malade

From Old French malade, from Latin male habitus (“ill-kept, not in good condition”).


conseil

Borrowed from French conseil, from Latin cōnsilium.


côte

From Old French coste, from Latin costa.


crampe

From Old French crampe, cranpe (“muscular contraction, cramp”), either from Frankish *krampa or from Middle Dutch crampe (“cramp”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krampō (“cramp, clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *grem- (“to bind together, unite; lap, pile, heap”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to unite, collect, forgather”).


lièvre

Inherited from Old French lievre, from Latin leporem.


amain

Borrowed from Old Norse almanna (“for everyone”).


braies

From Latin bracae, from Transalpine Gaulish [Term?].

Alle ira sû le coquet de l'Eglise ramendaïr les braies des viers garçons.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, pages 539-40:

She will get a seat on the weather-cock of the church and mend old bachelor's breeches.


collet

From Latin collum (“neck”) (modern co) + -et.

Laminaria digitata
Laminaria digitata#Translingual

Laminaria saccharina
Laminaria saccharina#Translingual

(Jersey) oarweed (Laminaria digitata, Laminaria saccharina)


veste

From Latin vestis (“a garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes-ti(h₂)-, from *wes- (“to be dressed”).


lèvre

From Old French levre, earlier lavras (plural), from Vulgar Latin labra, originally a neuter plural of Latin labrum (“lip”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down, droop”).


cachi

From an Old Northern French form of Old French chacier (compare French chasser), from Late Latin captiō, captiāre, late form of Latin captō, captāre (“strive to seize, catch or grasp at”).


cachi

cachier (infinitive)
cachant (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
cachié (masculine participle past singular)
cachie (feminine participle past singular)
cachiés (masculine participle past plural)
cachies (feminine participle past plural)
cache (indicative present singular)
caches (indicative present second-person singular)
cache (indicative present singular third-person)
cachoms (first-person indicative plural present)
cachiez (indicative plural present)
cachent (indicative plural present third-person)
cacheis (imperfect indicative singular)
cacheis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cacheit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cachioms (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cachiez (imperfect indicative plural)
cacheient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cachis (indicative preterite singular)
cachis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
cachit (indicative preterite singular third-person)
cachîmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
cachîtes (indicative plural preterite)
cachîtrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
cacherai (future indicative singular)
cacheras (future indicative second-person singular)
cachera (future indicative singular third-person)
cacheroms (first-person future indicative plural)
cacherez (future indicative plural)
cacheront (future indicative plural third-person)
cachereis (conditional indicative singular)
cachereis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
cachereit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
cacherioms (conditional first-person indicative plural)
cacheriez (conditional indicative plural)
cachereient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
cache (first-person present singular subjunctive)
caches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
cache (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cachioms (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cachiez (plural present subjunctive)
cachent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cachisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cachisse (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cachît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cachisse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cachissioms (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cachissiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
cachissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cache (imperative singular)
cachoms (first-person imperative plural)
cachiez (imperative plural)

From Vulgar Latin *coacticāre (compare French cacher), from Latin coactō, coactāre.


rempart

From Old French rempart, from remparer (“to defend, fortify, inclose with a rampart”), from re- (“again”) + emparer (“to defend, fortify, surround, seize, take possesion of”), from en- + parer (“to defend”).


pouce

From Old French pouce (“thumb”), from Latin pollex, pollicem.


journée

From Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta.


bataille

From Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia, from Latin battuō.


julienne

(Jersey) European searocket (Cakile maritima)


tombe

From Old French tombe, from Late Latin tumba, from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos).


Félix

a male given name, equivalent to English Felix


Marguerite

a female given name, equivalent to English Margaret


Henriette

a female given name, equivalent to English Harriet or Henrietta


pousser

From Old French, from Latin pulsō, pulsāre (“push, strike, beat, batter, hammer”), frequentative of pellō, pellere (“push, drive, hurl, impel, propel”).


grive

Uncertain. Possibly from the feminine form of Old French grieu, griu, from Latin graecus (“Greek”), the thrush being a migratory bird that had hivernated in Greece.


disque

Borrowed from French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos).


donnent

third-person plural present indicative of donner

third-person plural present subjunctive of donner


outarde

From Latin avis tarda (“slow bird”), contracted in *austarda.


assiette

From Vulgar Latin *assedita, past participle of *assedere, from Latin assideō, assidēre.


veuve

From Old French vauve, veve, vedve, from Vulgar Latin *viduva, from Latin vidua.


carpe

From Old French carpe, from Late Latin carpa, from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰 (*karpa).


croyant

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croyant m (plural croyants, feminine croyante)


vendit

third-person singular preterite of vendre


gardait

third-person singular imperfect indicative of garder


maigre

From Old French megre, meigre, from Latin macer, macrum.


Soudan

(Jersey) Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


brache

From Latin (tesa) bracchia (“(outstretched) arms”).


botte

From Old French bote, from Frankish *butt.


Andorre

(Jersey) Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France)


Cambodge

(Jersey) Cambodia (a country in Southeast Asia)


Russie

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


deu

From Old French duel, from Late Latin dolus, derived from Latin dolor (“pain”), or possibly from Vulgar Latin *dolium, from Latin cordolium (“sorrow of the heart”), from dolor.


Australie

(Jersey) Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Afrique

From Old French Affrique, borrowed from Latin Āfrica.


athée

From Latin atheos, from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “godless, without God”).


Sénégal

(Jersey) Senegal (a country in West Africa)


Cameroun

(Jersey) Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)


Pérou

(Jersey) Peru (a country in South America)


Mexique

(Jersey) Mexico (a country in North America)


Macédoine

From Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía, “Macedonia”), from μακεδονία (makedonía, “highland”), from μακεδνός (makednós, “high, tall”).


Bulgarie

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Croatie

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

(Jersey) Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Arménie

(Jersey) Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)


poète

From Old French poete, from Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “poet, writer”).


apporter

From Latin apportāre, present active infinitive of apportō (“I bring, carry, conduct or convey to”), from ad + portō (“I carry, bear”).


abbaye

From Old French abaïe, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbatia.


nommer

From Old French nomer, modern nom + -er, or from Latin nominare.


anis

From Old French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἂνισον (ànison).


raconter

Inherited from Old French raconter, from re- + aconter (from conter (“to tell (a story, etc.)”)).

af

from <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro">conter</i> (“to tell (a story, etc.)”)


Jules

a male given name, equivalent to English Julius


gardons

first-person plural present indicative of garder

first-person plural imperative of garder


vallée

From Old French valee, from val, from Latin vallis.


Luc

a male given name, equivalent to French Luc or English Luke


poursuivre

From Old French porsivre, poursivre, porsuir, poursuire, porsivir, from Vulgar Latin *prosequere, from Latin prosequor, prosequi, though influenced by persequor.


meurtre

From Old French murtre, mordre (“murder”), from Frankish *murþar (“murder”) from Proto-Germanic *murþrą (“murder, killing, death”), from Proto-Indo-European *mrtro- (“murder, death”), from *mer-, *mor-, *mr- (“to die”).

uder

I' s'confêssit et fut exétchuté pouor lé meurtre du Seigneu d'Hambye

2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN, page 32:

He confessed and was executed for the murder of the Lord of Hambye


fraude

From Old French fraude (“deception, fraud”), from Latin fraus, fraudem (“cheating, deceit, guile, fraud”).


proposer

From Old French proposer, borrowed from Latin prōpōnō, prōpōnere, altered based on poser.


bibliothèque

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca (“library”), from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “book-room”).


trahison

From Old French traïson, from trair, or from Latin trāditiō, trāditiōnem.


Maroc

(Jersey) Morocco (a country in North Africa)


péché

From Old French pechié, from Latin peccātum.


rentrer

From Old French re- (“again”) + entrer (“to enter”).


armée

From Old French armee, from the feminine past participle of the verb armer, from Anglo-Norman armee, borrowed from Medieval Latin armāta (“armed force”), the neuter plural form of the past participle of Latin armō (“to arm”), from arma (“arms, weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”).


Jamaïque

(Jersey) Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Slovénie

(Jersey) Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)


Slovaquie

(Jersey) Slovakia (a country in Central Europe)


broder

From Old French brosder, from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌶𐌳𐍉𐌽 (*bruzdōn).


Libye

From Latin Libya, from Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libúē).

(Jersey) Libya (a country in North Africa)


Syrie

From Latin Syria, from Ancient Greek Συρία (Suría).

Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Monténégro

Borrowed from French Monténégro, from Venetian Montenegro (literally “black mountain”), a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra / Цр̑на̄ Го̀ра, referring to Mount Lovćen.

uder

Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Serbie

(Jersey) Serbia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Népal

(Jersey) Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)


Gambie

(Jersey) Gambia (a country in West Africa)


Somalie

Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)


Afrique du Sud

(Jersey) South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


Micronésie

Micronesia (a geographical region of Oceania)

Micronesia (A country consisting of about 2000 islands in Oceania)


Tchad

(Jersey) Chad (a country in Central Africa)


Comores

Union of the Comoros
Union of the Comoros

Comoros (A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)

Comoros (an archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte)


Namibie

(Jersey) Namibia (a country in Southern Africa)


libe

From Old French libre, from Latin liber.


caches

second-person singular present indicative of cachi

second-person singular present subjunctive of cachi


chapé

From Old French chapel, from Early Medieval Latin cappellus, diminutive from Late Latin cappa.


bague

Of Germanic origins, from Proto-Germanic *baugaz.


grève

From Vulgar Latin *grava (attested in Early Medieval Latin; compare French grève), of pre-Latin origin.


paré

From Old French parei, from Late Latin parētem, from Latin parietem. Compare French paroi.


turbé

Ot-tu l'turbé qu'égache en d'sous d'la f'nêtre, / Et qui l'prumier l'aguinche à sa façon?

