gratuit

fr-adj

gratuit (feminine gratuite, masculine plural gratuits, feminine plural gratuites)

gratuite (feminine)
gratuits (masculine plural)
gratuites (feminine plural)

→ Dutch: gratuit

méchanceté gratuite


chien

chien (feminine chienne, masculine plural chiens, feminine plural chiennes)

chienne (feminine)
chiens (masculine plural)
chiennes (feminine plural)

Haitian Creole: chyen

Inherited from Middle French chien, from Old French chien, from Latin canis, canem (“dog”).

chien hargneux a toujours l’oreille déchirée


abbatial

abbatial (feminine abbatiale, masculine plural abbatiaux, feminine plural abbatiales)

abbatiale (feminine)
abbatiaux (masculine plural)
abbatiales (feminine plural)

From Late Latin abbātiālis (“abbatial”).


abdominales

douleurs abdominales


adjectival

adjectival (feminine adjectivale, masculine plural adjectivaux, feminine plural adjectivales)

adjectivale (feminine)
adjectivaux (masculine plural)
adjectivales (feminine plural)


acceptant

acceptant (feminine acceptante, masculine plural acceptants, feminine plural acceptantes)

acceptante (feminine)
acceptants (masculine plural)
acceptantes (feminine plural)


accostable

(nautical) dockable (at which you can land a boat)


abyssal

abyssal (feminine abyssale, masculine plural abyssaux, feminine plural abyssales)

abyssale (feminine)
abyssaux (masculine plural)
abyssales (feminine plural)


abominable

Learned borrowing from Late Latin abōminābilis (“abominable, detestable”).

lbor

Most terms of the second category also have literal meanings closer to that of the first

as well as marking actions that are not as markedly odious


aberrant

fr-adj

aberrant (feminine aberrante, masculine plural aberrants, feminine plural aberrantes)

aberrante (feminine)
aberrants (masculine plural)
aberrantes (feminine plural)

From Latin aberrant-, stem of aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”).

(sciences) which is impossible according to the norms or rules


observateur

observateur (feminine observatrice, masculine plural observateurs, feminine plural observatrices)

observatrice (feminine)
observateurs (masculine plural)
observatrices (feminine plural)

Near-synonym: perspicace

observant (having the ability to notice things; having power of observation)


accessible

Borrowed from Late Latin accessibilis (“accessible”), from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”).

bor+

(of a place, information, etc.) accessible, attainable, obtainable, available


abdominal

fr-adj

abdominal (feminine abdominale, masculine plural abdominaux, feminine plural abdominales)

abdominale (feminine)
abdominaux (masculine plural)
abdominales (feminine plural)


flatulent

flatulent (feminine flatulente, masculine plural flatulents, feminine plural flatulentes)

flatulente (feminine)
flatulents (masculine plural)
flatulentes (feminine plural)


abstinent

abstinent (feminine abstinente, masculine plural abstinents, feminine plural abstinentes)

abstinente (feminine)
abstinents (masculine plural)
abstinentes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French abstinent, from Old French abstinent, borrowed from Latin abstinentem.


amoral

amoral (feminine amorale, masculine plural amoraux, feminine plural amorales)

amorale (feminine)
amoraux (masculine plural)
amorales (feminine plural)


abrupt

abrupt (feminine abrupte, masculine plural abrupts, feminine plural abruptes)

abrupte (feminine)
abrupts (masculine plural)
abruptes (feminine plural)

Done or said forwardly and without caution to avoid shocking


absent

absent (feminine absente, masculine plural absents, feminine plural absentes)

absente (feminine)
absents (masculine plural)
absentes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin absentem. Compare the popular form ausent.


viable

→ Portuguese: viável


libre

→ Alemannic German: liiber

→ English: libre

→ Romanian: liber

Inherited from Middle French libre, from Old French libre, semi-learned form of livre (ca. 1200), from Latin līber (“free”), from Old Latin loeber, from Proto-Italic *louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-er-os, from *h₁lewdʰ- (“people”).

Un homme libre

la voie est libre

temps libre


fiscal

fiscal (feminine fiscale, masculine plural fiscaux, feminine plural fiscales)

fiscale (feminine)
fiscaux (masculine plural)
fiscales (feminine plural)


abject

abject (feminine abjecte, masculine plural abjects, feminine plural abjectes)

abjecte (feminine)
abjects (masculine plural)
abjectes (feminine plural)

→ German: abjekt

→ Norwegian Bokmål: abjekt

→ Romanian: abject

(literary) Worthy of utmost contempt or disgust; vile; despicable

(literary, obsolete) of the lowest social position


mobile

→ Turkish: mobil

Borrowed from Latin mōbilis. Doublet of meuble.


global

global (feminine globale, masculine plural globaux, feminine plural globales)

globale (feminine)
globaux (masculine plural)
globales (feminine plural)

→ Romanian: global

→ Turkish: global

From globe (“globe”) + -al, from Latin globus (“globe, sphere”).

(originally) global, spherical; (hence) concerning the whole world


plural

plural (feminine plurale, masculine plural pluraux, feminine plural plurales)

plurale (feminine)
plural pluraux (masculine)
plural plurales (feminine)


digital

digital (feminine digitale, masculine plural digitaux, feminine plural digitales)

digitale (feminine)
digitaux (masculine plural)
digitales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin digitālis. Doublet of dé.


nu

nu (feminine nue, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nues)

nue (feminine)
nus (masculine plural)
nues (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French nu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.


secret

secret (feminine secrète, masculine plural secrets, feminine plural secrètes)

secrète (feminine)
secrets (masculine plural)
secrètes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French secret, from Old French secret, borrowed from Latin secrētus.

admirateur secret

agent secret

botte secrète

code secret

jardin secret

service secret


standard

standard (feminine standarde, masculine plural standards, feminine plural standardes)

standarde (feminine)
standards (masculine plural)
standardes (feminine plural)

→ Romanian: standard

→ Turkish: standart


mauve

→ English: mauve

→ Greek: μοβ (mov)

→ Romanian: mov

→ Russian: мов (mov)

Inherited from Old French, from Latin malva (“mallow”), which has a purple colour; ultimately of Semitic origin.


polygonal

polygonal (feminine polygonale, masculine plural polygonaux, feminine plural polygonales)

polygonale (feminine)
polygonaux (masculine plural)
polygonales (feminine plural)


duel

duel (feminine duelle, masculine plural duels, feminine plural duelles)

duelle (feminine)
duels (masculine plural)
duelles (feminine plural)


adroit

adroit (feminine adroite, masculine plural adroits, feminine plural adroites)

adroite (feminine)
adroits (masculine plural)
adroites (feminine plural)

→ English: adroit

→ German: adrett
→ Danish: adræt

skilful, apt, skilled (possessing skill, skilled)


latin

latin (feminine latine, masculine plural latins, feminine plural latines)

latine (feminine)
latins (masculine plural)
latines (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French latin, from Old French latin, borrowed from Latin latīnus.


bot

bot (feminine bote, masculine plural bots, feminine plural botes)

bote (feminine)
bots (masculine plural)
botes (feminine plural)

From Middle French bot (16th c.). Of unknown origin. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“butt, stump, end”). If so, a doublet of but.

der

un pied bot

(of a foot) affected by the deformation known as clubfoot

une main bote

(rare, of a hand) affected by a similar-looking deformation


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

→ Polish: beż

→ Portuguese: bege

→ Romanian: bej

→ Russian: беж (bež)

→ Spanish: beis, beige

→ Swedish: beige

→ Turkish: bej

→ Vietnamese: be


mental

fr-adj

mental (feminine mentale, masculine plural mentaux, feminine plural mentales)

mentale (feminine)
mentaux (masculine plural)
mentales (feminine plural)

Haitian Creole: mantal

→ Turkish: mantal

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mentālis (“of the mind, mental”).


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

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

Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange.

The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.


cube

Borrowed from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos).


nickel

Le lieu doit toujours être nickel, ce qui veut dire beaucoup de ménage.

2016, Marie Kostrz, “Olga, architecte, proprio et loueuse occasionnelle, 1235 euros par mois”, in L'Obs:

The place has always has to be spotless, which means a lot of cleaning.


musical

musical (feminine musicale, masculine plural musicaux, feminine plural musicales)

musicale (feminine)
musicaux (masculine plural)
musicales (feminine plural)

Haitian Creole: mizikal

→ Persian: موزیکال (muzikâl)

→ Turkish: müzikal

Borrowed from Medieval Latin mūsicālis. By surface analysis, musique + -al.


dual

dual (feminine duale, masculine plural duaux, feminine plural duales)

duale (feminine)
duaux (masculine plural)
duales (feminine plural)


second

second (feminine seconde, masculine plural seconds, feminine plural secondes)

seconde (feminine)
seconds (masculine plural)
secondes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French secunt, second, segont, borrowed as a semi-learned term from Latin secundus (“second”); related to sequi (“follow”). Doublet of son (“bran”), which was inherited.

une seconde possibilité

a second possibility, another possibility

« Chiquita! Chiquita! » À la seconde appellation, une fillette maigre et hâve […] s’avança vers Agostin.

"Chiquita! Chiquita!" At the second call, a thin and emaciated little girl […] came up to Agostin


nature

Inherited from Middle French nature, Old French nature, borrowed from Latin nātūra.

Une brioche nature ou sucrée ?

File-moi un yaourt nature s’il te plait.

Une fellation nature.

condomless, bareback, raw dog, natural (see Thesaurus:condomless)


consonant

consonant (feminine consonante, masculine plural consonants, feminine plural consonantes)

consonante (feminine)
consonants (masculine plural)
consonantes (feminine plural)


chartreuse

From the Chartreux (“Carthusian monks”).


quadruple

Ils sont entrés dans l’histoire du patinage artistique en exécutant un quadruple salto, une première en couple.

