creole: blé, ble

Inherited from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, bleve, blef (“blue”), from Late Latin blāvus, from Frankish *blāu (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₁-, *bʰlh₁-, *bʰleh₁- (“yellow, grey, blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Old High German blāo (“blue”) (German blau), Dutch blauw (“blue”), Old English blāw (“blue”). More at blue.

(Canada) a supporter of the Conservative Party


fade

From Vulgar Latin *fatidus, blend of Latin fatuus and vapidus.


blanc

Antillean Creole: blan

Guianese Creole: blan

Haitian Creole: blan

Karipúna Creole French: blã

Louisiana Creole: blan, blon

Seychellois Creole: blan

Tayo: bla

→ Romanian: blanc

Inherited from Middle French blanc, from Old French blanc, branc, from Early Medieval Latin blancus, a borrowing of Frankish *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”).
Akin to Old High German blanch (“bright, white”) (German blank (“polished, naked”)), Old Norse blankr (“white”) (Danish blank (“bright, shiny”)), Dutch blank (“white, shining”). More at blink, blank.


mordant

(music) mordent (ornament consisting of a single alternation between a given pitch and the one immediately below it)


aural

fr-adj

aural (feminine aurale, masculine plural auraux, feminine plural aurales)

aurale (feminine)
auraux (masculine plural)
aurales (feminine plural)


cerise

Inherited from Old French cerise, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin.


cerise

Haitian Creole: seriz

→ English: cerise

→ Swedish: cerise

Coordinate term: griotte


sanguine

(heraldry) a tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey, which is mûre in French)


argent

Haitian Creole: ajan

Louisiana Creole: larjên

Inherited from Middle French argent m, from Old French argent m, from Latin argentum n (according to the TLFi etymological dictionary, a borrowing), itself from Proto-Italic *argentom n, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm n, from *h₂erǵ- (“white”).

né avec une cuillère d’argent dans la bouche

né avec une cuillère en argent dans la bouche


camouflage

→ English: camouflage

→ Japanese: カモフラージュ

→ German: Camouflage

→ Greek: καμουφλάζ n (kamoufláz)

→ Korean: 카무플라주 (kamupeullaju)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: kamuflasje

→ Portuguese: camuflagem

→ Romanian: camuflaj

→ Russian: камуфля́ж (kamufljáž) (see there for further descendants)

→ Spanish: camuflaje

→ Turkish: kamuflaj

From camoufler (“disguise, to hide”) + -age (noun-forming suffix).


grotesque

→ Romanian: grotesc

From Middle French grotesque, from Italian grottesco (“of a cave”), from grotta.


aveugle

fr-noun

aveugle m or f by sense (plural aveugles)

Inherited from Middle French aveugle from Old French avogle, from Late Latin ab oculīs (“without eyes”, literally “away from the eyes”), possibly a calque of Ancient Greek ἀπὸ ὀμμάτων (apò ommátōn) or more likely from Gaulish exops.
The current French form is either an exception to the normal sound shift from Latin '-cl-' or a semi-learned formation; cf. the dialectal and popular aveuil (older aveule, avule); see also œil.

der

au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois


brun

fr-adj

brun (feminine brune, masculine plural bruns, feminine plural brunes)

brune (feminine)
bruns (masculine plural)
brunes (feminine plural)

→ Breton: brun

Louisiana Creole: brun

→ Romanian: brun

From Middle French, from Old French brun (“polished, shiny, brown”).


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.


sur

fr-adj

sur (feminine sure, masculine plural surs, feminine plural sures)

sure (feminine)
surs (masculine plural)
sures (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French sur, from Old French sur (“sour, bitter”), from Frankish *sūr (“acidic, sour”), from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour”). More at English sour.


thon

→ Romanian: ton

→ Turkish: ton

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


jolie laide

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


fragrance

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


dur de la feuille

fr-adj

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)

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piquant

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

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


marron

→ Asturian: marrón

→ Catalan: marró

→ Galician: marrón

Louisiana Creole: maron

→ Portuguese: marrom

→ Romanian: maro, maron

→ Spanish: marrón

→ Turkish: maron

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


monocle

→ Greek: μονόκλ (monókl)

→ Dutch: monocle

→ English: monocle

From Late Latin monoculus (“one-eyed”), from mono- (“single”) + oculus (“eye”).


ouïe

Deverbal of ouïr, corresponding to Latin audīta < audītus. Compare Occitan ausida, Catalan oïda, Spanish oído, Portuguese ouvido, Italian udito, Romansch udida, Friulian uldide.

Near-synonym: audition


sable

From Old French martre sable (“sable marten”), an animal. From Middle Low German sabel (compare Middle Dutch sabel, Middle High German zobel); ultimately from a Balto-Slavic word (compare Russian со́боль (sóbolʹ), Polish soból, Czech sobol). Compare also Persian سمور (samur). Doublet of zibeline.

der

(heraldry) the heraldic colour sable; black


émeraude

Inherited from Old French esmeralde, esmeragde, from Vulgar Latin *smaralda, *smaraldus, *smaraudus, variant of Latin smaragdus (“emerald”), from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos, “emerald”), from a Semitic language.


toucher

Inherited from Middle French toucher, from Old French tochier, from Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre (“to strike; to touch”), probably of Germanic origin, or onomatopoetic.


toucher

toucher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
touchant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
touché (participle past)
touche (first-person indicative present singular)
touches (indicative present second-person singular)
touche (indicative present singular third-person)
touchons (first-person indicative plural present)
touchez (indicative plural present second-person)
touchent (indicative plural present third-person)
touchais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
touchais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
touchait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
touchions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
touchiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
touchaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
touchai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
touchas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
toucha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
touchâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
touchâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
touchèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
toucherai (first-person future indicative singular)
toucheras (future indicative second-person singular)
touchera (future indicative singular third-person)
toucherons (first-person future indicative plural)
toucherez (future indicative plural second-person)
toucheront (future indicative plural third-person)
toucherais (conditional first-person singular)
toucherais (conditional second-person singular)
toucherait (conditional singular third-person)
toucherions (conditional first-person plural)
toucheriez (conditional plural second-person)
toucheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
touche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
touches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
touche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
touchions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
touchiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
touchent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
touchasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
touchasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
touchât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
touchassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
touchassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
touchassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
touche (imperative second-person singular)
touchons (first-person imperative plural)
touchez (imperative plural second-person)

→ Dutch: toucheren

→ German: touchieren

Ne me touche pas !

La maladie touche actuellement 2 millions de personnes.

The disease currently affects 2 million people.

(transitive) to receive, to get; to earn (money)

Je n’ai jamais touché au tabac.

(intransitive) to try, to try out [with à ‘something’]

Ce mec est un ancien critique d’art. Je peux te dire qu’il touche en peinture!

This guy is a former art critic. Believe me, he knows a thing or two about painting!