1883, Denys Corbet, ‘Le R'nouvé’, Patois Poems of the Channel Islands:

Can you hear the mackerel bird beneath the window, the first to welcome her in his own way?


vendes

second-person singular present subjunctive of vendre


vende

first/third-person singular present subjunctive of vendre


visite

From Latin vīsitō, vīsitāre (“go to see, visit”), frequentative of vīsō, vīsere (“behold, survey”), from videō, vidēre (“see”).


saumon

From Old French saumon, from Latin salmō.


musée

From Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon, “shrine of the Muses”), from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”)).


âtre

From Vulgar Latin *astracum, from Ancient Greek.


charme

Borrowed from French charme, from Old French charme, from Latin carmen (“song, recitement, incantation”).


idéal

From Late Latin ideālis (“existing in idea”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέᾱ (idéā, “idea”).


autel

From Old French autel, borrowed from Latin altāre.


prier

From Old French proiier, from Latin precor, precārī, from prex (“request, petition, prayer”), from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-, *perḱ- (“to ask, woo”).


Nathalie

a female given name, equivalent to English Natalie


commun

From Old French comun, from Latin commūnis.


canne

Borrowed from Old Norse kanna (“big cup”).

Ch'est coume un bourdon dans une canne.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 524:


rencontrer

From Old French re- (“again”) + encontrer (“to meet, encounter”).


potelé

From Old French pote (“left (hand)”, later “swollen, inflamed”), of uncertain origin.


orchestre

From Latin orchēstra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra), from ὀρχοῦμαι (orkhoûmai, “to dance”).


anniversaire

From Latin anniversārius (“annual, yearly”), from annus (“year”) + vertō (“I turn, revolve”).


cidre

From Old French cisdre, sidre (“beverage made from fermented apples”), from Medieval Latin sīcera, from Ancient Greek σίκερα (síkera, “fermented liquor, strong drink”).


happer

Borrowed from Old Norse harpa (“to grip, pinch”).


emporter

From Latin importō, importāre (“bring, carry or convey into”), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + portō, portāre (“carry, bear; convey”).


couverture

From Old French coverture, from Late Latin coopertūra, from Latin coopertus.


participe présent

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participe présent m (plural participes présents)


suer

From Old French suer, from Latin sūdō, sūdāre (“sweat, perspire”, verb).


saver

Inherited from Old French savoir, saveir, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapĕre (“taste, know”).

inh+

De la St. Michel à Noué un pllante ne sait pas chu que nou li fait.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, pages 535-536:

From Michaelmas to Christmas a plant does not know what you do to it.


chancre

From Old French chancre, from Latin cancer.

(Jersey, pathology) tumour, verruca; syphilis


tron

From Old French tronc (“alms box, tree trunk, headless body”), from Latin truncus (“a stock, lopped tree trunk”), from truncus (“cut off, maimed, mutilated”).


cotte

From Old French cotte (“outer garment with sleeves”), from Latin cotta, from Proto-Germanic *kuttô, *kuttǭ (“cowl, woolen cloth, coat”).


cotte

From Old Northern French cote, cot (“hut”), from Old Norse kot (“hut”) and/or Frankish *kotu (“shed”), from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kutō (“tent, stall, shed, hut”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewd- (“to stretch, curve, vault”).


dommage

From Old French damage, from Vulgar Latin *damnāticum, from Latin damnum, or from an Old French *dam + the suffix -age, probably becoming dommage under the influence of Old French dongier (“danger”).


gambe

From Old French gambe, from Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ).


taxe

From Old French taxer (“to impose a tax”), from Latin taxō, taxāre (“handle; censure; appraise; compute”, verb).


veue

(Jersey, cycling, etc.) headlight, headlamp


graisse

From Vulgar Latin *crassia, from Latin crassus.

Nou ne trâche pas de la graïsse dans le nic d'ùn tchien.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 514:

No one thinks of looking for fat in a dog's kennel.


netti

From Old French nettoier, from Vulgar Latin *nitidiāre, from Latin nitidō, nitidāre (“make bright or shining; polish, smooth; wash, bathe”), from nitidus (“shining, polished, glittering”), from niteō, nitēre (“be radiant, shine, look bright, glitter, sparkle, glisten”).


gâche

I' peut mànger sa gâche dorâïe des daeux bords.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 519:

He can eat his cake buttered on both sides.

La vieille Louise était embarrassaïe à faire sa pâte pour sa gâche, et v'là daon aen tappe à l'hus.

2006, Peggy Collenette, “D'la gâche de Guernési”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 20:

Old Louise was busy making her dough for her gâche, and there was a knock at the door.


moutarde

From Old French moustarde, from moust (“must”), from Latin mustum.


magie

From Latin magīa, from Ancient Greek μαγεία (mageía).


grand-père

From grand- (“grand-”) + père (“father”).


dogme

From Latin dogma (“philosophical tenet”), from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “opinion, tenet”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “I seem good, think”).


Pierrot

a male given name, equivalent to French Pierrot


tardi

From Old French tardif, from Late Latin tardīvus, from Latin tardus.


gradile

Borrowed from Old Norse gaddr (“thorn”).


bète

From Old Norse beit (“pasture”), beita (“food, bait”).


mogue

Borrowed from Old Norse [Term?] (compare Swedish mugg, Danish and Norwegian mugge).


c'mînse

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French chemise, cemise, from Late Latin camisia, from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.


léçon

Borrowed from French leçon. Displaced native lichon, also from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem.


bliatchinner

From bliatchîn (“shoe polish”) + -er, from English blacking.


graie

Borrowed from Old Norse greiða (“to fit out”).


hielle

From Old French olie, from Latin oleum. Cognate with French huile.


colombe

From Old French colombe, from Latin columba.


huiptante

From Old French uitante, from Latin octaginta, variant of octoginta (compare dialectal French huitante).


êfant

From Old French enfant, probably borrowed from Latin infans, infantem.

Février dit à Janvier:—'Si j'étais à votre pièche je f'rais gelaïr le pots sus le faeu et les p'tits éfàns aux seins de leurs mères'—et pour son ìmpudence i' fut raccourchi de daeux jours, et Janvier fut aloigni.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, pages 530-31:

February said to January:—If I were in your place I would cause the pots to freeze on the fire, and babes at their mothers' breasts—and for his insolence he was shortened of two days, and January was lengthened.


tchoeu

From Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

Alleunme touos nos tchoeux!


tchoeu

From Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”).


mielle

Borrowed from Old Norse melr, mjalʀ (compare melgreu (“marram, beachgrass”)).


archange

From Old French archangle, borrowed from Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos) from ἀρχ- (arkh-) + ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).


scrobbine-broche

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scrobbine-broche f (plural scrobbine-broches)


vraic

From a Germanic source; compare English wrack, Dutch wrak, German Wrack, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (“to drive out”).

der

Pouit de vraic, pouit de haugard.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 537:


lian

From Old French [Term?], from Latin ligamen (“bond”), from ligare (“to bind”), present active infinitive of ligo.


Dgèrnésiais

(Jersey) of, from, or relating to Guernsey


Dgèrnésiais

(Jersey) Guernseyman, someone from Guernsey


finni

From Old French finer, finir, from Latin fīniō, fīnīre, from fīnis (“boundary, limit”).


breun

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


nonne

From Old French none, nonain, from Late Latin nonna.


bâti

From Old French bastir (“to build, make; to sew”), from Vulgar Latin *bastīre, borrowed from Frankish *bastijan (“to sew, weave”).


sorti

From Old French, from Latin sortīrī, present active infinitive of sortior, probably influenced by surrectus (through a Vulgar Latin form *surctus and its derivatives, possibly through a verb *surrectīre, surctīre).


caméra

Borrowed from English camera, from New Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), from Latin camera (“chamber, bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”).


siège

From Old French siege, sege, seige, from Vulgar Latin *sedicum, from Latin sedem.


donnait

third-person singular imperfect indicative of donner


collègue

From Latin collega (“a partner in office”), from com- (“with”) + lēgō, lēgāre (“despatch, send on an embassy”), from lex (“law”).


bür

From Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron).


pliante

From Old French plante, from Latin planta.


chu

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chu (masculine before vowel chut, feminine chute, masculine plural chus, feminine plural chutes)

chut (before-vowel masculine)
chute (feminine)
chus (masculine plural)
chutes (feminine plural)

Je le viyis chu jouo quaund je feus à la feire

I saw him that day as I went to the fair

Tout chu qui vient de flot se retournera d'ebe.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 515:

All that comes with the flood will return with the ebb.


librairie

From Latin libraria, from liber (“book”).


contrat

From Old French contract, borrowed from Latin contractum, past participle of contrahō, contrahere (“bring together, bring about, conclude a bargain”), from con- (“with, together”) + trahō, trahere (“draw, pull”).


Zoé

a female given name, equivalent to English Zoë


musicien

musicien m (plural musiciens, feminine musicienne)

musiciens (plural)
musicienne (feminine)


courrier

Compare French courrier, Medieval Latin currerius.


laitue

From Old French laitue, from Latin lactūca.


annuel

From Late Latin annuālem, annuālis, related to Latin annalis, adjective form of annus (“year”).


frais

Inherited from Old French freis, from Vulgar Latin *friscum.


hallebarde

Borrowed from French hallebarde, from Middle High German halmbarte (“broad-axe with handle”), from halm (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”).


patte

(Jersey, nautical) fluke (arm of anchor)


technologie

Borrowed from French technologie, from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología).


stratégie

From Old French strategie, from Ancient Greek στρατηγία (stratēgía, “office of general, command, generalship”), from στρατηγός (stratēgós, “the leader or commander of an army, a general”), from στρατός (stratós, “army”) + ἄγω (ágō, “I lead, I conduct”).


collège

From Old French college, from Latin collēgium.


bruta

From Medieval Latin brutālis (“savage, stupid”), from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid”).