They entered into the history of artistic ice skating by executing a quadruple somersault, a first as a couple.

la Quadruple Alliance

une quadruple croche


homophone

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁμόφωνος (homóphōnos, “speaking the same language, making the same sound, in agreement, in unison”), from ὁμός (homós, “same”) + -φωνος (-phōnos, “with respect to language or sound”), a suffix derived from φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, language”), in the linguistic sense coined by French philologist Jean-François Champollion 1822 (for the adjective) and 1824 (for the noun).


taupe

Inherited from Old French taupe, inherited from Latin talpa.


parent

fr-adj

parent (feminine parente, masculine plural parents, feminine plural parentes)

parente (feminine)
parents (masculine plural)
parentes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French parent, from Old French parent, from Latin parentem.


pyramidal

pyramidal (feminine pyramidale, masculine plural pyramidaux, feminine plural pyramidales)

pyramidale (feminine)
pyramidaux (masculine plural)
pyramidales (feminine plural)


cool

Les jeunes boivent de l’alcool pour être cool.

cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)


animal

animal (feminine animale, masculine plural animaux, feminine plural animales)

animale (feminine)
animaux (masculine plural)
animales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin animal. Compare the archaic inherited doublet aumaille and its variant armaille, both from the Latin neuter plural animālia.


distinct

distinct (feminine distincte, masculine plural distincts, feminine plural distinctes)

distincte (feminine)
distincts (masculine plural)
distinctes (feminine plural)

distinct; discrete (separate, distinguished, different)


turquoise

Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz)

Turkish: turkuaz

Romanian: turcoază (colour)

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


ND

N/A (“not available”) Abbreviation of non disponible.


civil

civil (feminine civile, masculine plural civils, feminine plural civiles)

civile (feminine)
civils (masculine plural)
civiles (feminine plural)

Turkish: sivil


bai

bai (feminine baie, masculine plural bais, feminine plural baies)

baie (feminine)
bais (masculine plural)
baies (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French [Term?], from Latin badius.


oral

oral (feminine orale, masculine plural oraux, feminine plural orales)

orale (feminine)
oraux (masculine plural)
orales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin ōrālis, from ōs (“mouth”).


japonais

japonais (feminine japonaise, masculine plural japonais, feminine plural japonaises)

japonaise (feminine)
japonais (masculine plural)
japonaises (feminine plural)


vert

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

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.

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


avenue

From Old French avenue, feminine past participle of avenir (“approach”), from Latin advenīre (“come to”), from ad (“to”) + veniō, venīre (“come”).


natal

natal (feminine natale, masculine plural nataux, feminine plural natales)

natale (feminine)
nataux (masculine plural)
natales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin nātālis. Doublet of Noël.

ville natale


bel

form of beau used before a masculine noun that starts with a vowel sound


jaune

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

Le citron est un fruit jaune.


rose

Haitian Creole: woz

Louisiana Creole: ròz, roz

Mauritian Creole: roz

Seychellois Creole: roz

→ Greek: ροζ (roz)

→ Luxembourgish: Rous

→ Persian: رز (roz)

→ Romanian: roz

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


sale

Inherited from Middle French sale, from Old French sale (“dull, dirty”), from Frankish *salu (“dull, dirty grey”), from Proto-Germanic *salwaz (“dusky, dark, muddy”), from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”). Cognate with Old High German salo (“dull, dirty grey”), Old English salu (“dark, dusky”), Old Norse sǫlr (“yellowish”). More at sallow.

cog

Le prof est capable de me fiche une sale note rien que parce qu’il m’a aperçue en ville le mercredi.

The teacher can give me a bad grade just because he saw me in town on Wednesday.

Un sale type


laid

fr-adj

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.


lent

fr-adj

lent (feminine lente, masculine plural lents, feminine plural lentes)

lente (feminine)
lents (masculine plural)
lentes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French lent, from Latin lentus. Doublet of lento, taken from Italian.


capital

capital (feminine capitale, masculine plural capitaux, feminine plural capitales)

capitale (feminine)
capitaux (masculine plural)
capitales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin capitālis. Doublet of cheptel.

La peine capitale est abolie en France depuis les années 1980.

Capital punishment was abolished in France in the 1980s.


vocal

vocal (feminine vocale, masculine plural vocaux, feminine plural vocales)

vocale (feminine)
vocaux (masculine plural)
vocales (feminine plural)

→ Turkish: vokal

Inherited from Old French vocal, borrowed from Latin vōcālis. Doublet of voyelle.


force

Inherited from Old French force, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”).

(archaic) Many; a lot of; a great quantity of


pronominal

pronominal (feminine pronominale, masculine plural pronominaux, feminine plural pronominales)

pronominale (feminine)
pronominaux (masculine plural)
pronominales (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin prōnōminālis.


hard

Des photos hards.


blond

fr-adj

blond (feminine blonde, masculine plural blonds, feminine plural blondes)

blonde (feminine)
blonds (masculine plural)
blondes (feminine plural)

From Medieval Latin blondus, of Germanic origin: probably from Frankish *blund (“a mixed color between golden and light-brown”), from Proto-Germanic *blundaz (“mixed, blinding”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-. Compare Italian biondo, Occitan blon.


jubilant

fr-adj

jubilant (feminine jubilante, masculine plural jubilants, feminine plural jubilantes)

jubilante (feminine)
jubilants (masculine plural)
jubilantes (feminine plural)


ambivalent

ambivalent (feminine ambivalente, masculine plural ambivalents, feminine plural ambivalentes)

ambivalente (feminine)
ambivalents (masculine plural)
ambivalentes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from German ambivalent, from Latin ambi- + Latin valentem, the latter from the verb valeō.


central

central (feminine centrale, masculine plural centraux, feminine plural centrales)

centrale (feminine)
centraux (masculine plural)
centrales (feminine plural)

→ Turkish: santral

Borrowed from Latin centrālis. By surface analysis, centre + -al.


verbal

verbal (feminine verbale, masculine plural verbaux, feminine plural verbales)

verbale (feminine)
verbaux (masculine plural)
verbales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin verbālis. By surface analysis, verbe + -al.


volatile

Alternative spelling of volatil, as a masculine singular


brusque

Borrowed from Italian brusco. Doublet of brusc.


cruel

cruel (feminine cruelle, masculine plural cruels, feminine plural cruelles)

cruelle (feminine)
cruels (masculine plural)
cruelles (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French cruel, from Latin crūdēlis; either remade based on the Latin or evolved from the Old French form crual, possibly from a Vulgar Latin form *crūdālis.


woke

(politics, derogatory) woke; holding left-wing views or attitudes, (especially) with regards to social justice issues to an excessive degree.


bourgeois

bourgeois (feminine bourgeoise, masculine plural bourgeois, feminine plural bourgeoises)

bourgeoise (feminine)
bourgeois (masculine plural)
bourgeoises (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French bourgois, from Old French borgeis (“town dweller”), from borc (“fortified place, town”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“fortress”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰs (“fortified elevation”).
The path from Proto-Germanic to Old French is unclear. Perhaps via Frankish *burg or Late Latin burgus, or possibly both, and probably through the Late Latin intermediate burgensis. Compare Italian borghese, Portuguese burguês, Spanish burgués.
By surface analysis, bourg + -ois.


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”).

mort ou vif


fricative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


sot

fr-adj

sot (feminine sotte, masculine plural sots, feminine plural sottes)

sotte (feminine)
sots (masculine plural)
sottes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French sot, from Old French soz, from Medieval Latin sottus (“foolish”), of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly an expressive interjection, similar to modern zut! (“damn it!”). This Latin word was borrowed into Germanic languages such as Dutch zot, Old English sott (modern English sot).

onomatopoeic

expressive


certain

fr-adj

certain (feminine certaine, masculine plural certains, feminine plural certaines)

certaine (feminine)
certains (masculine plural)
certaines (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French certain, from Vulgar Latin unattested form *certānus, extended form of Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”).

inh

sûr et certain

une victoire certaine

Il est certain qu’il viendra.

dans une certaine mesure

d’un certain âge

un ’’’certain nombre de

une certaine femme

certain (of indefinite, unknown or simply unmentioned identity, quality or quantity) (prepositive to the noun it modifies, and usually preceded by an indefinite article)


simple

→ Romanian: simplu

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin simplex.

comptabilité en partie simple et double

single-entry and double-entry bookkeeping

passer du simple au double, du simple au triple…

Un homme simple

Un billet simple

Un simple soldat


bien

Inherited from Middle French bien, from Old French bien, from Latin bene (“well”).


important

fr-adj

important (feminine importante, masculine plural importants, feminine plural importantes)

importante (feminine)
importants (masculine plural)
importantes (feminine plural)

/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/

Il est important de se brosser les dents.

Une partie importante des votes

Une tempête de neige est un phénomène météorologique produit par une dépression météorologique hivernale importante.

A snowstorm is a meteorological phenomenon produced by a large winter depression.


horizontal

horizontal (feminine horizontale, masculine plural horizontaux, feminine plural horizontales)

horizontale (feminine)
horizontaux (masculine plural)
horizontales (feminine plural)

Derived from Latin horizōn (“horizon”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).


vertical

vertical (feminine verticale, masculine plural verticaux, feminine plural verticales)

verticale (feminine)
verticaux (masculine plural)
verticales (feminine plural)


ductile

ductile (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire)


exposé

exposé (feminine exposée, masculine plural exposés, feminine plural exposées)

exposée (feminine)
exposés (masculine plural)
exposées (feminine plural)

Past participle of verb exposer (to expose).


mal

mal (feminine male, masculine plural maux, feminine plural males)

male (feminine)
maux (masculine plural)
males (feminine plural)

bon an, mal an

bon gré, mal gré

willy-nilly (literally, “good will, bad will”)

Il est mal de [infinitive]

C’est mal de [infinitive]

(in set phrases and limited constructions) bad


animé

animé (feminine animée, masculine plural animés, feminine plural animées)

animée (feminine)
animés (masculine plural)
animées (feminine plural)


de facto

Borrowed from Latin dē factō (literally “according to fact”).


long

fr-adj

long (feminine longue, masculine plural longs, feminine plural longues)

longue (feminine)
longs (masculine plural)
longues (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French long, from longe, longue, feminine of lonc, lunc, from Latin longus. Cognate with English long, origin of German Chaiselongue.


potable

Borrowed from Late Latin pōtābilis, from Latin potō.

Tu penses quoi de la meuf de ton frère ? Potable, sans plus.

What do you think about your brother's girlfriend? Alright‚ nothing more.


plate

On va se mettre à ressembler aux gens qui racontent leur crisse de vie plate dans les émissions de télé débiles.

1999, Chrystine Brouillet, Les Fiancées de l'Enfer, →ISBN, page 204:

We're going to sound like those people who tell their frickin' boring lives on those idiotic tv shows.


correct

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

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

Votre réponse est correcte.

Le restaurant auquel nous sommes allés était correct, sans plus.

The restaurant we went to was okay, but nothing more.

J’suis tellement désolé! T’es correct?