(intransitive, informal) to know a thing or two [with en ‘about something’]


crème

desctree

→ Dutch: crème, kreem (Belgium, colloquial)
→ Indonesian: krèm
→ Papiamentu: krèm

→ English: crème, creme

→ German: creme

→ Romanian: crem

→ Turkish: krem

Inherited from Middle French chresme, from Old French cresme, from Late Latin crama, a Transalpine Gaulish word influenced by Latin chrisma (modern French chrême), from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma).


crème

→ Arabic: كريم (k(e)rēm)

→ Bulgarian: крем (krem)

→ Catalan: crema

→ Danish: creme
→ Faroese: krem

→ English: crème, creme

→ Esperanto: kremo
→ Ido: kremo

→ German: Creme, Crème, Krem, Kreme

→ Hungarian: krém (also via German)

→ Italian: crema
→ English: crema
→ Greek: κρέμα (kréma)
→ Turkish: krema

→ Japanese: クレーム (kurēmu)

desc

→ Khmer: ក្រេម (kreem), ក្រែម (kraem); ការ៉េម (kaareem)

→ Lao: ກະແລັມ (ka læm), ກະແລມ (ka lǣm, “ice cream”)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: krem

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: krem

→ Persian: کرم (kerem, krem)

→ Polish: krem

→ Portuguese: creme

→ Romanian: cremă

desctree

→ Russian: крем (krem)
→ Armenian: կրեմ (krem)
→ Azerbaijani: krem
→ Georgian: კრემი (ḳremi)
→ Yakut: крем (krem)

→ Spanish: crema
→ English: crema
→ Tagalog: krema
→ Turkish: krema

→ Swedish: kräm

→ Turkish: krem

→ Vietnamese: cà lem, cà rem, kem

→ Yiddish: קרעם (krem) (possibly via German)


pince-nez

→ Catalan: pinçanàs (calque)

→ Russian: пенсне́ n (pensnɛ́)

→ Swedish: pincené c


délicieux

fr-adj

délicieux (feminine délicieuse, masculine plural délicieux, feminine plural délicieuses)

délicieuse (feminine)
délicieux (masculine plural)
délicieuses (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin deliciōsus. Cognate with English delicious, Italian delizioso, Romanian delicios, Spanish delicioso.


flou

flou (feminine floue, masculine plural flous, feminine plural floues)

floue (feminine)
flous (masculine plural)
floues (feminine plural)

From Middle French flou, from Old French flou, flo (“soft, wilted, tired, exhausted”), from Old Frankish *hlāo (“lukewarm, tepid, mild”), from Proto-Germanic *hlēwaz (“warm, lukewarm”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlēw- (“to be warm or hot”). More at lew.
Alternative etymology derives Old French flou, flo from Latin flāvus (“yellow”), via a farming metaphor.


bombe

→ Danish: bombe

→ English: bombe

→ German: Bombe

→ Lao: ບົມ (bom)

→ Persian: بمب (bomb)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: bombe

→ Vietnamese: bom

Borrowed from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a boom”).


délicat

fr-adj

délicat (feminine délicate, masculine plural délicats, feminine plural délicates)

délicate (feminine)
délicats (masculine plural)
délicates (feminine plural)

→ Alemannic German: delekat

→ Danish: delikat

desctree

→ German: delikat
→ Polish: delikatny
→ Russian: деликатный (delikatnyj)

→ Norwegian: delikat

→ Romanian: delicat

→ Swedish: delikat

Inherited from Middle French delicat, borrowed from Latin dēlicātus.


inaudible

inaudible (unable to be heard or not loud enough to be heard)


azur

Inherited from Old French azur, borrowed from Medieval Latin azurium, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).


mignon

fr-adj

mignon (feminine mignonne, masculine plural mignons, feminine plural mignonnes)

mignonne (feminine)
mignons (masculine plural)
mignonnes (feminine plural)

→ English: mignon

→ Italian: mignon

→ Portuguese: mignon

→ Turkish: minyon

Inherited from Middle French mignon, from Old French mignon (“dainty, pleasing, gentle, kind”), from Frankish *minnjo (“love, friendship, affection, memory”), from Proto-Germanic *minþijō, *mindijō (“affectionate thought, care”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnā- (“to think”). Cognate with Old High German minna (“love, care, affection, desire, memory”), Old Saxon minnia (“love”), Old Dutch minna (Dutch min). More at mind.


odeur

→ Danish: odør

→ Dutch: odeur

→ Swedish: odör

Cela a une bonne odeur.

That smells good. (literally, “That has a good smell.”)


ocre

From Late Latin ochra, from Ancient Greek ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “yellow”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).


joli

fr-adj

joli (feminine jolie, masculine plural jolis, feminine plural jolies)

jolie (feminine)
jolis (masculine plural)
jolies (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French joly (“considerable, ingenious, agreeable, pretty”), from Old French joli, jolif (“pretty, smart, joyful, merry”), possibly from Old Norse jól (midwinter festival), from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, *jeulō (“Yule, Yule month, December”) (more at yule); alternatively from Vulgar Latin *gaudivus (from Latin gaudeō, more at joy).

inh+

Julie, fille jolie, un jour était allée
cueillir au cœur des blés la belle fleur des blés,
des bleuets pour s’en faire une couronne bleue,
se faire une couronne et se distraire un peu.

1980, Géza Képes, Béla Kàlmàn, Péter Domokos, Le pouvoir du chant : anthologie de la poésie populaire ouralienne:

Julie, a pretty girl, had gone one day
to pick among the wheat the beautiful flower of the cornfields,
cornflowers to make herself a blue wreath,
to make herself a wreath and amuse herself a little.


affreux

fr-adj

affreux (feminine affreuse, masculine plural affreux, feminine plural affreuses)

affreuse (feminine)
affreux (masculine plural)
affreuses (feminine plural)

→ Dutch: affreus

→ English: affreux

→ German: affrös

From affre (“great fear”) + -eux. See affres.


parfum

→ Danish: parfume

→ Dutch: parfum

→ German: Parfüm (see there for further descendants)

→ Romanian: parfum

→ Turkish: parfüm

From Middle French parfumer (“to scent”), borrowed from Old Occitan perfumar or another language around the Mediterranean coast, cf. Italian profumare, themselves from Latin per- (“through, thoroughly”) + fumāre (“to smoke”).


vair

Inherited from Old French vair, veir, from the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius.


sourd

sourd (feminine sourde, masculine plural sourds, feminine plural sourdes)

sourde (feminine)
sourds (masculine plural)
sourdes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French sourd, from Old French sourt, sord, surt, surz, from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ringing, whistling”).


sourd

fr-noun

sourd m (plural sourds, feminine sourde)

il n’est pire sourd que celui qui ne veut pas entendre


salé

fr-adj

salé (feminine salée, masculine plural salés, feminine plural salées)

salée (feminine)
salés (masculine plural)
salées (feminine plural)


attirant

attirant (feminine attirante, masculine plural attirants, feminine plural attirantes)

attirante (feminine)
attirants (masculine plural)
attirantes (feminine plural)

Des psychologues ont essayé d’analyser quels traits physiques étaient considérés comme attirants.

