finnissions

first-person plural imperfect indicative of finni


paqu'sont

third-person plural future indicative of patchi


cach'chont

third-person plural future indicative of cachi


donn'nont

third-person plural future indicative of donner


finnissais

first-person singular imperfect indicative of finni

second-person singular imperfect indicative of finni


chèr

From Old Northern French [Term?] (compare Old French cerf), from Latin cervus.


êssuyer

From Old French (compare French essuyer), from Latin exsūcō, exsūcāre (“dry”, verb).


gardétha

third-person singular future indicative of garder


sîngnes dé louis

plural of sîngne dé louis (“pound sign”)


donn'nai

first-person singular future indicative of donner


gardéthez

second-person plural future indicative of garder


raîté

From Old French roitel (compare French roitelet).


séthée ès poules

head

séthée ès poules f (plural séthées ès poules)

(Jersey) bachelorette party, hen night, hen party


toûssais

first-person singular imperfect indicative of toûtre

second-person singular imperfect indicative of toûtre


sûfflieux en paûme

sûfflieux en paûme m (plural sûfflieurs en paûme)


Tchithême

From Old French caresme, from Vulgar Latin *quaresima, from Latin quadragesima.


beurres dé chocolat

beurre dé chocolat
beurre dé chocolat#Norman


objet îndirect

objet îndirect m (plural objets îndirects)


raîtelîn

From Old French roitel + -în (compare French roitelet).


gardéthait

third-person singular conditional of garder


toûtrait

third-person singular conditional of toûtre


paqu'sait

third-person singular conditional of patchi


toûssisses

second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of toûtre


donn'nait

third-person singular conditional of donner


toûssissent

third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of toûtre


aimîssent

third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of aimer


gardéthais

first-person singular conditional of garder

second-person singular conditional of garder


aim'thait

(Jersey) third-person singular conditional of aimer


toûtrais

first-person singular conditional of toûtre

second-person singular conditional of toûtre


donn'nais

first-person singular conditional of donner

second-person singular conditional of donner


finnithais

(Jersey) first-person singular conditional of finni

(Jersey) second-person singular conditional of finni


paqu'sais

first-person singular conditional of patchi

second-person singular conditional of patchi


cach'chais

first-person singular conditional of cachi

second-person singular conditional of cachi


aim'thais

(Jersey) first-person singular conditional of aimer

(Jersey) second-person singular conditional of aimer


toûssisse

first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of toûtre

third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of toûtre


patchîssent

third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of patchi


gardîssent

third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of garder


finnithait

(Jersey) third-person singular conditional of finni


finnîssent

third-person plural present subjunctive of finni

third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of finni


cachîssent

third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of cachi


finnîsses

second-person singular present subjunctive of finni

second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of finni


aimîsses

second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of aimer


donnîsses

second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of donner


aimîsse

first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of aimer

third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of aimer


donnîsse

first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of donner

third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of donner


cachîsses

second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cachi


patchîsse

first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of patchi

third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of patchi


finnîsse

first-person singular present subjunctive of finni

third-person singular present subjunctive of finni

first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of finni

third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of finni


patchîsses

second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of patchi


cachîsse

first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cachi

third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of cachi


finnîssyiz

second-person plural present subjunctive of finni

second-person plural imperfect subjunctive of finni


finnîssions

first-person plural present subjunctive of finni

first-person plural imperfect subjunctive of finni


gardîsses

second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of garder


mèrveilleûthes

(Saint Ouën) feminine plural of mèrveilleux


mèrveilleûthe

(Saint Ouën) feminine singular of mèrveilleux


finnithiez

(Jersey) second-person plural conditional of finni


finnithaient

(Jersey) third-person plural conditional of finni


cach'chaient

third-person plural conditional of cachi


gardéthaient

third-person plural conditional of garder


aim'thaient

(Jersey) third-person plural conditional of aimer


aiméthions

(Jersey) first-person plural conditional of aimer


aimîssiez

second-person plural imperfect subjunctive of aimer


donn'naient

third-person plural conditional of donner


donnîssent

third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of donner


paqu'saient

third-person plural conditional of patchi


aimîssions

first-person plural imperfect subjunctive of aimer


cachéthiez

(Jersey) second-person plural conditional of cachi


cachéthions

(Jersey) first-person plural conditional of cachi


gardéthiez

second-person plural conditional of garder


paquéthions

(Jersey) first-person plural conditional of patchi


gardéthions

first-person plural conditional of garder


paquéthiez

(Jersey) second-person plural conditional of patchi


cachîssions

first-person plural imperfect subjunctive of cachi


gardîssions

first-person plural imperfect subjunctive of garder


patchîssions

first-person plural imperfect subjunctive of patchi


donnîssions

first-person plural imperfect subjunctive of donner


gardîssiez

second-person plural imperfect subjunctive of garder


donnîssyiz

second-person plural imperfect subjunctive of donner


donnéthions

(Jersey) first-person plural conditional of donner


patchîssiez

second-person plural imperfect subjunctive of patchi


donnéthiez

(Jersey) second-person plural conditional of donner


cachîssyiz

second-person plural imperfect subjunctive of cachi


cach'chait

third-person singular conditional of cachi


aiméthiez

(Jersey) second-person plural conditional of aimer


gardîsse

first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of garder

third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of garder


finnithions

(Jersey) first-person plural conditional of finni


ormes Dgèrnésiaises

orme Dgèrnésiaise
orme Dgèrnésiaise#Norman


lis d'Dgèrnésy

lis d'Dgèrnésy m (plural lis d'Dgèrnésy)


j'vaux d'St. George

j'va d'St. George
j'va d'St. George#Norman


Bouonézâr

(Jersey) Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)


j'va d'St. George

j'va d'St. George m (plural j'vaux d'St. George)

Psalm 105, v. 34
S'lon sa c'mande, v'là tchi vîndrent les j'vaux d'Saint George, et lus p'tchiots par mouochieaux qu'nou n'pouôrrait pon compter, pouor passecrithe toutes les pliantes d'lus pays, pouor mangi touos les frits d'la tèrre.

great green grasshopper
great green grasshopper


Bourgouongne

From Late Latin Burgundiones (“highlanders”) (compare French Bourgogne), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥ǵʰ-n̥t- (“high, mighty”), from *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”).

der

administrative region
administrative region

(Jersey) Burgundy (a region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)

Burgundy (An early-medieval kingdom and later former duchy in France and the Netherlands)


Îles Vièrges

(Jersey) Virgin Islands (an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea)


Canâries

Les Canâries (canonical feminine plural)

From the Latin canārius (“canine”), from canis (“dog”).

autonomous community
autonomous community

(Jersey) Canary Islands (an archipelago and autonomous community of Spain)


Bliues Montangnes

Les Bliues Montangnes (canonical feminine plural)

(Jersey) the Blue Mountains (a mountain range in New South Wales, Australia)


Îles Vièrges d's Êtats Unnis

United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands#English

(Jersey) United States Virgin Islands (an archipelago and dependent territory of the United States, part of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea)


Îles Vièrges britanniques

British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands#English

(Jersey) British Virgin Islands (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean)


P'tites Îles d's Êtats Unnis

Les P'tites Îles d's Êtats Unnis (canonical feminine plural)

United States Minor Outlying Islands#English

(Jersey) United States Minor Outlying Islands (a collection of islands and archipelagos, consisting of various dependent territories of the United States)


cheintuthes dé seûtheté

cheintuthe dé seûtheté
cheintuthe dé seûtheté#Norman


chef dé musique

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chef dé musique m (plural chefs dé musique)


Républyique du Peupl'ye d'la Chinne

Jer-Républyique du Peupl'ye d'la Chinne.ogg

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China


cheintuthe dé seûtheté

cheintuthe dé seûtheté f (plural cheintuthes dé seûtheté)


Grande Brétangne

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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


Républyique Tchèque

Czech Republic
Czech Republic#English:_Q213

(Jersey) Czech Republic (a country in Central Europe)


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

(Jersey) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland


piègnes à chorchi

piègne à chorchi
piègne à chorchi#Norman


Républyique Démocratique du Congo

République Démocratique du Congo (canonical feminine)

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English:_Q974

(Jersey) Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


caûff'thie

caûffer (“to heat, warm, warm up”) + -ie


Azerbaidgian

(Jersey) Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)


Antilles des Pays Bas

Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles


Bêlarus

(Jersey) Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)


Arabie Saudi

(Jersey) Saudi Arabia (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Brési

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


Antigua et Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English

(Jersey) Antigua and Barbuda (a country in the Caribbean)


Bosnie et Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

(Jersey) Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


couronnâtion

couronne (“crown”) + -âtion or from Old French coronacion, borrowed from Late Latin coronatio, coronationem, from Latin corono.


Crête

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).


Âsie

From Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).


Allémangne

From Latin Alemānnia (compare French Allemagne), from Alemānnī, a confederation of German tribes.

(Jersey) Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)


Cap Bréton

Cape Breton (an island in Nova Scotia, eastern Canada)


couorône

From Old French corone, from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”).


Cannada

(Jersey) Canada (a country in North America)


Côte d'Iviéthe

(Jersey) Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)


Champangne

Borrowed from French Champagne, from Late Latin campānia, from Latin campus (“plain, field”).

(Jersey) Champagne (a region and former province of France, the terroir of the wine champagne; now part of Grand Est)


Bélize

(Jersey) Belize (a country in Central America)


Catalongne

(Jersey) Catalonia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Côte

Gaspé (a city and peninsula in Quebec, Canada)


fitchi

Douard tchi 'tait fitchi là

2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN, page 24:


Cotentîn

the Cotentin Peninsula (a peninsula in Normandy, northern France)


fliatter

From Old French flater (“to deceive by concealing the truth, to stroke with the palm of the hand”), from Proto-Germanic *flatą, *flatō (“palm, sole”), *flataz (“flat”).

