livre

head

livre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular livre)

livre (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Middle French: livre

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin līber.


able

able m (oblique and nominative feminine singular able)

able (feminine nominative oblique singular)
ables (masculine singular subjective)
able (feminine singular subjective)
able (neuter singular subjective)
able (masculine oblique singular)
able (feminine oblique singular)
able (neuter oblique singular)
able (oblique singular)
able (masculine plural subjective)
ables (feminine plural subjective)
able (neuter plural subjective)
able (plural subjective)
ables (masculine oblique plural)
ables (feminine oblique plural)
able (neuter oblique plural)
ables (oblique plural)
able (oblique plural)

French: habile

→ Romanian: abil

→ Middle Dutch: abel

Dutch: abel

→ Middle English: able, habil

English: able, habile

→ Welsh: abl


nu

nu m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nue)

nue (feminine nominative oblique singular)


servant

servant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular servant or servante)

servant (feminine nominative oblique singular)
servante (feminine nominative oblique singular)


abstinent

abstinent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular abstinent or abstinente)

abstinent (feminine nominative oblique singular)
abstinente (feminine nominative oblique singular)
abstinens (masculine singular subjective)
abstinente (feminine singular subjective)
abstinent (neuter singular subjective)
abstinent (masculine oblique singular)
abstinente (feminine oblique singular)
abstinent (neuter oblique singular)
abstinente (oblique singular)
abstinent (oblique singular)
abstinent (masculine plural subjective)
abstinentes (feminine plural subjective)
abstinent (neuter plural subjective)
abstinent (plural subjective)
abstinents (masculine oblique plural)
abstinentes (feminine oblique plural)
abstinent (neuter oblique plural)
abstinentes (oblique plural)
abstinent (oblique plural)

→ Middle English: abstinent

English: abstinent

Middle French: abstinent

French: abstinent

Borrowed from Latin abstinens, abstinentem.


alien

alien m (oblique and nominative feminine singular aliene)

aliene (feminine nominative oblique singular)
aliens (masculine singular subjective)
aliene (feminine singular subjective)
alien (neuter singular subjective)
alien (masculine oblique singular)
aliene (feminine oblique singular)
alien (neuter oblique singular)
aliene (oblique singular)
alien (oblique singular)
alien (masculine plural subjective)
alienes (feminine plural subjective)
alien (neuter plural subjective)
alien (plural subjective)
aliens (masculine oblique plural)
alienes (feminine oblique plural)
alien (neuter oblique plural)
alienes (oblique plural)
alien (oblique plural)

11th century, La Vie de Saint Alexis, BNF manuscript 19525


libre

libre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular libre)

libre (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Middle French: libre
French: libre


second

second m (oblique and nominative feminine singular seconde)

seconde (feminine nominative oblique singular)
seconds (masculine singular subjective)
seconde (feminine singular subjective)
second (neuter singular subjective)
second (masculine oblique singular)
seconde (feminine oblique singular)
second (neuter oblique singular)
seconde (oblique singular)
second (oblique singular)
second (masculine plural subjective)
secondes (feminine plural subjective)
second (neuter plural subjective)
second (plural subjective)
seconds (masculine oblique plural)
secondes (feminine oblique plural)
second (neuter oblique plural)
secondes (oblique plural)
second (oblique plural)

Middle English: secunde

English: second

Scots: second

French: second


general

general m (oblique and nominative feminine singular generale)

generale (feminine nominative oblique singular)
generals (masculine singular subjective)
generaus (masculine singular subjective)
generax (masculine singular subjective)
generale (feminine singular subjective)
general (neuter singular subjective)
general (masculine oblique singular)
generale (feminine oblique singular)
general (neuter oblique singular)
generale (oblique singular)
general (oblique singular)
general (masculine plural subjective)
generales (feminine plural subjective)
general (neuter plural subjective)
general (plural subjective)
generals (masculine oblique plural)
generaus (masculine oblique plural)
generax (masculine oblique plural)
generales (feminine oblique plural)
general (neuter oblique plural)
generales (oblique plural)
general (oblique plural)

→ English: general

French: général

general (not limited in use or application; applicable to the whole or every member of a class or category)


sol

sol m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sole)

sole (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: seul

→ English: sole


rose

rose m (oblique and nominative feminine singular rosee)

rosee (feminine nominative oblique singular)


rice

rice m (oblique and nominative feminine singular rice)

rice (feminine nominative oblique singular)


bel

bel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bele)

bele (feminine nominative oblique singular)
biax (masculine singular subjective)
biaus (masculine singular subjective)
bele (feminine singular subjective)
bel (neuter singular subjective)
bel (masculine oblique singular)
bele (feminine oblique singular)
bel (neuter oblique singular)
bele (oblique singular)
bel (oblique singular)
bel (masculine plural subjective)
beles (feminine plural subjective)
bel (neuter plural subjective)
bel (plural subjective)
biax (masculine oblique plural)
biaus (masculine oblique plural)
beles (feminine oblique plural)
bel (neuter oblique plural)
beles (oblique plural)
bel (oblique plural)

Angevin: biau

Bourbonnais-Berrichon: biau

Bourguignon: bea

Champenois: bé, biau

Franc-Comtois: bia

Middle French: beau, bel

French: beau

→ English: beau

Norman: bel, biau

Picard: biau, bieu (Amiens)

Poitevin-Saintongeais: bia

Paydret: béou

Walloon: bea

→ Middle English: beau; bel

late 12th century, Aucassin et Nicolette, page 6 of the Mario Roques edition
Biax sire, fait li quens, car laisciés ester. Nicolete est une caitive que j’amenai d’estrange tere

Good sir, said the count, let her be. Nicolette is a captive that I've brought here from a foreign land