Psychologists attempted to analyze which physical traits were considered attractive.


amer

amer (feminine amère, masculine plural amers, feminine plural amères)

amère (feminine)
amers (masculine plural)
amères (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French amer, from Latin amārus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mós (“bitter, raw”).


sucré

(Democratic Republic of the Congo) soft drink, soda pop (carbonated sweet beverage)


blafard

fr-adj

blafard (feminine blafarde, masculine plural blafards, feminine plural blafardes)

blafarde (feminine)
blafards (masculine plural)
blafardes (feminine plural)

From Middle High German bleichvar (“pale-coloured”), from bleich (“pale”) + var (“colour”) (compare German Farbe).

der

À travers les vitres, de chaque côté, on distinguait un soleil terne, blafard, semé de grandes taches noires, un peu plus lumineux en son centre.

1947, Boris Vian, L'écume des jours, Kindle edition:


morue

Haitian Creole: lanmori

From Old French morlue, derived from Latin morua (“cod”).


inodore

Dictionnaire de la langue française
Émile Littré


chlinguer

chlinguer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
chlinguant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
chlingué (participle past)
chlingue (first-person indicative present singular)
chlingues (indicative present second-person singular)
chlingue (indicative present singular third-person)
chlinguons (first-person indicative plural present)
chlinguez (indicative plural present second-person)
chlinguent (indicative plural present third-person)
chlinguais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
chlinguais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
chlinguait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
chlinguions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
chlinguiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
chlinguaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
chlinguai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
chlinguas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
chlingua (historic indicative past singular third-person)
chlinguâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
chlinguâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
chlinguèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
chlinguerai (first-person future indicative singular)
chlingueras (future indicative second-person singular)
chlinguera (future indicative singular third-person)
chlinguerons (first-person future indicative plural)
chlinguerez (future indicative plural second-person)
chlingueront (future indicative plural third-person)
chlinguerais (conditional first-person singular)
chlinguerais (conditional second-person singular)
chlinguerait (conditional singular third-person)
chlinguerions (conditional first-person plural)
chlingueriez (conditional plural second-person)
chlingueraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
chlingue (first-person present singular subjunctive)
chlingues (present second-person singular subjunctive)
chlingue (present singular subjunctive third-person)
chlinguions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
chlinguiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
chlinguent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
chlinguasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
chlinguasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
chlinguât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
chlinguassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
chlinguassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
chlinguassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
chlingue (imperative second-person singular)
chlinguons (first-person imperative plural)
chlinguez (imperative plural second-person)

Perhaps from German schlagen or schlingen.

Ça chlingue ici, faut ouvrir les fenêtres les mecs.

It stinks here, we should open some windows, guys.

Et quand le soleil se couchera a l’horizon, je le verrai. Je le vois déjà sur une reproduction d’un tableau de Gauguin, du fond de ma cellule chlinguant la pisse.

2000, Frédéric Beigbeder, 99 francs, Gallimard:

Maintenant, c’est glauque, y’a que des halls, des halls avec des jeunes / Qui n’font rien mais qui dégradent et puis qui boivent et puis qui chlinguent

2015, “Urbanisme”, in NQNT 2, performed by Vald:

(intransitive, informal) to stink, to reek


maigrir

maigrir (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
maigrissant (gerund participle present)
maigrissant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
maigri (participle past)
maigri (participle past)
maigris (first-person indicative present singular)
maigris (first-person indicative present singular)
maigris (indicative present second-person singular)
maigris (indicative present second-person singular)
maigrit (indicative present singular third-person)
maigrit (indicative present singular third-person)
maigrissons (first-person indicative plural present)
maigrissons (first-person indicative plural present)
maigrissez (indicative plural present second-person)
maigrissez (indicative plural present second-person)
maigrissent (indicative plural present third-person)
maigrissent (indicative plural present third-person)
maigrissais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
maigrissais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
maigrissais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
maigrissais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
maigrissait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
maigrissait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
maigrissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
maigrissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
maigrissiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
maigrissiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
maigrissaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
maigrissaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
maigris (first-person historic indicative past singular)
maigris (first-person historic indicative past singular)
maigris (historic indicative past second-person singular)
maigris (historic indicative past second-person singular)
maigrit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
maigrit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
maigrîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
maigrîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
maigrîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
maigrîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
maigrirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
maigrirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
maigrirai (first-person future indicative singular)
maigrirai (first-person future indicative singular)
maigriras (future indicative second-person singular)
maigriras (future indicative second-person singular)
maigrira (future indicative singular third-person)
maigrira (future indicative singular third-person)
maigrirons (first-person future indicative plural)
maigrirons (first-person future indicative plural)
maigrirez (future indicative plural second-person)
maigrirez (future indicative plural second-person)
maigriront (future indicative plural third-person)
maigriront (future indicative plural third-person)
maigrirais (conditional first-person singular)
maigrirais (conditional first-person singular)
maigrirais (conditional second-person singular)
maigrirais (conditional second-person singular)
maigrirait (conditional singular third-person)
maigrirait (conditional singular third-person)
maigririons (conditional first-person plural)
maigririons (conditional first-person plural)
maigririez (conditional plural second-person)
maigririez (conditional plural second-person)
maigriraient (conditional plural third-person)
maigriraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
maigrisse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
maigrisse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
maigrisses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
maigrisses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
maigrisse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
maigrisse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
maigrissions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
maigrissions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
maigrissiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
maigrissiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
maigrissent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
maigrissent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
maigrisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
maigrisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
maigrisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
maigrisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
maigrît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
maigrît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
maigrissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
maigrissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
maigrissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
maigrissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
maigrissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
maigrissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
maigris (imperative second-person singular)
maigris (imperative second-person singular)
maigrissons (first-person imperative plural)
maigrissons (first-person imperative plural)
maigrissez (imperative plural second-person)
maigrissez (imperative plural second-person)


chatouiller

chatouiller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
chatouillant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
chatouillé (participle past)
chatouille (first-person indicative present singular)
chatouilles (indicative present second-person singular)
chatouille (indicative present singular third-person)
chatouillons (first-person indicative plural present)
chatouillez (indicative plural present second-person)
chatouillent (indicative plural present third-person)
chatouillais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
chatouillais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
chatouillait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
chatouillions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
chatouilliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
chatouillaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
chatouillai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
chatouillas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
chatouilla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
chatouillâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
chatouillâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
chatouillèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
chatouillerai (first-person future indicative singular)
chatouilleras (future indicative second-person singular)
chatouillera (future indicative singular third-person)
chatouillerons (first-person future indicative plural)
chatouillerez (future indicative plural second-person)
chatouilleront (future indicative plural third-person)
chatouillerais (conditional first-person singular)
chatouillerais (conditional second-person singular)
chatouillerait (conditional singular third-person)
chatouillerions (conditional first-person plural)
chatouilleriez (conditional plural second-person)
chatouilleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
chatouille (first-person present singular subjunctive)
chatouilles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
chatouille (present singular subjunctive third-person)
chatouillions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
chatouilliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
chatouillent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
chatouillasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
chatouillasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
chatouillât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
chatouillassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
chatouillassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
chatouillassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
chatouille (imperative second-person singular)
chatouillons (first-person imperative plural)
chatouillez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French catellier (“to excite, cause tremors”), from Medieval Latin catilāre (“tickle”, verb), from Frankish *kitilōn (“to tickle”), from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną, frequentative of *kitōną (“to tickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *geyd- (“to stick, jab, tickle”). Cognate with Old High German kizzilōn (“to tickle”), Old English citelian (“to tickle”), Old Norse kitla (“to tickle”), Middle Dutch katelen (“to tickle”), Dutch kittelen (“to tickle”). More at kittle.


aspirine

→ Romanian: aspirină

→ Turkish: aspirin

Borrowed from German Aspirin, from acetylierte Spirsäure (“acetylated salicylic acid”). The second word comes from the name of the plant genus Spiraea.