Ouais, c’est correct.


light

(of food) diet, low-fat, fat-free, light


bi

From bisexuel, or possibly directly from English bi.


ventripotent

ventripotent (feminine ventripotente, masculine plural ventripotents, feminine plural ventripotentes)

ventripotente (feminine)
ventripotents (masculine plural)
ventripotentes (feminine plural)


incorrigible

Recorded since 1334 as Middle French incorrigible, from Latin incorrigibilis (“not to be corrected”). Morphologically, from in- + corrigible.


moron

fr-adj

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

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

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

der

Que t’es moron, toi!


mandarin

fr-adj

mandarin (feminine mandarine, masculine plural mandarins, feminine plural mandarines)

mandarine (feminine)
mandarins (masculine plural)
mandarines (feminine plural)

→ Breton: mandarin

→ Greek: μανδαρίνος (mandarínos)


franc

franc (feminine franche, masculine plural francs, feminine plural franches)

franche (feminine)
francs (masculine plural)
franches (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French franc, from Old French franc (“free, genuine, sincere”), from Late Latin Francus (“a Frank”), from Frankish *Frank (“a Frank”), a name probably taken from Proto-Germanic *frankô, *frakkōn (“spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *preng-, *pregn- (“pole, stalk”). Cognate with Old Norse frakka (“javelin, throwing spit”), Old English franca (“javelin, lance”).

cog

Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté.

His action was performed out of his free will.

4 jours francs

Port franc


franc

fr-adj

franc (feminine franque, masculine plural francs, feminine plural franques)

franque (feminine)
francs (masculine plural)
franques (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French franc, from Early Medieval Latin Francus (“a Frank”), from Frankish *Frank (“a Frank”) (see Etymology 1). Compare also Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), Old English Franca (“a Frank”). See also Feringhee.


instrumental

fr-adj

instrumental (feminine instrumentale, masculine plural instrumentaux, feminine plural instrumentales)

instrumentale (feminine)
instrumentaux (masculine plural)
instrumentales (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin īnstrūmentālis. By surface analysis, instrument + -al.


menu

fr-adj

menu (feminine menue, masculine plural menus, feminine plural menues)

menue (feminine)
menus (masculine plural)
menues (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French menu, from Old French menu, from Latin minūtus (“minute, tiny”). Doublet of minute.


full

(North America) overflowing, packed, crowded


content

content (feminine contente, masculine plural contents, feminine plural contentes)

contente (feminine)
contents (masculine plural)
contentes (feminine plural)

Louisiana Creole: konten

Inherited from Middle French content, from Old French, borrowed from Latin contentus.


live

recorded at a concert as opposed to in a studio

(Quebec, Eastern Ontario) now, at this moment.


indolent

indolent (feminine indolente, masculine plural indolents, feminine plural indolentes)

indolente (feminine)
indolents (masculine plural)
indolentes (feminine plural)

From Latin indolentem, accusative singular masculine and feminine of indolēns, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“pain”).


quiet

quiet (feminine quiète, masculine plural quiets, feminine plural quiètes)

quiète (feminine)
quiets (masculine plural)
quiètes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French quiete (13th c.), borrowed from Latin quiētus. The masculine quiet is a Middle French backformation. Doublet of inherited coi and the earlier borrowing quitte.

Alors en regardant, en écoutant Mme de Guermantes, je voyais, prisonnier dans la perpétuelle et quiète après-midi de ses yeux, un ciel d’Ile-de-France ou de Champagne se tendre […].

1921, Marcel Proust, Le Côté de Guermantes, section II:

So when I watched and listened to Mme de Guermantes, I saw, a prisoner in the perpetual and placid afternoon of her eyes, an Ile-de-France or Champagne sky stretching out…

(rare, literary) tranquil, peaceful, placid


latino

latino (feminine latino or latina, masculine plural latinos, feminine plural latinos or latinas)

latino (feminine)
latina (feminine)
latinos (masculine plural)
latinos (feminine plural)
latinas (feminine plural)


arrogant

arrogant (feminine arrogante, masculine plural arrogants, feminine plural arrogantes)

arrogante (feminine)
arrogants (masculine plural)
arrogantes (feminine plural)


allemand

allemand (feminine allemande, masculine plural allemands, feminine plural allemandes)

allemande (feminine)
allemands (masculine plural)
allemandes (feminine plural)

From Late Latin Alamannus or Alemannus (related to Alamans, ancient Germanic people for whom the name meant "all men", "all people", according to Asinius Quadratus). aleman became alemant by the addition of a terminal T of the singular objective case for adjectives of second class in Old French, and then alemand. The Latin word itself derives from the Old High German Alaman, from a Proto-Germanic *Alamanniz, likely from the roots *allaz (whence English all) and *manniz < *mann- (whence English man).

J’ai acheté une voiture allemande.

Les contes allemands sont fameux.

(relational) German (related to or originating from Germany)

Il n’y a pas qu’en Allemagne qu’on utilise des mots allemands.

Not only in Germany does one use German words.

La traduction allemande de France est Frankreich.

The German translation of "France" is Frankreich.

(relational) of the German language; German


astral

astral (feminine astrale, masculine plural astraux, feminine plural astrales)

astrale (feminine)
astraux (masculine plural)
astrales (feminine plural)

From Late Latin astrālis, from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”).


anglais

anglais (feminine anglaise, masculine plural anglais, feminine plural anglaises)

anglaise (feminine)
anglais (masculine plural)
anglaises (feminine plural)

→ Wolof: Angale

Il est anglais.

Ceci n’est pas un avion anglais.

(Louisiana) Anglo-American or Anglophone


cardinal

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

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


original

original (feminine originale, masculine plural originaux, feminine plural originales)

originale (feminine)
originaux (masculine plural)
originales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin orīginālis. Doublet of originel.


nazi

nazi (feminine nazie, masculine plural nazis, feminine plural nazies)

nazie (feminine)
nazis (masculine plural)
nazies (feminine plural)


nazi

Probably from dialectal nase ("snot"). Compare German Nase (“nose”).

(obsolete, slang) Alternative form of nasi (“syphilitic”)


grandiloquent

grandiloquent (feminine grandiloquente, masculine plural grandiloquents, feminine plural grandiloquentes)

grandiloquente (feminine)
grandiloquents (masculine plural)
grandiloquentes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin grandiloquus, remodelled after éloquent.


queer

queer (not conforming to traditional sexuality)


fervent

fervent (feminine fervente, masculine plural fervents, feminine plural ferventes)

fervente (feminine)
fervents (masculine plural)
ferventes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French, from Latin ferventem.


ordinal

ordinal (feminine ordinale, masculine plural ordinaux, feminine plural ordinales)

ordinale (feminine)
ordinaux (masculine plural)
ordinales (feminine plural)

→ Romanian: ordinal


las

las (feminine lasse, masculine plural las, feminine plural lasses)

lasse (feminine)
las (masculine plural)
lasses (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French las, from Latin lassus.

La solitude me pèse. J’aimerais à avoir un ami, un véritable ami, ou bien une maîtresse à qui je confierais mes peines. Quand on erre, toute une journée, sans parler, on se sent las, le soir dans sa chambre.

Loneliness weighs heavily on me. I would like to have a friend, a true friend, or a lover to whom I could confide my sorrow. When one wanders all day without speaking to anybody, one feels weary in one's bedroom at night.


fier

fier (feminine fière, masculine plural fiers, feminine plural fières)

fière (feminine)
fiers (masculine plural)
fières (feminine plural)

→ Dutch: fier

Louisiana Creole: fyær

Inherited from Old French fer, from Latin ferus.

remarkable (in this sense always used before the noun it qualifies)


bath

From English proper noun Bath where this paper was originally made.

(dated) super, great, smashing; beautiful, fine, good, pleasant


neuf

neuf (feminine neuve, masculine plural neufs, feminine plural neuves)

neuve (feminine)
neufs (masculine plural)
neuves (feminine plural)

Louisiana Creole: nèf

Inherited from Middle French neuf, from Old French nuef, from Latin novus, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

nouveau

new; for items, but those that are not fresh from the factory for example


maison

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French maisun, meson, inherited from Latin mānsiōnem (“abode, home, dwelling”), from maneō (“remain, stay”) (whence also French manoir).
Doublet of mansion, a borrowing.

inh

une grande tarte maison

spécialité maison

La compagnie a un département de traduction maison.

The company has an in-house translation department.

une engueulade maison

(colloquial, intensifier) first-rate, top-notch


NBC

(weaponry) Initialism of nucléaire, bactériologique, chimique.: NBC (“nuclear, biological, chemical”)


lambda

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λάμβδα (lámbda).

bor+

Branché sur une pulsation souterraine, que l’humain lambda ne perçoit pas.

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

Je dirais qu’aujourd’hui 20 à 30 % de ma clientèle confectionnent des robes d’Arlésienne, mais finalement, le plus gros de mes ventes est réalisé par des personnes lambda pour de la couture libre, des vêtements pour enfants par exemple.

2024 April 12, L. Ro., quoting Marc Morelli, “Marc Morelli, le chirurgien des machines à coudre”, in La Provence, page 7:


chocolat

Borrowed from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl, though the exact derivation is uncertain.


café

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.


premier

fr-adj

premier (feminine première, masculine plural premiers, feminine plural premières)

première (feminine)
premiers (masculine plural)
premières (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French premier, from Old French premier, from Latin prīmārius. Doublet of primaire.

se moquer comme de sa première chemise de

Le premier élément de la liste est un zéro.


con

con (feminine conne, masculine plural cons, feminine plural connes)

conne (feminine)
cons (masculine plural)
connes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin cunnus, probably ultimately of Proto-Indo-European origin.


Xe

suffix

<i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">-ième</i>


intermodal

fr-adj

intermodal (feminine intermodale, masculine plural intermodaux, feminine plural intermodales)

intermodale (feminine)
intermodaux (masculine plural)
intermodales (feminine plural)


vache

Inherited from Middle French and Old French vache, from Latin vacca.

C’est vache!


cannelle

Diminutive of canne (“reed”); from Old French canele, kanele


croissant

croissant (feminine croissante, masculine plural croissants, feminine plural croissantes)

croissante (feminine)
croissants (masculine plural)
croissantes (feminine plural)

Present participle of the verb croître (“to increase, to grow”). From Old French croisant, from earlier creissant, from Latin crēscentem, present active participle of crēscō (“to augment”).


maire

Ultimately from Latin macer. Doublet of maigre.


pers

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)


tien

fr-adj

tien (feminine tienne, masculine plural tiens, feminine plural tiennes)

tienne (feminine)
tiens (masculine plural)
tiennes (feminine plural)

(archaic) your; belonging to you (singular)


protestant

protestant (feminine protestante, masculine plural protestants, feminine plural protestantes)

protestante (feminine)
protestants (masculine plural)
protestantes (feminine plural)

From protester + -ant. Influenced by German Protestant.


intelligent

intelligent (feminine intelligente, masculine plural intelligents, feminine plural intelligentes)

intelligente (feminine)
intelligents (masculine plural)
intelligentes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin intelligentem (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).


acescent

fr-adj

acescent (feminine acescente, masculine plural acescents, feminine plural acescentes)

acescente (feminine)
acescents (masculine plural)
acescentes (feminine plural)


terminal

terminal (feminine terminale, masculine plural terminaux, feminine plural terminales)

terminale (feminine)
terminaux (masculine plural)
terminales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin terminālis, from Latin terminus.