(as a term of address) good, as in, my good sir, my good lady


vert

vert m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vert)

vert (feminine nominative oblique singular)
verz (masculine singular subjective)
vert (later verte) (feminine singular subjective)
vert (neuter singular subjective)
vert (masculine oblique singular)
vert (later verte) (feminine oblique singular)
vert (neuter oblique singular)
vert (later verte) (oblique singular)
vert (oblique singular)
vert (masculine plural subjective)
verz (later vertes) (feminine plural subjective)
vert (neuter plural subjective)
vert (plural subjective)
verz (masculine oblique plural)
verz (later vertes) (feminine oblique plural)
vert (neuter oblique plural)
verz (later vertes) (oblique plural)
vert (oblique plural)

Bourguignon: vord

desctree

Middle French: verd, vert
French: vert
Haitian Creole: vèt, vè
Louisiana Creole: vè, vèr, vær
→ Wolof: wert

Picard: verd

Norman: vaert, vèrt

Walloon: vert

→ Middle English: vert

English: vert

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Compare Italian verde and Spanish verde.


jaune

head

jaune m (oblique and nominative feminine singular jaune)

jaune (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Middle French: jaune, iaune

French: jaune

→ Italian: giallo

→ Venetan: zalo

Fiumano: jalo

Emilian: śal

Norman: jaone (Guernsey), jâone (Cotentin), jaûne (Jersey)

Walloon: djaene

Sicilian: giarnu (from "jalne")


voir

voir m (oblique and nominative feminine singular voire)

voire (feminine nominative oblique singular)
voirs (masculine singular subjective)
voire (feminine singular subjective)
voir (neuter singular subjective)
voir (masculine oblique singular)
voire (feminine oblique singular)
voir (neuter oblique singular)
voire (oblique singular)
voir (oblique singular)
voir (masculine plural subjective)
voires (feminine plural subjective)
voir (neuter plural subjective)
voir (plural subjective)
voirs (masculine oblique plural)
voires (feminine oblique plural)
voir (neuter oblique plural)
voires (oblique plural)
voir (oblique plural)

→⇒ English: voir dire

E cele, qui est veire amie

c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 176, line 2178:


liberal

liberal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular liberale)

liberale (feminine nominative oblique singular)

→ English: liberal

French: libéral

From Latin līberālis (“befitting a freeman”), from līber (“free”).


vocal

vocal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vocale)

vocale (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: vocal

→ Middle English: vocal

English: vocal


feel

feel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular feel)

feel (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Middle French: feal, fieu, foial

French: féal

desctree

→ Early Scots: feal, feale, feall
Middle Scots: feall, fiall
Scots: feal, feele (obsolete)
→ English: feal


mal

head

mal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular male, comparative peior, superlative peior)

male (feminine nominative oblique singular)
peior (comparative)
peior (superlative)

desctree

Middle French: mal
French: mal
→ English: mal


criminal

head

criminal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular criminale)

criminale (feminine nominative oblique singular)
criminals (masculine singular subjective)
criminaus (masculine singular subjective)
criminale (feminine singular subjective)
criminal (neuter singular subjective)
criminal (masculine oblique singular)
criminale (feminine oblique singular)
criminal (neuter oblique singular)
criminale (oblique singular)
criminal (oblique singular)
criminal (masculine plural subjective)
criminales (feminine plural subjective)
criminal (neuter plural subjective)
criminal (plural subjective)
criminals (masculine oblique plural)
criminaus (masculine oblique plural)
criminales (feminine oblique plural)
criminal (neuter oblique plural)
criminales (oblique plural)
criminal (oblique plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin criminālis, from Latin crīmen.


brief

brief m (oblique and nominative feminine singular brieve)

brieve (feminine nominative oblique singular)
briés (masculine singular subjective)
brieve (feminine singular subjective)
brief (neuter singular subjective)
brief (masculine oblique singular)
brieve (feminine oblique singular)
brief (neuter oblique singular)
brieve (oblique singular)
brief (oblique singular)
brief (masculine plural subjective)
brieves (feminine plural subjective)
brief (neuter plural subjective)
brief (plural subjective)
briés (masculine oblique plural)
brieves (feminine oblique plural)
brief (neuter oblique plural)
brieves (oblique plural)
brief (oblique plural)


simple

simple m (oblique and nominative feminine singular simple)

simple (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: simple

→ Romanian: simplu

→ Middle English: symple, simple

Scots: semple

English: simple


certain

certain m (oblique and nominative feminine singular certaine)

certaine (feminine nominative oblique singular)
certains (masculine singular subjective)
certaine (feminine singular subjective)
certain (neuter singular subjective)
certain (masculine oblique singular)
certaine (feminine oblique singular)
certain (neuter oblique singular)
certaine (oblique singular)
certain (oblique singular)
certain (masculine plural subjective)
certaines (feminine plural subjective)
certain (neuter plural subjective)
certain (plural subjective)
certains (masculine oblique plural)
certaines (feminine oblique plural)
certain (neuter oblique plural)
certaines (oblique plural)
certain (oblique plural)

French: certain

→ Middle English: certeyn

English: certain

From Vulgar Latin *certānus, derived from Latin certus.


vif

vif m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vive)

vive (feminine nominative oblique singular)
vis (masculine singular subjective)
less commonly vifs (masculine singular subjective)
vive (feminine singular subjective)
vif (neuter singular subjective)
vif (masculine oblique singular)
vive (feminine oblique singular)
vif (neuter oblique singular)
vive (oblique singular)
vif (oblique singular)
vif (masculine plural subjective)
vives (feminine plural subjective)
vif (neuter plural subjective)
vif (plural subjective)
vis (masculine oblique plural)
less commonly vifs (masculine oblique plural)
vives (feminine oblique plural)
vif (neuter oblique plural)
vives (oblique plural)
vif (oblique plural)