Nico

a diminutive of the male given name Nic'lesse or Nicolas


cathédrale

Borrowed from Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin cathedrālis, from cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρᾱ (kathédrā, “seat”).


maigrir

maigre (“thin”) + -ir (compare French maigrir).


favori

From Old French favorit, favori, past participle of favorir (“to favor”).


pieux

From Old French piu(s), from Latin pius.


répétition

Borrowed from Latin repetītiō, repetītiōnem.


sauge

From Old French sauge, from Latin salvia.


papi

paper (material used for writing or printing on, made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets; official documents)


candidat

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candidat m (plural candidats, feminine candidate)

From Latin candidātus (“a person who is standing for public office”), from candidus (“candid, white”), in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum.


Eulalie

a female given name, equivalent to French Eulalie or English Eulalie


cosmologie

From Medieval Latin cosmologia, from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + -λογία (-logía, “treating of”), combination form of -λόγος (-lógos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”).


muchi

From Old French muchier, mucier, mucer (“to skulk, hide, conceal”), from Old Frankish *mukjan (“to hide, conceal oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *mukjaną, *mūkōną (“to hide, ambush”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mūg-, *(s)mewgʰ- (“swindler, thief”).


marchi

From Old French marchié, from Latin mercātus.


laidi

Lé temps s'laidit.

(Jersey, reflexive) to get ugly, turn ugly


teet

From Old French teste, from Latin testa (“pot, jug, brick”).


myi

From Old French miel, from Vulgar Latin *melem m or f, from Latin mel n.


amender

From Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō, ēmendāre (“free from faults, correct, improve, remedy, amend, revise, cure”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”).


paon

From Old French paon, from Latin pāvōnem.


fossile

From Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”), from fodio (“I dig up”).


veisin

Alternative form of vaîsîn (“neighbour”)


geniche

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French genice, from Vulgar Latin *ienicia, *jenicia, alteration of *iunicia, from Latin iūnix (“young cow, calf, heifer”).


tempête

From Old French tempeste, from Latin tempesta.


paître

From Old French paistre (“to graze”), from Latin pāscō, pāscere (“feed, nourish, maintain, support; pasture, drive to pasture, attend; feed, supply, cultivate, let grow; graze, browse”).


confirmer

From Latin cōnfirmō, cōnfirmāre (“make firm, establish, strengthen, fortify, mature, confirm”), from con- (“with, together”) + firmō, firmāre (“strengthen, fortify”).


alentours

From Old French a l'entor, reinterpreted as a noun, then as a plural noun.


soûler

From Vulgar Latin *satullāre, diminutive of Latin saturō, saturāre (“fill to repletion, sate, satisfy”).


llit

From Old French lit, from Latin lectus (“bed”).


amidon

From Medieval Latin amidum, from Latin amylum, from Ancient Greek ἄμυλον (ámulon). Compare Spanish almidón, Greek άμυλο (ámylo), Hebrew עמילן (amilan).


tambour

Borrowed from French tambour (“drum”), ultimately from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr).


puk

From Old Northern French poque, puque (compare Old French puche, modern French poche), from Old Norse poki. Compare also English pocket, poke (noun) from the same source through Anglo-Norman.


navet

From a diminutive of Old French nef (“turnip”), from Latin napus.


falaise

From Old French faleise, faloise, from Frankish *falisa, from Proto-Germanic *falisaz (“rock, cliff”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelis-, *pels- (“rock, cliff”).


mât

From Old French mast, from Frankish *mast, from Early Medieval Latin mastus, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz.

Cherne à la lune, jamais n'a fait amenaïr mât d'hune.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 534:

A circle round the has never caused top-mast to be struck.


teindre

From Old French taindre, teindre, from Latin tingō, tingere (“colour, dye, tinge”).


toux

From Old French tous, tos, from Latin tussis, tussem.


jugement

Old French jugement, equivalent to juger + -ment, or from Late Latin iūdicāmentum, jūdicāmentum, from Latin iūdicō (“pass judgement upon”).


tyran

From Old French tirant, from Latin tyrannus (“ruler, monarch; tyrant, despot”), from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “lord, master, sovereign, tyrant”).


traître

From Old French traïtre, nominative singular of traïtor, from an adaptation of Latin traditor.


journaliste

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journaliste m or f (plural journalistes)


emprunter

From Old French emprunter, from Vulgar Latin *imprūmūtāre.


solé

From Old French soleil, from Vulgar Latin *sōliculum.

Si le soleil liet à méjour, le jour de Noué, il y aura bien des faeux l'annaïe ensuivant.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 533:

If the sun shines at noon on Christmas Day, there will be many fires lighted in the ensuing year.


treis

From an Old Northern French [Term?] variant of Old French troy, treis, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Janvier a daeux bounaieux, Février en a treis.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, pages 529-30:

January wears two caps, February wears three.


novice

From Old French novice, borrowed from Late Latin novīcius, novīcia (“one who has newly entered a monastery or a convent”), from Latin novīcius, novītius (“new, newly arrived”), from novus (“new”).


ouï

From Old French oïr, from Latin audīre, present active infinitive of audiō (“I hear, listen”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-is-d-, from the root *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”).


gri

From Old French or Old Occitan, in either case from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁wos (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to glow, shine”).


foudre

From Old French foudre, from Latin fulgura, nominative plural of fulgur.


pâte

From Old French paste, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).


frêne

From Old French fresne, fraisne, from Latin fraxinus.

Il vaut mûx pour ùn houme d'aver un percheux dans son ménage qu'un frêne sur s'n héritage.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 538:

It is better for a man to have a lazy fellow in his service than an ash-tree on his estate.


historien

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historien m (plural historiens, feminine historienne)

historiens (plural)
historienne (feminine)

Borrowed from French historien (compare histouaithe (“history”)).


membre

From Old French membre, from Latin membrum (“limb, body part”), from Proto-Indo-European *memso-, *mems-ro (“flesh”).


Lucie

a female given name, equivalent to English Lucy


approuver

From Old French aprover (“to approve”), borrowed from Latin approbō, approbāre (“regard as good, approve, favour, commend, endorse”), from ad + probō, probāre (“esteem as good, approve, prove”).


Toussaint

De la Toussaint à Noué un arbre ne sait pas chu que nou li fait.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 536:

From All Saints' Day to Christmas a tree does not know what you do to it.


vilain

From Old French vilain, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from Latin vīlla.


pé

From Old French peil, from Latin pilus from Proto-Indo-European *pil- (“one string of hair”).


faithe

From Old French faire, from Latin facere.

faithe eune montangne dé beurre

to do something half-baked; to construct a house of cards


s'

s'rêjoui

third-person singular reflexive pronoun; oneself


frotter

Probably from Latin frictāre, present active infinitive of frictō, frequentative of fricō through its past participle frictus (“rubbed”).


liet

From Old French lit, from Latin lectus (“bed”).


galaxie

From Old French galaxie, borrowed from Latin galaxiās, from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías, “Milky Way”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”).


Picardie

administrative region
administrative region

(Jersey) Picardy (a former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France)


sauvage

From Old French sauvage, salvage, from Vulgar Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus, from silva (“forest”).


raide

From Old French reit, redde, early alteration of roide, from Latin rigidus.


Jourdain

Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)


truite

From Old French [Term?], from Late Latin tructa.


ruche

From Old French rusche, from Early Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”), from Gaulish *ruskā, from Proto-Celtic *rūsklos (“bark”). Compare Breton rusk, Irish rúsc, Welsh rhisgl and Catalan rusc.


biche

From Anglo-Norman biche (“bitch, female dog, doe, hind”), from Middle English bicche (“bitch”). Cognate with French bique (“female goat, horse, old woman”), Icelandic bikkja (“mare, nag”), English bitch.


anarchie

From Medieval Latin anarchia, from Ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarkhía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”), + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “power, authority”).


électrique

From Latin ēlectricus, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron).


mélodie

From Old French melodie, from Latin melodia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδία (melōidía, “singing, chanting”).


bouffon

Borrowed from French bouffon, from Italian.


diplôme

Borrowed from French diplôme, from Latin dīplōma, from Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (díplōma, “folded paper, license”), from διπλόω (diplóō, “I double, fold over”), from διπλόος (diplóos, “double”).


arrangi

From Old French arengier, arrangier (“to put in a line, put in a row”) from reng, rang, ranc (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”).


géographie

From Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía).


réel

From Old French reel, from Late Latin reālis (“actual”), from Latin rēs.


honnête

From Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, from honor.


suicider

(Jersey, reflexive, sé suicider) to commit suicide, take one's own life


barbare

From Latin barbarus (“foreigner, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”), originally onomatopoeic, imitating foreign (non-Greek) speech.


safran

From Old French safran, from Medieval Latin safranum, from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān).


aspi

(Jersey) spike lavender, French lavender


correspondance

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correspondance f (plural correspondances)


forgi

From Old French forgier, from Latin fabricō.


tribord

From Old French estribord, from Old Norse stíorborð, stjórnborði.


gengive

From Old French gingibre, from Late Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiberī, from Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis).


endormi

(Jersey, reflexive, s'endormi) to fall asleep


cône

From Old French corne, itself from Latin cornua.


machon

From Old French maçon, masson, machun (“bricklayer”), from Late Latin maciō, machiō (“carpenter, bricklayer”), from a derivative of Frankish *makōn (“to work, build, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with Frankish *mati (“cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *matją, *mattjuk (“ploghshare, mattock”), from Proto-Indo-European *mat- (“hoe, mattock”).


