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).


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.


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.


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


noir

fr-adj

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


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, 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.


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


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”).


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”).


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.


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


flou

fr-adj

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.


azur

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


ocre

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


vair

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


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)


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


citrouille

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


lunettes de soleil

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


citrin

fr-adj

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

citrine (feminine)
citrins (masculine plural)
citrines (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


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)


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)


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


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)


translucide

translucent (allowing light to pass through scattering it)


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


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)


oculaire

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

un témoin oculaire

une saccade oculaire


oculaire

→ Dutch: oculair

→ Russian: окуляр (okuljar)

→ Turkish: oküler


glauque

glauque:


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.


berlue

Inherited from Old French bellue, from Latin bis lucere.


aveuglement

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

aveuglement volontaire


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”).


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


bigleux

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.)


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”).


taie

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


azuré

fr-adj

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)


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:


lentille de contact

lentille de contact f (plural lentilles de contact)

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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)


lunettes de vue

prescription glasses
prescription glasses


illusion d'optique

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

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


cécité nocturne

cécité nocturne f (usually uncountable, plural cécités nocturnes)


noir de fumée

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Holonym: encre de Chine


binocles-ciseaux

binocles-ciseaux m (plural binocles-ciseaux)


orcanette tinctoriale

orcanette tinctoriale f (plural orcanettes tinctoriales)

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

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orcanette jaune

fr-noun

orcanette jaune f (plural orcanettes jaunes)

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

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Alkanna lutea (lutea meaning yellow in Latin)


orcanette des teinturiers

fr-noun

orcanette des teinturiers f (plural orcanettes des teinturiers)

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

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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.