(Jersey) to pet; to stroke (an animal, etc.)


èrouaïeuréthie

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èrouaïeuréthie f (plural èrouaïeuréthies)


amitha

From Old French amirail, amiral (“admiral”).


mêfier

From mê- + Old French fier (“to trust”) (compare French méfier).

(Jersey, reflexive, s'mêfier) to be wary of; to be doubtful towards


dêsalinn'nie

desalination plant
desalination plant#English


Gammes du Commonwealth

Les Gammes du Commonwealth (canonical feminine plural)


Êquateur

(Jersey) Ecuador (a country in South America)


Gammes Olympiques

Les Gammes Olympiques (canonical feminine plural)


Dginnée-Bissau

(Jersey) Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)


souôrithe

From Old French sorrirre, from Vulgar Latin *subrīdĕre, from Latin subrīdēre. Compare French sourire.


Êthiopie

From Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopía).

(Jersey) Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)


Espangne

From Old French Espaigne, from Latin Hispānia.

(Jersey) Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)


dêsalinnâtion

Borrowed from English desalination, with influence from the native prefix dê- and suffix -âtion.


Dginnée d'l'Êquateur

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

(Jersey) Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


jaûne

From Old French jaune, from Latin galbinus (“yellowish”).


Êgypte

From Old French Egypte, borrowed from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos).

(Jersey) Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


bolles à satellite

bolle à satellite
bolle à satellite#Norman


bolle à satellite

bolle à satellite f (plural bolles à satellite)


Nâtions Unnies

Les Nâtions Unnies (canonical feminine plural)


Montangnes Rotcheuses

Les Montangnes Rotcheuses (canonical feminine plural)

(Jersey) Rocky Mountains (a major mountain range in the United States and Canada)


Gascongne

(Jersey, historical) Gascony (a former duchy in the kingdom of France, covering southern Aquitaine)

(Jersey, historical) Gascony (a former province of the kingdom of France)


Palestîn

From Latin Palaestīna (“Roman province of Palestine”), from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē).


Guyane Française

French Guiana
French Guiana#English:_Q3769

administrative region
administrative region

(Jersey) French Guiana (an overseas department and administrative region of France in South America)


Norouague

Borrowed from Old Norse Norvegr (“north way”), Norðvegr, from norðr (“north”) + vegr (“way”).


Papua Nouvelle Dginnée

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English:_Q691

(Jersey) Papua New Guinea (a country in Oceania)


Sahara du Vouêt

Western Sahara
Western Sahara#English:_Q6250

Western Sahara (A territory and former Spanish colony in North Africa, now mostly occupied by Morocco, which claims ownership over the territory)


Savouaie

(Jersey) (historical) Savoy (a historical region shared between the modern countries of France, Italy and Switzerland)


Malaysie

(Jersey) Malaysia (a country in Southeast Asia)


Mêrriennes du Nord

Northern Marianas
Northern Marianas#English

Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands#English

(Jersey) Northern Marianas, Northern Mariana Islands (an archipelago and dependent territory of the United States in the Pacific Ocean)


Saint Kitts et Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis#English

(Jersey) Saint Kitts and Nevis (a country consisting of two islands in the Caribbean)


Républyique Dominnicaine

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

(Jersey) Dominican Republic (a country in the Caribbean)


Saint-Pièrre et Miquelon

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Pierre and Miquelon#English

(Jersey) Saint Pierre and Miquelon (two islands constituting an overseas territory of France near Newfoundland)


Grêce

From Old French Grece, from Latin Graecia, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

(Jersey) Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)


vouest

From Old French west, from Old English west.


Samoa Améthitchain

(Jersey) American Samoa (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United States in Polynesia)


Mauritannie

From Latin Mauritānia, from Maurus (“Moor”).

(Jersey) Mauritania (a country in West Africa)


Saint Mathîn

San Marino (a landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy)

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


Polynésie Française

French Polynesia
French Polynesia#English

(Jersey) # French Polynesia (an archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania)


Saint Vîncent et les Grénadinnes

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#English

(Jersey) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Républyique Centrafritchaine

La Républyique Centrafritchaine (canonical feminine)

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

(Jersey) Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


Înde

From Old French Ynde, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”).

(Jersey): India (a country in South Asia)


âge mûr

(Jersey) traveller's joy, old man's beard


points d'tchestchionn'nie

point d'tchestchionn'nie
point d'tchestchionn'nie#Norman

plural of point d'tchestchionn'nie (“question mark”)


mèrques dé tchestchion

mèrque dé tchestchion
mèrque dé tchestchion#Norman

plural of mèrque dé tchestchion (“question mark”)


mèrques d'excliamâtion

mèrque d'excliamâtion
mèrque d'excliamâtion#Norman

plural of mèrque d'excliamâtion (“exclamation mark”)


bâron

From Old French baron, from Latin barōnem.


mèrque dé tchestchion

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mèrque dé tchestchion f (plural mèrques dé tchestchion)


mèrque d'excliamâtion

mèrque d'excliamâtion f (plural mèrques d'excliamâtion)


sînge

From Old French singe, from Latin sīmius.


marmoûset

Borrowed from French marmouset (“gargoyle; small child”), probably from marmouser (“to mumble”), of imitative origin.


mathais

From Old French mareis (“marsh”), from Frankish *marisk (“marsh, swamp”), from *mari (“lake, sea, moor”), from Proto-Indo-European *mari-, *mori- (“sea”).

un tèrribl'ye dragon tchi d'muethait dans l'Marais d'Saint Louothains

2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN, page 30:

a terrible dragon that lived in the Marsh of Saint Louothains


mixeu d'chînment

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mixeu d'chînment m (plural mixeurs d'chînment)


mixeurs d'chînment

mixeu d'chînment
mixeu d'chînment#Norman

plural of mixeu d'chînment (“cement mixer”)


scann'nies d'chèrvé

scann'nie d'chèrvé
scann'nie d'chèrvé#Norman


auditeu

Borrowed from Latin audītor (“hearer, auditor”).


scann'nie

(Jersey, computing, etc.) scan, scanning


scann'nie d'chèrvé

scann'nie d'chèrvé f (plural scann'nies d'chèrvé)


scanneu

scanner (“to scan”) + -eu, calque of English scanner.


filieu

From Old French fillol, filiol, from Latin fīliolus (“young son”).


bâptistéthe

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin baptistērium, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστήριον (baptistḗrion).

der

βαπτιστήριον


bâptême

From Old French batesme, bapteme, a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma).


crînme

From Old French crimne, borrowed from Latin crīmen.


cybèrespace

cybèr- + espace, a calque of English cyberspace.


compangnon

(Jersey, nautical) companion ladder, companionway


vîsite

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


vèrsion

From Medieval Latin versiō (“a turning”), from Latin vertō (“to turn”).


envithonnementa

envithonnement (“environment”) + -a (“-al”)


êputher

ê- + puthe + -er (compare French épurer (“to purify, expurgate”))


êtèrnuer

From Latin sternūtō, sternūtāre, frequentative of sternuō, sternuere (“sneeze”).


êprouver

From ê- Old French prover (“to prove”) (compare French éprouver).


êpissi

From Dutch splissen (compare French épisser).


côffre

From Old French cofre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”).


enn'mîn

From Old French enemi, anemi, from earlier inimi, inimic, from Latin inimīcus, from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”).


èrgard

From Old French reguard, from reguarder.


engîn

From Old French engin, from Latin ingenium.


èrfrain

From Old French refraindre (“to break off, repeat”), from Latin re- (“back, again”) + frangō, frangere (“break”).


conmèrce des drogues

drug trafficking
drug trafficking#English


att'lage

att'ler (“to hitch, yoke, harness”) + -age


anémônes d'la sînmie

anémône d'la sînmie
anémône d'la sînmie#Norman


anémône d'la sînmie

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anémône d'la sînmie f (plural anémônes d'la sînmie)


bog'ses d'êcoute-pathai

bog'se d'êcoute-pathai
bog'se d'êcoute-pathai#Norman


balle-à-leunettes

balle-à-leunettes f (plural balles-à-leunettes)


brébion

Melophagus ovinus
Melophagus ovinus#Translingual


bouochons d'liège

bouochon d'liège
bouochon d'liège#Norman


armément

From Latin armāmentum, armāmenta (compare French armement).


bouais d'coing

bouais d'coing m (plural bouais d'coing)


avèrti

From Old French avertir (“to inform, notify”).


bouochon d'liège

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bouochon d'liège m (plural bouochons d'liège)


clairète

From Medieval Latin clārātum (compare French clairet), from Latin clārus (“clear”).