Le cancer est en phase terminale.


rubescent

rubescent (feminine rubescente, masculine plural rubescents, feminine plural rubescentes)

rubescente (feminine)
rubescents (masculine plural)
rubescentes (feminine plural)


français

français (feminine française, masculine plural français, feminine plural françaises)

française (feminine)
français (masculine plural)
françaises (feminine plural)

Altered from Middle French françois, from Old French françois, franceis, from France + -ois, corresponding to Early Medieval Latin francēnsis, from Late Latin Francus (“a Frank”). By surface analysis, France + -ais.

Il est l’un des entrepreneurs français les plus connus.

He's one of the most well-known French entrepreneurs.

(Louisiana) Franco-American or Francophone


omnibus

Ellipsis of voiture omnibus (“carriage for all”), the latter element being a learned borrowing from Latin omnibus (“for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”).

lbor

un train omnibus

(rail transport) local (of a train; making stops at all stations)


accrescent

fr-adj

accrescent (feminine accrescente, masculine plural accrescents, feminine plural accrescentes)

accrescente (feminine)
accrescents (masculine plural)
accrescentes (feminine plural)


mini

mini (feminine minie, masculine plural minis, feminine plural minies)

minie (feminine)
minis (masculine plural)
minies (feminine plural)


transparent

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+

Le verre est transparent.

Le voile est transparent.

translucid; allowing light to pass through

un ciel transparent

une lumière transparente

une allusion transparente

transparent, easy to understand, unambiguous

J’étais transparent à ses regards.

Notre comptabilité est transparente.

(figuratively) transparent; not hiding anything

un mot transparent

(linguistics) having the same meaning in several languages


textile

able to be made into textiles; fibrous [from 1752]

Les produits viennent surtout naturellement des grandes régions de l’industrie textile : Mulhouse pour les tissus de coton et la mercerie, le Nord pour les lainages, Troyes pour la bonneterie.

1974, Jean Pierre Fruit, Vexin normand ou Vexin parisien?: Contribution à l'étude géographique de l'espace rural, Presse Universitaires de France, page 158:

The products mainly come naturally from the great regions of the textile industry: Mulhouse for cotton fabrics and mercerie, the North [of France] for woollens, Troyes for hosiery.


gras

fr-adj

gras (feminine grasse, masculine plural gras, feminine plural grasses)

grasse (feminine)
gras (masculine plural)
grasses (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French gras, from Late Latin grassus. Doublet of crasse.


vague

Inherited from Middle French vague, borrowed from Latin vagus (“uncertain, vague”, literally “wandering, rambling, strolling”). Possibly a doublet of gai.


morose

Borrowed from Latin mōrōsus (“peevish, wayward”).


inflammable

Inherited from Middle French inflammer + -able, from Latin īnflammābilis.


binomial

fr-adj

binomial (feminine binomiale, masculine plural binomiaux, feminine plural binomiales)

binomiale (feminine)
binomiaux (masculine plural)
binomiales (feminine plural)


polynomial

polynomial (feminine polynomiale, masculine plural polynomiaux, feminine plural polynomiales)

polynomiale (feminine)
polynomiaux (masculine plural)
polynomiales (feminine plural)


insolent

insolent (feminine insolente, masculine plural insolents, feminine plural insolentes)

insolente (feminine)
insolents (masculine plural)
insolentes (feminine plural)

→ Romanian: insolent

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin īnsolentem.


weird

(North America, informal) weird, bizarre


banal

fr-adj

banal (feminine banale, masculine plural banals, feminine plural banales)

banale (feminine)
banals (masculine plural)
banales (feminine plural)

→ Belarusian: бана́льны (banálʹny)

→ Catalan: banal

desctree

→ Dutch: banaal
→ Indonesian: banal
→ Malay: banal

→ English: banal

→ German: banal

→ Polish: banalny

→ Portuguese: banal

→ Romanian: banal

→ Russian: бана́льный (banálʹnyj)
→ Georgian: ბანალური (banaluri)

→ Spanish: banal

→ Turkish: banal

→ Ukrainian: бана́льний (banálʹnyj)

From ban + -al, related to Medieval Latin bannālis, from bannus.

un four banal

un moulin banal

un pressoir banal


tangent

fr-adj

tangent (feminine tangente, masculine plural tangents, feminine plural tangentes)

tangente (feminine)
tangents (masculine plural)
tangentes (feminine plural)


parmesan

parmesan (feminine parmesane, masculine plural parmesans, feminine plural parmesanes)

parmesane (feminine)
parmesans (masculine plural)
parmesanes (feminine plural)


constant

constant (feminine constante, masculine plural constants, feminine plural constantes)

constante (feminine)
constants (masculine plural)
constantes (feminine plural)


switch

(especially BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.


rectangle

Borrowed from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum.

un triangle rectangle

un parallélépipède rectangle

(geometry) right-angled (of a geometric figure)


pair

pair (feminine paire, masculine plural pairs, feminine plural paires)

paire (feminine)
pairs (masculine plural)
paires (feminine plural)


nice

Inherited from Old French nice, inherited from Latin nescius.

Oui, crédulement, vous ne comprenez pas? Entendez donc que j’ai cru, plus nice qu’une pensionnaire, au pouvoir exclusif de cet inconnu que je fuyais !

1907, Colette, La retraite sentimentale, page 41:


pop

pop (feminine pope, masculine plural pops, feminine plural popes)

pope (feminine)
pops (masculine plural)
popes (feminine plural)


complaisant

complaisant (feminine complaisante, masculine plural complaisants, feminine plural complaisantes)

complaisante (feminine)
complaisants (masculine plural)
complaisantes (feminine plural)


pascal

pascal (feminine pascale, masculine plural pascaux, feminine plural pascales)

pascale (feminine)
pascaux (masculine plural)
pascales (feminine plural)


parable

Ultimately from Latin parare (“to ward off”)

preventable (able to be or fit to be prevented)


technique

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “relating to art, artistic, skilful”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art, handicraft”), from τίκτειν (tíktein, “to bring forth, produce”).


slave

Inherited from Middle French Sclave, from Medieval Latin Sclavus, from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos), which see for more. Doublet of esclave.

Les langues slaves.


mien

fr-adj

mien (feminine mienne, masculine plural miens, feminine plural miennes)

mienne (feminine)
miens (masculine plural)
miennes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French mien, from Old French meon, from Latin meum, the neuter of meus.


kaputt

Borrowed from German kaputt, itself from French capot.


invisible

invisible (not appearing on the surface)


baba

C’était un Argentin qui mesurait au moins deux mètres, il souriait tout les temps. J’étais baba devant ses tatouages.

1999, Anna Gavalda, “Ambre”, in Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part, →ISBN:

He was an Argentinian who was at least six foot six. He was always smiling. I was stunned by his tattoos.


perspective

Learned borrowing from Latin perspectīvus, from perspiciō


valétudinaire

Learned borrowing from Latin valētūdinārius.


frappé

fr-adj

frappé (feminine frappée, masculine plural frappés, feminine plural frappées)

frappée (feminine)
frappés (masculine plural)
frappées (feminine plural)


lexical

lexical (feminine lexicale, masculine plural lexicaux, feminine plural lexicales)

lexicale (feminine)
lexicaux (masculine plural)
lexicales (feminine plural)

From Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “word”) + -al.


roman

roman (feminine romane, masculine plural romans, feminine plural romanes)

romane (feminine)
romans (masculine plural)
romanes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin romanusor derived from the French noun below, itself from Old French romanz (“common language”).


alsacien

alsacien (feminine alsacienne, masculine plural alsaciens, feminine plural alsaciennes)

alsacienne (feminine)
alsaciens (masculine plural)
alsaciennes (feminine plural)


est

Inherited from Old French, from Old English ēast.


random

Unadapted borrowing from English random.

(colloquial, chiefly youth slang) random (apropos of nothing, lacking context)


type

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos).


net

fr-adj

net (feminine nette, masculine plural nets, feminine plural nettes)

nette (feminine)
nets (masculine plural)
nettes (feminine plural)

→ Romanian: net

→ Spanish: neto

→ Turkish: net

From Old French net, inherited from Latin nitidus (“shiny”) through a contracted Vulgar Latin form *nittus. Doublet of nitide, a borrowing.


beau

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.

Il fait beau.


cornu

cornu (feminine cornue, masculine plural cornus, feminine plural cornues)

cornue (feminine)
cornus (masculine plural)
cornues (feminine plural)


vain

vain (feminine vaine, masculine plural vains, feminine plural vaines)

vaine (feminine)
vains (masculine plural)
vaines (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French vain, from Latin vānus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“empty”).


ovin

ovin (feminine ovine, masculine plural ovins, feminine plural ovines)

ovine (feminine)
ovins (masculine plural)
ovines (feminine plural)


plan

plan (feminine plane, masculine plural plans, feminine plural planes)

plane (feminine)
plans (masculine plural)
planes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin plānus. Doublet of plain, which was inherited, and piano.


rude

Inherited from Old French rude, a borrowing from Latin rudis (“unwrought”).

March 28 1757, Robert-François Damiens, facing a horrific execution
"La journée sera rude." ("The day will be rough.")


anal

anal (feminine anale, masculine plural anaux, feminine plural anales)

anale (feminine)
anaux (masculine plural)
anales (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin ānālis, or coined in French from anus + -al.


double

→ Romanian: dublu

Inherited from Old French doble, from Latin duplus.

Il s’agit d’une phrase à double sens.

une double croche


glottal

glottal (feminine glottale, masculine plural glottaux, feminine plural glottales)

glottale (feminine)
glottaux (masculine plural)
glottales (feminine plural)

Derived from glott(e) (“glottis”) + -al (“-al”, adjectival derivational suffix).

af

(phonetics) articulated with the glottis, glottal


abstème

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

(rare) abstaining from alcohol; abstemious; teetotal


rouge

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

Le sang est rouge.

L’armée rouge.