Timothée

a male given name, equivalent to English Timothy


-iser

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin -izare, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν (-ízein).


marchons

first-person plural present indicative of marchi

first-person plural imperative of marchi


marchait

third-person singular imperfect indicative of marchi


marchaient

third-person plural imperfect indicative of marchi


marchent

third-person plural present indicative of marchi

third-person plural present subjunctive of marchi


marchions

first-person plural imperfect indicative of marchi

first-person plural present subjunctive of marchi


marchiez

second-person plural imperfect indicative of marchi

second-person plural present subjunctive of marchi


marchez

second-person plural imperative of marchi


cachons

first-person plural present indicative of cachi


cachent

third-person plural present indicative of cachi

third-person plural present subjunctive of cachi


cachez

second-person plural imperative of cachi


cachions

first-person plural imperative indicative of cachi

first-person plural present subjunctive of cachi


cachiez

second-person plural imperfect indicative of cachi

second-person plural present subjunctive of cachi


marchais

first-person singular imperfect indicative of marchi

second-person singular imperfect indicative of marchi


absurde

Borrowed from Latin absurdus (“discordant, incongruous”).


vendaient

third-person plural imperfect indicative of vendre


vendiez

second-person plural imperfect indicative of vendre

second-person plural present subjunctive of vendre


vendez

second-person plural present indicative of vendre

second-person plural imperative of vendre


vendons

first-person plural present indicative of vendre

first-person plural imperative of vendre


vendions

first-person plural imperfect indicative of vendre

first-person plural present subjunctive of vendre


vendent

third-person plural present indicative of vendre

third-person plural present subjunctive of vendre


vendait

third-person singular imperfect indicative of vendre


vendis

first-person singular preterite of vendre

second-person singular preterite of vendre


vendais

first-person singular imperfect indicative of vendre

second-person singular imperfect indicative of vendre


vends

first-person singular present indicative of vendre

second-person singular present indicative of vendre


vendrai

first-person singular future indicative of vendre


vendîtes

second-person plural preterite of vendre


vendras

second-person singular future indicative of vendre


vendrons

first-person plural future indicative of vendre


vendrez

second-person plural future indicative of vendre


vendrait

third-person singular conditional indicative of vendre


vendront

third-person plural future indicative of vendre


vendraient

third-person plural conditional indicative of vendre


vendra

third-person singular future indicative of vendre


vendrais

first-person singular conditional indicative of vendre

second-person singular conditional indicative of vendre


coucou

From Old French cucu, from Latin cucūlus.

En Avril, le coucou crie, s'il est en vie.

In April, the cuckoo sings, if he is alive.


Théodore

a male given name, equivalent to English Theodore


Dorothée

a female given name, equivalent to English Dorothy


bôme

From a Germanic source (compare Dutch boom), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *baumaz (“tree”).


hardi

From Old French hardi, past tense of hardir, of Germanic origin.


archéologie

From Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία (arkhaiología, “antiquarian lore, ancient legends, history”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “primal, old, ancient”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, study”).


raie

From Old French roie, from Gaulish *rica (“furrow”).


pôle

(Jersey, geography, astronomy, sciences) pole


galant

From Old French galant (“brave; noble; chivalrous”).


alcoolique

(Jersey) alcoholic (related or pertaining to alcohol)


Nigérie

(Jersey) Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)


politicien

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politicien m (plural politiciens, feminine politicienne)

politiciens (plural)
politicienne (feminine)

politique + -ien, calque of English politician.


butor

From Old French butor (“bittern”), from Vulgar Latin *butitaurus, from Latin būtiō (“bittern”) + taurus (“bull”).


divorcer

(Jersey, reflexive, s'divorcer) to get divorced


changi

From Old French changier, from Late Latin cambiō, cambiāre (“I exchange, barter”), from Gaulish cambion, *kambyom (“change”), from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), from Proto-Indo-European *kamp- (“crooked”).


peintre

From Old French peintre, paintre, from the nominative case of Vulgar Latin *pinctor, from Classical Latin pictor (“painter”).


apôtre

From Old French apostle, apostre, borrowed from Late Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “one sent forth, apostle”).


prêtre

From Old French prestre, from Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”).

(Jersey, Christianity) (Catholic) priest


llet

From Old French lit, from Latin lectus (“bed”).

(Guernsey) Alternative form of lliet (“bed”)

(continental Normandy) Alternative form of llit (“bed”)


harmonie

From Old French harmonie, armonie, from Latin harmonia, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονία (harmonía, “joint, union, agreement, concord of sounds”).


traîner

From Old French traïner, from Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre, from *tragere, from Latin trahō, trahere (“pull”).


joui

From Old French joir, from Vulgar Latin *gaudīre, from Latin gaudeō, gaudēre.


l's

l's Alpes

l's hèrbes

l's heuthes d'ouvèrtuthe

l's ortés


gratter

From Old French grater (whence also French gratter, English grate (verb)), borrowed from Frankish *kratton, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną.


myrrhe

From Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha).


rosmarin

Salvia rosmarinus
Salvia rosmarinus#Translingual

Rosmarinus officinalis
Rosmarinus officinalis#Translingual

(Guernsey) rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis)


mangier

mangier (infinitive)
mangeant (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
mangié (masculine participle past singular)
mangie (feminine participle past singular)
mangiés (masculine participle past plural)
mangies (feminine participle past plural)
mangeüe (indicative present singular)
mangeües (indicative present second-person singular)
mangeüe (indicative present singular third-person)
mangeoms (first-person indicative plural present)
mangiez (indicative plural present)
mangeüent (indicative plural present third-person)
mangeis (imperfect indicative singular)
mangeis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
mangeit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
mangioms (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
mangiez (imperfect indicative plural)
mangeient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
mangis (indicative preterite singular)
mangis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
mangit (indicative preterite singular third-person)
mangîmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
mangîtes (indicative plural preterite)
mangîtrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
mangerai (future indicative singular)
mangeras (future indicative second-person singular)
mangera (future indicative singular third-person)
mangeroms (first-person future indicative plural)
mangerez (future indicative plural)
mangeront (future indicative plural third-person)
mangereis (conditional indicative singular)
mangereis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
mangereit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
mangerioms (conditional first-person indicative plural)
mangeriez (conditional indicative plural)
mangereient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
mangeüe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
mangeües (present second-person singular subjunctive)
mangeüe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
mangioms (first-person plural present subjunctive)
mangiez (plural present subjunctive)
mangeüent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
mangisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
mangisse (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
mangît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
mangisse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
mangissioms (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
mangissiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
mangissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
mangeüe (imperative singular)
mangeoms (first-person imperative plural)
mangiez (imperative plural)

Pays de Bray partially ; Guernesey, Jersey

Chût jour-là, je mangîmes de la chair oû souper.

Il mangeüe ben pus de goule que d’autre seit !

Mangier vîtement.


mangier

Du blanc-mangier.

(Kind of porridge, literally "white-food")


année bissextile

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année bissextile f (plural années bissextiles)


légende

legend (story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events)


brique

Borrowed from English brick, French brique.


affronter

From Old French afronter (“to face; to confront; to slap in the face”), either a derivation a- + front + -er, or an inheritance from an unattested Vulgar Latin *affrontāre (“to strike against”), from Latin ad + frontem.


carte postale

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carte postale f (plural cartes postales)


Ascension

From ascension, from Latin ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōnem.


faller

From Old French faloir, from an earlier *falleir, from Latin fallō, fallere, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰwel- (“to lie, deceive”).


pornographie

From Latin pornographia, from Ancient Greek πορνογράφος (pornográphos).


allouer

From Old French alouer, from Medieval Latin allaudō, allaudāre, merged with alouer, from Medieval Latin allocō, allocāre (“assign”).


joignis

first-person singular preterite of joindre


Désiré

a male given name, equivalent to French Désiré


donnes

second-person singular present indicative of donner

second-person singular present subjunctive of donner


donnons

first-person plural present indicative of donner

first-person plural imperative of donner


donnez

second-person plural present indicative of donner

second-person plural imperative of donner


donnaient

third-person plural imperfect indicative of donner


donnais

first-person singular imperfect indicative of donner

second-person singular imperfect indicative of donner


donniez

second-person plural imperfect indicative of donner

second-person plural present subjunctive of donner


donnions

first-person plural imperfect indicative of donner

first-person plural present subjunctive of donner


consonne

From Latin consona, from consonus (adj).


gardaient

third-person plural imperfect indicative of garder


gardez

second-person plural present indicative of garder

second-person plural imperative of garder


gardiez

second-person plural imperfect indicative of garder

second-person plural present subjunctive of garder


gardions

first-person plural imperfect indicative of garder

first-person plural present subjunctive of garder


gardes

second-person singular present indicative of garder

second-person singular present subjunctive of garder


louai

From Old French loi (“law; rule, regulation”), older lei, from Latin lēx, lēgem (“law”).


hâte

From Old French haste, from Frankish *hai(f)st, from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (“violence”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyp- (“to ridicule, mock, anger”).


fixe

Borrowed from Latin fixus, perfect passive participle of fīgō, fīgere (“fasten, fix”).


lapper

(Jersey, onomatopoeia, transitive) to lap (a liquid)


rabot

A diminutive of Middle Dutch robbe (“rabbit”), of the family of German Robbe (“seal”) and English rabbit. Displaced in Old French plaine from Latin plāna (“plane”).


tresse

From Old French tresce, of uncertain origin.


gâté

From Old French gastel, from Frankish *wastil. Cognate with French gâteau.


creuses

feminine plural of creux, hollow, off-peak (hours)


lesbienne

feminine singular of lesbien (“lesbian”)


pâle

From Old French paille, from Latin palea.


pâle

first-person singular present indicative of pâler

third-person singular present indicative of pâler

second-person singular imperative of pâler


fantôme

From Old French fantosme, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma).


barbiche

Borrowed from French barbiche, from barbe (“beard”).


genti

From Latin gentīlis, from gēns (“Roman clan”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.


Agathe

a female given name, equivalent to English Agatha


tonné

A flleur de Mars—ni pouque ni sac;
 A flleur d'Avril—pouque et baril;
 A flleur de Mai—barrique et touné.