êpèrvi

From Old French esprevier, esprever (compare French épervier), from Old Dutch *sparwari (“sparrow-hawk”, literally “sparrow-eagle”), from Proto-Germanic *sparwaraz (“sparrow-hawk”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sper(w)-, *sper(g)- (“sparrow, bird”)) + Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) (from Proto-Indo-European *er- (“eagle, bird”)).


bog'se d'êcoute-pathai

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bog'se d'êcoute-pathai f (plural bog'ses d'êcoute-pathai)


bouôillon

From Old French boillir (“to boil”) (compare French bouillon), from Latin bulliō, bullīre.


cancèr

Borrowed from Latin cancer (“crab; tumor, cancer; lattice, grid, barrier”).


cârrosse

Compare French carrosse, Italian carrozza.


chèrfi doux

Myrrhis odorata
Myrrhis odorata#Translingual


chèrfi

From Latin chaerephyllum or caerefolium.


célériac

Apium graveolens
Apium graveolens#Translingual


cauchie ès cont'neurs

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cauchie ès cont'neurs f (plural cauchies ès cont'neurs)


célérin

Considered by de Vries to derive from Old Norse síldhering (see síld, síl). Compare French célerin.


rîndelle en fé

rîndelle en fé f (plural rîndelles en fé)


têmoin

From Old French tesmoin, from Latin testimōnium.


têmoignage

From Old French tesmoignage (compare French témoignage), from tesmoigner (“to witness”).


fouôrrage

From Old French fourage, forage (compare French fourrage), a derivative of fuerre (“fodder, straw”), of Germanic origin.


frêlon

From Frankish *hurslo, adapted to *forsleone in the Glosses of Reichenau (compare French frelon).


franc-machon

Either a calque of English Freemason, or of French franc-maçon, itself a calque of the English term.


caboter

(Jersey, agriculture) to produce a good crop (of potatoes)


capeste

Compare French cabestan, English capstan.


chorchéthon

Compare chorchi (“wizard”), chorchiéthe (“witch”).


clobe ès d'sabil'rêsses

clobe ès d'sabil'rêsses m (plural clobes ès d'sabil'rêsses)


conmité d'examinn'nie

conmité d'examinn'nie m (plural conmités d'examinn'nie)


commeunitchi ès médias

commeunitchi ès médias m (plural commeunitchièrs ès médias)


cotchîn

From Old French [Term?] (compare French coquin), though ultimate origins are unclear.


cliou d'giroufl'ye

cliou d'giroufl'ye m (plural clious d'giroufl'ye)


conmité

From Latin comitātus (“company of soldiers”) (compare French comité, English committee).


corps dé garde

corps dé garde m (plural corps dé garde)


tèrrain à camper

tèrrain à camper m (plural tèrrains à camper)


cont'neurisâtion

cont'neurisâtion f (plural cont'neurisâtions)


l'vant du solé

l'vant du solé m (plural l'vants du solé)


dginne sus des preunelles

dginne sus des preunelles m (plural dginnes sus des preunelles)


gengivre

Inherited from Old French gengivre, from Late Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiberī.


dauphîn

From Old French daulphin, dalphin, daufin, from Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín), a later form of the previous δελφίς (delphís), from δελφύς (delphús, “womb”).


dictatuthe

Borrowed from Latin dictātūra (“dictatorship, office of a dictator”), from dictō, dictāre (“dictate”).


daûtchet

Sterna hirundo
Sterna hirundo#Translingual


dgiagramme

From Latin diagramma (compare French diagramme), from Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma).


cottes à couochons

cotte à couochons
cotte à couochons#Norman


cotte à couochons

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cotte à couochons f (plural cottes à couochons)


dinnosaure

Borrowed from English dinosaur, from Ancient Greek.


grand-grand-péthe

grand-grand-péthe m (plural grands-grands-péthes)

grand- (“great-”) + grand-péthe (“grandfather”)


gângne-pain

gângni (“to win, earn”) + pain (“bread”)


grand-papa

grand- (“great-”) + papa (“grandfather”)


drapieaux fliantchabl'yes

drapé fliantchabl'ye
drapé fliantchabl'ye#Norman


drapé fliantchabl'ye

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drapé fliantchabl'ye m (plural drapieaux fliantchabl'yes)


dégré

From Old French degré, from Latin gradus, with the prefix de-.


dêmon

From Latin daemon (“lar, genius, guardian spirit”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”).


detteur

From Old French detour, from Latin dēbitor, dēbitōrem.


d'bat

From Old French debatre (“to fight, contend, debate, also literarlly to beat down”) (compare French débattre, débat), from Latin dis- (“apart, in different directions”) + battuō, battuere (“beat, hit, pound, beat up, fight”).


démouaîselle du Ouaisné

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démouaîselle du Ouaisné f (plural démouaîselles du Ouaisné)

Sylvia undata
Sylvia undata#Translingual

(Jersey) Dartford warbler (Sylvia undata)


dée

From Old French deel, from Vulgar Latin digitāle, from Latin digitālis.


tinné

From Latin tinnītus (“a jingling, ringing”), perfect passive participle of tinniō (“ring, jingle, clink”).

(Jersey) activity, business; bustle; din; (great) style


êducâtion avanchie

(Jersey) higher education, further education


êléphant

Borrowed from Middle French elephant, itself a learned borrowing from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας, ἐλέφαντος (eléphas, eléphantos).

uder

ἐλέφας, ἐλέφαντος


êducâtion

Borrowed from Latin ēducātiō (“a breeding, bringing up, rearing”), from ēdūcō (“I educate, train”), from ēdūcō (“I lead forth, I take out; I raise up, I erect”).


êffet

From Old French effet, from Latin effectus.


êcrivain

From Vulgar Latin *scribanem (compare French écrivain), accusative of Latin scrība (“writer, scribe”), with altered declension.


êcliuse

From Old French escluse (compare French écluse (“sluice, lock”)), from Late Latin exclusa, from the classical Latin verb exclūdō, exclūdere.


êconomie

From Latin oeconomia, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomía, “management of a household, administration”), from οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”).


êcorche

From Old French escorce, from Latin scortea, feminine noun form of scorteus (“made of skin or leather”).


grand-oncl'ye

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grand-oncl'ye m (plural grands-oncl'yes)


grand-péthe

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


touaîsons

plural of touaîson (“thick head of hair”)


èrcliâmée

feminine singular of the past participle of èrcliâmer


trantchilisant

trantchilisant m (plural trantchilisants)


r'cliâmée

feminine singular of the past participle of r'cliâmer


transport publyi

(Jersey) public transport, public transit


Ukraîne

(Jersey) Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)


amûther

From Old French amuser (“to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought”), from a- + muser (“to stare stupidly at, gape, wander, waste time, loiter, think carefully about, attend to”), of uncertain and obscure origin.


transportâtion

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transportâtion f (plural transportâtions)


Océan Îndgien

Territouaithe Britannique d'l'Océan Îndgien


Teunnisie

(Jersey) Tunisia (a country in North Africa)


Territouaithes Français du Sud

French Southern Territories
French Southern Territories


tailleurs d'pièrre

tailleur d'pièrre
tailleur d'pièrre#Norman

plural of tailleur d'pièrre (“stonecutter”)


touaîson

From Late Latin tōnsiō, tōnsiōnem, from Latin tondeō (“I shave, cut hair”).


raiethon

From Old French reson, raison, from Latin ratiō, ratiōnem.


tournésol

Old French tournesole, from Latin tornare + sol.
Compare French tournesol.


Timor d'l'Est

(Jersey) East Timor (a country in Southeast Asia occupying half the island of Timor)


tchestchionn'nie d'avis publyi

tchestchionn'nie d'avis publyi f (plural tchestchionn'nies d'avis publyi)

tchestchionn'nies d'avis publyi (plural)


tailleur d'pièrre

tailleur d'pièrre m (plural tailleurs d'pièrre)


Territouaithe Britannique d'l'Océan Îndgien m

British Indian Ocean Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory#English

(Jersey) British Indian Ocean Territory (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Indian Ocean)


Pliuton

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn).


Tèrre-Neuve

I' n' y a pas de cousins à Terre-Neuve.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 543:

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

Newfoundland (an island in Newfoundland and Labrador, eastern Canada)


Thailande

(Jersey) Thailand (a country in Southeast Asia)


Serbie et Monténégro

Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro


Trinidad et Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English

(Jersey) Trinidad and Tobago (a country consisting of two main islands in the Caribbean)


Nièrmont

nièr (“black”) + mont (“mountain”), calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra, referring to Mount Lovćen.


Tithol

German Tirol, supposedly from a Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *tīros (“land”), from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).

Tyrol (a state of Austria; a region in Europe)


oeux sus l'ticl'ye

oeu sus l'ticl'ye
oeu sus l'ticl'ye#Norman

plural of oeu sus l'ticl'ye (“scrambled egg, poached egg”)


São Tomé et Principe

São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe#English:_Q1039

(Jersey) São Tomé and Príncipe (a country and archipelago in Central Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean)


Îles dé Heard et McDonald

Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Heard Island and McDonald Islands

(Jersey) Heard Island and McDonald Islands


Sainte Lucie

(Jersey) Saint Lucia (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Îles Falkland

Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands#English:_Q9648

(Jersey) Falkland Islands (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic)


Îles Cook

Cook Islands
Cook Islands#English:_Q26988

(Jersey) Cook Islands (An archipelago and self-governing country in Oceania, in free association with New Zealand)


Îles dé Cayman

(Jersey) Cayman Islands (three islands constituting an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea)


Îles Solomon

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q685

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q148966

(Jersey) Solomon Islands (A country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands)

Solomon Islands (An archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea)


Îles Marshall

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

(Jersey) Marshall Islands (A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Vèrt Cap

(Jersey) Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Îles Turks et Caicos

Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands#English

(Jersey) Turks and Caicos Islands (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean)


oeu sus l'ticl'ye

oeu sus l'ticl'ye m (plural oeux sus l'ticl'ye)


Îles dé Pitcairn

Pitcairn Islands
Pitcairn Islands#English

(Jersey) Pitcairn Islands (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the southern Pacific Ocean)


Îles Palau

(Jersey) Palau (A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Sardaingnien

Sardaingnien m (plural Sardaingniens, feminine Sardaingnienne)

Sardaingniens (plural)
Sardaingnienne (feminine)


Île Maurice

(Jersey) Mauritius (A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)

Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)


Île d'Rêunion

administrative region
administrative region

(Jersey) Réunion (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar)


pîngouîn

Borrowed from French pingouin, from Dutch pinguïn.


feux d'jouaie

feu d'jouaie (canonical masculine plural)


glossaithe

From Latin glōssārium, from glōssa (“obsolete or foreign word that requires explanation”), from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).