Middle French: vif

French: vif

Norman: vif


fox

nominative and oblique masculine singular of fol


long

long m (oblique and nominative feminine singular longe or longue)

longe (feminine nominative oblique singular)
longue (feminine nominative oblique singular)
longs (masculine singular subjective)
longe (feminine singular subjective)
longue (feminine singular subjective)
long (neuter singular subjective)
long (masculine oblique singular)
longe (feminine oblique singular)
longue (feminine oblique singular)
long (neuter oblique singular)
longe (oblique singular)
longue (oblique singular)
long (oblique singular)
long (masculine plural subjective)
longes (feminine plural subjective)
longues (feminine plural subjective)
long (neuter plural subjective)
long (plural subjective)
longs (masculine oblique plural)
longes (feminine oblique plural)
longues (feminine oblique plural)
long (neuter oblique plural)
longes (oblique plural)
longues (oblique plural)
long (oblique plural)

French: long

Norman: long (Jersey), laong (Guernsey)


hospital

hospital m (oblique and nominative feminine singular hospitale)

hospitale (feminine nominative oblique singular)
hospitals (masculine singular subjective)
hospitaus (masculine singular subjective)
hospitale (feminine singular subjective)
hospital (neuter singular subjective)
hospital (masculine oblique singular)
hospitale (feminine oblique singular)
hospital (neuter oblique singular)
hospitale (oblique singular)
hospital (oblique singular)
hospital (masculine plural subjective)
hospitales (feminine plural subjective)
hospital (neuter plural subjective)
hospital (plural subjective)
hospitals (masculine oblique plural)
hospitaus (masculine oblique plural)
hospitales (feminine oblique plural)
hospital (neuter oblique plural)
hospitales (oblique plural)
hospital (oblique plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”). Compare the inherited ostel.


mare

head

mare m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mare)

mare (feminine nominative oblique singular)

From Middle Dutch mare (“phantom, spirit”).


impersonal

impersonal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular impersonale)

impersonale (feminine nominative oblique singular)


potable

potable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular potable)

potable (feminine nominative oblique singular)
potables (masculine singular subjective)
potable (feminine singular subjective)
potable (neuter singular subjective)
potable (masculine oblique singular)
potable (feminine oblique singular)
potable (neuter oblique singular)
potable (oblique singular)
potable (masculine plural subjective)
potables (feminine plural subjective)
potable (neuter plural subjective)
potable (plural subjective)
potables (masculine oblique plural)
potables (feminine oblique plural)
potable (neuter oblique plural)
potables (oblique plural)
potable (oblique plural)

→ Middle English: potable

English: potable

French: potable

Norman: potabl'ye (Jersey)


menu

menu m (oblique and nominative feminine singular menue or menude)

menue (feminine nominative oblique singular)
menude (feminine nominative oblique singular)
menus (masculine singular subjective)
menuz (masculine singular subjective)
menue (feminine singular subjective)
menude (feminine singular subjective)
menu (neuter singular subjective)
menu (masculine oblique singular)
menue (feminine oblique singular)
menude (feminine oblique singular)
menu (neuter oblique singular)
menue (oblique singular)
menude (oblique singular)
menu (oblique singular)
menu (masculine plural subjective)
menues (feminine plural subjective)
menudes (feminine plural subjective)
menu (neuter plural subjective)
menu (plural subjective)
menus (masculine oblique plural)
menuz (masculine oblique plural)
menues (feminine oblique plural)
menudes (feminine oblique plural)
menu (neuter oblique plural)
menues (oblique plural)
menudes (oblique plural)
menu (oblique plural)

desctree

Middle French: menu
French: menu (see there for further descendants)

Trenche la coife de son hauberc menu

12ᵗʰ Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:

He cut off the head of his small coat of armor


franc

head

franc m (oblique and nominative feminine singular franche)

franche (feminine nominative oblique singular)
frans (masculine singular subjective)
franche (feminine singular subjective)
less common france (feminine singular subjective)
franc (neuter singular subjective)
franc (masculine oblique singular)
franche (feminine oblique singular)
less common france (feminine oblique singular)
franc (neuter oblique singular)
franche (oblique singular)
less common france (oblique singular)
franc (oblique singular)
franc (masculine plural subjective)
franches (feminine plural subjective)
less common frances (feminine plural subjective)
franc (neuter plural subjective)
franc (plural subjective)
frans (masculine oblique plural)
franches (feminine oblique plural)
less common frances (feminine oblique plural)
franc (neuter oblique plural)
franches (oblique plural)
less common frances (oblique plural)
franc (oblique plural)

→ English: frank

French: franc

→ Middle High German: franc

Norman: franc (Jersey)

Persian: فرنگ (farang)

From Latin Francus, thought to be from Frankish.


nocturnal

nocturnal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nocturnale)

nocturnale (feminine nominative oblique singular)


precedent

precedent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular precedent or precedente)

precedent (feminine nominative oblique singular)
precedente (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Borrowed from Latin praecēdēns. Compare Middle French preceder.

Fievre ethique vient sans fievre precedente

1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):

Ethical[?] fever comes without a preceding fever


fier

fier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fiere)

fiere (feminine nominative oblique singular)
fiers (masculine singular subjective)
fiere (feminine singular subjective)
fier (neuter singular subjective)
fier (masculine oblique singular)
fiere (feminine oblique singular)
fier (neuter oblique singular)
fiere (oblique singular)
fier (oblique singular)
fier (masculine plural subjective)
fieres (feminine plural subjective)
fier (neuter plural subjective)
fier (plural subjective)
fiers (masculine oblique plural)
fieres (feminine oblique plural)
fier (neuter oblique plural)
fieres (oblique plural)
fier (oblique plural)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

Alternative form of fer (“cruel; fierce”)


mot

head

mot m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mote)

mote (feminine nominative oblique singular)


natural

natural m (oblique and nominative feminine singular naturale)

naturale (feminine nominative oblique singular)

desctree

→ Middle English: natural, naturel, naturalle, naturelle, naturell, naturall, naturill
English: natural
Scots: naitural

French: naturel

→ Breton: naturel

si sanbla natural color.