(pharmacology) an aspirin (analgesic drug)


suret

fr-adj

suret (feminine surette, masculine plural surets, feminine plural surettes)

surette (feminine)
surets (masculine plural)
surettes (feminine plural)


salin

salin (feminine saline, masculine plural salins, feminine plural salines)

saline (feminine)
salins (masculine plural)
salines (feminine plural)


rouille

Inherited from Old French reoïlle, from Vulgar Latin *robicla, from syncopation of Latin *robicula, a diminutive of Latin rōbīgō (“rust”) + -cula (from -culus (suffix forming diminutives)). Rōbīgō is derived from rōbus (a variant of rūfus (“red, reddish”)) + -īgō (suffix forming nouns usually denoting diseased conditions). Compare Catalan rovell, Occitan rovilh, Spanish robín.

(cooking) rouille (provençal sauce made with chilli and garlic)


papille

→ Persian: پاپیل (pâpil)

→ Turkish: papil

papille gustative
papille gustative#French

(colloquial) Ellipsis of papille gustative (“tastebud”).


barrique

→ German: Barrique

→ Italian: barrique

→ Malagasy: barika

→ Moore: barika

→ Moore: birkɛ

Borrowed from Old Occitan barrica, from Vulgar Latin *barrica (“barrel, cask”), from Gaulish *baril (“cask, barrel”); perhaps related to the source of Vulgar Latin *barra.


affres

Inherited from Old French affre, afre, from Old Occitan affre (“horror”), from Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍂𐍃 (aifrs), from Proto-Germanic *aibraz (“horrible, terrible”).

der

[I]l ne doutait pas que je l’ignorasse, et surtout il s’en effrayait. Aussi disait-il «vous le savez» pour s’éviter à lui-même les affres qu’il traverserait en prononçant les phrases destinées à me l’apprendre.

1921, Marcel Proust, Sodome et Gomorrhe:

He had no doubt that I didn't know about it, and it frightened him. He also said "you know" to avoid the torment he felt in voicing those phrases that would inform me.


bésicles

(plural only, dated or colloquial) Alternative spelling of besicles


besicles

From Old French bericles, from beryl, which served to make magnifying glasses.

(plural only, dated or colloquial) spectacles, glasses


odorant

fr-adj

odorant (feminine odorante, masculine plural odorants, feminine plural odorantes)

odorante (feminine)
odorants (masculine plural)
odorantes (feminine plural)


abajoue

(anatomy, zoology) a pouch in the cheek of some animals, usually used to carry food; a cheek pouch


vilain

vilain (feminine vilaine, masculine plural vilains, feminine plural vilaines)

vilaine (feminine)
vilains (masculine plural)
vilaines (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French vilain, vilein, villein, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla. Not related to vil.

une vilaine couleur

une vilaine voix


moche

From moque, present indicative of moquer (“to mock”).

Putain, qu’est-ce qu’elle est moche!


citrouille

Diminutive of Old French citre, from Latin citrus. Compare Italian cetriolo.


aigre

Inherited from Old French aigre, from Vulgar Latin ācrus (possibly via a southern Gallo-Romance dialect), from Latin ācer (with a change in declension), from Proto-Italic *akris, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós (“sharp”). Doublet of âcre, which was borrowed from Latin.

la voix aigre des cornemuses

Le ton de sa voix un peu aigre et nasillard est parfaitement synchronisé avec son regard langoureux, humain.

2007, Georges Chétochine, La vérité sur les gestes, page 169:

The sound of his voice, a little shrill and nasal, is perfectly synchronised with his languid, human look.


épicé

épicé (feminine épicée, masculine plural épicés, feminine plural épicées)

épicée (feminine)
épicés (masculine plural)
épicées (feminine plural)


étalon

Inherited from Middle French étalon, from Old French estalon, from Frankish *stalō, *stalu, from Proto-Germanic *staluz. Compare Middle Dutch stele, stael.

standard, reference sample (something used as a measure for comparative evaluations)


lunettes de soleil

LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-lunettes de soleil.wav


odorat

Borrowed from Latin odōrātus. Compare Italian odorato.

Hi ! Hi ! Laissez-moi vous dire que mon odorat est très développé et que vous, Monsieur Picsou, vous avez un puissante odeur d’or !

2005 November 1, “Oncle Picsou : À la recherche de la toison d’or [Uncle Scrooge: The Golden Fleecing]”, in Picsou Magazine (fiction), Disney Hachette Presse, page 57:

Heh! Heh! Let me just say that my sense of smell is highly developed and that you, Mr. McDuck, you have a strong odor of gold!


citrin

citrin (feminine citrine, masculine plural citrins, feminine plural citrines)

citrine (feminine)
citrins (masculine plural)
citrines (feminine plural)


laid comme un pou

laid comme un pou (feminine laide comme un pou, masculine plural laids comme des poux, feminine plural laides comme des poux)

laide comme un pou (feminine)
laids comme des poux (masculine plural)
laides comme des poux (feminine plural)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-laid comme un pou.wav

looking like the back end of a bus
look like the back end of a bus

(simile) ugly as sin; looking like the back end of a bus (extremely ugly)


dégoûtant

dégoûtant (feminine dégoûtante, masculine plural dégoûtants, feminine plural dégoûtantes)

dégoûtante (feminine)
dégoûtants (masculine plural)
dégoûtantes (feminine plural)

→ Dutch: degoutant


chatouillement

fr-noun

chatouillement m (plural chatouillements)


puant

fr-adj

puant (feminine puante, masculine plural puants, feminine plural puantes)

puante (feminine)
puants (masculine plural)
puantes (feminine plural)


gueules

(heraldry) gules, red color of the blazon, only when used in the expression de gueules


mûre

From an alteration of Old French meure, from Vulgar Latin *mōra, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).