Île Bouvet

(Jersey) Bouvet Island (an uninhabited volcanic island and dependent territory of Norway in the South Atlantic Ocean)


font d'bâptême

font d'bâptême m (plural fonts d'bâptême)


fil'ye dé câsse

fil'ye dé câsse f (plural fil'yes dé câsse)


l'heûsi n'a janmais ieu à emprunter du tardi

the early bird gets the worm
the early bird gets the worm


tchi s'tcheint à la preunmié broque né tchèrra janmais d'bein haut

Jer-Tchi s'tcheint à la preunmié broque né tchèrra janmais d'bein haut.ogg

nothing ventured, nothing gained
nothing ventured, nothing gained

(Jersey) nothing ventured, nothing gained


êcliat

From Old French esclat (“shard”), deverbal of esclater (“to separate from, sunder out”), from Frankish *slaitan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slaitijaną, causative of *slītaną (“to cut up, split”).


modificâtion génétique

genetic modification
genetic modification


mouaithes à logan

mouaithe à logan
mouaithe à logan#Norman


m'nus tchiyants

plural of m'nu tchiyant (“dropdown menu”)


mouaithe à logan

mouaithe à logan f (plural mouaithes à logan)


m'nu tchiyant

m'nu tchiyant m (plural m'nus tchiyants)


monastéthe

From Latin monastērium, from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermit's cell”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).


r'flieuthi

(Jersey) to reflower, rebloom, reblossom, flower again, bloom again, blossom again


portraits projectabl'yes

portrait projectabl'ye
portrait projectabl'ye#Norman


atonmique

(Jersey, physics, computing, etc.) atomic


partitchules souô-atonmiques

partitchule souô-atonmique
partitchule souô-atonmique#Norman

plural of partitchule souô-atonmique (“subatomic particle”)


pouques à bostchot

pouque à bostchot
pouque à bostchot#Norman


partitchule souô-atonmique

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partitchule souô-atonmique f (plural partitchules souô-atonmiques)


portrait projectabl'ye

portrait projectabl'ye m (plural portraits projectabl'yes)


partitchule dé dêniêthie

partitchule dé dêniêthie f (plural partitchules dé dêniêthie)


pouque à bathi

pouque à bathi f (plural pouques à bathi)


pouque à bostchot

pouque à bostchot f (plural pouques à bostchot)


pouque à dormi

pouque à dormi f (plural pouques à dormi)


partitchule

Borrowed from Latin particula (compare French particule).


tchulièrs à dêssèrt

tchulyi à dêssèrt
tchulyi à dêssèrt#Norman


tchulièrs en bouais

tchulyi en bouais
tchulyi en bouais#Norman

plural of tchulyi en bouais (“wooden spoon”)


pouothé

From Old French poiree (compare French poirée, poireau), from Latin porrum.


magasîn

Borrowed from French magasin, from Italian magazzino (“storehouse”).


ni feu ni feunque

(Jersey, idiomatic) neither fire nor smoke


ni feu ni fouôngne

(Jersey, idiomatic) neither fire nor baking


Dgibrâltar

(Jersey) Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)


att'ler

From Vulgar Latin *attelare, from Latin prōtēlō, prōtēlāre (“drive forward”).


participes pâssés

plural of participe pâssé (“past participle”)


participe pâssé

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participe pâssé m (plural participes pâssés)


lamentabliément

lamentabl'ye (“deplorable, lamentable”) + -ment


pourpais

From Old French pourpois, pourpais, porpeis (“porpoise”), from Vulgar Latin *porcopiscis (“porpoise”, literally “pig-fish”), from Latin porcus (“pig”) + piscis (“fish”).


martel'lie

Tout coumme y'a tréjous un tas d'martel'lie par les c'mîns à chutte saison-chîn.

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

Nevertheless there's always a lot of hammering going on at this time of year.


poudre à laver

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poudre à laver m (plural poudres à laver)


bé du ticl'ye

bé du ticl'ye m (plural becs du ticl'ye)


bailli un co d'poing

(Jersey) to punch (strike with the fist)


manniéthe

From Old French meniere, maniere (compare French manière), from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *manāria, from the feminine of Latin manuārius.


preunmiéthement

From Old French premierement, equivalent to preunmyi (“first”) + -ment.


Saint Helena, Ascension et Tristan da Cunha

w:Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

(Jersey) Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (two islands and an archipelago, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic)


soûffliée

feminine singular of the past participle of soûfflier


soûffliée en l'air

soûffliée en l'air f (plural soûffliées en l'air)


bigorgi

bi- + gorge (“throat”) + -i (compare French égorger).


enfaûtomer

Old French enfantosmer, equivalent to en- + faûtome + -er.


potabl'ye

From Old French potable, from Latin pōtābilis, from pōtō, pōtāre (“drink”).


înfèrna

From Old French infernal, from Latin infernālis, from infernus (“hell”).


vraîment

From Old French veraiement, equivalent to vrai + -ment.


mystéthe

From Latin mystērium (compare French mystère), from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion, “a mystery, a secret, a secret rite”).


Manchêtre

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

(Jersey) Manchester (a major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England)


vèrt-bouais

Euonymus europaeus
Euonymus europaeus#Translingual

(Jersey) spindle tree (Euonymus europaeus).


foltéthies

(Jersey) crazy actions, madness, follies


cêsse-feu

cêsser + feu, a calque of English ceasefire.


éra

(Guernsey) third-person singular future of aver


boulangier

boulangier (infinitive)
boulangeant (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
boulangié (masculine participle past singular)
boulangie (feminine participle past singular)
boulangiés (masculine participle past plural)
boulangies (feminine participle past plural)
boulange (indicative present singular)
boulanges (indicative present second-person singular)
boulange (indicative present singular third-person)
boulangeoms (first-person indicative plural present)
boulangiez (indicative plural present)
boulangent (indicative plural present third-person)
boulangeis (imperfect indicative singular)
boulangeis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
boulangeit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
boulangioms (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
boulangiez (imperfect indicative plural)
boulangeient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
boulangis (indicative preterite singular)
boulangis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
boulangit (indicative preterite singular third-person)
boulangîmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
boulangîtes (indicative plural preterite)
boulangîtrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
boulangerai (future indicative singular)
boulangeras (future indicative second-person singular)
boulangera (future indicative singular third-person)
boulangeroms (first-person future indicative plural)
boulangerez (future indicative plural)
boulangeront (future indicative plural third-person)
boulangereis (conditional indicative singular)
boulangereis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
boulangereit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
boulangerioms (conditional first-person indicative plural)
boulangeriez (conditional indicative plural)
boulangereient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
boulange (first-person present singular subjunctive)
boulanges (present second-person singular subjunctive)
boulange (present singular subjunctive third-person)
boulangioms (first-person plural present subjunctive)
boulangiez (plural present subjunctive)
boulangent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
boulangisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
boulangisse (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
boulangît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
boulangisse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
boulangissioms (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
boulangissiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
boulangissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
boulange (imperative singular)
boulangeoms (first-person imperative plural)
boulangiez (imperative plural)


craquelîn d'geon

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craquelîn d'geon m (plural craquelîns d'geon)


d'sèrt

From Old French desert, a borrowing from Latin dēsertum.


extraordinnaithement

extraordinnaithe (“extraordinary”) + -ment


cro d'la tchulasse

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cro d'la tchulasse m (plural cros d'la tchulasse)


contrée d'attrioqu'thie

contrée d'attrioqu'thie f (plural contrées d'attrioqu'thie)


contrée d'happ'thie

contrée d'happ'thie f (plural contrées d'happ'thie)


empliâtre

From Latin emplastrum (“plaster, bandage”), from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, “daub; salve”).


entchiéthement

From Old French entierement, entchi (“whole, entire”) + -ment.


êlectriquement

êlectrique (“electric, electrical”) + -ment


endînmanchi

(Jersey) to dress up in one's Sunday best


Bouonne Saint Dâvi

Happy Saint David's Day
Happy Saint David's Day


jouôter

From la jouôte (“throwing stones at poultry or other animals, a "joust"”).

jouôter sus un lapîn


noblièche

From Old Northern French nobleche (compare French noblesse), from noble (“noble”), a borrowing of Latin nōbilis.


dêpriver

From Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin dēprīvō, from Latin dē + prīvō.


attither

From Old French atirer, atirier (“to draw to oneself”), from a- + tirer (“to draw, pull out with great effort, snatch violently, tear away”), of Germanic origins, equivalent to a- + tither.

(Jersey, transitive) to collect, pile up, squirrel away, hoard


dêpliôrabl'ye

From Late Latin dēplōrābilis (compare French déplorable), from dēplōrō + -ābilis.


tolon

(Jersey, nautical) stern rowlock for sculling


naûfragis

masculine plural of the past participle of naûfragi


êlîngue

From Old French eslinge (“slingshot”), from Frankish *slinga, from Proto-Germanic *slingwaną (“to worm, twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *slenk (“to turn, twist”).


Îndonésie

From Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).

(Jersey) Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


cheez

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”).


enchîtrer

(Jersey, reflexive, s'enchîtrer) to embed, lodge, fix, install


proprément

(Jersey) cleanly (in a way which is not dirty)


Août

From Old French aost, from Vulgar Latin agustus, from Latin augustus.


Avri

From Old French avril, from Latin Aprīlis.


Anglyican

From Medieval Latin anglicānus, from anglicus (“Englishman”).


Anglyican

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Anglyican m (plural Anglyicans, feminine Anglyicanne)

Anglyicans (plural)
Anglyicanne (feminine)


avant-hièr

day before yesterday
day before yesterday


bliêter

(Jersey, transitive) to pelt with clods of turf


êssuie-ôsaine

(Jersey) windshield wiper, windscreen wiper


bliête

souôs la bliête

six feet under, pushing up daisies; under the turf


la preuve du podîn ch'est dé l'gouôter

(Jersey) the proof of the pudding is in the eating


avithon

From Old French avire (“oar”) + -on (compare French aviron).


au vent

au vent m (invariable, feminine singular au vente, masculine plural au vents, feminine plural au ventes)

au vente (feminine singular)
au vents (masculine plural)
au ventes (feminine plural)


souôs la bliête

(Jersey, idiomatic) six feet under, pushing up daisies


avions à réaction

avion à réaction
avion à réaction#Norman


agnel

From Old French agnel, itself from Latin agnellus.