c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:


premier

head

premier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular premiere)

premiere (feminine nominative oblique singular)
premiers (masculine singular subjective)
premiere (feminine singular subjective)
premier (neuter singular subjective)
premier (masculine oblique singular)
premiere (feminine oblique singular)
premier (neuter oblique singular)
premiere (oblique singular)
premier (oblique singular)
premier (masculine plural subjective)
premieres (feminine plural subjective)
premier (neuter plural subjective)
premier (plural subjective)
premiers (masculine oblique plural)
premieres (feminine oblique plural)
premier (neuter oblique plural)
premieres (oblique plural)
premier (oblique plural)


universal

universal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular universale)

universale (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: universel

desctree

→ Middle English: universal, universall, unyversal, universalle, universell, uniyversale, universele, universel
English: universal


sole

oblique/nominative feminine singular of sol


maire

head

maire m (oblique and nominative feminine singular maire)

maire (feminine nominative oblique singular)


tien

French: tien


real

real m (oblique and nominative feminine singular real or reale)

real (feminine nominative oblique singular)
reale (feminine nominative oblique singular)
reals (masculine singular subjective)
real (feminine singular subjective)
real (neuter singular subjective)
real (masculine oblique singular)
real (feminine oblique singular)
real (neuter oblique singular)
real (oblique singular)
real (masculine plural subjective)
reaxs (feminine plural subjective)
real (neuter plural subjective)
real (plural subjective)
reals (masculine oblique plural)
reaxs (feminine oblique plural)
real (neuter oblique plural)
reaxs (oblique plural)
real (oblique plural)

Middle French: real

El palés real venu sont

c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:


net

net m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nete)

nete (feminine nominative oblique singular)
nez (masculine singular subjective)
nes (masculine singular subjective)
nete (feminine singular subjective)
net (neuter singular subjective)
net (masculine oblique singular)
nete (feminine oblique singular)
net (neuter oblique singular)
nete (oblique singular)
net (oblique singular)
net (masculine plural subjective)
netes (feminine plural subjective)
net (neuter plural subjective)
net (plural subjective)
nez (masculine oblique plural)
nes (masculine oblique plural)
netes (feminine oblique plural)
net (neuter oblique plural)
netes (oblique plural)
net (oblique plural)

Anglo-Norman: neit

→ Middle English: *nete

English: neat

Scots: neat

French: net (see there for further descendants)

→ Breton: néat

→ Middle Dutch: net

Dutch: net

→ Middle High German: nett (Lower Rhenish)

Alemannic German: nett

German: nett

→ Danish: net

→ Middle English: net, nette

English: net (obsolete)

→ Spanish: neto (if not from Catalan)

From Vulgar Latin *nittus, syncopated from Latin nitidus (“shining, polished”).


invisible

invisible m (oblique and nominative feminine singular invisible)

invisible (feminine nominative oblique singular)

First recorded in the 13th century. Borrowed from Late Latin invīsibilis.


visible

visible m (oblique and nominative feminine singular visible)

visible (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Late 12th century, borrowed from Latin visibilis.


foible

foible m (oblique and nominative feminine singular foible)

foible (feminine nominative oblique singular)


mien

French: mien


proper

proper m (oblique and nominative feminine singular proper)

proper (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Or a mai entendez Ki proper volunté amez, Set Pechez 70


pale

pale m (oblique and nominative feminine singular pale)

pale (feminine nominative oblique singular)

English: pale

French: pâle

Norman: pale (Jersey)


gast

gast m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gaste)

gaste (feminine nominative oblique singular)

English: waste (from the variant wast)

Based on Latin vastus (“uncultivated, unoccupied”)


beau

head

beau m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bele)

bele (feminine nominative oblique singular)
beaus (masculine singular subjective)
bele (feminine singular subjective)
beau (neuter singular subjective)
beau (masculine oblique singular)
bele (feminine oblique singular)
beau (neuter oblique singular)
bele (oblique singular)
beau (oblique singular)
beau (masculine plural subjective)
beles (feminine plural subjective)
beau (neuter plural subjective)
beau (plural subjective)
beaus (masculine oblique plural)
beles (feminine oblique plural)
beau (neuter oblique plural)
beles (oblique plural)
beau (oblique plural)

beaus chevalers e bons esteit
e noblement se cunteneit.

c. 1190, Marie de France, Lai de Isclavret:

Hansome knight and good was he
 and he behaved nobly.


felon

felon m (oblique and nominative feminine singular felone)

felone (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Middle French: felon

French: félon

Norman: fflon

Picard: fèlôn

→ Middle English: felun, feloun

Scots: felloun

English: felon

→ Scots: felon, fellin

→ Galician: felón

→ Spanish: felón

From Early Medieval Latin fellōnem. The subject case is fel, from the nominative fellō.

car il voloit le felon tirant

13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 5, column 1, line 7:

"Fui!" fet Erec, "nains enuiieus!
Trop es fel et contraliieus.["]

"Flee" said Erec "pesky dwarf!
You are too vile and maddening"


final

final m (oblique and nominative feminine singular finale)

finale (feminine nominative oblique singular)
finaus (masculine singular subjective)
finale (feminine singular subjective)
final (neuter singular subjective)
final (masculine oblique singular)
finale (feminine oblique singular)
final (neuter oblique singular)
finale (oblique singular)
final (oblique singular)
final (masculine plural subjective)
finales (feminine plural subjective)
final (neuter plural subjective)
final (plural subjective)
finaus (masculine oblique plural)
finales (feminine oblique plural)
final (neuter oblique plural)
finales (oblique plural)
final (oblique plural)

English: final

French: final


corporal

corporal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular corporale)

corporale (feminine nominative oblique singular)


idiot

idiot m (oblique and nominative feminine singular idiote)

idiote (feminine nominative oblique singular)

→ English: idiot

French: idiot

Borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).