(heraldry) murrey (dark red color as used in heraldry)


cendrée

(heraldry, rare) the blazoning term for gray


antisudorifique

fr-noun

antisudorifique m (plural antisudorifiques)


interaural

fr-adj

interaural (feminine interaurale, masculine plural interauraux, feminine plural interaurales)

interaurale (feminine)
interauraux (masculine plural)
interaurales (feminine plural)


miellé

miellé (feminine miellée, masculine plural miellés, feminine plural miellées)

miellée (feminine)
miellés (masculine plural)
miellées (feminine plural)


acouphène

tinnitus (perception of nonexistent noise)


bergamote

→ Arabic: بَرْغَمُوت (barḡamūt)

→ English: bergamot

desc

→ Ottoman Turkish: برغموت (bergamot), برعموت (bergamot)

Turkish: bergamot

Borrowed from Italian bergamotta, deemed a corruption of Ottoman Turkish بك آرمودی (beg armudu, literally “a lord's pear”), denoting originally a fattish kind of pear, whereafter the European word developed the sense of a fruit of a certain citrus cultivar in the late 17th century.

der

the scent of such a citrus used in perfumery


beau comme un dieu

fr-adj

beau comme un dieu (feminine belle comme une déesse, masculine plural beaux comme des dieux, feminine plural belles comme des déesses)

belle comme une déesse (feminine)
beaux comme des dieux (masculine plural)
belles comme des déesses (feminine plural)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-beau comme un dieu.wav

(simile) Extremely good-looking and attractive; like a Greek god


cache-œil

fr-noun

cache-œil m (plural cache-œil or cache-œils)


céruléen

fr-adj

céruléen (feminine céruléenne, masculine plural céruléens, feminine plural céruléennes)

céruléenne (feminine)
céruléens (masculine plural)
céruléennes (feminine plural)


cramoisi

cramoisi (feminine cramoisie, masculine plural cramoisis, feminine plural cramoisies)

cramoisie (feminine)
cramoisis (masculine plural)
cramoisies (feminine plural)


olfactif

olfactif (feminine olfactive, masculine plural olfactifs, feminine plural olfactives)

olfactive (feminine)
olfactifs (masculine plural)
olfactives (feminine plural)

olfactory (concerning the sense of smell)


isabelle

From the Spanish personal name Isabel, because of the legend that, during the Siege of Granada in 1491, Isabella the Catholic vowed not to change her shirt until the city was taken.


écarlate

From Old French escarlate (“scarlet cloth”), from Medieval Latin scarlatum (“scarlet cloth”), via Persian سقرلاط (saqerlât, “a warm woollen cloth”), a variant of سقلاط (seqellât, “scarlet cloth”) from Byzantine Greek σιγιλλᾶτος (sigillâtos), ultimately from Latin (textum) sigillātum.


amblyope

fr-noun

amblyope m or f by sense (plural amblyopes)


mielleux

fr-adj

mielleux (feminine mielleuse, masculine plural mielleux, feminine plural mielleuses)

mielleuse (feminine)
mielleux (masculine plural)
mielleuses (feminine plural)


garance

→ Portuguese: garança

Inherited from Middle French garance, from Old French garance, warance, from Frankish *wrattjā, from Proto-Germanic *wratjō (“red dye”). Cognate with Old High German rezza, reiza (“scarlet; purple; crimson; red; madder”), Old English wræt, wrætte (“crosswort; madder”).


borgne

changer son cheval borgne pour un cheval aveugle

to change a one-eyed horse for a blind one


borgne

Au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king


pourpre

Inherited from Old French, from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

(heraldry) purpure; purple color as used in heraldry


callipyge

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καλλίπυγος (kallípugos).

lbor

callipygian (having beautifully shaped buttocks)


saveur

→ Romanian: savoare

Inherited from Old French savor, savour, inherited from Latin sapōrem (“taste, flavour”).


pétard

→ Italian: petardo

→ Spanish: petardo


aveugler

aveugler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
aveuglant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
aveuglé (participle past)
aveugle (first-person indicative present singular)
aveugles (indicative present second-person singular)
aveugle (indicative present singular third-person)
aveuglons (first-person indicative plural present)
aveuglez (indicative plural present second-person)
aveuglent (indicative plural present third-person)
aveuglais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
aveuglais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
aveuglait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
aveuglions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
aveugliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
aveuglaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
aveuglai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
aveuglas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
aveugla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
aveuglâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
aveuglâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
aveuglèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
aveuglerai (first-person future indicative singular)
aveugleras (future indicative second-person singular)
aveuglera (future indicative singular third-person)
aveuglerons (first-person future indicative plural)
aveuglerez (future indicative plural second-person)
aveugleront (future indicative plural third-person)
aveuglerais (conditional first-person singular)
aveuglerais (conditional second-person singular)
aveuglerait (conditional singular third-person)
aveuglerions (conditional first-person plural)
aveugleriez (conditional plural second-person)
aveugleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
aveugle (first-person present singular subjunctive)
aveugles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
aveugle (present singular subjunctive third-person)
aveuglions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
aveugliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
aveuglent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
aveuglasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
aveuglasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
aveuglât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
aveuglassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
aveuglassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
aveuglassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
aveugle (imperative second-person singular)
aveuglons (first-person imperative plural)
aveuglez (imperative plural second-person)

to blind (make temporarily or permanently blind)


inécoutable

(rare) unlistenable (not suitable for being listened to)


appétissant

fr-adj

appétissant (feminine appétissante, masculine plural appétissants, feminine plural appétissantes)

appétissante (feminine)
appétissants (masculine plural)
appétissantes (feminine plural)

Derived from appétit, from an analogy with the present participles of -ir verbs.


blême

Putain, c’ qu’il est blême, mon HLM ! / Et la môme du huitième, le hasch, elle l’aime !

1980, “Dans Mon H.L.M.”, in Marche à l'ombre, performed by Renaud:

Fuck, my block of flats is drab! / And the girl on the eighth floor, she likes hash!

Bertrand était devenu blême, il avait quand même acheté son stock de saumon, et deux bouteilles de vodka.

2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 21:


translucide

translucent (allowing light to pass through scattering it)


savoureux

savoureux (feminine savoureuse, masculine plural savoureux, feminine plural savoureuses)

savoureuse (feminine)
savoureux (masculine plural)
savoureuses (feminine plural)

From saveur + -eux or Late Latin sapōrōsus, from Latin sapor.


raffiné

raffiné (feminine raffinée, masculine plural raffinés, feminine plural raffinées)

raffinée (feminine)
raffinés (masculine plural)
raffinées (feminine plural)


horreur

Inherited from Old French horror, borrowed from Latin horror, from the verb horreo (“to shiver”). The feminine gender's origin is unclear.

Ce bâtiment est une véritable horreur


nabot

fr-noun

nabot m (plural nabots, feminine nabote)

Probably form a denasalised form of nain + bot.


gaulé

fr-adj

gaulé (feminine gaulée, masculine plural gaulés, feminine plural gaulées)

gaulée (feminine)
gaulés (masculine plural)
gaulées (feminine plural)

From the verb gauler (“to knock down with a pole”)

Il est bien gaulé ce mec.

Elle était gaulée comme une bouteille de Coca.

(slang, of a person) shaped, made (usually with qualifying word or phrase)


noirâtre

From noir + -âtre. Compare Italian nerastro.


blanchâtre

From blanche + -âtre. Compare Italian biancastro.


grisé

Un grisé peut évoquer un temps ou air sombre.

A gray shading can evoke a gloomy weather or mood.

(art) grayish shade given to a work of art


écholocalisation

fr-noun

écholocalisation f (plural écholocalisations)


ébène

Borrowed from Latin ebenus, from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos).