Blossom in March requires neither bag nor sac;
 Blossom in April fills bag and barrel;
 Blossom in May fills hogshead and tun.


coute

From Old French coute, code (“elbow”), from Latin cubitum, from cubō, cubāre (“lie down, recline”).


couté

From Old French coutel, from Latin cultellus, diminutive of culter (“knife, blade of a plough”).

Trop d'couques gâtent la soupe sans doute, et ché s'sait mus d'penser coumme tchi agrandi la pâte ou affêtchi la soupe au run d'hèrtchîngni tréjous pouor la manniéthe d'la cop'thie, ou la manniéthe dé couté ou d'dréch'rêsse.

2013 March 5, Geraint Jennings, “Mar martello”, in The Town Crier, archived from the original on 2016-03-13, page 20:

Too many cooks no doubt spoil the broth, and it'd be better to think about how to make the pie bigger or thicken the soup instead of always arguing over how to carry out the cutting or what type of knife or ladle to use.


trie

From Late Latin troia (compare French truie), of uncertain origin.


trahi

From Old French traïr, a Gallicization / adaptation of Latin trādō, trādere.


envahi

From Old French envaïr, from Vulgar Latin *invādīre, from Latin invādō, invādere.


Berthe

a female given name, equivalent to English Bertha


Clovis

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Clodovicus.


dormis

first-person singular preterite of dormi


sentis

first-person singular preterite of senti


babord

(nautical) port (left-hand side of a vessel)


combattant

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combattant m (plural combattants, feminine combattante)

combattants (plural)
combattante (feminine)


lampion

Borrowed from English lampion, from French.


chronique

From Latin chronicus, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).


consulat

From Latin cōnsulātus (“consulate, consulship; the office of consul”), from cōnsul.


point virgule

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point virgule m (plural points virgules)


astérisque

From Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”), diminutive of ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”).


collégien

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collégien m (plural collégiens, feminine collégienne)

collégiens (plural)
collégienne (feminine)


accroupi

(Jersey, reflexive, s'accroupi) to squat


magicien

magicien m (plural magiciens, feminine magicienne)

magiciens (plural)
magicienne (feminine)


diabète

From Ancient Greek διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”), a form of διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”); this refers to the excessive amounts of urine produced by sufferers.


croupe

From Old French crope, of Germanic origin.


niais

Il est niais coume Dadais qui se couachait dans l'iaue d'paeur d'être mouailli.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 517:

He is as foolish as Dadais who lay down in the water to avoid getting wet in a shower.


dysenterie

From Old French dissenterie, from Latin dysenteria, from Ancient Greek δυσεντερία (dusentería).


Ophélie

a female given name, equivalent to English Ophelia


frémi

From Vulgar Latin *fremīre, from Latin fremō, fremere.


ouïs

(Jersey) first-person singular preterite of ouï


bourgeon

From Old French bourjon, burjon, from Vulgar Latin *burrio, *burrionem, from Late Latin burra.


saluer

From Old French saluer (“to greet”), from Latin salūtō, salūtāre (“greet, salute”, verb), from salūs (“health, prosperity, wellness”).


gourmande

feminine singular of gourmand (“greedy”)


coper

Inherited from Old French coper, colper, from cop, colp, from Vulgar Latin *colpus (“stroke”), from Latin colaphus.


tortue

Cf. French tortue. Probably from Old Occitan tortuga, tartuga, from Late Latin tartarucha, feminine form of tartaruchus, a mythological spirit of Greek origin, from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos, “inhabitant of Tartarus”), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Cf. also Medieval Latin tortuca.


esturgeon

Acipenser sturio
Acipenser sturio#Translingual

(Jersey) Eurasian sea sturgeon (Acipenser sturio)


dromadaire

From Old French dromadaire, from Late Latin dromedarius (“kind of camel”), from Classical Latin dromas, from Ancient Greek δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos, “running camel”), from δρόμος (drómos, “race course”).

der

δρομὰς κάμηλος


député

From Late Latin dēputātus (“appointed”).


coincer

(Jersey, reflexive, s'coincer) to get tipsy


propagande

From New Latin propāganda, short for Congregātiō dē Propagandā Fide, "congregation for propagating the faith".


pétale

From Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon), from πέταλος (pétalos, “broad, flat”).


sauveur

Borrowed from French sauveur, from Late Latin salvātor.


-eux

From Old French -eus, -us, from Latin -ōsus.


-eux

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-eux m (plural -eurs, feminine equivalent -euse)

-eurs (plural)
equivalent -euse (feminine)

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French -eor, -or, from Latin -ator, -tor. In some senses, from Latin -or.

(Jersey) Used to form agent nouns from verbs.


doryphore

Borrowed from French doryphore, from New Latin Doryphora, its former genus.

Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Leptinotarsa decemlineata#Translingual

(biology) Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata).


tuyau

From Old French tuyau, tueil, tudel (“tube, pipe”), from Frankish *thūta (“pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *þeutǭ (“pipe, channel, flow”), from *þeutaną (“to howl, roar, resound”), from Proto-Indo-European *tu-, *tutu- (“bird-cry, shriek”).


torchi

From Latin torqueō, torquēre (“twist, turn”).


mêler

From Old French mesler, from Early Medieval Latin misculāre, derived from Latin miscēre.


tilleul

From Old French tilluel, from Vulgar Latin *tiliōlus, from Latin tilia. Cf. also Old French til.


généalogie

From Old French genealogie, from Late Latin genealogia, from Ancient Greek γενεαλογία (genealogía), from γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”).


Moïse

(Jersey) a male given name, equivalent to English Moses


contester

From Latin contestor, contestārī (“call to witness”).


architecte

From Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “master builder”), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief”) + τέκτων (téktōn, “builder”).


Ambre

a female given name, equivalent to English Amber


geindre

From Old French giembre, from Latin gemō, gemere.


corrompre

From Old French corrompre, borrowed from Latin corrumpō, corrumpere (“pervert, corrupt, deprave, infect; spoil, rot; taint, contaminate; tempt, seduce”).


spécialiste

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spécialiste m or f (plural spécialistes)


donzelle

From Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, from Classical Latin domina (“mistress”), from domus (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root *dem- (“to build”).


Yougoslavie

Borrowed from French Yougoslavie, from Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija.


bisexuel

bisexuel m (plural bisexuels, feminine bisexuelle)

bisexuels (plural)
bisexuelle (feminine)


hypothèque

From Latin hypothēca (“pledge given as surety for a loan”), from Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē).


gril

From Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“gridiron”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”), from Proto-Indo-European *kor(ə)t-, *krāt- (“to weave, twist, wattle; wicker”).


lapider

From Latin lapidō, lapidāre (“stone”, verb).

(Jersey) to stone, lapidate (pelt with stones)


valeu

From Old French valur, valeur, from Late Latin valor, valorem, from Latin valeō.


garanti

From Old French guarantie, from the verb guarantir (“to protect, assure, vouch for”), from Vulgar Latin *warantīre, from *warantus, a form of *warīre, from Frankish *warjan.


forfait

From Old French forfait (“crime, offense”).


frit

From Old French fruit, from Latin fructus.


fache

From Old French fache, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“face, shape”).


sadomasochiste

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sadomasochiste m or f (plural sadomasochistes)


épilepsie

From Old French epilepsie, from Latin epilēpsia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιληψία (epilēpsía).


meule

From Old French mole, muele, from Latin mola.


mitaine

From Old French mitaine, of Germanic origin.


p'tit

A p'tit pourche grosse pânais.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 512:


dictateur

Borrowed from French dictateur, from Latin dictātor (“a chief magistrate”), from dictō (“dictate, prescribe”), from dīcō (“say, speak”).


Bram

(Jersey) a diminutive of the male given name Âbréhan or Âbra-am


symbole

From Latin symbolus, symbolum (“a sign, mark, token, symbol, in Late Latin also a creed”), from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”).


abondant

From Old French abondant, from Latin abundāns, present participle of abundō (“abound or overflow in”).


ôter

From Old French oster, from Latin obstō, obstāre, from ob (“before, in front”) + stō, stāre (“stand”).


gérant

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gérant m (plural gérants, feminine gérante)


panser

From Old French panser, an alternative form of penser (“to think”).

(Jersey, medicine, of a wound) to bandage, dress


nouer

From Old French noer, from Latin nōdāre, present active infinitive of nōdō.


pélican

Borrowed from French pélican, from Latin pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán).


poupe

From Vulgar Latin *puppa, alteration of Latin puppis, possibly through Ligurian (Genoese) popa, cf. French poupe.


mécanicien

mécanicien m (plural mécaniciens, feminine mécanicienne)

mécaniciens (plural)
mécanicienne (feminine)


braire

braire (infinitive)
brayant (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
brait (masculine participle past singular)
braite (feminine participle past singular)
braits (masculine participle past plural)
braites (feminine participle past plural)
brais (indicative present singular)
brais (indicative present second-person singular)
brait (indicative present singular third-person)
brayoms (first-person indicative plural present)
brayez (indicative plural present)
braient (indicative plural present third-person)
brayeis (imperfect indicative singular)
brayeis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
brayeit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
brayioms (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
brayiez (imperfect indicative plural)
brayeient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
brayis (indicative preterite singular)
brayis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
brayit (indicative preterite singular third-person)
brayîmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
brayîtes (indicative plural preterite)
brayîtrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
brairai (future indicative singular)
brairas (future indicative second-person singular)
braira (future indicative singular third-person)
brairoms (first-person future indicative plural)
brairez (future indicative plural)
brairont (future indicative plural third-person)
braireis (conditional indicative singular)
braireis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
braireit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
brairioms (conditional first-person indicative plural)
brairiez (conditional indicative plural)
braireient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
braie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
braies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
braie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
brayioms (first-person plural present subjunctive)
brayiez (plural present subjunctive)
braient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
brayisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
brayisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
brayît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
brayisse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
brayissioms (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
brayissiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
brayissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
brais (imperative singular)
brayoms (first-person imperative plural)
brayez (imperative plural)


cyprès

From Latin cupressus, cypressus, cyparissus, from Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος (kupárissos).


peis

From Old French peis, pois, from Latin pīsum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).