chest

head

chest m (oblique and nominative feminine singular cheste)

cheste (feminine nominative oblique singular)


lung

lung m (oblique and nominative feminine singular lunge)

lunge (feminine nominative oblique singular)
lungs (masculine singular subjective)
lunge (feminine singular subjective)
lung (neuter singular subjective)
lung (masculine oblique singular)
lunge (feminine oblique singular)
lung (neuter oblique singular)
lunge (oblique singular)
lung (oblique singular)
lung (masculine plural subjective)
lunges (feminine plural subjective)
lung (neuter plural subjective)
lung (plural subjective)
lungs (masculine oblique plural)
lunges (feminine oblique plural)
lung (neuter oblique plural)
lunges (oblique plural)
lung (oblique plural)


bon

bon m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bone, comparative meillor, superlative meillor)

bone (feminine nominative oblique singular)
meillor (comparative)
meillor (superlative)
bons (masculine singular subjective)
bone (feminine singular subjective)
bon (neuter singular subjective)
bon (masculine oblique singular)
bone (feminine oblique singular)
bon (neuter oblique singular)
bone (oblique singular)
bon (oblique singular)
bon (masculine plural subjective)
bones (feminine plural subjective)
bon (neuter plural subjective)
bon (plural subjective)
bons (masculine oblique plural)
bones (feminine oblique plural)
bon (neuter oblique plural)
bones (oblique plural)
bon (oblique plural)

Middle French: bon

French: bon

Picard: boin

Walloon: bon

desctree

→ Middle English: boon, bone
English: boon
Scots: boon

From Latin bonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos.


maior

head

maior (oblique singular, nominative singular maire)


soul

soul m (oblique and nominative feminine singular soule)

soule (feminine nominative oblique singular)
souls (masculine singular subjective)
soule (feminine singular subjective)
soul (neuter singular subjective)
soul (masculine oblique singular)
soule (feminine oblique singular)
soul (neuter oblique singular)
soule (oblique singular)
soul (oblique singular)
soul (masculine plural subjective)
soules (feminine plural subjective)
soul (neuter plural subjective)
soul (plural subjective)
souls (masculine oblique plural)
soules (feminine oblique plural)
soul (neuter oblique plural)
soules (oblique plural)
soul (oblique plural)


gris

gris m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grise)

grise (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Borrowed from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (“grey”).


blanche

nominative/oblique feminine singular of blanc


nun

nun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nune)

nune (feminine nominative oblique singular)


public

public m (oblique and nominative feminine singular publique)

publique (feminine nominative oblique singular)

public (not private; available to the general populace)


amiable

amiable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular amiable)

amiable (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Middle French: amyable

French: amiable

desctree

Middle English: amyable, amiable
English: amiable

From Late Latin amīcābilis (“friendly”), from Latin amīcus (“friend”), from amō (“I love”).


treble

head

treble m (oblique and nominative feminine singular treble)

treble (feminine nominative oblique singular)

→ Middle English: treble

English: treble

L'utilité […] est treble

1314, H. de Mondeville, Chirurgie, page 24, 3rd column, lines 9-12:


antic

antic m (oblique and nominative feminine singular antique)

antique (feminine nominative oblique singular)

English: antique (borrowing)

French: antique

Borrowed from Latin antīquus. Compare the inherited antive (from the Latin feminine antīqua, which influenced the masculine equivalent form antif; compare also the evolution of Spanish antiguo).


large

large m (oblique and nominative feminine singular large)

large (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Middle French: large

French: large
→ Persian: لارژ (lârž)

Norman: large (Guernsey, Jersey)

→ Middle English: large

English: large

wide (when used to differentiate between height, width and length)


bastard

bastard m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bastarde)

bastarde (feminine nominative oblique singular)
bastards (masculine singular subjective)
bastarde (feminine singular subjective)
bastard (neuter singular subjective)
bastard (masculine oblique singular)
bastarde (feminine oblique singular)
bastard (neuter oblique singular)
bastarde (oblique singular)
bastard (oblique singular)
bastard (masculine plural subjective)
bastardes (feminine plural subjective)
bastard (neuter plural subjective)
bastard (plural subjective)
bastards (masculine oblique plural)
bastardes (feminine oblique plural)
bastard (neuter oblique plural)
bastardes (oblique plural)
bastard (oblique plural)

French: bâtard

→ Galician: bastardo

→ Middle Dutch: bastaert

desctree

Dutch: bastaard, basterd (archaic)
→ Indonesian: bastar
→? Saramaccan: bása
→? Sranan Tongo: basra

→ Middle English: bastard, bastarde, basterd, bastart
English: bastard
Scots: bastart, bastert

From Medieval Latin bastardus, of Germanic origin, possibly Frankish.

bastard (conceived by unmarried parents)


fluent

head

fluent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fluent or fluente)

fluent (feminine nominative oblique singular)
fluente (feminine nominative oblique singular)


quart

quart m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quarte)

quarte (feminine nominative oblique singular)

le quart jour


novel

novel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular novele)

novele (feminine nominative oblique singular)
noveus (masculine singular subjective)
novex (masculine singular subjective)
novels (masculine singular subjective)
novele (feminine singular subjective)
novel (neuter singular subjective)
novel (masculine oblique singular)
novele (feminine oblique singular)
novel (neuter oblique singular)
novele (oblique singular)
novel (oblique singular)
novel (masculine plural subjective)
noveles (feminine plural subjective)
novel (neuter plural subjective)
novel (plural subjective)
noveus (masculine oblique plural)
novex (masculine oblique plural)
novels (masculine oblique plural)
noveles (feminine oblique plural)
novel (neuter oblique plural)
noveles (oblique plural)
novel (oblique plural)

desctree

Middle French: nouveau
French: nouveau
Haitian Creole: nouvo
Mauritian Creole: nouvo
Seychellois Creole: nouvo
→ English: nouveau