ébène

Haitian Creole: ebèn


point aveugle

point aveugle m (plural points aveugles)

blind spot (place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina)


malentendant

fr-adj

malentendant (feminine malentendante, masculine plural malentendants, feminine plural malentendantes)

malentendante (feminine)
malentendants (masculine plural)
malentendantes (feminine plural)

Coordinate term: sourd


malentendant

fr-noun

malentendant m (plural malentendants, feminine malentendante)

malentendants (plural)
malentendante (feminine)

Coordinate term: sourd

hearing-impaired person, person who is hard of hearing


âcre

Borrowed from Latin ācrem. Doublet of aigre, which wasn't borrowed from Latin.


hagard

fr-adj

hagard (feminine hagarde, masculine plural hagards, feminine plural hagardes)

hagarde (feminine)
hagards (masculine plural)
hagardes (feminine plural)


torticolis

→ Catalan: torticoli

→ Romanian: torticolis

From Italian torti colli, plural of torto collo. Compare torcol.


renifler

renifler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
reniflant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
reniflé (participle past)
renifle (first-person indicative present singular)
renifles (indicative present second-person singular)
renifle (indicative present singular third-person)
reniflons (first-person indicative plural present)
reniflez (indicative plural present second-person)
reniflent (indicative plural present third-person)
reniflais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
reniflais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
reniflait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
reniflions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
renifliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
reniflaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
reniflai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
reniflas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
renifla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
reniflâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
reniflâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
reniflèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
reniflerai (first-person future indicative singular)
renifleras (future indicative second-person singular)
reniflera (future indicative singular third-person)
reniflerons (first-person future indicative plural)
reniflerez (future indicative plural second-person)
renifleront (future indicative plural third-person)
reniflerais (conditional first-person singular)
reniflerais (conditional second-person singular)
reniflerait (conditional singular third-person)
reniflerions (conditional first-person plural)
renifleriez (conditional plural second-person)
renifleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
renifle (first-person present singular subjunctive)
renifles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
renifle (present singular subjunctive third-person)
reniflions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
renifliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
reniflent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
reniflasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
reniflasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
reniflât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
reniflassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
reniflassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
reniflassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
renifle (imperative second-person singular)
reniflons (first-person imperative plural)
reniflez (imperative plural second-person)

From re- + nifler (“to irritate, annoy”), from the same Germanic root as Italian niffo, niffa (“snout”); related to Low German Niff (“nose, mouth, bill”), Dutch neb (“nose, beak”), English neb (“nose, beak, face”). More at neb.


oculaire

Borrowed from Latin oculāris, from oculus (whence œil).

un témoin oculaire

une saccade oculaire


oculaire

→ Dutch: oculair

→ Russian: окуляр (okuljar)

→ Turkish: oküler


dulcinée

From Dulcinée, calque of the Spanish Dulcinea, a character from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes.


saumâtre

From Vulgar Latin *salmaster, from Latin salmacidus (“salty and bitter”), from salgama (“salted pickle”) + acidus (“bitter”).


glauque

glauque:


avenant

avenant (feminine avenante, masculine plural avenants, feminine plural avenantes)

avenante (feminine)
avenants (masculine plural)
avenantes (feminine plural)

Past participle of avenir, variant of advenir.

Par les larges hublots du lab, sis au sixième étage, la vue dominait une mer orangée de tuiles en terre cuite qui rappelaient que cette ville avait été, avant d’être « civinisée », une plutôt avenante cité provençale.

2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 4, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:

The view from the lab's big windows, located on the sixth floor, overlooked a sea of orange terracotta tiles, which were a reminder that before it was "civinized", this had been a rather charming Provençal town.


hideux

hideux (feminine hideuse, masculine plural hideux, feminine plural hideuses)

hideuse (feminine)
hideux (masculine plural)
hideuses (feminine plural)

From Middle French hideux, from Old French hideus, hydus, hisdos (“that which inspires terror”), from hide, hede, hisda (“horror, fear”), from Proto-West Germanic *agisiþu (“horror, terror”), from Proto-West Germanic *agisōn (“to frighten, terrorise”), from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“terror, fear”).
Alternative etymology cites possible derivation from Latin hispidosus (“rugged”), from hispidus (“rough, bristly”), yet the semantic evolution is more difficult to trace.


roussâtre

From roux + -âtre. Compare Italian rossastro.


tanné

(heraldry) tenné, a rarely-used tincture of orange or bright brown


presbytie

La presbytie vient avec l’âge, à partir de 45 ans.

Long-sightedness (UK) or far-sightedness (US) comes on with age, starting at 45.


ébouriffé

fr-adj

ébouriffé (feminine ébouriffée, masculine plural ébouriffés, feminine plural ébouriffées)

ébouriffée (feminine)
ébouriffés (masculine plural)
ébouriffées (feminine plural)

Et c’est dans ma chevelure ébouriffée / Qu’il va le plus me manquer

1963, “La Madrague”, Jean-Max Rivière (lyrics), Gérard Bourgeois (music), performed by Brigitte Bardot:


berlue

Inherited from Old French bellue, from Latin bis lucere.


aveuglement

(dated) blindness, sightlessness (state of being blind)

aveuglement volontaire


vieux jeu

→ Dutch: vieux jeu

→ English: vieux jeu


malodorant

malodorant (feminine malodorante, masculine plural malodorants, feminine plural malodorantes)

malodorante (feminine)
malodorants (masculine plural)
malodorantes (feminine plural)


nyctalopie

night vision (the ability for certain animals to see during the night)


fauve

Inherited from Middle French fauve, from Old French falve, from Late Latin falvus, a borrowing from Frankish *falu, *falw- (compare Dutch vaal, English fallow and German falb), from Proto-Germanic *falwaz (“pale, grey”). The adjectival sense of "savage, fierce" comes from the noun sense "wild animal," which is in turn a shortening of bête au pelage fauve (“animal with tawny fur”).


crâne d'œuf

crâne d’ œuf (canonical masculine)
crânes d’œuf (plural)

(derogatory) bald-headed person, egghead, bald head, baldie


grandet

grandet (feminine grandette, masculine plural grandets, feminine plural grandettes)

grandette (feminine)
grandets (masculine plural)
grandettes (feminine plural)


arôme

Borrowed from Latin arōma, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma).


doucereux

doucereux (feminine doucereuse, masculine plural doucereux, feminine plural doucereuses)

doucereuse (feminine)
doucereux (masculine plural)
doucereuses (feminine plural)


grège

From Middle French grège (“(adjective) of silk: raw, unfinished; of the colour of such silk, greyish-beige; (noun) raw or unfinished silk; the colour of such silk, greyish-beige”), from Italian greggio (“raw, unrefined; unbleached”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *gregius (as in lana *gregia (“untreated wool as obtained from the flock”)), from grex (“flock (of sheep, etc.)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“flock, herd; to gather”).

der

of the colour of such silk, between grey and beige; greige


grège

grège:

the colour of such silk, closely akin to taupe; greyish-beige, greige


bleu de Chartres

fr-noun

bleu de Chartres m (usually uncountable, plural bleus de Chartres)

(glassworking) Chartres blue (blue used for the windows of Chartres Cathedral)


zinzolin

fr-adj

zinzolin (feminine zinzoline, masculine plural zinzolins, feminine plural zinzolines)

zinzoline (feminine)
zinzolins (masculine plural)
zinzolines (feminine plural)

→ Spanish: cinzolín


binoclard

binoclard (feminine binoclarde, masculine plural binoclards, feminine plural binoclardes)

binoclarde (feminine)
binoclards (masculine plural)
binoclardes (feminine plural)


aromathérapeute

fr-noun

aromathérapeute m or f by sense (plural aromathérapeutes)


attouchement

touching, fondling, stroking; feel (sexual)


bigleux

fr-adj

bigleux (feminine bigleuse, masculine plural bigleux, feminine plural bigleuses)

bigleuse (feminine)
bigleux (masculine plural)
bigleuses (feminine plural)

(informal, derogatory) cross-eyed, squinting, short-sighted (etc.)


bonasse

Tu préfères une fille mignonne ou une fille bonasse?