(US) a supporter of the Republican Party


idiot

fr-adj

idiot (feminine idiote, masculine plural idiots, feminine plural idiotes)

idiote (feminine)
idiots (masculine plural)
idiotes (feminine plural)

From Old French idiot (cf. also the older form idiote), borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).


direct

fr-adj

direct (feminine directe, masculine plural directs, feminine plural directes)

directe (feminine)
directs (masculine plural)
directes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin dīrectus. Doublet of droit, which was inherited.


local

local (feminine locale, masculine plural locaux, feminine plural locales)

locale (feminine)
locaux (masculine plural)
locales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin locālis, from Latin locus.


absolu

absolu (feminine absolue, masculine plural absolus, feminine plural absolues)

absolue (feminine)
absolus (masculine plural)
absolues (feminine plural)

→ Romanian: absolut

Inherited from Middle French absolut, replaced earlier asolu (c. 1100), from Latin absolūtus (“unconditional”), perfect passive participle of absolvō (“loosen, free; complete”).


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

Borrowed 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


adaptable

adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)


marine

From marin, from Latin marīnus, derived from mare (“sea”).


barbe

un cheval barbe


admirable

Inherited from Middle French admirable, borrowed from Latin admirābilis.


automobile

From auto- + mobile, as the vehicle is powered by an engine rather than pulled by horses.


rogue

Inherited from Middle French rogue, from Old French rogre (“haughty; aggressive; exhilarated”), from Old Norse hrokr (“excess; insolence”), for which see Icelandic hroki (“arrogance”). Cognate with Icelandic hrokur (“arrogance”).


blanche

Cette page est blanche.


final

fr-adj

final (feminine finale, masculine plural finals or finaux, feminine plural finales)

finale (feminine)
finals (masculine plural)
finaux (masculine plural)
finales (feminine plural)

→ Romanian: final

→ Turkish: final

(linguistics, grammar) expressing purpose


diagonal

diagonal (feminine diagonale, masculine plural diagonaux, feminine plural diagonales)

diagonale (feminine)
diagonaux (masculine plural)
diagonales (feminine plural)

→ Polish: diagonal


massif

massif (feminine massive, masculine plural massifs, feminine plural massives)

massive (feminine)
massifs (masculine plural)
massives (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French massiz (with the suffix replaced by -if), from Vulgar Latin *massīcius, from Latin massa.


mongol

mongol (feminine mongole, masculine plural mongols, feminine plural mongoles)

mongole (feminine)
mongols (masculine plural)
mongoles (feminine plural)


adjacent

adjacent (feminine adjacente, masculine plural adjacents, feminine plural adjacentes)

adjacente (feminine)
adjacents (masculine plural)
adjacentes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin adiacentem, present active participle of adiaceō (“adjoin, border”). Doublet of aise.


bon

bon (feminine bonne, masculine plural bons, feminine plural bonnes, comparative meilleur, superlative le meilleur)

bonne (feminine)
bons (masculine plural)
bonnes (feminine plural)
meilleur (comparative)
le meilleur (superlative)

Inherited from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos.

Near-synonym: bien

Near-synonym: exact

le bon usage

être dans la bonne direction

to be going the right way, to be heading the right way

Choisissez la bonne réponse.

Cette meuf est fin bonne !

(slang, slightly derogatory, of a woman) sexy, hot, smoking hot


affluent

affluent (feminine affluente, masculine plural affluents, feminine plural affluentes)

affluente (feminine)
affluents (masculine plural)
affluentes (feminine plural)


tangible

Borrowed from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tangō.


agricultural

agricultural (feminine agriculturale, masculine plural agriculturaux, feminine plural agriculturales)

agriculturale (feminine)
agriculturaux (masculine plural)
agriculturales (feminine plural)


portoricain

portoricain (feminine portoricaine, masculine plural portoricains, feminine plural portoricaines)

portoricaine (feminine)
portoricains (masculine plural)
portoricaines (feminine plural)


agile

nimble, agile (quick and light in movement or action)


gris

gris (feminine grise, masculine plural gris, feminine plural grises)

grise (feminine)
gris (masculine plural)
grises (feminine plural)

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.

Si je n’avais pas été gris, je n’aurais certes pas étalé mes papiers. Ils ont dû ennuyer Billard.

If I hadn't been drunk, I certainly wouldn't have displayed my papers. They must have bored Billard.


discordant

discordant (feminine discordante, masculine plural discordants, feminine plural discordantes)

discordante (feminine)
discordants (masculine plural)
discordantes (feminine plural)


amiable

From Old French amiable, from Late Latin amīcābilis.


ample

Inherited from Old French ample, inherited from Latin amplus.

plentiful, abundant, copious, profuse, ample


clairvoyant

clairvoyant (feminine clairvoyante, masculine plural clairvoyants, feminine plural clairvoyantes)

clairvoyante (feminine)
clairvoyants (masculine plural)
clairvoyantes (feminine plural)

Univerbation of clair voyant, from voir clair.


luxuriant

luxuriant (feminine luxuriante, masculine plural luxuriants, feminine plural luxuriantes)

luxuriante (feminine)
luxuriants (masculine plural)
luxuriantes (feminine plural)


top

top (feminine toppe, masculine plural tops, feminine plural toppes)

toppe (feminine)
tops (masculine plural)
toppes (feminine plural)


ancestral

ancestral (feminine ancestrale, masculine plural ancestraux, feminine plural ancestrales)

ancestrale (feminine)
ancestraux (masculine plural)
ancestrales (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”), from Late Latin antecessor, an agent noun from the past participle stem of Latin antecedere (“to proceed”), from the prefix ante- with the infinitive cedere (“to go”), the latter from Proto-Italic *kezdō (“to avoid or to go away”), from Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to yield or to go”).

der

Par le pouvoir du crâne ancestral ! Je détiens la force toute-puissante !

By the power of Grayskull! I have the power!

Pour l’honneur du crâne ancestral ! Je suis She-Ra !

For the honor of Grayskull! I am She-Ra!


soul

fr-adj

soul (feminine soule, masculine plural souls, feminine plural soules)

soule (feminine)
souls (masculine plural)
soules (feminine plural)

post-1990 spelling of soûl, itself an alternative form of saoul (“drunk”)


amateur

amateur (feminine amateur or amateure or amatrice, masculine plural amateurs, feminine plural amateurs or amateures or amatrices)

amateur (feminine)
amateure (feminine)
amatrice (feminine)
amateurs (masculine plural)
amateurs (feminine plural)
amateures (feminine plural)
amatrices (feminine plural)

→ Catalan: amateur

→ Czech: amatér

→ Danish: amatør

desctree

→ Dutch: amateur
→ Indonesian: amatir
→ Papiamentu: amatùr

→ English: amateur

→ German: Amateur

→ Italian: amateur

→ Polish: amator

→ Romanian: amator

→ Spanish: amateur

→ Swedish: amatör

→ Turkish: amatör

→ Vietnamese: a-ma-tơ

Borrowed from Latin amātōrem (“lover”), from amō (“to love”). Compare Old French ameor, which was inherited from the same source but disappeared by the 15th century.


éventuel

fr-adj

éventuel (feminine éventuelle, masculine plural éventuels, feminine plural éventuelles)

éventuelle (feminine)
éventuels (masculine plural)
éventuelles (feminine plural)

From Latin ēventuālis, from ēventus (“outcome, event”), past participle of ēveniō.

En cas d’accident éventuel...

traces éventuelles de noix

possible, hypothetical (that might come about)


apparent

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.


naval

naval (feminine navale, masculine plural navals, feminine plural navales)

navale (feminine)
navals (masculine plural)
navales (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French naval, from Latin nāvālem, accusative singular form of nāvālis (“of ships”), from nāvis (“ship”).


futur

futur (feminine future, masculine plural futurs, feminine plural futures)

future (feminine)
futurs (masculine plural)
futures (feminine plural)


diluvial

diluvial (feminine diluviale, masculine plural diluviaux, feminine plural diluviales)

diluviale (feminine)
diluviaux (masculine plural)
diluviales (feminine plural)


rival

rival (feminine rivale, masculine plural rivaux, feminine plural rivales)

rivale (feminine)
rivaux (masculine plural)
rivales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”), from rīvus (“small stream, brook”). Unrelated to rive.


fun

C’était juste pour le fun.

Il a l’air fun.


kaki

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


nanti

fr-adj

nanti (feminine nantie, masculine plural nantis, feminine plural nanties)

nantie (feminine)
nantis (masculine plural)
nanties (feminine plural)


fluent

fluent (feminine fluente, masculine plural fluents, feminine plural fluentes)

fluente (feminine)
fluents (masculine plural)
fluentes (feminine plural)


pendant

pendant (feminine pendante, masculine plural pendants, feminine plural pendantes)

pendante (feminine)
pendants (masculine plural)
pendantes (feminine plural)


inox

From inoxydable and acier inoxydable, by apocopation.


public

public (feminine publique, masculine plural publics, feminine plural publiques)

publique (feminine)
publics (masculine plural)
publiques (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin pūblicus. The noun is from the adjective.

l’intérêt public

le bien public

La voix publique est pour lui.

(relational) of the people as a whole; public [from 1238]

public (various meanings)
of the people as a whole; public

C’est une nouvelle qui est déjà publique.

public; seen or known by everyone [from 1330]

public (various meanings)
public; seen or known by everyone

pouvoirs publics

notaire public

public; representing the state on behalf of the community [from 1390]

lieu public

fille publique

streetwalker, prostitute (literally, “public girl”)

public (various meanings)
public; open to all [from 1538]


expert

expert (feminine experte, masculine plural experts, feminine plural expertes)

experte (feminine)
experts (masculine plural)
expertes (feminine plural)

Il est expert en matière de finances

Il est expert dans les sciences humaines et sociales.


uni

uni (feminine unie, masculine plural unis, feminine plural unies)

unie (feminine)
unis (masculine plural)
unies (feminine plural)


large

Inherited from Old French large, from Latin largus, larga, largum (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”). The feminine is inherited, but for the masculine, Latin largum (the masculine and neuter accusative) developed into Old French larc, which was discarded.


distant

distant (feminine distante, masculine plural distants, feminine plural distantes)

distante (feminine)
distants (masculine plural)
distantes (feminine plural)

→ Romanian: distant


notable

Inherited from Middle French notable, from Latin notābilis.


vagabond

vagabond (feminine vagabonde, masculine plural vagabonds, feminine plural vagabondes)

vagabonde (feminine)
vagabonds (masculine plural)
vagabondes (feminine plural)


quart

quart (feminine quarte, masculine plural quarts, feminine plural quartes)

quarte (feminine)
quarts (masculine plural)
quartes (feminine plural)


lippu

lippu (feminine lippue, masculine plural lippus, feminine plural lippues)

lippue (feminine)
lippus (masculine plural)
lippues (feminine plural)

having a prominent lower lip; big-lipped


snob

→ Romanian: snob

→ Turkish: snop

J’suis snob… J’suis snob / C’est vraiment l’seul défaut que j’gobe

1954, “J’suis snob”, performed by Boris Vian:

I'm a snob… I'm a snob / It's really the only fault I can stomach having


ineffable

1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I

It seemed to him appropriate and necessary, as much for his own glory as for the service of his country, that he should become a knight-errant, and go about the world, with his horse and his weapons, looking for adventures, and practising everything that he had read that knights-errant practised, redressing all sorts of wrongs, and exposing themselves to so many encounters, to so many perils, that he should gain, in surmounting them, eternal fame. He already imagined himself, the poor dreamer, seeing himself crowned at least by the emperor of Trebizond. So carried away was he by such pleasant thoughts and by the ineffable attraction that he found in them, he hurried to put his desire into practice.