Norman: nouvieau

Walloon: novea

→ Middle English: novel

English: novel (“new”)


divin

head

divin m (oblique and nominative feminine singular divine)

divine (feminine nominative oblique singular)
divins (masculine singular subjective)
divine (feminine singular subjective)
divin (neuter singular subjective)
divin (masculine oblique singular)
divine (feminine oblique singular)
divin (neuter oblique singular)
divine (oblique singular)
divin (oblique singular)
divin (masculine plural subjective)
divines (feminine plural subjective)
divin (neuter plural subjective)
divin (plural subjective)
divins (masculine oblique plural)
divines (feminine oblique plural)
divin (neuter oblique plural)
divines (oblique plural)
divin (oblique plural)

French: divin
→ Romanian: divin

→ English: divine


delicious

delicious m (oblique and nominative feminine singular deliciouse)

deliciouse (feminine nominative oblique singular)
delicious (masculine singular subjective)
deliciouse (feminine singular subjective)
delicious (neuter singular subjective)
delicious (masculine oblique singular)
deliciouse (feminine oblique singular)
delicious (neuter oblique singular)
deliciouse (oblique singular)
delicious (oblique singular)
delicious (masculine plural subjective)
deliciouses (feminine plural subjective)
delicious (neuter plural subjective)
delicious (plural subjective)
delicious (masculine oblique plural)
deliciouses (feminine oblique plural)
delicious (neuter oblique plural)
deliciouses (oblique plural)
delicious (oblique plural)

French: délicieux

→ English: delicious


fin

fin m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fine)

fine (feminine nominative oblique singular)
fins (masculine singular subjective)
fine (feminine singular subjective)
fin (neuter singular subjective)
fin (masculine oblique singular)
fine (feminine oblique singular)
fin (neuter oblique singular)
fine (oblique singular)
fin (oblique singular)
fin (masculine plural subjective)
fines (feminine plural subjective)
fin (neuter plural subjective)
fin (plural subjective)
fins (masculine oblique plural)
fines (feminine oblique plural)
fin (neuter oblique plural)
fines (oblique plural)
fin (oblique plural)

Middle French: fin

French: fin

→ Middle Dutch: fijn

desctree

Dutch: fijn
Berbice Creole Dutch: fini
Negerhollands: fien, fin
→ Papiamentu: fini
→ Sranan Tongo: feni, fini
→ Caribbean Javanese: fini
→ Saramaccan: fínu

→ Middle High German: fîn

German: fein
→ Czech: fajn
→ Kashubian: fëjn
→ Polish: fajny
→ Belarusian: фа́йны (fájny)
→ Ukrainian: фа́йний (fájnyj)
→ Greater Polish: fejn
→ Romanian: fain
→ Serbo-Croatian: fajn
→ Slovincian: fejn

Yiddish: פֿײַן (fayn)

Norman: fin

→ Middle English: fyn, fin
English: fine
Yola: fhyne

Serveiz Deu de fin cuer entier

c. 1250, Rutebeuf, C’est la complainte d’outremer:


saint

head

saint m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sainte)

sainte (feminine nominative oblique singular)

→ English: saint

French: saint

Norman: saint (Jersey)

Conment hom devoit Dieu servir
Por saint Paradix deservir

c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:

How man should serve God
In order to deserve Heaven


bun

bun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bune)

bune (feminine nominative oblique singular)
buns (masculine singular subjective)
bune (feminine singular subjective)
bun (neuter singular subjective)
bun (masculine oblique singular)
bune (feminine oblique singular)
bun (neuter oblique singular)
bune (oblique singular)
bun (oblique singular)
bun (masculine plural subjective)
bunes (feminine plural subjective)
bun (neuter plural subjective)
bun (plural subjective)
buns (masculine oblique plural)
bunes (feminine oblique plural)
bun (neuter oblique plural)
bunes (oblique plural)
bun (oblique plural)


chaste

chaste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chaste)

chaste (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Semi-learned term derived from Latin castus.


baud

baud m (oblique and nominative feminine singular baude)

baude (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Bourguignon: baud

Middle French: baud

French: baud

→ Italian: baldo

→ Middle English: bawde, baude (noun)

English: bawd

From Frankish *bald or similar Germanic source, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *balþaz.


gai

gai m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gaie)

gaie (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Middle French: gay
French: gai

desctree

→ Middle English: gay
English: gay
Yola: gaaye, gaay, gay, gai

→ Middle Dutch: gay
Dutch: gei, gaai


gent

head

gent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gente)

gente (feminine nominative oblique singular)
gens (masculine singular subjective)
gente (feminine singular subjective)
gent (neuter singular subjective)
gent (masculine oblique singular)
gente (feminine oblique singular)
gent (neuter oblique singular)
gente (oblique singular)
gent (oblique singular)
gent (masculine plural subjective)
gentes (feminine plural subjective)
gent (neuter plural subjective)
gent (plural subjective)
gens (masculine oblique plural)
gentes (feminine oblique plural)
gent (neuter oblique plural)
gentes (oblique plural)
gent (oblique plural)

From Latin genitus (“begotten”), perfect passive participle of gignō.


cher

cher m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chere)

chere (feminine nominative oblique singular)
chers (masculine singular subjective)
chere (feminine singular subjective)
cher (neuter singular subjective)
cher (masculine oblique singular)
chere (feminine oblique singular)
cher (neuter oblique singular)
chere (oblique singular)
cher (oblique singular)
cher (masculine plural subjective)
cheres (feminine plural subjective)
cher (neuter plural subjective)
cher (plural subjective)
chers (masculine oblique plural)
cheres (feminine oblique plural)
cher (neuter oblique plural)
cheres (oblique plural)
cher (oblique plural)


fer

fer m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fere)

fere (feminine nominative oblique singular)
fers (masculine singular subjective)
fere (feminine singular subjective)
fer (neuter singular subjective)
fer (masculine oblique singular)
fere (feminine oblique singular)
fer (neuter oblique singular)
fere (oblique singular)
fer (oblique singular)
fer (masculine plural subjective)
feres (feminine plural subjective)
fer (neuter plural subjective)
fer (plural subjective)
fers (masculine oblique plural)
feres (feminine oblique plural)
fer (neuter oblique plural)
feres (oblique plural)
fer (oblique plural)

Middle French: fier

French: fier

→ Middle English: fer

English: fere

desctree

→ Middle English: fers (from the nominative singular fers)
English: fierce
Yola: fearse

From Latin ferum, accusative of ferus (“wild”).