Mars qui entre coume ùn agné sortira coume ùn touaré.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, pages 531-32:

March that enters like a lamb will leave like a bull.


ive

spring France: renouvé Guernsey: r'nouvé () Jersey: èrnouvé () Sark: rnuve ()

éto Guernsey: étaï () Jersey: êté () Sark: ete ()

autumn France: arryire Guernsey: autaomme () Jersey: s'tembre () Sark: otum ()

winter France: hivé Guernsey: hivaer () Jersey: hivé () Sark: ive ()


agence d'asseûthance

agence d'asseûthance f (plural agences d'asseûthance)


agence d'viage

agence d'viage f (plural agences d'viage)


ièrrîn

(Jersey, nautical, etc.) ladder-rope, rope ladder, manrope


ièrrîn d'capeste

ièrrîn d'capeste m (plural ièrrîns d'capeste)


bott'lée

sa bott'lée d'ouognons

George William de Carteret: Chroniques de Jersey 3/11/1928


avithon d'gabathe

avithon d'gabathe m (plural avithons d'gabathe)


gabathe

Borrowed from French gabare, from Occitan gabarra.


provînche

From Old French province, borrowed from Latin prōvincia.


voulîdrent

(Saint Ouën) third-person plural preterite of vouler


voulîtent

(Jersey) third-person plural preterite of vouler


d'mànd'rai

(Guernsey) first-person singular future of d'màndaïr


d'mand'dai

(Jersey) first-person singular future of d'mander


pâlîdres

(Saint Ouën) second-person plural preterite of pâler


prîndres

(Saint Ouën) second-person plural preterite of prendre


fûtent

(Jersey) third-person plural preterite of être


fûdrent

(Saint Ouën) third-person plural preterite of être


prîntes

(Jersey) second-person plural preterite of prendre


mãdji

From Old French mangier, from Late Latin mandūcāre, present active infinitive of manducō (“I chew, masticate, gnaw; I eat, devour”).


êté

From Old French esté, from Latin aestās, aestātem.


têter

(Jersey) to come to a head, reach a peak


jours de naissànse

jour de naissànse
jour de naissànse#Norman


êtourné

From Old French esturnel, from Late Latin sturnellus, from Latin sturnus, from Proto-Indo-European *storo (“starling”).


întransitif

From Latin intransitīvus (“intransitive”).

(Jersey, grammar, of a verb) intransitive (not taking a direct object)


nâsille

From Latin nāsus (“nose”) (compare French naseau (“nostril (of an animal)”)).


mêtchi

From Old French mestier, from Latin ministerium.


pére

From Old French pedre, pere, from Latin pater, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.


peire

From Old French peire, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as feminine singular.


angulle d'iaoux douce

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angulle d'iaoux douce f (plural angulles d'iaoux douce)


ch'fa d'maïr

Hippocampus hippocampus
Wikispecies:Hippocampus hippocampus

(Guernsey) sea horse (Hippocampus hippocampus)


sardaenne

From Latin sardīna, from Sardinia, from Ancient Greek Σαρδώ (Sardṓ).


mûsique

From Old French musique, from Latin musica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “art of the Muses”), derived from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).


éteile

From Old French estoile, esteile, from Latin stēlla, from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).


mâove

From Old French mave (“mew”), from Old English mǣw (“mew, seagull”), from Proto-Germanic *maihwaz, *maiwaz (“seagull”).


saîson

From Old French seson, seison, saison (“time of sowing, seeding”), from Latin satiōnem (“act of sowing, planting”), from serere (“sow, plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, plant”).


sèrvice

From Old French servise, service, borrowed from Latin servitium (compare Portuguese serviço, Italian servizio, French service, Spanish servicio), from servus.


gyer

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


dôse

From Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), from δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”).


gaumbe

From Old French gambe, from Late Latin *gamba.


gùerre

From Old French guere, from Early Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).

Pâques Martine—guerre, peste, ou famine.

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

Easter in March forebodes war, pestilence, or famine.


pyãt

From Old French plante, from Latin planta.


jnu

From the plural of Old French genoil, from Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”).


vãtr

From Old French ventre, from Latin venter.


brâs

From Old French bras, from Vulgar Latin *bracium, from Classical Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).


gvil

From a variant of Old French cheville, from Vulgar Latin *cāvicla < *cāvicula, from Classical Latin clāvicula, diminutive of clāvis (“key”).


epol

From Old French espalle, espaule, from Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Late Latin spathula, diminutive of Latin spatha (“straight sword”).


kyis

From an Old Northern French [Term?] variant of Old French cuisse, quisse, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin thigh, from Latin coxa (“hip”).


tchusse

From an Old Northern French [Term?] variant of Old French cuisse, quisse, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”).


tchiesse

I' n'en reste ni tchiesse ni aïle.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 518:


allaer

From Old French aler, from Early Medieval Latin alāre, of uncertain origin.

I feut à la feire et il acatit treis vaques.

He went to the fair and bought three cows.

J’allioums touos les jouos à Tchidbouorg pouor veî passaer les batiâos.

We used to go every day to Cherbourg to look at the ships passing by.


jaûne v'licot

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jaûne v'licot m (plural jaûnes v'licots)


acataer

acataer (infinitive)
acataunt (gerund)
avaer (auxiliary)
acataé (masculine participle past singular)
acataée (feminine participle past singular)
acataés (masculine participle past plural)
acataées (feminine participle past plural)
acate (indicative present singular)
acates (indicative present second-person singular)
acate (indicative present singular third-person)
acatoums (first-person indicative plural present)
acataez (indicative plural present)
acatent (indicative plural present third-person)
acateis (imperfect indicative singular)
acateis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
acateit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
acatioums (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
acatiaez (imperfect indicative plural)
acateient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
acatis (indicative preterite singular)
acatis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
acatît (indicative preterite singular third-person)
acatîmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
acatîtes (indicative plural preterite)
acatîtent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
acaterai (future indicative singular)
acateras (future indicative second-person singular)
acatera (future indicative singular third-person)
acateroums (first-person future indicative plural)
acateraez (future indicative plural)
acaterount (future indicative plural third-person)
acatereis (conditional indicative singular)
acatereis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
acatereit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
acaterioums (conditional first-person indicative plural)
acateriaez (conditional indicative plural)
acatereient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
acate (first-person present singular subjunctive)
acates (present second-person singular subjunctive)
acate (present singular subjunctive third-person)
acatioums (first-person plural present subjunctive)
acatiaez (plural present subjunctive)
acatent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
acatisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
acatisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
acatisse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
acatissioums (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
acatissiaez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
acatîtent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
acate (imperative singular)
acatoums (first-person imperative plural)
acataez (imperative plural)

From Old Northern French acater, from Vulgar Latin *accaptāre (“accept, purchase”). Compare French acheter.


v'licot à tchian

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v'licot à tchian m (plural v'licots à tchian)


qùaire

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”).


chimnee

From Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camīnāta.


théatre

Borrowed from Latin theatrum (compare French théâtre), from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see, to watch, to observe”).


théyâte

Borrowed from Latin theātrum (compare French théâtre), from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see, to watch, to observe”).


agritchulteure

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agritchulteure f (plural agritchulteures)

Borrowed from Latin agricultūra, from ager (“field”) + cultūra (“cultivation”).


nõmbri

From Old French nonbril, from Vulgar Latin *umbiliculus, from Latin umbilicus.


républyique

From Latin rēspublica, from rēs pūblica (“republic, commonwealth”, literally “the public thing”).

L'Unnion d'Républyiques Socialistes Soviétiques


Riviéthe dé Janvyi

Rio de Janeiro (a municipality, the state capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)


ormouère

From Latin armārium, from arma (“weapons, tools”).


Grénadinnes

Les Grénadinnes (canonical feminine plural)


câod

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


tchuivre

From Old French cuivre (“copper”), from Latin cyprum, cypruim, cūpreum, variant form of cūprum.


ivyire

From Old French yvoire, from Vulgar Latin eboreus (“ivory”), from Classical Latin ebur, eboris.


Sardaingnienne

Sardaingnienne f (plural Sardaingniennes)


Dominnicain

Dominnicain m (plural Dominnicains, feminine Dominnicaine)

Dominnicains (plural)
Dominnicaine (feminine)


Sertchais

(Guernsey) of, from, or relating to Sark


serqùais

serqùais m (plural serqùais, feminine serqùaise)


St. Louorenchais

(Jersey) of, from, or relating to Saint Lawrence


St. Louorenchais

St. Louorenchais m (plural St. Louorenchais, feminine St. Louorenchaise)

St. Louorenchais (plural)
St. Louorenchaise (feminine)


estuma

From Old French estomac, from Latin stomachus, from Ancient Greek στόμαχος (stómakhos), from στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).


avaöns

(Guernsey) first-person plural present indicative of aver


avaëmes

(Guernsey) first-person plural imperfect indicative of aver


aönt

(Guernsey) third-person plural present indicative of aver


aëut

(Guernsey) third-person singular preterite of aver


avaïz

(Guernsey) second-person plural present indicative of aver


éras

(Guernsey) second-person singular future of aver


éraöns

(Guernsey) first-person plural future of aver


éraönt

(Guernsey) third-person plural future of aver


oim'rait

(Guernsey) third-person singular conditional of oimaïr


aeutes

(Guernsey) second-person plural preterite of aver


éraites

(Guernsey) second-person plural conditional of aver


eûnmes

(Guernsey) first-person plural preterite of aver


aëurent

(Guernsey) third-person plural preterite of aver


érait

(Guernsey) third-person singular conditional of aver


éraïz

(Guernsey) second-person plural future of aver


oim'raites

(Guernsey) second-person plural conditional of oimaïr


oim'raient

(Guernsey) third-person plural conditional of oimaïr


pliaiche

From Old Northern French plache (compare Old French place).