Do you prefer a cute girl or a hot girl?


citronné

citronné (feminine citronnée, masculine plural citronnés, feminine plural citronnées)

citronnée (feminine)
citronnés (masculine plural)
citronnées (feminine plural)


voluptueux

voluptueux (feminine voluptueuse, masculine plural voluptueux, feminine plural voluptueuses)

voluptueuse (feminine)
voluptueux (masculine plural)
voluptueuses (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin voluptuōsus. See volupté and -eux.


effleurement

From effleurer (“to touch lightly”) + -ment.


anosmique

fr-noun

anosmique m or f by sense (plural anosmiques)


empester

empester (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
empestant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
empesté (participle past)
empeste (first-person indicative present singular)
empestes (indicative present second-person singular)
empeste (indicative present singular third-person)
empestons (first-person indicative plural present)
empestez (indicative plural present second-person)
empestent (indicative plural present third-person)
empestais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
empestais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
empestait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
empestions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
empestiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
empestaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
empestai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
empestas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
empesta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
empestâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
empestâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
empestèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
empesterai (first-person future indicative singular)
empesteras (future indicative second-person singular)
empestera (future indicative singular third-person)
empesterons (first-person future indicative plural)
empesterez (future indicative plural second-person)
empesteront (future indicative plural third-person)
empesterais (conditional first-person singular)
empesterais (conditional second-person singular)
empesterait (conditional singular third-person)
empesterions (conditional first-person plural)
empesteriez (conditional plural second-person)
empesteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
empeste (first-person present singular subjunctive)
empestes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
empeste (present singular subjunctive third-person)
empestions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
empestiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
empestent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
empestasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
empestasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
empestât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
empestassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
empestassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
empestassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
empeste (imperative second-person singular)
empestons (first-person imperative plural)
empestez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive) to cause to stink, to cause to reek (of)


guigner

guigner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
guignant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
guigné (participle past)
guigne (first-person indicative present singular)
guignes (indicative present second-person singular)
guigne (indicative present singular third-person)
guignons (first-person indicative plural present)
guignez (indicative plural present second-person)
guignent (indicative plural present third-person)
guignais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
guignais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
guignait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
guignions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
guigniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
guignaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
guignai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
guignas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
guigna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
guignâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
guignâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
guignèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
guignerai (first-person future indicative singular)
guigneras (future indicative second-person singular)
guignera (future indicative singular third-person)
guignerons (first-person future indicative plural)
guignerez (future indicative plural second-person)
guigneront (future indicative plural third-person)
guignerais (conditional first-person singular)
guignerais (conditional second-person singular)
guignerait (conditional singular third-person)
guignerions (conditional first-person plural)
guigneriez (conditional plural second-person)
guigneraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
guigne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
guignes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
guigne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
guignions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
guigniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
guignent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
guignasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
guignasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
guignât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
guignassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
guignassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
guignassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
guigne (imperative second-person singular)
guignons (first-person imperative plural)
guignez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French guignier, from Frankish *wingjan, from Proto-Germanic *winkaną, also the source of English wink, from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”).


musc

Inherited from Old French musc, borrowed from Late Latin mūscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian *mušk, from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka).


alliacé

fr-adj

alliacé (feminine alliacée, masculine plural alliacés, feminine plural alliacées)

alliacée (feminine)
alliacés (masculine plural)
alliacées (feminine plural)


sirupeux

sirupeux (feminine sirupeuse, masculine plural sirupeux, feminine plural sirupeuses)

sirupeuse (feminine)
sirupeux (masculine plural)
sirupeuses (feminine plural)

From the stem of Medieval Latin sirupus + -eux.


romariné

romariné (feminine romarinée, masculine plural romarinés, feminine plural romarinées)

romarinée (feminine)
romarinés (masculine plural)
romarinées (feminine plural)


taie

Inherited from Old French teie, inherited from Latin thēca, itself from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē). Doublet of thèque and -thèque.


azuré

azuré (feminine azurée, masculine plural azurés, feminine plural azurées)

azurée (feminine)
azurés (masculine plural)
azurées (feminine plural)


ultramarin

ultramarin (feminine ultramarine, masculine plural ultramarins, feminine plural ultramarines)

ultramarine (feminine)
ultramarins (masculine plural)
ultramarines (feminine plural)


bonnasse

T’as vu la bonnasse qui vient de passer ?

Did you see the hottie that just passed by?

(slang, slightly derogatory) a hottie, a bombshell, a stunna


apollon

Adonis, Greek god, hunk (very beautiful man)


sonotone

From the trademark Sonotone, manufacturer of hearing aids from 1929 to 2005.


biaural

biaural (feminine biaurale, masculine plural biauraux, feminine plural biaurales)

biaurale (feminine)
biauraux (masculine plural)
biaurales (feminine plural)


orcanette

From orcanet (“bugloss”) + -ette (a feminizing suffix), an orthographic variant of the Old French arquenet (m), the diminutive form of Old French arquin (m), alcanne (“antimony”). Compare the Spanish alcana.

La coloration des crayons était autrefois presque uniquement obtenue avec le racine d’orcanette restant, au bain-marie, en contact avec la matière grasse.

1924, Marcel Hégelbacher, La Parfumerie et la Savonnerie, page 131:


cramoisissement

fr-noun

cramoisissement m (plural cramoisissements)

Déconcerté par le soudain cramoisissement de son visage, je ne sus quoi répondre.

1892, E. N. Lambert, Le Carrefour des trois arbres, Parnavis & Co, page 127:


mal de chien

Cette entorse me fait un mal de chien, j’espère que ça va passer.