Il lui parut convenable et nécessaire, aussi bien pour l’éclat de sa gloire que pour le service de son pays, de se faire chevalier errant, de s’en aller par le monde, avec son cheval et ses armes, chercher les aventures, et de pratiquer tout ce qu’il avait lu que pratiquaient les chevaliers errants, redressant toutes sortes de torts, et s’exposant à tant de rencontres, à tant de périls, qu’il acquît, en les surmontant, une éternelle renommée. Il s’imaginait déjà, le pauvre rêveur, voir couronner la valeur de son bras au moins par l’empire de Trébizonde. Ainsi emporté par de si douces pensées et par l’ineffable attrait qu’il y trouvait, il se hâta de mettre son désir en pratique.

ineffable (unable to be expressed in words)


impatient

impatient (feminine impatiente, masculine plural impatients, feminine plural impatientes)

impatiente (feminine)
impatients (masculine plural)
impatientes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin impatientem. Morphologically analyzable as im- + patient.


divin

divin (feminine divine, masculine plural divins, feminine plural divines)

divine (feminine)
divins (masculine plural)
divines (feminine plural)

→ Romanian: divin

Inherited from Old French divin, from Latin dīvīnus. Doublet of devin.


fiancé

fiancé (feminine fiancée, masculine plural fiancés, feminine plural fiancées)

fiancée (feminine)
fiancés (masculine plural)
fiancées (feminine plural)


prude

Back-formation from prudefemme, feminine of prud’homme (“good man”).


express

Borrowed from English express, from French exprès, from Latin expressus.


liminal

liminal (feminine liminale, masculine plural liminaux, feminine plural liminales)

liminale (feminine)
liminaux (masculine plural)
liminales (feminine plural)


miscible

A learned formation from Latin misceō (“to mix”) + -ible.


filial

filial (feminine filiale, masculine plural filiaux, feminine plural filiales)

filiale (feminine)
filiaux (masculine plural)
filiales (feminine plural)

filial (characteristic of or befitting the relationship between a son or daughter and their parents)


patient

patient (feminine patiente, masculine plural patients, feminine plural patientes)

patiente (feminine)
patients (masculine plural)
patientes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French patient, from Old French patient, borrowed from Latin patientem.


radical

radical (feminine radicale, masculine plural radicaux, feminine plural radicales)

radicale (feminine)
radicaux (masculine plural)
radicales (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin rādīcālis.

lbor

L’idéologie islamiste radicale de Boko Haram a provoqué le déplacement de plus de deux millions de personnes dans le nord du Nigeria.

The radical Islamist ideology of Boko Haram caused more than two million persons to be displaced in northern Nigeria.


prêt

fr-adj

prêt (feminine prête, masculine plural prêts, feminine plural prêtes)

prête (feminine)
prêts (masculine plural)
prêtes (feminine plural)

From Late Latin praestus, from the Latin adverb praestō. Compare Catalan prest, Italian presto. Doublet of preste.

Je suis pas prêt.

Tenez-vous prêt pour partir dans deux heures.

Je suis prêt à vous entendre.


pluriel

pluriel (feminine plurielle, masculine plural pluriels, feminine plural plurielles)

plurielle (feminine)
plural pluriels (masculine)
plural plurielles (feminine)

Modification, based on the Latin source, of Old French plurer, plurier (cf. also plurel), borrowed from Latin plūrālis.


dental

dental (feminine dentale, masculine plural dentaux, feminine plural dentales)

dentale (feminine)
dentaux (masculine plural)
dentales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”). By surface analysis, dent + -al.


étudiant

étudiant (feminine étudiante, masculine plural étudiants, feminine plural étudiantes)

étudiante (feminine)
étudiants (masculine plural)
étudiantes (feminine plural)


adverbial

adverbial (feminine adverbiale, masculine plural adverbiaux, feminine plural adverbiales)

adverbiale (feminine)
adverbiaux (masculine plural)
adverbiales (feminine plural)


sobre

Inherited from Old French sobre, borrowed from Latin sobrius.


chouette

Probably from a confusion between Etymology 1, above, and a derivative of choueter, chou.


chaste

Inherited from Old French chaste, caste, a semi-learned term derived from Latin castus.


recherché

recherché (feminine recherchée, masculine plural recherchés, feminine plural recherchées)

recherchée (feminine)
recherchés (masculine plural)
recherchées (feminine plural)

meticulous (evidencing careful or laborious effort)

obtained or achieved by careful or laborious effort; immaculate, sharp, well-groomed

une langue très recherchée

evidencing careful reflection or studious research; refined, sophisticated, exquisite

(derogatory) unnatural, affected, contrived, overwrought, labored, tortured (as an obvious result of excessive effort or attempts at refinement)


monstre

Inherited from Middle French monstre, from Old French monstre, borrowed from Latin mōnstrum.


pro

Il est très pro.


pro

la semaine pro


gaulois

gaulois (feminine gauloise, masculine plural gaulois, feminine plural gauloises)

gauloise (feminine)
gaulois (masculine plural)
gauloises (feminine plural)

From Middle French, from Old French gualeis (“Welsh”) (compare Old French walois (“langue d'oil”)), from Frankish *walhisk (“Roman”), from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“non-Germanic, foreign”). Cognate with Old High German walahisc (“Roman”), Old English wǣlisċ, wīelisċ (“foreign, Celtic”). More at Welsh, Gaul.


gaulois

Old French galois, from galer, from Frankish, related to galant.


moteur

fr-adj

moteur (feminine motrice, masculine plural moteurs, feminine plural motrices)

motrice (feminine)
moteurs (masculine plural)
motrices (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin mōtor. Displaced Old French mouveur.


ducal

ducal (feminine ducale, masculine plural ducaux, feminine plural ducales)

ducale (feminine)
ducaux (masculine plural)
ducales (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French ducal, borrowed from Latin ducālis.


papal

papal (feminine papale, masculine plural papaux, feminine plural papales)

papale (feminine)
papaux (masculine plural)
papales (feminine plural)


proche

Inherited from Old French proche, derived from prochain, or from Latin propius.

L’épicerie est proche.

L’épicerie est proche de la boulangerie.

The grocery store is close to the bakery.

L’épicerie est proche de chez toi.

close, near, closeby, nearby (to a place)

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(literally, “The day is near when all the barriers … will end up falling apart.”)

The day when all the barriers … will break down is near.


junior

Borrowed from Latin juniorem; Doublet of geindre. Cf. also the inherited Old French oblique case gignor.


antique

→ English: antique

→ German: antik

→ Hungarian: antik

→ Indonesian: antik

→ Luxembourgish: antik

→ Middle Dutch:

Dutch: antiek

Afrikaans: antiek

→ Romanian: antic

→ Swedish: antik

→ Turkish: antik

Inherited from Old French antique, from antic, borrowed from Latin antīquus. Compare also the inherited Old French antive, from the Latin feminine antīqua, which analogically influenced a masculine form antif (compare a similar occurrence in Spanish antiguo).


poche

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

(Quebec, informal) bad, untalented, sucky


unique

→ Danish: unik

→ Dutch: uniek
→ Indonesian: unik

→ English: unique

→ Norwegian Bokmål: unik

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: unik

→ Swedish: unik

→ Turkish: ünik


gent

gent (feminine gente, masculine plural gents, feminine plural gentes)

gente (feminine)
gents (masculine plural)
gentes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French gent, from Latin gentem. Cf. gens.

(archaic or humorous) nice, pleasant, or noble, speaking of a person or thing


brave

Probably borrowed from Italian bravo. Compare Spanish, Portuguese bravo. Doublet of bravo.


gai

gai (feminine gaie, masculine plural gais, feminine plural gaies)

gaie (feminine)
gais (masculine plural)
gaies (feminine plural)

Louisiana Creole: gé

From Old French gai, from Old Occitan gai, from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*gaheis, “impetuous”); or from Frankish *gāhi (“fast, sudden, impetuous”), Frankish *wāhi (“pretty”), both from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz (“lively, fast, quick”); or (per Liberman, Chance, Meier) from Latin vagus (“wandering, inconstant, flighty”), with *[w] → [ɡ] as in French gaine. Doublet of vague in that case.
Cognate with English gay and Italian gaio.


moral

fr-adj

moral (feminine morale, masculine plural moraux, feminine plural morales)

morale (feminine)
moraux (masculine plural)
morales (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French moral, from Old French moral, borrowed from Latin morālis.


limousine

From the name of the former French region Limousin, from Limoges. The naming of the car is sometimes attributed to Limoges-born engineer Charles Jeantaud.


céleste

Inherited from Middle French celeste, from Old French celeste, borrowed from Latin caelestis.


saint

saint (feminine sainte, masculine plural saints, feminine plural saintes)

sainte (feminine)
saints (masculine plural)
saintes (feminine plural)


faux

faux (feminine fausse, masculine plural faux, feminine plural fausses)

fausse (feminine)
faux (masculine plural)
fausses (feminine plural)

→ English: faux

Inherited from Middle French faulx, from Old French fauz, faus, fals, from Latin falsus.


sororal

sororal (feminine sororale, masculine plural sororaux, feminine plural sororales)

sororale (feminine)
sororaux (masculine plural)
sororales (feminine plural)


léger

léger (feminine légère, masculine plural légers, feminine plural légères)

légère (feminine)
légers (masculine plural)
légères (feminine plural)

Louisiana Creole: léjé

→ Ido: lejera

→ Portuguese: ligeiro

→ Romanian: lejer

Inherited from Old French legier, from Vulgar Latin *leviārius, from *levius + -ārius, the former element representing an alteration of Latin levis (“lightweight”). Compare Catalan lleuger, Occitan leugièr.


abstrait

abstrait (feminine abstraite, masculine plural abstraits, feminine plural abstraites)

abstraite (feminine)
abstraits (masculine plural)
abstraites (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin abstractus, and modeled on trait.


mercantile

→ Romanian: mercantil


cher

cher (feminine chère, masculine plural chers, feminine plural chères)

chère (feminine)
chers (masculine plural)
chères (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French cher, from Old French cher, chier, from Latin cārum (“dear, valuable”), from Proto-Italic *kāros, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros, from *keh₂- (“to desire, to wish”).


clair

clair (feminine claire, masculine plural clairs, feminine plural claires)

claire (feminine)
clairs (masculine plural)
claires (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French cler, from Old French cler, from Latin clārus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call”, “to shout”).

der

bleu clair

On est des étoiles dans ce ciel bleu clair et on mettra les voiles quand on pourra le faire.