oimait

(Guernsey) third-person singular imperfect indicative of oimaïr


avaites

(Guernsey) second-person plural imperfect indicative of aver


éraient

(Guernsey) third-person plural conditional of aver


érai

(Guernsey) first-person singular future of aver


oimes

(Guernsey) second-person singular present indicative of oimaïr


oim'rai

(Guernsey) first-person singular future of oimaïr


éraëmes

(Guernsey) first-person plural conditional of aver


oimirent

(Guernsey) third-person plural preterite of oimaïr


oim'rons

(Guernsey) first-person plural future of oimaïr


oimaïz

(Guernsey) second-person plural present indicative of oimaïr


oim'ras

(Guernsey) second-person singular future of oimaïr


oimit

(Guernsey) third-person singular preterite of oimaïr


oimaites

(Guernsey) second-person plural imperfect indicative of oimaïr


oim'raönt

(Guernsey) third-person plural future of oimaïr


oiment

(Guernsey) third-person plural present indicative of oimaïr


oim'raëmes

(Guernsey) first-person plural conditional of oimaïr


oim'raïz

(Guernsey) second-person plural future of oimaïr


oimaöns

(Guernsey) first-person plural present indicative of oimaïr


oimaëmes

(Guernsey) first-person singular imperfect indicative of oimaïr

(Guernsey) first-person singular preterite of oimaïr


oimis

(Guernsey) second-person singular preterite of oimaïr


aëus

(Guernsey) first-person singular preterite of aver

(Guernsey) second-person singular preterite of aver


oimais

(Guernsey) second-person singular imperfect indicative of oimaïr


oimaient

(Guernsey) third-person plural imperfect indicative of oimaïr


oim'rais

(Guernsey) first-person singular conditional of oimaïr

(Guernsey) second-person singular conditional of oimaïr


ogniet

I' fait caoud ogniet.


faire caoud

I' fait caoud ogniet


coume tchi que l'affaire va

(Guernsey) how are you? (literally: How's business going?)


érais

(Guernsey) first-person singular conditional of aver

(Guernsey) second-person singular conditional of aver


Dji

From Old French Deus, Dieu, from Latin Deus.


oimites

(Guernsey) second-person plural preterite of oimaïr


oime

(Guernsey) first-person singular present indicative of oimaïr

(Guernsey) third-person singular present indicative of oimaïr


cllou de girouflle

cllou de girouflle m (plural cllous de girouflle)


cllaou d'girouflle

cllaou d'girouflle m (plural cllaous d'girouflle)


oim'ra

(Guernsey) third-person singular future of oimaïr


Chène

From Persian چینی (čini, “Chinese; porcelain”), compound of چین (čin, “China”) and the suffix ـی (-i), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (cīna).


Chaenne

From Persian چینی (čini, “Chinese; porcelain”), compound of چین (čin, “China”) and the suffix ـی (-i), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (cyn /čīn/, “China”), ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (cīna).


tchestchionn'nie

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tchestchionn'nie f (plural tchestchionn'nies)

gerund of tchestchionner (“to question, interrogate”)


flianc

From Old French flanc (compare French flanc), from Frankish *hlanka, from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to turn, bend”).


fouorêt

From Old French forest, from Early Medieval Latin forestis.


stchélatte

from Latin sceletus, from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”).


ensembl'ye

From Old French ensemble, from Latin insimul, a variant of simul.


Djeri

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


bike à cartchaîson

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bike à cartchaîson f (plural bikes à cartchaîson)


edjulle

From Late Latin acūcula, a diminutive of Latin acus (“needle, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).


gùai

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


autaomme

From Old French automne, from Latin autumnus.


assembllaïe

From Old French asemblee (compare French assemblée), from asembler (“to collect up; to get together”).


martchieaux à deux mains

marté à deux mains
marté à deux mains#Norman

plural of marté à deux mains (“claw hammer”)


p'tit quérouin

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p'tit quérouin m (plural p'tits quérouins)


deigt

From Old French doit, doi, from Latin digitus.


môin

From Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *man-.


articlle

From Old French article, borrowed from Latin articulus (“joint, limb, member, part, division, the article in grammar, a point of time”), diminutive of artus (“joint”).


siaeclle

From Old French siecle, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin saeculum.


histouaire

From Old French estoire and Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía, “learning through research, narration of what is learned”), from ἱστορέω (historéō, “to learn through research, to inquire”), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “the one who knows, the expert, the judge”).


Unnion Soviétique

L'Unnion Soviétique (canonical feminine)

Clipping of Unnion d'Républyiques Socialistes Soviétiques.


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L'Unnion d'Républyiques Socialistes Soviétiques f

Translation of Russian Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик (Sojúz Sovétskix Socialistíčeskix Respúblik).

uder

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

(Jersey, historical) the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (a confederation of nominally independent socialist republics led by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1922 to 1991)


Êdîmbourg

(Jersey) Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)

City of Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh#English

(Jersey) Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)


cllos

From Old French clos (“enclosed outdoor area; field, paddock”).


froutchet

How the Pains Saw the Hydroplanes!
J'en eummes de même pour quatr' heuthes de temps; et, a la fin, quand j'rentrimes dans la Cauchie, toute not' pêque avait 'té enviée hors-bord, j'avaimes de l'ieau jusqu'au froutchet, l'baté 'tait en d'lacres, l'pilote avait perdi san chapé, et j'avaimes tous grand faim et grand fret.

A Disastrous Fishing Expedition
L's oroplannes sont attendus d'bouonne heuthe demain, et Moussieu d'Rozé m'a d'mandé d'allé dans l'ieau jusqu'au froutchet pour ètre yun des premiers a lus souhaiter la ben'venue au nom d'la Cour.


baté d'bord

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baté d'bord m (plural batchieaux d'bord)


otchupâtiaon

Borrowed from Latin occupātio, occupātiōnem.


orfi

Belone belone
Belone belone#Translingual

(Guernsey, Jersey) garfish (Belone belone)


héthan feunmé

héthan feunmé m (plural héthans feunmés)

(Jersey) kipper (split, salted and smoked herring)


êpinnoche dg'ieau douoche

êpinnoche dg'ieau douoche f (plural êpinnoches dg'ieau douoche)

three-spined stickleback
three-spined stickleback#English

Gasterosteus aculeatus
Gasterosteus aculeatus#Translingual

(Jersey) three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)


ĥéren

From Old French hareng, from Late Latin haringus.

Clupea harengus
Clupea harengus#Translingual


macré

From Old French maquerel, from a Germanic source.

L'âne de Balaam a pâlaï j'airon du macré.

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

Balaam's ass has spoken, we shall soon have mackerel.

Scomber scombrus
Scomber scombrus#Translingual


vengi

(Jersey, transitive or reflexive, s'vengi) to avenge


meeti

From Old French mestier, from Latin ministerium.


m'thuthe

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French mesure, from Latin mēnsūra (“a measuring, rule, something to measure by”), from mēnsus, past participle of mētior, mētīrī (“measure, mete”).


pyid

From Old French pié, from Latin pēs, pedis, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.


êlectricité

Borrowed from French électricité, from English electricity.


mâchouaithe

From Anglo-Norman maschouer, maschouere (compare French mâchoire), from mascher (“to chew”), from Latin masticō, masticāre.


Ĥerme

Possibly from either Old Norse armr (“arm”), due to the shape of the island, or Old French eremite (“hermit”), because of the island's history as a centre of monastic activity.


Cristianème

From Late Latin Christianismus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανός (Khristianós), from Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ, anointed one”).


ouée

From Old French oie, oe, oue, from Vulgar Latin auca, contraction of *avica, from Latin avis (“bird”).


dêpartément

(Jersey) department (section; subdivision of an organisation)


siècl'ye

Bein. ch'est tréjours pôssibl'ye qu'la faichon a changi avaû l's années et avaû les siècl'yes

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


Geffrai

a male given name, equivalent to English Geoffrey


prisonnyi

(Jersey) prisoner (one who is held in captivity)


adrècher

From Old French adrecier (“to straighten, address”), from a- + drecier.

Geffrai s'adrèche ès gens.

2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN, page 7:


prom'ner

From an alteration of Old French pormener.

(Jersey, reflexive, s'prom'ner) to walk; to stroll


r'trouver

to find (something that was previously lost)


amouoch'ler

(Jersey, transitive) to pile up; to form into a pile


tréjouos

From Old French tresjors, from Vulgar Latin *transdiurnos, equivalent to très (“through”) + jouos (“days”).

Dans les clios étout nou vait des tracteurs et des machinnes tandi qu'lé travas du fèrmyi r'prend san rhythme coumme tréjous.

In the fields tractors and machines can be seen too as farm work picks up again as always.


travâler

From Old French travailler, from Vulgar Latin *tripāliāre (“torment”), from Late Latin tripālium (“torture device”).


d'goutter

Old French degoter, ultimately from Latin gutta (“drop; droplet”).


d'puther

Un mont tchi d'puthe dé sang

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tchi

From Old French ki, qui, whence French qui.

Un mont tchi d'puthe dé sang


vaîthîn

Old French veisin, chiefly northern variant of voisin.


tchiquefais

tchique + fais. Cognate with French quelquefois.


tèrrain

I' voulait les tèrrains vaîthîns étout.