Si nou lli dounne ùn peis i' prend une faïve.

If you give him a pea, he'll take a bean.


abcès

From Latin abscessus (“a going away; gathering of humors, abscess”), perfect passive participle of abscēdō, abscēdere (“go away, depart”), from abs (“away from”) + cēdō, cēdere (“go”).


banqueroute

Borrowed from French banqueroute, from Italian bancarotta.


rithe

From Old French rire, from Late Latin rīdere, from Latin rīdēre.


bâtard

From Old French bastard (“child of a nobleman by a woman other than his wife”), from Medieval Latin bastardus (“illegitimate child”), from Proto-Germanic *banstuz, *bunstuz (“a bond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”).

Bâtard dans sen lignage
Vaut mûx qu'un frène sur s'n héritage.

A bastard in a man's lineage is better than an ash-tree on his estate.


centraliste

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centraliste m or f (plural centralistes)


âpre

From Old French aspre, from Latin asper, possibly a borrowing.


godet

From Middle French godet, from Dutch kodde (“piece of cylindrical wood”).


trique

From an Old Northern French [Term?] derivative of Old French trichier.


pichet

From Old French pichier, bichier, from Late Latin pīcārium, bīcārium, itself possibly from bacarium, or from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos).


rubis

From Old French rubi, rubin, borrowed from Medieval Latin rubinus, from Latin rubeus (“red, reddish”), from rubeō, rubēre (“be red, ruddy”).


vessie

From Old French vessie, from Latin vessīca, variant of vēsīca.


biotechnologie

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biotechnologie f (plural biotechnologies)


hanneton

Borrowed from French hanneton, from Frankish *hano (“rooster”).


réception

Borrowed from Latin receptiō, receptiōnem (“the act of receiving; reception”), from recipiō (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“I hold”).


diacre

From Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διάκονος (diákonos, “servant, minister”).


Jerri

From Old Norse, compound of Geirs (“Geirr's”) and ey (“island”).


tanche

From Old French tenche, from Late Latin tinca.


pitchi

From Old French pité, from Latin pietas, pietatem.


icône

From Latin īcon, from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “likeness, image, portrait”).


friser

From Old French friser, frizer (“to frizzle, crisp, curl, ruffle, braid, touch lightly, graze, scratch”), possibly from Frankish *fris (“curl”), from Proto-Germanic *frisaz (“frizzy, curly”).


secte

From Old French secte, from Late Latin secta (“a sect in philosophy or religion, a school, party, faction, class, gild, band, particularly a heretical doctrince or sect, etc.”), possibly from Latin sequor, sequī (“follow”).


pourpre

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


greffe

From Old French grefe, grafe, from Latin graphium.


Irlande du Nord

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Rouoyaume Unni d'la Grande Brétangne et d'l'Irlande du Nord


poulain

From Old French, from a Late Latin or Vulgar Latin pullamen, from Latin pullus (“animal young”).


alcoolisme

From alcool (“alcohol”) + -isme (“-ism”).


ethnique

From Latin ethnicus (“pagan, heathen”), from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós, “of or for a nation, heathen”), from ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company", later "a people or nation, heathens”).


socialisme

social + -isme, French socialisme, English socialism.


microprocesseur

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microprocesseur m (plural microprocesseurs)


pédagogique

From Latin paedagogicus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγικός (paidagōgikós).

uder

παιδαγωγικός

(Jersey, education) pedagogic, pedagogical


biau

From Old French biau, from Latin bellus.

Si le soleil est rouage au sèr, / Ch'est pour biau temps aver, / S'il est rouage au matin, / Ch'est la mare au chemin.

If the sun sets red, it is a sign of fine weather, but when he rises red, you may expect pools of water on the road.


aveir

aveir (infinitive)
ayant (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
yeu (masculine participle past singular)
yeue (feminine participle past singular)
yeus (masculine participle past plural)
yeues (feminine participle past plural)
ai (indicative present singular)
as (indicative present second-person singular)
a (indicative present singular third-person)
avoms (first-person indicative plural present)
avez (indicative plural present)
ont (indicative plural present third-person)
aveis (imperfect indicative singular)
aveis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
aveit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
avioms (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
aviez (imperfect indicative plural)
aveient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
eus (indicative preterite singular)
eus (indicative preterite second-person singular)
eut (indicative preterite singular third-person)
eûmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
eûtes (indicative plural preterite)
eûtrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
airai (future indicative singular)
airas (future indicative second-person singular)
aira (future indicative singular third-person)
airoms (first-person future indicative plural)
airez (future indicative plural)
airont (future indicative plural third-person)
aireis (conditional indicative singular)
aireis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
aireit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
airioms (conditional first-person indicative plural)
airiez (conditional indicative plural)
aireient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
aie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
aies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
aie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
ayoms (first-person plural present subjunctive)
ayez (plural present subjunctive)
aient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
eusse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
eusses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
eût (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
eusse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
eussioms (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
eussiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
eussent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
aie (imperative singular)
ayoms (first-person imperative plural)
ayez (imperative plural)
aveir (infinitive)
ayaunt (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
aëu (masculine participle past singular)
aëue (feminine participle past singular)
aëus (masculine participle past plural)
aëues (feminine participle past plural)
ai (indicative present singular)
as (indicative present second-person singular)
a (indicative present singular)
avaöns (indicative plural present)
avaïz (indicative plural present)
aönt (indicative plural present)
aveis (imperfect indicative singular)
aveis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
aveit (imperfect indicative singular)
avaëmes (imperfect indicative plural)
aveites (imperfect indicative plural)
aveient (imperfect indicative plural)
aëus (indicative preterite singular)
aëus (indicative preterite second-person singular)
aëut (indicative preterite singular)
eûnmes (indicative plural preterite)
aëutes (indicative plural preterite)
aëurent (indicative plural preterite)
erai (future indicative singular)
eras (future indicative second-person singular)
era (future indicative singular)
eraöns (future indicative plural)
eraïz (future indicative plural)
eraönt (future indicative plural)
ereis (conditional indicative singular)
ereis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
ereit (conditional indicative singular)
eraëmes (conditional indicative plural)
ereites (conditional indicative plural)
ereient (conditional indicative plural)
aie (present singular subjunctive)
aies (present singular subjunctive)
ait (present singular subjunctive)
ayaöns (plural present subjunctive)
ayaïz (plural present subjunctive)
aient (plural present subjunctive)
aëusse (imperfect singular subjunctive)
aëusses (imperfect singular subjunctive)
aëût (imperfect singular subjunctive)
aëussiaöns (imperfect plural subjunctive)
aëussiaïz (imperfect plural subjunctive)
aëûtent (imperfect plural subjunctive)
aie (imperative singular)
ayaöns (imperative plural)
ayaïz (imperative plural)
n'aie pas (imperative negative singular)
n'ayaöns pas (imperative negative plural)
n'ayaïz pas (imperative negative plural)


cèdre

From Old French cedre, from Latin cedrus, from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).


joster

joster (infinitive)
jostant (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
josté (masculine participle past singular)
jostée (feminine participle past singular)
jostés (masculine participle past plural)
jostées (feminine participle past plural)
joste (indicative present singular)
jostes (indicative present second-person singular)
joste (indicative present singular third-person)
jostoms (first-person indicative plural present)
jostez (indicative plural present)
jostent (indicative plural present third-person)
josteis (imperfect indicative singular)
josteis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
josteit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
jostioms (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
jostiez (imperfect indicative plural)
josteient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
jostis (indicative preterite singular)
jostis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
jostit (indicative preterite singular third-person)
jostîmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
jostîtes (indicative plural preterite)
jostîtrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
josterai (future indicative singular)
josteras (future indicative second-person singular)
jostera (future indicative singular third-person)
josteroms (first-person future indicative plural)
josterez (future indicative plural)
josteront (future indicative plural third-person)
jostereis (conditional indicative singular)
jostereis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
jostereit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
josterioms (conditional first-person indicative plural)
josteriez (conditional indicative plural)
jostereient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
joste (first-person present singular subjunctive)
jostes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
joste (present singular subjunctive third-person)
jostioms (first-person plural present subjunctive)
jostiez (plural present subjunctive)
jostent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
jostisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
jostisse (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
jostît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
jostisse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
jostissioms (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
jostissiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
jostissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
joste (imperative singular)
jostoms (first-person imperative plural)
jostez (imperative plural)


Bermude

(Jersey) Bermuda (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean)


veir

veir (infinitive)
veyant (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
veu (masculine participle past singular)
veue (feminine participle past singular)
veus (masculine participle past plural)
veues (feminine participle past plural)
veis (indicative present singular)
veis (indicative present second-person singular)
veit (indicative present singular third-person)
veyoms (first-person indicative plural present)
veyez (indicative plural present)
veient (indicative plural present third-person)
veyeis (imperfect indicative singular)
veyeis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
veyeit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
veyioms (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
veyiez (imperfect indicative plural)
veyeient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
veus (indicative preterite singular)
veus (indicative preterite second-person singular)
veut (indicative preterite singular third-person)
veûmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
veûtes (indicative plural preterite)
veûtrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
verrai (future indicative singular)
verras (future indicative second-person singular)
verra (future indicative singular third-person)
verroms (first-person future indicative plural)
verrez (future indicative plural)
verront (future indicative plural third-person)
verreis (conditional indicative singular)
verreis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
verreit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
verrioms (conditional first-person indicative plural)
verriez (conditional indicative plural)
verreient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
veie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
veies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
veie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
veyioms (first-person plural present subjunctive)
veyiez (plural present subjunctive)
veient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
veusse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
veusses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
veût (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
veusse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
veussioms (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
veussiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
veussent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
veis (imperative singular)
veyoms (first-person imperative plural)
veyez (imperative plural)

From Old French vëoir, from Latin videō, vidēre, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; see”).

der

Il est niais coume Dadais qui tâte l'iaue pour vée s'a bouit.