Quatre pez ad la beste, e mult est de fer estre

Four feet has the beast, and it is of a very ferocious nature


aire

head

aire m (oblique and nominative feminine singular aire)

aire (feminine nominative oblique singular)


cru

cru m (oblique and nominative feminine singular crue)

crue (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Middle French: crud

French: cru


monde

monde m (oblique and nominative feminine singular monde)

monde (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Middle French: monde

French: monde


mar

mar m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mare)

mare (feminine nominative oblique singular)


haut

haut m (oblique and nominative feminine singular haute)

haute (feminine nominative oblique singular)

From Latin altus (“high, tall”), with the /h/ taken from Frankish *hauh, *hōh (“high, tall, elevated”).


paternal

paternal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular paternale)

paternale (feminine nominative oblique singular)
paternaus (masculine singular subjective)
paternale (feminine singular subjective)
paternal (neuter singular subjective)
paternal (masculine oblique singular)
paternale (feminine oblique singular)
paternal (neuter oblique singular)
paternale (oblique singular)
paternal (oblique singular)
paternal (masculine plural subjective)
paternales (feminine plural subjective)
paternal (neuter plural subjective)
paternal (plural subjective)
paternaus (masculine oblique plural)
paternales (feminine oblique plural)
paternal (neuter oblique plural)
paternales (oblique plural)
paternal (oblique plural)

English: paternal

Borrowed from Latin paternālis. Compare the descended term paternel.


quite

quite m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quite)

quite (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Middle French: quitte
French: quitte

→ Middle English: quit, quite

English: quit, quite

desctree

→ Old Galician-Portuguese: quite, quieto, quito, quita
Portuguese: quite

Learned borrowing from Latin quiētus (pronounced in Medieval Latin as quíetus > quitus). Compare the inherited coi.


blanc

head

blanc m (oblique and nominative feminine singular blanche)

blanche (feminine nominative oblique singular)
blans (masculine singular subjective)
blanche (feminine singular subjective)
blanc (neuter singular subjective)
blanc (masculine oblique singular)
blanche (feminine oblique singular)
blanc (neuter oblique singular)
blanc (oblique singular)
blanc (masculine plural subjective)
blanches (feminine plural subjective)
blanc (neuter plural subjective)
blanc (plural subjective)
blans (masculine oblique plural)
blanches (feminine oblique plural)
blanc (neuter oblique plural)
blanc (oblique plural)

From Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”).
Akin to Old High German blanch "bright, white" (German blank (“blank, white”)), Old Norse blankr (“white”) (Danish blank (“bright, shiny”)), Dutch blank (“white, shining”). More at blink, blind.


noir

head

noir m (oblique and nominative feminine singular noire)

noire (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Champenois: nor

Middle French: noir (see there for further descendants)

Norman: nièr, né, naer, nei

Walloon: noer


sec

sec m (oblique and nominative feminine singular seche)

seche (feminine nominative oblique singular)
ses (masculine singular subjective)
seche (feminine singular subjective)
sec (neuter singular subjective)
sec (masculine oblique singular)
seche (feminine oblique singular)
sec (neuter oblique singular)
seche (oblique singular)
sec (oblique singular)
sec (masculine plural subjective)
seches (feminine plural subjective)
sec (neuter plural subjective)
sec (plural subjective)
ses (masculine oblique plural)
seches (feminine oblique plural)
sec (neuter oblique plural)
seches (oblique plural)
sec (oblique plural)

French: sec

Norman: sé

Walloon: setch


quarte

quarte m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quarte)

quarte (feminine nominative oblique singular)


quinte

quinte m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quinte)

quinte (feminine nominative oblique singular)


mat

mat m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mate)

mate (feminine nominative oblique singular)


mier

mier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular miere)

miere (feminine nominative oblique singular)

→ Middle English: mere, mer

English: mere

From Latin merus (“sheer, undiluted, pure”).


plat

plat m (oblique and nominative feminine singular plate)

plate (feminine nominative oblique singular)

desctree

Middle French: plat
French: plat
→ Romanian: plat

Norman: pliat (Jersey)

→ Middle Dutch: plat

Dutch: plat (see there for further descendants)

Limburgish: plat

→ Middle English: plat

English: plat

Scots: plat

→ Middle High German: blat (see there for further descendants)

→ Middle Low German: plat

→ Danish: plat

→ Swedish: platt

From Vulgar Latin *plattus (“flattened”).


triste

head

triste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular triste)

triste (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: triste

→ English: triste

Norman: triste


frequent

frequent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular frequent or frequente)

frequent (feminine nominative oblique singular)
frequente (feminine nominative oblique singular)
frequenz (masculine singular subjective)
frequente (feminine singular subjective)
frequent (neuter singular subjective)
frequent (masculine oblique singular)
frequente (feminine oblique singular)
frequent (neuter oblique singular)
frequente (oblique singular)
frequent (oblique singular)
frequent (masculine plural subjective)
frequentes (feminine plural subjective)
frequent (neuter plural subjective)
frequent (plural subjective)
frequenz (masculine oblique plural)
frequentes (feminine oblique plural)
frequent (neuter oblique plural)
frequentes (oblique plural)
frequent (oblique plural)