2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN, page 17:

He wanted the neighbouring lands as well


ornément

From Old French ornement, from Latin ornamentum.


navidgant

From the verb navidgi, Latin navigō (“I navigate”), whence also the verb nagi.


péthi

From Old French peril (compare French péril), from Latin periculum.


s'lon

From Old French solonc, sulonc, sulunc (compare French selon), probably from a Vulgar Latin *sublungum, from Latin sub + longum. Alternatively from a supposed Old French *seon or from son (itself from Latin secundum; compare Old Occitan segon), later crossed with long, lonc.


à bétôt

Literally "to soon", compare French à bientôt.


r'donner

r'- + donner (“to give”) or inherited from Old French.


pathole

Old French parole, from Late Latin parabola.


r'-

r'prendre


compangnie

I' […] m'nit la compangnie dans l'appartément vaîthîn.

2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN, page 22:

He […] leads the group into the neighbouring apartment.


taque

From Old Northern French taque, northern variant of tache.

mark (distinguishing feature; involuntary stain or trace)


êbraithe

(Jersey, reflexive, s'êbraithe) to cry out


d'vièrs

d'vièrs trais heuthes u matîn


arrouer

(Jersey, reflexive, s'arrouer) to stop; to come to a halt


frontchiéthe

border (imaginary line separating two states)


à dêtre et à s'nêtre

left, right and center
left, right and center

left, right and center (often figuratively, all over, in many different locations)


vîsiter

Borrowed from Middle French visiter, a learned borrowing from Latin vīsitō (“to visit”). Replaced the inherited form seen in Old French visder.


trison

Old French traïson, from Latin traditio.


c'valyi

Old Northern French cevalier, variant of chevalier (French chevalier).


conscienche

Old French conscience, a borrowing from Latin conscientia.

il avait des r'morches dé conscienche

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êtchuyer

Old French escuier, whence French écuyer and English squire.

(Jersey, historical) squire (assistant to a knight)


tchultuthe

Dêpartément pouor l'Êducâtion, l'Sport et la Tchultuthe

Department for Education, Sport and Culture


ouaîsé â blié

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ouaîsé â blié m (plural ouaîsieaux â blié)


oncl'ye

From Old French oncle, from Vulgar Latin *(av)unclus, from Latin avunculus.


faire câod

I' fait câod aneit


ête

yêtre (infinitive)
être (infinitive)
étant (gerund)
yêtre (auxiliary)
aveir (auxiliary)
été (masculine participle past singular)
étée (feminine participle past singular)
étés (masculine participle past plural)
étées (feminine participle past plural)
sîs (indicative present singular)
es (indicative present second-person singular)
est (indicative present singular third-person)
soumes (first-person indicative plural present)
êtes (indicative plural present)
sont (indicative plural present third-person)
éteis (imperfect indicative singular)
éteis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
éteit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
étioms (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
étiez (imperfect indicative plural)
éteient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fus (indicative preterite singular)
fus (indicative preterite second-person singular)
fut (indicative preterite singular third-person)
feûmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
fûtes (indicative plural preterite)
fûtrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
serai (future indicative singular)
seras (future indicative second-person singular)
sera (future indicative singular third-person)
seroms (first-person future indicative plural)
serez (future indicative plural)
seront (future indicative plural third-person)
sereis (conditional indicative singular)
sereis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
sereit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
serioms (conditional first-person indicative plural)
seriez (conditional indicative plural)
sereient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
seie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
seies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
seie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
seyoms (first-person plural present subjunctive)
seyez (plural present subjunctive)
seient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
fusse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
fusses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fût (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fusse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fussioms (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
fussiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
fussent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
seie (imperative singular)
seyoms (first-person imperative plural)
seyez (imperative plural)
ête (infinitive)
étant (gerund)
aver (auxiliary)
ête (auxiliary)
été ('té) (masculine participle past singular)
étèye ('tèye) (feminine participle past singular)
étés ('tés) (masculine participle past plural)
étèyes ('tèyes) (feminine participle past plural)
sieux (indicative present singular)
sis (indicative present singular)
es (indicative present second-person singular)
est (indicative present singular)
sommes (indicative plural present)
êtes (indicative plural present)
sont (indicative plural present)
éteis ('teis) (imperfect indicative singular)
éteis ('teis) (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
éteit ('teit) (imperfect indicative singular)
étioms ('tioms) (imperfect indicative plural)
étiez ('tiez) (imperfect indicative plural)
éteient ('teient) (imperfect indicative plural)
fus (indicative preterite singular)
fus (indicative preterite second-person singular)
fut (indicative preterite singular)
fumes (indicative plural preterite)
fûtes (indicative plural preterite)
fûtent (indicative plural preterite)
srai (future indicative singular)
sras (future indicative second-person singular)
sra (future indicative singular)
sroms (future indicative plural)
srez (future indicative plural)
sront (future indicative plural)
sreis (conditional indicative singular)
sreis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
sreit (conditional indicative singular)
srioms (conditional indicative plural)
sriez (conditional indicative plural)
sreient (conditional indicative plural)
sèye (present singular subjunctive)
sèyes (present singular subjunctive)
séyoms (plural present subjunctive)
séyez (first-person plural present second-person subjunctive)
sèyent (plural present subjunctive)
fusse (imperfect singular subjunctive)
fusses (imperfect singular subjunctive)
fussioms (imperfect plural subjunctive)
fussiez (first-person imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fussent (imperfect plural subjunctive)
sèye (imperative present singular)
séyoms (imperative plural present)
séyez (imperative plural present second-person)
sèye 'té (imperative past singular)
séyoms 'tés (imperative past plural)
séyez 'té (imperative past plural second-person)
séyez 'tés (imperative past plural second-person)
ête (infinitive)
étant (gerund)
aver (auxiliary)
ête (auxiliary)
étè ('tè) (masculine participle past singular)
étèye ('tèye) (feminine participle past singular)
étès ('tès) (masculine participle past plural)
étèyes ('tèyes) (feminine participle past plural)
sis (first-person indicative present singular)
es (indicative present second-person singular)
est (indicative present singular)
sommes (first-person indicative present singular)
êtes (indicative plural present second-person)
sont (indicative plural present)
éteis ('teis) (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
éteis ('teis) (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
éteit ('teit) (imperfect indicative singular)
étioms ('tioms) (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
étiez ('tiez) (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
éteient ('teient) (imperfect indicative plural)
fus (first-person indicative preterite singular)
fus (indicative preterite second-person singular)
fut (indicative preterite singular)
fumes (first-person indicative preterite singular)
fûtes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
fûtent (indicative plural preterite)
srai (first-person future indicative singular)
sras (future indicative second-person singular)
sra (future indicative singular)
sroms (first-person future indicative singular)
srez (future indicative plural second-person)
sront (future indicative plural)
sreis (conditional first-person indicative singular)
sreis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
sreit (conditional indicative singular)
srioms (conditional first-person indicative singular)
sriez (conditional indicative plural second-person)
sreient (conditional indicative plural)
seis (present singular subjunctive)
seit (present singular subjunctive)
séyoms (plural present subjunctive)
séyez (first-person plural present second-person subjunctive)
seient (plural present subjunctive)
fûche (imperfect singular subjunctive)
fûches (imperfect singular subjunctive)
fûchioms (imperfect plural subjunctive)
fûchiez (first-person imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fûchent (imperfect plural subjunctive)
seis (imperative present singular)
séyoms (imperative plural present)
séyez (imperative plural present second-person)
seis 'tè (imperative past singular)
séyoms 'tès (imperative past plural)
séyez 'tè (imperative past plural second-person)
séyez 'tès (imperative past plural second-person)

From Old French estre, from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.

Falleit qu’i feusse tréjouos le prémyî.


luure

luure (infinitive)
luusaunt (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
luusu (masculine participle past singular)
luusue (feminine participle past singular)
luusus (masculine participle past plural)
luusues (feminine participle past plural)
luus (indicative present singular)
luus (indicative present second-person singular)
luut (indicative present singular third-person)
luusoums (first-person indicative plural present)
luusaez (indicative plural present)
luusaent (indicative plural present third-person)
luuseis (imperfect indicative singular)
luuseis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
luuseit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
luusioums (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
luusiaez (imperfect indicative plural)
luuseient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
luusis (indicative preterite singular)
luusis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
luusit (indicative preterite singular third-person)
luusîmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
luusîtes (indicative plural preterite)
luusîtent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
luurai (future indicative singular)
luuras (future indicative second-person singular)
luura (future indicative singular third-person)
luuroms (first-person future indicative plural)
luuraez (future indicative plural)
luurount (future indicative plural third-person)
luureis (conditional indicative singular)
luureis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
luureit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
luurioums (conditional first-person indicative plural)
luuriaez (conditional indicative plural)
luureient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
luuse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
luuses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
luuse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
luusioums (first-person plural present subjunctive)
luusiaez (plural present subjunctive)
luusent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
luusisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
luusisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
luisît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
luisisse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
luusissioums (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
luusissiaez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
luusîtent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
luusissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
luus (imperative singular)
luusoums (first-person imperative plural)
luusaez (imperative plural)

From Old French lire, from Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō (“I read”).

I ne luut ryin que des lives sus la Normaundie, sen payis !