He is as stupid as Dadais who puts his hand into the water to see if it is boiling.


apostolique

From Latin apostolicus (“apostolic”), from Ancient Greek ἀποστολικός (apostolikós, “apostolic”).


allègre

From Old French halaigre, from Latin alacer (“lively; happy, joyful”).


abouler

(Jersey) To bring a wheelbarrow towards someone.


envieux

From Old French envious, envieus, from Latin invidiōsus.


hémorragie

From Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία (haimorrhagía, “a violent bleeding”), from αἱμορραγής (haimorrhagḗs, “bleeding violently”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ραγία (-ragía), from ῥηγνύναι (rhēgnúnai, “to break, burst”).


geai

From Old French jai (“jaybird, magpie”), from Late Latin gaius (“jaybird”).


cruche

From Old French cruche, from Frankish *krūkā.


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adjectif possessif m (plural adjectifs possessifs)

possessive adjective
possessive adjective


-ée

maîson (“house”) → maîsonnée (“houseful”)

dgichon (“bowl”) → dgichonnée (“bowlful”)

(Jersey) Forming feminine nouns having the sense of ‘something contained by’ (the root word).


technicien

technicien m (plural techniciens, feminine technicienne)

techniciens (plural)
technicienne (feminine)


mulot

From Old French mul + -ot, from Old Dutch.

(Jersey) Jersey bank vole (Myodes glareolus)


reine-des-prés

Filipendula ulmaria
Filipendula ulmaria#Translingual

(Jersey) meadowsweet, Filipendula ulmaria


présider

From Old French presider, from Latin praesidēre, present active infinitive of praesideō (“I preside”), from pre- (“before”) + sedeō (“I sit”).


gaillard

From Transalpine Gaulish *gal- (“strength”) + -ard.


galactique

From Latin galacticus (“milky”), from Ancient Greek γαλακτικός (galaktikós).


mêle

mêle m (plural mêles, feminine mêlerêsse)


ordonner

From Old French ordiner, borrowed from Latin ōrdinō, ōrdināre (“arrange, put in order; rule, govern; ordain, appoint to office”), from ōrdō (“methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series”) and influenced by donner.


asphyxier

(Jersey, reflexive, s'asphyxier) to asphyxiate oneself


heurter

From Old French hurter (“to ram into, strike, collide with”), from Frankish *hūrt (“a battering ram”), from Proto-Germanic *hrūtaną (“to fall, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *krow- (“to fall, beat, break”).


pouls

From Old French, from Latin pulsus (“beat”), from pellō, pellere (“drive”).


prédiction

Borrowed from Latin praedictio, praedictionem.


goute

From Old French goute, gute, gote, from Latin gutta.


béni

From Old French beneïr, from Late Latin benedicō, benedīcere (“bless, praise”), from Latin benedicō, benedīcere (“speak well of someone, commend”).


Nic

a diminutive of the male given name Nic'lesse or Nicolas


affectueusement

From affectueux (“affectionate”) + -ment.


bénédiction

Borrowed from Latin benedictiō, benedictiōnem.


milice

From Latin mīlitia (“military, military service”), from mīles (“soldier”).


garde-robe

Artemisia abrotanum
Artemisia abrotanum#Translingual

(Jersey) southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum)


assailli

assailli (infinitive)
assaillaunt (gerund)
avaer (auxiliary)
assailli (masculine participle past singular)
assaillie (feminine participle past singular)
assaillis (masculine participle past plural)
assaillies (feminine participle past plural)
assâle (indicative present singular)
assâles (indicative present second-person singular)
assâle (indicative present singular third-person)
assailloums (first-person indicative plural present)
assailliz (indicative plural present)
assâlent (indicative plural present third-person)
assailleis (imperfect indicative singular)
assailleis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
assailleit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
assaillioums (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
assailliaez (imperfect indicative plural)
assailleient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
assaillis (indicative preterite singular)
assaillis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
assaillît (indicative preterite singular third-person)
assaillîmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
assaillîtes (indicative plural preterite)
assaillîtent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
assaillerai (future indicative singular)
assailleras (future indicative second-person singular)
assaillera (future indicative singular third-person)
assailleroums (first-person future indicative plural)
assailleraez (future indicative plural)
assaillerount (future indicative plural third-person)
assaillereis (conditional indicative singular)
assaillereis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
assaillereit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
assaillerioums (conditional first-person indicative plural)
assailleriaez (conditional indicative plural)
assaillereient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
assâle (first-person present singular subjunctive)
assâles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
assâle (present singular subjunctive third-person)
assaillioums (first-person plural present subjunctive)
assailliaez (plural present subjunctive)
assâlent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
assaillisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
assaillisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
assaillisse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
assaillissioums (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
assaillissiaez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
assaillîtent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
assâle (imperative singular)
assailloums (first-person imperative plural)
assailliz (imperative plural)

From Old French assaillir, assalir, from Late Latin assalīre.


itou

Probably an alteration of Old French atout (“with”), influenced by itel (“such”).


tic douloureux

(Jersey, pathology, neurology) neuralgia


sonder

From Old French sonder, from sonde (“sounding line”), from Old English [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“a swim, body of water, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bh)- (“to be unsteady, swim”).


grandement

Regularisation of Old French granment; by surface analysis, grand + -ment.


gardis

first-person singular preterite of garder

second-person singular preterite of garder


couchier

From Old French couchier, from Latin collocāre (“set in place”).


rouai

From Old French roi, from Latin rēx, rēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

inh

Lé rouai est mort, lé rouai vit!

Ch'tait du temps Rouai Jehan.


mesme

From Old French meïsme, mesme, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from Latin -met (intensifier) + ipse (“him/her/itself”) + -issimus (superlative ending).


bouter

From Old French bouter, of Germanic origin.


dreit

From Old French dreit, from Late Latin drictus, from Latin directus.


papillote

From Latin pāpiliō (compare French papillon, with the same meaning).


barbu

From Old French barbu, from Vulgar Latin *barbūtus (“bearded”). By surface analysis, barbe (“beard”) + -u. Compare French barbu.


Brunhilde

(continental Normandy) a female given name from the Germanic languages


gardin

From Old Northern French gardin, Medieval Latin gardinus (“garden”) or oblique form of *gard, from Old Norse garðr (“yard, garden”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô, from *gardaz (“yard”). Compare French jardin, from Old French jardin.

Au haut des notre gardin y a en petit maisaon.

2006, Nellie Duquemin, “Au haut du gardin”, in P'tites Lures Normanes, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 38:

At the top of our garden there is a privy.


soûl

From Latin satullus, diminutive of satur (“saturated”).


biauté

From Old French biauté, from Vulgar Latin *bellitātem.


marjolaine

From Old French majorane, from Medieval Latin maiorana.


mercie

From Old French merci (“mercy; clemency”), from Latin mercēs, mercēdem (“wages, fee, price”).


fieu

From Old French fil, itself from Latin filius.


richement

From Old French richement, riche + -ment.


moustrer

From Old French monstrer, moustrer, from Latin mōnstrō, mōnstrāre (“show”), from moneō, monēre (“warn, advise; remind”).


changier

From Old French changier. Cognate with Old French changer.


tolir

tolir (infinitive)
tolaunt (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
tolu (masculine participle past singular)
tolue (feminine participle past singular)
tolus (masculine participle past plural)
tolues (feminine participle past plural)
tours (indicative present singular)
tours (indicative present second-person singular)
tout (indicative present singular third-person)
toloums (first-person indicative plural present)
tolez (indicative plural present)
tolent (indicative plural present third-person)
toleis (imperfect indicative singular)
toleis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
toleit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
tolioums (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
toliez (imperfect indicative plural)
toleient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
tolis (indicative preterite singular)
tolis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
tolit (indicative preterite singular third-person)
tolîmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
tolîtes (indicative plural preterite)
tolîtent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
tourrai (future indicative singular)
tourras (future indicative second-person singular)
tourra (future indicative singular third-person)
tourroums (first-person future indicative plural)
tourrez (future indicative plural)
tourrount (future indicative plural third-person)
tourreis (conditional indicative singular)
tourreis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
tourreit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
tourrioums (conditional first-person indicative plural)
tourriez (conditional indicative plural)
tourreient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
tole (first-person present singular subjunctive)
toles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
tole (present singular subjunctive third-person)
tolioums (first-person plural present subjunctive)
toliez (plural present subjunctive)
tolent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
tolisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
tolisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
tolît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
tolisse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
tolissioums (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
tolissiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
tolissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tous (imperative singular)
toloums (first-person imperative plural)
tolez (imperative plural)

From Old French tolir, itself from Latin tollere.


graduel

From Medieval Latin graduālis, from Latin gradus (“step”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”).


creire

creire (infinitive)
creyant (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
creu (masculine participle past singular)
creue (feminine participle past singular)
creus (masculine participle past plural)
creues (feminine participle past plural)
creis (indicative present singular)
creis (indicative present second-person singular)
creit (indicative present singular third-person)
creyoms (first-person indicative plural present)
creyez (indicative plural present)
creient (indicative plural present third-person)
creyeis (imperfect indicative singular)
creyeis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
creyeit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
creyioms (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
creyiez (imperfect indicative plural)
creyeient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
creus (indicative preterite singular)
creus (indicative preterite second-person singular)
creut (indicative preterite singular third-person)
creûmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
creûtes (indicative plural preterite)
creûtrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
creirai (future indicative singular)
creiras (future indicative second-person singular)
creira (future indicative singular third-person)
creiroms (first-person future indicative plural)
creirez (future indicative plural)
creiront (future indicative plural third-person)
creireis (conditional indicative singular)
creireis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
creireit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
creirioms (conditional first-person indicative plural)
creiriez (conditional indicative plural)
creireient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
creie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
creies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
creie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
creyioms (first-person plural present subjunctive)
creyiez (plural present subjunctive)
creient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
creusse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
creusses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
creût (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
creusse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
creussioms (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
creussiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
creussent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
creis (imperative singular)
creyoms (first-person imperative plural)
creyez (imperative plural)