We are stars in the light blue sky and we'll set sail when we can.

light (having a light shade, not dark) (of a color)


sour

fr-adj

sour (feminine soure, masculine plural sours, feminine plural soures)

soure (feminine)
sours (masculine plural)
soures (feminine plural)


super

→ Turkish: süper

Borrowed from Latin super. Doublet of the inherited sur. See also hyper, borrowed from Ancient Greek.


doux

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”).

So taken away was he by such sweet thoughts and by the ineffable attraction that he found in them, he hurried to put his desire into practice.

Ainsi emporté par de si douces pensées et par l’ineffable attrait qu’il y trouvait, il se hâta de mettre son désir en pratique.

une pente douce


paire

Inherited from Old French paire, from Latin paria, neuter plural of pār.


roux

roux (feminine rousse, masculine plural roux, feminine plural rousses)

rousse (feminine)
roux (masculine plural)
rousses (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French ros, from Latin russus.

red, ginger (refers to hair of a reddish-brown color)


cru

cru (feminine crue, masculine plural crus, feminine plural crues)

crue (feminine)
crus (masculine plural)
crues (feminine plural)

Haitian Creole: kri

Inherited from Middle French crud, from Old French cru, creu, from Latin crūdus (English crude).


folle

Louisiana Creole: fòl


facile

Borrowed from Latin facilis (“easy”), from faciō (“to do, make”).

Il n’est pas facile de vivre avec le diabète.

Il est facile à comprendre.

"Certes, ce n’est pas facile d’avoir 20 ans en 2020", concède Frank Delvau, reprenant l’expression utilisée par Emmanuel Macron, la veille.

2020, “Couvre-feu : le désarroi des restaurateurs français”, in France 24:

"Certainly, it's not easy to be twenty years old in 2020," Frank Delvau conceded, picking up the expression used by Emmanuel Macron the day before.

une fille facile

(derogatory, chiefly of women) easy, promiscuous (consenting readily to sex)


relative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


royal

fr-adj

royal (feminine royale, masculine plural royaux, feminine plural royales)

royale (feminine)
royaux (masculine plural)
royales (feminine plural)

→ Belarusian: рая́ль (rajálʹ)

→ Bulgarian: роя́л (rojál)

→ Lithuanian: rojalis

→ Russian: роя́ль (rojálʹ)

→ Ukrainian: роя́ль (rojálʹ)

Inherited from Middle French roial, from Old French roial, from earlier reial, real, from very early Old French (c. 880) regiel, from Latin rēgālis, from rēx (“king”) + -ālis. Equivalent to roi + -al.


dos-à-dos

From dos (“back”), from Latin dorsum (“back”), and à (“to”), from Latin ad (“to”).


vite

From Old French viste, of disputed origin:.
* According to Littré, from Italian visto (“seen”), from Vulgar Latin *visitus, from Latin vidēre. The adverb corresponds with à vue (“rapidly, without notice”); compare Italian avvisto (“noticed, adroit”).
* Derived from an onomatopoeia expressing rapid movement.
* From Latin vegetus (“lively, animated”).

onomatopoeic

onomatopoeia


physique

Monter un immeuble d’une centaine d’étages par les escaliers est une activité plutôt physique.

Climbing a hundred story building by the stairs is a rather physical activity.


azyme

Borrowed from Latin azymus, from Ancient Greek ἄζυμος (ázumos).


agglutinant

fr-adj

agglutinant (feminine agglutinante, masculine plural agglutinants, feminine plural agglutinantes)

agglutinante (feminine)
agglutinants (masculine plural)
agglutinantes (feminine plural)


incident

incident (feminine incidente, masculine plural incidents, feminine plural incidentes)

incidente (feminine)
incidents (masculine plural)
incidentes (feminine plural)


fou

fou (masculine singular before vowel fol, feminine folle, masculine plural fous, feminine plural folles)

fol (before-vowel masculine singular)
folle (feminine)
fous (masculine plural)
folles (feminine plural)

Louisiana Creole: fou

Inherited from Middle French fol, from Old French fol, from Latin follem. Cognate with English fool.

souvent femme varie, bien fol est qui s’y fie


spiral

spiral (feminine spirale, masculine plural spiraux, feminine plural spirales)

spirale (feminine)
spiraux (masculine plural)
spirales (feminine plural)


gueux

gueux (feminine gueuse, masculine plural gueux, feminine plural gueuses)

gueuse (feminine)
gueux (masculine plural)
gueuses (feminine plural)

From Middle French gueux, probably from Middle Dutch guyte.


haut

haut (feminine haute, masculine plural hauts, feminine plural hautes)

haute (feminine)
hauts (masculine plural)
hautes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French hault, from Old French haut, halt (“high, tall, elevated”), a conflation of Frankish *hauh, *hōh (“high, tall, elevated”) and Latin altus (“high, raised, profound”). Akin to Old High German hōh (“high, tall, elevated”). More at high, haughty.

cog

la plus haute antiquité

le haut Moyen-Âge


axial

fr-adj

axial (feminine axiale, masculine plural axiaux, feminine plural axiales)

axiale (feminine)
axiaux (masculine plural)
axiales (feminine plural)


occidental

occidental (feminine occidentale, masculine plural occidentaux, feminine plural occidentales)

occidentale (feminine)
occidentaux (masculine plural)
occidentales (feminine plural)


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.

Il fait encore noir dehors.

Il est noir.

Il est noir.


transversal

transversal (feminine transversale, masculine plural transversaux, feminine plural transversales)

transversale (feminine)
transversaux (masculine plural)
transversales (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus (whence transverse and travers).

lbor

barre transversale

Coordinate term: longitudinal


bleu

fr-adj

bleu (feminine bleue, masculine plural bleus, feminine plural bleues)

bleue (feminine)
bleus (masculine plural)
bleues (feminine plural)

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.

Le ciel est bleu.


trouble

Inherited from Old French troble, probably from a Vulgar Latin *turbulus (with metathesis), itself perhaps an alteration of Latin turbidus with influence from turbulentus; cf. also turbula. Compare Catalan tèrbol, Romanian tulbure.

(of a liquid) murky, turbid, muddy, thick, clouded, cloudy; not clear


malin

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

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

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

une tumeur maligne

prendre un malin plaisir à faire quelque chose

to take perverse pleasure in doing something

(chiefly dated or biblical) malicious, sadistic (which likes to do or say hurtful things for fun)

C’est malin !

avoir l’air malin

C’est inhumain / De me laisser seul / J’ai l’air malin / Sous mon parasol

1982, “Un été sans toi”, performed by Charles Aznavour:

It's inhuman / To leave me alone / I look silly / Under my umbrella

(informal) smart and quick-thinking, and often tricksterish; cunning, crafty

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


dossier

dossier (feminine dossière, masculine plural dossiers, feminine plural dossières)

dossière (feminine)
dossiers (masculine plural)
dossières (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French dossier. By surface analysis, dos (“back(side)”) + -ier.


feu

fr-adj

feu (feminine feue, masculine plural feus, feminine plural feues)

feue (feminine)
feus (masculine plural)
feues (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French feüz, fadude (“one who has accomplished his destiny”), from Vulgar Latin *fatutus, from Latin fatum (“destiny”).

Elle était la sœur de feu Jean Dupont

She was the sister of the late Jean Dupont


fin

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

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


impossible

Il est impossible que Dieu mente.

Impossible de rencontrer un homme mieux assorti à son habitat que ne l’était ce petit campagnard à son vieux château.

1910, Alphonse de Châteaubriant, chapter 1, in Monsieur des Lourdines:

Impossible to meet a man better suited to his habitat than this little countryman in his old chateau.

Dans le Nord-Ouest amazonien, par exemple, environ un siècle après l’abattis, il devient à peu près impossible à un botaniste professionnel de distinguer la végétation secondaire de la forêt primaire environnante (Sastre 1975).

1986, Philippe Descola, La nature domestique: symbolisme et praxis dans l’écologie des Achuar, Paris: Maison des sciences de l’Homme & Fondation Singer-Polignac, page 171:

In the Amazonian Northwest, for example, around a century after the swidden, it becomes almost impossible for a professional botanist to distinguish the secondary vegetation from the surrounding primary forest (Sastre 1975).

Cet enfant est impossible !


fade

→ Swedish: fadd

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


sec

sec (feminine sèche, masculine plural secs, feminine plural sèches)

sèche (feminine)
secs (masculine plural)
sèches (feminine plural)

→ Dutch: sec

→ Turkish: sek

Inherited from Old French sec, from Latin siccus (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.

des abricots secs

du poisson sec

dried, having had its moisture evaporated

[I]l était de complexion robuste, maigre de corps, sec de visage, fort matineux et grand ami de la chasse.

1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter I:

[H]e was of a robust complexion, thin in the body, lean in the face, a very early riser and a friend of the hunt.

(of alcohol) dry, unsweetened, not sweet, bitter

Désolé si j’ai été un peu sec.


trans

Borrowed from Latin trāns. Doublet of très.


blanc

blanc (feminine blanche, masculine plural blancs, feminine plural blanches)

blanche (feminine)
blancs (masculine plural)
blanches (feminine plural)

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.

cog

la bave du crapaud n’atteint pas la blanche colombe

Ce lait est blanc.

(figurative, one's look) blank, without expression


triste

Louisiana Creole: tris

→ Danish: trist

→ Dutch: triest

→ English: triste

→? Franco-Provençal: tristo

→ Norwegian Bokmål: trist

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: trist

→ Swedish: trist

→ German: trist

Inherited from Old French triste, borrowed from Latin trīstis. Old French originally had trist, inherited from Vulgar Latin trīstus, a variant of the same word.


ch.

ea. (each); Abbreviation of chaque (“each”).


haute

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


phosphorescent

fr-adj

phosphorescent (feminine phosphorescente, masculine plural phosphorescents, feminine plural phosphorescentes)

phosphorescente (feminine)
phosphorescents (masculine plural)
phosphorescentes (feminine plural)


barge

Variant of barje, clipping of barjot, verlan form of jobard.


moderne

From Late Latin modernus (“recent, actual”), from the adverb modo (“recently, just now”).


consultant

consultant (feminine consultante, masculine plural consultants, feminine plural consultantes)

consultante (feminine)
consultants (masculine plural)
consultantes (feminine plural)


quelques

Les rayons des céphéides classiques sont de quelques dizaines à quelques centaines fois celui du Soleil.