This sprain hurts like hell; I hope it gets better.


vilain petit canard

vilain petit canard m (plural vilains petits canards)


laid comme les sept péchés capitaux

fr-adj

laid comme les sept péchés capitaux (feminine laide comme les sept péchés capitaux, masculine plural laids comme les sept péchés capitaux, feminine plural laides comme les sept péchés capitaux)

laide comme les sept péchés capitaux (feminine)
laids comme les sept péchés capitaux (masculine plural)
laides comme les sept péchés capitaux (feminine plural)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-laid comme les sept péchés capitaux.wav

Literally, “ugly as the seven deadly sins”.

lit

like the back end of a bus
like the back end of a bus

(simile, dated) ugly as sin; looking like the back end of a bus (extremely ugly)


avion de chasse

fr-noun

avion de chasse m (plural avions de chasse)

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Cette fille est un avion de chasse, elle pourrait être mannequin !

This girl is a bombshell, she could be a model!

(informal) a hottie, a bombshell (a very attractive woman)


prince charmant

prince charmant m (plural princes charmants)

/pʁɛ̃s ʃaʁ.mɑ̃/


dur d'oreille

fr-adj

dur d’oreille (feminine dure d’oreille, masculine plural durs d’oreille, feminine plural dures d’oreille)

dur d’ oreille (canonical)
dure d’oreille (feminine)
durs d’oreille (masculine plural)
dures d’oreille (feminine plural)


stéatopyge

From Ancient Greek στέαρ, στέατος (stéar, stéatos, “fat”) + πυγή (pugḗ, “buttocks”), on the model of callipyge.

der

στέαρ, στέατος


boule à zéro

avoir la boule à zéro

to have no hair left, to be shaven to skin level


beau gosse

fr-noun

beau gosse m (plural beaux gosses, feminine belle gosse)

beaux gosses (plural)
belle gosse (feminine)

desc

→ Moroccan Arabic: بوكوص (būgūṣ), بوگوص (būgūṣ), بوڭوص (būgūṣ)

Salut beau gosse !

Il est plutôt beau gosse.

(informal) good-looking guy, hot guy, handsome man, hunk


beau comme un cœur

fr-adj

beau comme un cœur (feminine belle comme un cœur, masculine plural beaux comme des cœurs, feminine plural belles comme des cœurs)

belle comme un cœur (feminine)
beaux comme des cœurs (masculine plural)
belles comme des cœurs (feminine plural)

Literally, “beautiful as a heart, pretty as a heart”.

lit

(simile, of people) pretty as a picture, cute as a button


lentille de contact

fr-noun

lentille de contact f (plural lentilles de contact)

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-lentille de contact.wav


pied-bot

(derogatory) a person with a clubfoot, a club-footed person


beau comme le jour

fr-adj

beau comme le jour (feminine belle comme le jour, masculine plural beaux comme le jour, feminine plural belles comme le jour)

belle comme le jour (feminine)
beaux comme le jour (masculine plural)
belles comme le jour (feminine plural)


formeux

formeux (feminine formeuse, masculine plural formeux, feminine plural formeuses)

formeuse (feminine)
formeux (masculine plural)
formeuses (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French formeus, from Latin fōrmōsus.

Des imaginations entretenues tous ces jours dans la fluide pensée de la Syrène par la vue de la merveille féminine des flots formeux, de l’étrange fleur de l’éponge pourprée.

Imaginations maintained all these days in the fluid thought of the Siren by the sight of the feminine marvel of the beautiful waves, of the strange flower of the purple sponge.


blanc cassé

off-white (of a very pale colour that is almost white)


jaune citron

citron, lemon (of a greenish yellow colour)


jaune paille

straw (of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw)


papille gustative

fr-noun

papille gustative f (plural papilles gustatives)


arracher la gueule

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-arracher la gueule.wav

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-arracher la gueule.wav

(informal, figuratively) to be very spicy, to be very hot, to blow someone's head off (of food)


canon de beauté

canon de beauté m (plural canons de beauté)


feuille de chou

feuille de chou f (plural feuilles de chou)

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(derogatory, figuratively) a rag (low-quality newspaper)


lunettes de vue

prescription glasses
prescription glasses


grillot

(Louisiana) a kernel of dried unripened corn

(Louisiana) a kernel of unpopped popcorn, an old maid

(Louisiana) a marble, especially one made of agate


grillot

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


illusion d'optique

fr-noun

illusion d’optique f (plural illusions d’optique)

illusion d’ optique (canonical feminine)
illusions d’optique (plural)


inécouté

fr-adj

inécouté (feminine inécoutée, masculine plural inécoutés, feminine plural inécoutées)

inécoutée (feminine)
inécoutés (masculine plural)
inécoutées (feminine plural)


circum-aural

circum-aural (feminine circum-aurale, masculine plural circum-auraux, feminine plural circum-aurales)

circum-aurale (feminine)
circum-auraux (masculine plural)
circum-aurales (feminine plural)


cécité nocturne

fr-noun

cécité nocturne f (usually uncountable, plural cécités nocturnes)


attoucher

attoucher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
attouchant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
attouché (participle past)
attouche (first-person indicative present singular)
attouches (indicative present second-person singular)
attouche (indicative present singular third-person)
attouchons (first-person indicative plural present)
attouchez (indicative plural present second-person)
attouchent (indicative plural present third-person)
attouchais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
attouchais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
attouchait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
attouchions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
attouchiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
attouchaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
attouchai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
attouchas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
attoucha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
attouchâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
attouchâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
attouchèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
attoucherai (first-person future indicative singular)
attoucheras (future indicative second-person singular)
attouchera (future indicative singular third-person)
attoucherons (first-person future indicative plural)
attoucherez (future indicative plural second-person)
attoucheront (future indicative plural third-person)
attoucherais (conditional first-person singular)
attoucherais (conditional second-person singular)
attoucherait (conditional singular third-person)
attoucherions (conditional first-person plural)
attoucheriez (conditional plural second-person)
attoucheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
attouche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
attouches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
attouche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
attouchions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
attouchiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
attouchent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
attouchasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
attouchasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
attouchât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
attouchassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
attouchassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
attouchassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
attouche (imperative second-person singular)
attouchons (first-person imperative plural)
attouchez (imperative plural second-person)


pomme de senteur

pomme de senteur f (plural pommes de senteur)

(historical) pomander (mixture of perfumes)

(historical) pomander (perforated container in which the mixture was carried)


noir de fumée

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-noir de fumée.wav

Holonym: encre de Chine


binocles-ciseaux

binocles-ciseaux m (plural binocles-ciseaux)


inodorant

fr-adj

inodorant (feminine inodorante, masculine plural inodorants, feminine plural inodorantes)

inodorante (feminine)
inodorants (masculine plural)
inodorantes (feminine plural)


orcanette tinctoriale

fr-noun

orcanette tinctoriale f (plural orcanettes tinctoriales)

orcanette (“bugloss”) + tinctoriale (“tinctorial”)

com

f


orcanette des teinturiers

fr-noun

orcanette des teinturiers f (plural orcanettes des teinturiers)

orcanette (“bugloss”) + teinturiers (“dyer”)

com

f

La racine rouge de l’orcanette des teinturiers servait autrefois à faire de la teinture.

Alkanet’s red root has historically been used as a dyeing agent.


orcanette jaune

fr-noun

orcanette jaune f (plural orcanettes jaunes)

orcanette (“bugloss”) + jaune (“yellow”)

com

Alkanna lutea (lutea meaning yellow in Latin)