bo

Inherited from French beau (“handsome, fine, attractive; boyfriend”).


las

Inherited from French lasse (“weary, tired”).


fou

Inherited from French fou (“mad, crazy”).


timid

Inherited from French timide (“shy, timid”).


chagrin

From French chagrin (“sorrow”), compare Haitian Creole chagrin.

Fille la té si chagrin li té pas connin ça pout fait.

1895, Alcée Fortier, compiler, Louisiana Folk-Tales, page 70:

The girl was so sorry that she did not know what to do.


mæg

Inherited from French maigre (“meagre, skinny”).


vær

Alternative form of vèr (“green; unripe; fresh; inexperienced”)


fim

Zòt apé donné mò fim!


plin

Inherited from French plein (“full”), from
Old French plein, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Compare English plenty.

Kouri-Vini Orthography spelling of plein


gé

Inherited from French gai (“gay, cheerful, merry”).


gri

Inherited from French gris (“gray, grey”).


vayan

Inherited from French vaillant (“valiant, nice”).


pè

Alternative form of pœr (“(to be) scared”)


bèl

Inherited from French belle (“handsome, fine, attractive; girlfriend”).

inh

feminine of bo (“handsome, beautiful, pretty”)


nwa

Inherited from French noir (“black”) and perhaps French Noir (“Black person”).

Ça té fé nwa déyò.


parenté

Inherited from French parenté (“kinship”). Compare Congo-Brazzaville French parenté (“related”).


nèf

Inherited from French neuf (“brand new, very new”).


koulè

Alternative form of koulær (“Black, Colored”)


zoranj

Derived from a French plural determiner—such as aux, des, les, or mes—and French oranges (“oranges”). In French, these determiners' final ⟨s⟩ or ⟨x⟩ is pronounced /z/ before vowels (and is otherwise silent). As a result, the /z/ was re-analyzed in Louisiana Creole as part of the noun and probably from there the adjective.


gro

Inherited from French gros (“big, fat, thick; important”).


konten

Inherited from French content (“content, pleased”).


jonn

Inherited from French jaune (“yellow; egg yolk”).


gròs

Inherited from French grosse (“big, fat, thick; important”).

feminine of gro (“big, fat, thick; important; bad”)


byin

Inherited from French bien (“good; well; very; property”).


éksité

Inherited from French excité (“excited”).


èrè

Inherited from French heureux (“happy”).


jalou

Inherited from French jaloux (“jealous”).


pœr

Zòt pœr, hin?


sériyé

Inherited from French sérieux (“serious”).


mèg

Alternative form of mæg (“skinny, thin”)


kouvær

Inherited from French couvert (“covered, cloudy, overcast”).


kouvè

Alternative form of kouvær (“cloudy, overcast”)


fatigé

Inherited from French fatigué (“tired”).


fòl

Inherited from French folle (“crazy, mad”).


dròl

Inherited from French drôle (“funny, weird”).


pokapok

Inherited from French poc à poc (“so-so”).


vyolé

Inherited from French violet (“purple”).


vyolèt

Inherited from French violette (“purple”).


sèrsèl

Inherited from French sarcelle (“teal (ducklike bird)”).


larjên

Derived from French l’ (“the”) + French argent (“silver”), with the definite article re-analyzed as part of the noun. A circumflex was added to to differentiate it from larjen (“money”) in writing, though they are effectively the same word.


koulær

Inherited from French couleur (“color; Black, Colored person”).


larjon

Derived from French l’ (“the”) + French argent (“money; silver”), with the definite article re-analyzed as part of the noun.


kagou

Inherited from French cagou (“out of sorts, sickly looking, languid”).