From Old French creire, croire, from Latin crēdere, present active infinitive of crēdō (“I believe”).


apoplexie

Borrowed from Late Latin apoplexia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία (apoplēxía).


orains

Inherited from Old French orainz, from Latin hora + antes.


bailli

bailli (infinitive)
baillaunt (gerund)
avaer (auxiliary)
bailli (masculine participle past singular)
baillie (feminine participle past singular)
baillis (masculine participle past plural)
baillies (feminine participle past plural)
bâle (indicative present singular)
bâles (indicative present second-person singular)
bâle (indicative present singular third-person)
bailloums (first-person indicative plural present)
bailliz (indicative plural present)
bâlent (indicative plural present third-person)
bailleis (imperfect indicative singular)
bailleis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
bailleit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
baillioums (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
bailliaez (imperfect indicative plural)
bailleient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
baillis (indicative preterite singular)
baillis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
baillît (indicative preterite singular third-person)
baillîmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
baillîtes (indicative plural preterite)
baillîtent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
baillerai (future indicative singular)
bailleras (future indicative second-person singular)
baillera (future indicative singular third-person)
bailleroums (first-person future indicative plural)
bailleraez (future indicative plural)
baillerount (future indicative plural third-person)
baillereis (conditional indicative singular)
baillereis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
baillereit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
baillerioums (conditional first-person indicative plural)
bailleriaez (conditional indicative plural)
baillereient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
bâle (first-person present singular subjunctive)
bâles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
bâle (present singular subjunctive third-person)
baillioums (first-person plural present subjunctive)
bailliaez (plural present subjunctive)
bâlent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
baillisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
baillisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
baillisse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
baillissioums (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
baillissiaez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
baillîtent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
bâle (imperative singular)
bailloums (first-person imperative plural)
bailliz (imperative plural)

From Old French baillier, from Latin bāiulāre, present active infinitive of bāiulō (“I carry a burden”), from bāiulus (“one who bears burdens, porter, carrier”).


bailli

From Old French bailif, from Late Latin *bāiulivus (possibly as an early borrowing), from Classical Latin bāiulus (“one who bears burdens, porter, carrier”).


marchis

first-person singular preterite of marchi

second-person singular preterite of marchi


plenté

From Old French plenté, itself from Latin plenitas.


douner

douner (infinitive)
dounant (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
douné (masculine participle past singular)
dounée (feminine participle past singular)
dounés (masculine participle past plural)
dounées (feminine participle past plural)
doune (indicative present singular)
dounes (indicative present second-person singular)
doune (indicative present singular third-person)
dounoms (first-person indicative plural present)
dounez (indicative plural present)
dounent (indicative plural present third-person)
douneis (imperfect indicative singular)
douneis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
douneit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
dounioms (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
douniez (imperfect indicative plural)
douneient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
dounis (indicative preterite singular)
dounis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
dounit (indicative preterite singular third-person)
dounîmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
dounîtes (indicative plural preterite)
dounîtrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
dounerai (future indicative singular)
douneras (future indicative second-person singular)
dounera (future indicative singular third-person)
douneroms (first-person future indicative plural)
dounerez (future indicative plural)
douneront (future indicative plural third-person)
dounereis (conditional indicative singular)
dounereis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
dounereit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
dounerioms (conditional first-person indicative plural)
douneriez (conditional indicative plural)
dounereient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
doune (first-person present singular subjunctive)
dounes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
doune (present singular subjunctive third-person)
dounioms (first-person plural present subjunctive)
douniez (plural present subjunctive)
dounent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
dounisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
dounisse (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
dounît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
dounisse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
dounissioms (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
dounissiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
dounissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
doune (imperative singular)
dounoms (first-person imperative plural)
dounez (imperative plural)


pèrdre

From Old French perdre, from Latin perdō, perdere.


weze

From Old French oisel, from Late Latin aucellus m (“little bird”), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis.


vanné

From Old French vanniel (compare French vanneau).


leune

Cherne à la lune, le vent, la pllie, ou la brune.

When there's a circle round the moon, wind, rain, or fog, will follow soon.


révolté

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révolté m (plural révoltés, feminine révoltée)


rituel

Borrowed from French rituel, from Latin rītuālis, from rītuum (“rite”) + -ālis.


acti

From Old French actif, from Latin āctīvus, from agō, agere (“do, act”).


transsexuel

transsexuel m (plural transsexuels, feminine transsexuelle)

transsexuels (plural)
transsexuelle (feminine)


maîson

From Old French maisun, from Latin mansiō (“abode, home, dwelling”).


Jèrri

From Old Norse, compound of Geirs (“Geirr's”) and ey (“island”).


Dgèrnésy

Borrowed from Old Norse [Term?], a compound of Granis (“Grani's”) and ey (“island”).

Dgèrnésiais

of, from, or relating to Guernsey; Guernseyman; Guernésiais


ouâchinner

(Jersey) to rub in soapy water, give a good scrub


lichon

From Old Northern French [Term?] (compare French leçon), from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem.


liéthe

From Old French lire (compare French lire), from Latin legō, legere (“read, recite”).


tchaîse

From Old Northern French [Term?] (compare Old French chaiere), from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”).


dgèrre

(Jersey) Alternative form of gùerre (“war”)


Mêcrédi

From Old French mercredi, from Latin Mercuriī diēs, variant of diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”).


Sèrtchais

Sèrtchais m (plural Sèrtchais, feminine Sèrtchaise)

Sèrtchais (plural)
Sèrtchaise (feminine)


sédatif

Borrowed from French sédatif, from Medieval Latin sedātīvus.


sédatif

(Jersey, pharmacology) sedative (an agent or drug that sedates)


cresson

From Frankish *kressō (compare German Kresse).


ouvrer

From Old French ovrer (“to work”), from Late Latin operō, operāre, from the deponent Classical Latin verb operor, operārī (“work, labor”), from opus (“work, accomplishment”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-os- (“work”), from the verbal root *h₃ep- (“to work”).


Nouormand

From Old French normant, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą (“north”) and *mann- (“human being, man”).


Fraunce

(France) France (a country in Western Europe)


romathîn

(Jersey) rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis)


housse

From Old French hous, hos, houlx (“holly”), from Frankish *hulis (“holly”).


samdi

Inherited from Old French samedi, from Vulgar Latin *sambatī diēs, from Latin Sabbatī diēs < diēs Sabbatī (“day of the Sabbath, Sabbath day”).


croque-mitaine

croque-mitaine m (plural croque-mitaines)


meis

From Old Northern French meis, from Latin mēnsis, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.


viage

From Old French voiage, viage, veiage, from Latin viāticum, from via (“road”).


galetas

From Old French galatas (“housing in the upper part of a building”), from the tower of Galata, in Constantinople.

inh

(Jersey, architecture) loft (over main house)


mort-né

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mort-né m (plural mort-nés, feminine mort-née)


moûque

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French musche, mousche, from Latin musca.


freid

From Old French freid, from Latin frīgidus (through a contracted Vulgar Latin or Late Latin form fridus or frigdus, fricdus), from frīgeō, frīgēre (“be cold”).

Caud Mai, gras chimequière, fred Mai, granges pllaïnes.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 532:

A warm May, a fat churchyard, a cold May, full granaries.


venderdi

From Old French vendredi, from Latin Veneris diēs, variant of diēs Veneris.


rassasiée

feminine singular of rassasié (“full up”)


rassasiés

masculine plural of rassasié (“full up”)


baillier

From Old French baillier, from Latin bāiulāre, present active infinitive of bāiulō (“I carry a burden”), from bāiulus (“one who bears burdens, porter, carrier”).


manté

From Old Northern French [Term?] (compare French manteau), from Latin mantellum, diminutive of mantum, probably from Gaulish *mantos, *mantalos (“trodden road”), from Proto-Celtic *mantos, *mantlos, from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (“tread, press together; crumble”).


baté

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baté m (plural in France batiâos, plural in Guernsey and Jersey batchieaux)

in France batiâos (plural)
in Guernsey and Jersey batchieaux (plural)

From Old French batel, from Old English bāt, from Proto-Germanic *baitaz.


ieune

From Old French une, from Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus.


huileux

Borrowed from French huileux (compare hielle (“oil”)).


nièr

From Old French noir, neir, from Latin nigrum.


paîsson

From Old French poisson, peisson, from earlier peis, from Latin piscis, piscem, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.


ouaîsé

From Old French oisel, from Late Latin aucellus m (“little bird”), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis.

P'tit à p'tit l'ouaisé fait sen nic.

Little by little the bird builds her nest.


blianc

From Old French blanc, from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank.


vêpre

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French vespe, guespe, wespe, from Latin vespa, possibly with Germanic influence. Compare French guêpe. Cf. also Norwegian veps, Danish hveps.


ieux

(Jersey) them (third-person plural object pronoun)


vassa

From Old French vassal, from Early Medieval Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish uassos (“young man, squire”).


marchier

From Old French marchier, from Frankish *markōn.


fau

From Old French fau (“beech”), from Latin fagus.


rouage

From Old French roge, from Latin rubeus.


greffer

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greffer (gerund greff'thie or greff'sie)


iun

From Old French uns, from Latin ūnus (“one”).