He does only read about his homeland Normandy!


maungi

From Old Northern French mangier (compare Old French mangier), from Vulgar Latin manducare, from mando. Doublet of mouogi.


creître

creître (infinitive)
creissant (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
creû (masculine participle past singular)
creûe (feminine participle past singular)
creûs (masculine participle past plural)
creûes (feminine participle past plural)
creîs (indicative present singular)
creîs (indicative present second-person singular)
creît (indicative present singular third-person)
creissoms (first-person indicative plural present)
creissez (indicative plural present)
creissent (indicative plural present third-person)
creisseis (imperfect indicative singular)
creisseis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
creisseit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
creissioms (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
creissiez (imperfect indicative plural)
creisseient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
creûs (indicative preterite singular)
creûs (indicative preterite second-person singular)
creût (indicative preterite singular third-person)
creûmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
creûtes (indicative plural preterite)
creûtrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
creîtrai (future indicative singular)
creîtras (future indicative second-person singular)
creîtra (future indicative singular third-person)
creîtroms (first-person future indicative plural)
creîtrez (future indicative plural)
creîtront (future indicative plural third-person)
creîtreis (conditional indicative singular)
creîtreis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
creîtreit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
creîtrioms (conditional first-person indicative plural)
creîtriez (conditional indicative plural)
creîtreient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
creisse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
creisses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
creisse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
creissioms (first-person plural present subjunctive)
creissiez (plural present subjunctive)
creissent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
creûsse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
creûsses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
creût (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
creûsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
creûssioms (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
creûssiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
creûssent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
creîs (imperative singular)
creissoms (first-person imperative plural)
creissez (imperative plural)

From Old French creistre, croistre, from Latin crēscere, present active infinitive of crēscō (“I grow”).


mouogi

mouogei (infinitive)
mouogeaunt (gerund)
mouog (auxiliary)
mouogei (masculine participle past singular)
mouogeie (feminine participle past singular)
mouogeis (masculine participle past plural)
mouogeies (feminine participle past plural)
mouogeoums (first-person indicative plural present)
mouojuiz (indicative plural present)
mouogeeis (imperfect indicative singular)
mouogeeis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
mouogeeit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
mouogeioums (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
mouogeiaez (imperfect indicative plural)
mouogeeient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
mouogeis (indicative preterite singular)
mouogeis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
mouogeît (indicative preterite singular third-person)
mouogeîmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
mouogeîtes (indicative plural preterite)
mouogeîtent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
mouogeerai (future indicative singular)
mouogeeras (future indicative second-person singular)
mouogeera (future indicative singular third-person)
mouogeeroums (first-person future indicative plural)
mouogeeraez (future indicative plural)
mouogeerount (future indicative plural third-person)
mouogeereis (conditional indicative singular)
mouogeereis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
mouogeereit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
mouogeerioums (conditional first-person indicative plural)
mouogeeriaez (conditional indicative plural)
mouogeereient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
mouogeioums (first-person plural present subjunctive)
mouogeiaez (plural present subjunctive)
mouogeisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
mouogeisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
mouogeisse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
mouogeissioums (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
mouogeissiaez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
mouogeîtent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
mouojuoums (first-person imperative plural)
mouogeiz (imperative plural)

From Old Northern French mangier (compare Old French mangier), from Vulgar Latin manducare, from mando. Doublet of maungi.

I mouojue byin pus de goule que d’âote seit !

He eats more out of greed than anything!


Gouin

From Yiddish גויים (gueym) from Hebrew גויים (goyim).


Drouin

A habitational surname. derived from the Seigneurie of Derouvin


êtchipes dé filméthie

êtchipe dé filméthie
êtchipe dé filméthie#Norman


Lalonde

English: Lalonde

French: Lalonde


Carpentier

English: Carpentier

French: Carpentier

Capitalization of carpentier (“carpenter”). From Latin carpentarius

Carpentier (“a surname originating as an occupation.”) (Carpenter)


biâo

From Old French biaus, from Latin bellus.


douox

From Old French dous, from Latin dulcis.


âote

From Old French autre, from Latin alter.


loung

From Old French long, from Latin longus.


uû

From Old French uel, ueil, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus.


prêchi

prêchi (infinitive)
prêchaunt (gerund)
avaer (auxiliary)
prêchi (masculine participle past singular)
prêchie (feminine participle past singular)
prêchis (masculine participle past plural)
prêchies (feminine participle past plural)
prêche (indicative present singular)
prêches (indicative present second-person singular)
prêche (indicative present singular third-person)
prêchoums (first-person indicative plural present)
prêchiz (indicative plural present)
prêchent (indicative plural present third-person)
prêcheis (imperfect indicative singular)
prêcheis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
prêcheit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
prêchioums (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
prêchiaez (imperfect indicative plural)
prêcheient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
prêchis (indicative preterite singular)
prêchis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
prêchît (indicative preterite singular third-person)
prêchîmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
prêchîtes (indicative plural preterite)
prêchîtent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
prêcherai (future indicative singular)
prêcheras (future indicative second-person singular)
prêchera (future indicative singular third-person)
prêcheroums (first-person future indicative plural)
prêcheraez (future indicative plural)
prêcherount (future indicative plural third-person)
prêchereis (conditional indicative singular)
prêchereis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
prêchereit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
prêcherioums (conditional first-person indicative plural)
prêcheriaez (conditional indicative plural)
prêchereient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
prêche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
prêches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
prêche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
prêchioums (first-person plural present subjunctive)
prêchiaez (plural present subjunctive)
prêchent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
prêchisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
prêchisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
prêchisse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
prêchissioums (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
prêchissiaez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
prêchîtent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
prêche (imperative singular)
prêchoums (first-person imperative plural)
prêchiz (imperative plural)

From Old French prechier, from Latin praedicere, present active infinitive of praedico (“I preach”).


deû

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


avaer

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)

From Old French aveir, avoir, from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).


veudyi

veudyi (infinitive)
veudyaunt (gerund)
avaer (auxiliary)
veudyi (masculine participle past singular)
veudyie (feminine participle past singular)
veudyis (masculine participle past plural)
veudyies (feminine participle past plural)
veudye (indicative present singular)
veudyes (indicative present second-person singular)
veudye (indicative present singular third-person)
veudyoums (first-person indicative plural present)
veudyiz (indicative plural present)
veudyent (indicative plural present third-person)
veudyeis (imperfect indicative singular)
veudyeis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
veudyeit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
veudyioums (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
veudyiaez (imperfect indicative plural)
veudyeient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
veudyis (indicative preterite singular)
veudyis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
veudyît (indicative preterite singular third-person)
veudyîmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
veudyîtes (indicative plural preterite)
veudyîtent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
veudyerai (future indicative singular)
veudyeras (future indicative second-person singular)
veudyera (future indicative singular third-person)
veudyeroums (first-person future indicative plural)
veudyeraez (future indicative plural)
veudyerount (future indicative plural third-person)
veudyereis (conditional indicative singular)
veudyereis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
veudyereit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
veudyerioums (conditional first-person indicative plural)
veudyeriaez (conditional indicative plural)
veudyereient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
veudye (first-person present singular subjunctive)
veudyes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
veudye (present singular subjunctive third-person)
veudyioums (first-person plural present subjunctive)
veudyiaez (plural present subjunctive)
veudyent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
veudyisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
veudyisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
veudyisse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
veudyissioums (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
veudyissiaez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
veudyîtent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
veudye (imperative singular)
veudyoums (first-person imperative plural)
veudyiz (imperative plural)


vouleî

vouleir (infinitive)
voulant (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
voulu (masculine participle past singular)
voulue (feminine participle past singular)
voulus (masculine participle past plural)
voulues (feminine participle past plural)
veurs (indicative present singular)
veux (indicative present second-person singular)
veut (indicative present singular third-person)
vouloms (first-person indicative plural present)
voulez (indicative plural present)
veulent (indicative plural present third-person)
vouleis (imperfect indicative singular)
vouleis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
vouleit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
voulioms (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
vouliez (imperfect indicative plural)
vouleient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
voulis (indicative preterite singular)
voulis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
voulit (indicative preterite singular third-person)
voulîmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
voulîtes (indicative plural preterite)
voulîtrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
vourrai (future indicative singular)
vourras (future indicative second-person singular)
vourra (future indicative singular third-person)
vourroms (first-person future indicative plural)
vourrez (future indicative plural)
vourront (future indicative plural third-person)
vourreis (conditional indicative singular)
vourreis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
vourreit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
vourrioms (conditional first-person indicative plural)
vourriez (conditional indicative plural)
vourreient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
veûle (first-person present singular subjunctive)
veûles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
veûle (present singular subjunctive third-person)
voulioms (first-person plural present subjunctive)
vouliez (plural present subjunctive)
veûlent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
voulisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
voulisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
voulît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
voulisse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
voulissioms (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
voulissiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
voulissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
veûle (imperative singular)
veûloms (first-person imperative plural)
veûlez (imperative plural)

From Old French voleir, voloir, from Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

Jé ne veurs paés maungî la maême cose qué hyir !

I don’t want to eat the same thing as yesterday!


pouveî

pouveir (infinitive)
pouvant (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
peu (masculine participle past singular)
peue (feminine participle past singular)
peus (masculine participle past plural)
peues (feminine participle past plural)
peux (indicative present singular)
pîs (indicative present singular)
peux (indicative present second-person singular)
peut (indicative present singular third-person)
pouvoms (first-person indicative plural present)
pouvez (indicative plural present)
peuvent (indicative plural present third-person)
pouveis (imperfect indicative singular)
pouveis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pouveit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pouvioms (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pouviez (imperfect indicative plural)
pouveient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
peus (indicative preterite singular)
peus (indicative preterite second-person singular)
peut (indicative preterite singular third-person)
peûmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
peûtes (indicative plural preterite)
peûtrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
pourrai (future indicative singular)
pourras (future indicative second-person singular)
pourra (future indicative singular third-person)
pourroms (first-person future indicative plural)
pourrez (future indicative plural)
pourront (future indicative plural third-person)
pourreis (conditional indicative singular)
pourreis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
pourreit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
pourrioms (conditional first-person indicative plural)
pourriez (conditional indicative plural)
pourreient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
peuve (first-person present singular subjunctive)
pîsse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
peuves (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pîsses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
peuve (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pîsse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pouvioms (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pîssioms (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pouviez (plural present subjunctive)
pîssiez (plural present subjunctive)
peuvent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pîssent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
peusse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
peusses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
peût (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
peusse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
peussioms (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
peussiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
peussent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)

From Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.

Je péeus li demaundaer qu’i fèche à mouogi si tu veurs !