The radii of the classical Cepheids are from some tens to some hundred times that of the Sun.


waterproof

waterproof (feminine waterproofe, masculine plural waterproofs, feminine plural waterproofes)

waterproofe (feminine)
waterproofs (masculine plural)
waterproofes (feminine plural)


cucu

cucu (feminine cucue, masculine plural cucus, feminine plural cucues)

cucue (feminine)
cucus (masculine plural)
cucues (feminine plural)


chaud

chaud (feminine chaude, masculine plural chauds, feminine plural chaudes)

chaude (feminine)
chauds (masculine plural)
chaudes (feminine plural)

Louisiana Creole: cho

From Old French chaut, from Latin cal(i)dus.

Attention, la poêle est chaude !

Cette meuf est chaude !

(slang) horny, randy (showing interest in sexual activity)

Near-synonym: partant

T’es sûr que tu veux y aller ? Je suis vraiment pas chaud, perso !

Are you sure you wanna go? I'm not really up for it, personally.

Near-synonyms: tendu, limite

Ça va être chaud de finir ça d’ici demain, je crois pas que j’aurai le temps...

Finishing that on time is gonna be hard, I don't think I'll have enough time...

Il vaut mieux éviter cette partie de la ville, ces quartiers sont chauds.

It's better to avoid that part of the city; those neighborhoods are sketchy.

(slang) risky, dangerous, disreputable, dodgy


plat

plat (feminine plate, masculine plural plats, feminine plural plates)

plate (feminine)
plats (masculine plural)
plates (feminine plural)

→ Romanian: plat

Inherited from Middle French plat, from Old French plat, from Vulgar Latin *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat”).


pastoral

fr-adj

pastoral (feminine pastorale, masculine plural pastoraux, feminine plural pastorales)

pastorale (feminine)
pastoraux (masculine plural)
pastorales (feminine plural)

From Middle French, Old French pastoral, from Latin pastoralis, from pāstor (“shepherd”), + adjective suffix -alis.


bilabial

bilabial (feminine bilabiale, masculine plural bilabiaux, feminine plural bilabiales)

bilabiale (feminine)
bilabiaux (masculine plural)
bilabiales (feminine plural)


repentant

repentant (feminine repentante, masculine plural repentants, feminine plural repentantes)

repentante (feminine)
repentants (masculine plural)
repentantes (feminine plural)

/ʁə.pɑ̃.tɑ̃/


hongrois

hongrois (feminine hongroise, masculine plural hongrois, feminine plural hongroises)

hongroise (feminine)
hongrois (masculine plural)
hongroises (feminine plural)


rare

Borrowed (in this form) from Latin rārus. Compare the inherited Old French rer, rere.


camp

Une folle camp ne peut jamais en faire trop.

camp (Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying, affected, exaggerated)


concomitant

concomitant (feminine concomitante, masculine plural concomitants, feminine plural concomitantes)

concomitante (feminine)
concomitants (masculine plural)
concomitantes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin concomitantem, the present participle of Latin concomitor (“to accompany”).


verse

Only used in sinus verse (“versed sine, versine”)


labiodental

labiodental (feminine labiodentale, masculine plural labiodentaux, feminine plural labiodentales)

labiodentale (feminine)
labiodentaux (masculine plural)
labiodentales (feminine plural)


conjugal

conjugal (feminine conjugale, masculine plural conjugaux, feminine plural conjugales)

conjugale (feminine)
conjugaux (masculine plural)
conjugales (feminine plural)


immutable

Learned borrowing from Latin immūtābilis. Compare immuable.


violent

fr-adj

violent (feminine violente, masculine plural violents, feminine plural violentes)

violente (feminine)
violents (masculine plural)
violentes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French violent, borrowed from Latin violentus.


acnodal

acnodal (feminine acnodale, masculine plural acnodaux, feminine plural acnodales)

acnodale (feminine)
acnodaux (masculine plural)
acnodales (feminine plural)


tierce

Inherited from Old French tierce, tiers, from Latin tertia.


normal

normal (feminine normale, masculine plural normaux, feminine plural normales)

normale (feminine)
normaux (masculine plural)
normales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin nōrmālis. By surface analysis, norme + -al.

(relational) normal (relating to a school to teach teachers how to teach)


palatal

palatal (feminine palatale, masculine plural palataux, feminine plural palatales)

palatale (feminine)
palataux (masculine plural)
palatales (feminine plural)


cave

Borrowed from Latin cavus (“concave; cavity”).


mat

fr-adj

mat (feminine mate, masculine plural mats, feminine plural mates)

mate (feminine)
mats (masculine plural)
mates (feminine plural)

Probably from Latin mattus, which is from madere; see Italian matto.


mat

Abbreviation of the French expression échec et mat, from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is ambushed”).


urbain

fr-adj

urbain (feminine urbaine, masculine plural urbains, feminine plural urbaines)

urbaine (feminine)
urbains (masculine plural)
urbaines (feminine plural)


mordant

mordant (feminine mordante, masculine plural mordants, feminine plural mordantes)

mordante (feminine)
mordants (masculine plural)
mordantes (feminine plural)


surprise

From the feminine of surpris, past participle of the verb surprendre.


autre

Inherited from Middle French aultre, from Old French autre, from Latin alterum.

Donnez-moi un autre exemple.


heureux

heureux (feminine heureuse, masculine plural heureux, feminine plural heureuses)

heureuse (feminine)
heureux (masculine plural)
heureuses (feminine plural)

Louisiana Creole: èrè

From heur (“luck”) + -eux. Compare Occitan aürós.

ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d’enfants


grave

→ Norwegian Bokmål: grave

Inherited from Middle French grave, borrowed from Latin gravis. Doublet of grief.

Quatre de ces voyelles sont graves: a, o, u, œu.

1911 April, “Quelques mots sur la pronunciation des lettres Turques”, in Dictionnaire turc-français:

Four of these are vowels are back [vowels], a, o, u, [and] œu


lingual

lingual (feminine linguale, masculine plural linguaux, feminine plural linguales)

linguale (feminine)
linguaux (masculine plural)
linguales (feminine plural)

→ Romanian: lingual

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis.


naissant

fr-adj

naissant (feminine naissante, masculine plural naissants, feminine plural naissantes)

naissante (feminine)
naissants (masculine plural)
naissantes (feminine plural)


maritime

→ Dutch: maritiem

Inherited from Middle French maritime, borrowed from Latin maritimus (“of the sea”), from mare (“sea”). Doublet of Maremme.

le droit maritime


pectoral

pectoral (feminine pectorale, masculine plural pectoraux, feminine plural pectorales)

pectorale (feminine)
pectoraux (masculine plural)
pectorales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin pectorālis. Doublet of poitrail.


libanais

libanais (feminine libanaise, masculine plural libanais, feminine plural libanaises)

libanaise (feminine)
libanais (masculine plural)
libanaises (feminine plural)


loyal

loyal (feminine loyale, masculine plural loyaux, feminine plural loyales)

loyale (feminine)
loyaux (masculine plural)
loyales (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French loial (with various alternative forms: leial, leal, loyel) from Latin lēgālis. Equivalent to loi + -al. Doublet of légal.


descendant

descendant (feminine descendante, masculine plural descendants, feminine plural descendantes)

descendante (feminine)
descendants (masculine plural)
descendantes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin dēscendentem, the present participle of dēscendere, itself from dē + scandere (“climb, ascend”).


probable

Learned borrowing from Latin probābilis.


temporal

temporal (feminine temporale, masculine plural temporaux, feminine plural temporales)

temporale (feminine)
temporaux (masculine plural)
temporales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from New Latin temporālis, from tempus (“temple”) (whence tempe).

lobe temporal


drôle

Louisiana Creole: drol, dròl

→ English: droll

⇒ Esperanto: drola

Inherited from Middle French drolle (“a merry fellow, pleasant rascal”) from Old French drolle (“one who lives luxuriously”), from Middle Dutch drol (“fat little man, goblin”), itself from Old Norse troll, from Proto-Germanic *truzlą.

der

On a beaucoup ri, il est vraiment très drôle.

We laughed a lot, he was really so funny.

C’est drôle, mais c’est comme ça...

1882, Guy de Maupassant, Madame Baptiste:

C’était un bien drôle de petit homme que le père Langevin, tailleur et porteur de contraintes au Grand-Fougeray.

1901, Adolphe Orain, Contes de l’Ille-et-Vilaine, page 207:

He was quite an odd little man, that Father Langevin, mason and "porteur de contraintes" in Grand-Fougeray

Tu voulais m’épouser, quelle drôle d’idée, tu n’avais pas 15 ans

1977, “Dix ans plus tôt”, performed by Michel Sardou:

You wanted to marry me, what an odd idea, you were only fifteen

(sometimes with "de") strange, weird, bizarre


savant

fr-adj

savant (feminine savante, masculine plural savants, feminine plural savantes)

savante (feminine)
savants (masculine plural)
savantes (feminine plural)

Old present participle of the verb savoir (modern: sachant).

though the two are often juxtaposed

savants being portrayed as wise, the erudite as book-smart

savant mélange


svelte

→ English: svelte


ignoble

Inherited from Middle French ignoble, borrowed from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, later nōbilis (“noble”).


record

English record, itself from Old French record.

Le Pakistan connaît, depuis la fin d’avril, une vague de chaleur record.

Pakistan has known, since the end of April, a wave of record heat.


serf

serf (feminine serve, masculine plural serfs, feminine plural serves)

serve (feminine)
serfs (masculine plural)
serves (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French serf, from Old French serf, from Latin servus (“slave, serf, servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser-wo- (“guardian”), or perhaps of Etruscan origin.


relax

relax (feminine relaxe, masculine plural relax, feminine plural relaxes)

relaxe (feminine)
relax (masculine plural)
relaxes (feminine plural)


paucal

paucal (feminine paucale, masculine plural paucaux, feminine plural paucales)

paucale (feminine)
plural paucaux (masculine)
plural paucales (feminine)


ostensible

Formed, with the suffix -ible, from Latin ostēnsus, past participle of ostendō (“to show”), itself from obs- (“in front of”) (akin to Latin ob- (“in the way”), Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-, “on, at, besides, after”), Old English eofot (“crime”)) + tendō (“to stretch”); or borrowed from Medieval Latin ostēnsibilis.


nasal

fr-adj

nasal (feminine nasale, masculine plural nasaux, feminine plural nasales)

nasale (feminine)
nasaux (masculine plural)
nasales (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nāsālis, from Latin nāsus (“nose”).