→ English: frequent

French: fréquent


violent

violent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular violent or violente)

violent (feminine nominative oblique singular)
violente (feminine nominative oblique singular)

desctree

→ Middle English: violent, vyolent, wyolent, vilent
English: violent

French: violent


repentant

head

repentant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular repentant or repentante)

repentant (feminine nominative oblique singular)
repentante (feminine nominative oblique singular)


tot

tot m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tote)

tote (feminine nominative oblique singular)
toz (masculine singular subjective)
tuit (masculine singular subjective)
tote (feminine singular subjective)
tot (neuter singular subjective)
tot (masculine oblique singular)
tote (feminine oblique singular)
tot (neuter oblique singular)
tote (oblique singular)
tot (oblique singular)
tot (masculine plural subjective)
tuit (masculine plural subjective)
totes (feminine plural subjective)
tot (neuter plural subjective)
tot (plural subjective)
toz (masculine oblique plural)
totes (feminine oblique plural)
tot (neuter oblique plural)
totes (oblique plural)
tot (oblique plural)

From Vulgar Latin tōttus, alteration of Latin tōtus.


resident

resident m (oblique and nominative feminine singular resident or residente)

resident (feminine nominative oblique singular)
residente (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Borrowed from Latin residentem, accusative singular of residēns, from the verb resideō.


tierce

tierce m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tierce)

tierce (feminine nominative oblique singular)

La tierce oevre fu de musique


jazerant

jazerant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular jazerant)

jazerant (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Old Occitan jazerenc, from Arabic جَزَائِرِيّ (jazāʔiriyy, “Algerian, of Algiers”), derived from الجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “Algiers; Algeria”).


poitrinal

head

poitrinal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular poitrinal or pointrinale)

poitrinal (feminine nominative oblique singular)
pointrinale (feminine nominative oblique singular)

chest (relating to the chest, the area between the neck and the belly)


autre

autre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular autre)

autre (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Et tu e tuit li altre oisel

c. 1110,, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:


cil

cil m (oblique and nominative feminine singular cile)

cile (feminine nominative oblique singular)
cils (masculine singular subjective)
cile (feminine singular subjective)
cil (neuter singular subjective)
cil (masculine oblique singular)
cile (feminine oblique singular)
cil (neuter oblique singular)
cile (oblique singular)
cil (oblique singular)
cil (masculine plural subjective)
ciles (feminine plural subjective)
cil (neuter plural subjective)
cil (plural subjective)
cils (masculine oblique plural)
ciles (feminine oblique plural)
cil (neuter oblique plural)
ciles (oblique plural)
cil (oblique plural)


glorious

glorious m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gloriouse)

gloriouse (feminine nominative oblique singular)
glorious (masculine singular subjective)
gloriouse (feminine singular subjective)
glorious (neuter singular subjective)
glorious (masculine oblique singular)
gloriouse (feminine oblique singular)
glorious (neuter oblique singular)
gloriouse (oblique singular)
glorious (oblique singular)
glorious (masculine plural subjective)
gloriouses (feminine plural subjective)
glorious (neuter plural subjective)
glorious (plural subjective)
glorious (masculine oblique plural)
gloriouses (feminine oblique plural)
glorious (neuter oblique plural)
gloriouses (oblique plural)
glorious (oblique plural)

dunc dist Damnedeu glorious

13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 11, column 2, line 2:


primer

primer m (oblique and nominative feminine singular primere)

primere (feminine nominative oblique singular)


rural

rural m (oblique and nominative feminine singular rurale)

rurale (feminine nominative oblique singular)

→ English: rural

French: rural

From Latin rūrālis (“rural”), from rūs (“countryside”) + -ālis.


rampant

rampant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular rampant or rampante)

rampant (feminine nominative oblique singular)
rampante (feminine nominative oblique singular)
rampans (masculine singular subjective)
rampanz (masculine singular subjective)
rampantz (masculine singular subjective)
rampante (feminine singular subjective)
rampant (neuter singular subjective)
rampant (masculine oblique singular)
rampante (feminine oblique singular)
rampant (neuter oblique singular)
rampante (oblique singular)
rampant (oblique singular)
rampant (masculine plural subjective)
rampantes (feminine plural subjective)
rampant (neuter plural subjective)
rampant (plural subjective)
rampans (masculine oblique plural)
rampanz (masculine oblique plural)
rampantz (masculine oblique plural)
rampantes (feminine oblique plural)
rampant (neuter oblique plural)
rampantes (oblique plural)
rampant (oblique plural)

→ English: rampant

French: rampant


demesne

demesne m (oblique and nominative feminine singular demesne)

demesne (feminine nominative oblique singular)


blunt

blunt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular blunde)

blunde (feminine nominative oblique singular)

From Frankish *blund, from Proto-Germanic *blundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-.


resplendant

resplendant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular resplendant or resplendante)

resplendant (feminine nominative oblique singular)
resplendante (feminine nominative oblique singular)


pensive

nominative/oblique feminine singular of pensif


ardent

ardent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ardent or ardente)

ardent (feminine nominative oblique singular)
ardente (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: ardent

desctree

→ Middle English: ardaunt, ardant, ardent, ardente, hardaunt, ordaunt
English: ardent
Scots: ardent


mort

head

mort m (oblique and nominative feminine singular morte)

morte (feminine nominative oblique singular)
morz (masculine singular subjective)
morte (feminine singular subjective)
mort (neuter singular subjective)
mort (masculine oblique singular)
morte (feminine oblique singular)
mort (neuter oblique singular)
morte (oblique singular)
mort (oblique singular)
mort (masculine plural subjective)
mortes (feminine plural subjective)
mort (neuter plural subjective)
mort (plural subjective)
morz (masculine oblique plural)
mortes (feminine oblique plural)
mort (neuter oblique plural)
mortes (oblique plural)
mort (oblique plural)

Middle French: mort

French: mort

Picard: mort

Norman: mort (Jersey)

Walloon: moirt

From Vulgar Latin *mortu(s), from Latin mortuus.

Or veit Rollant que mort est sun ami

c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:

Now Roland can see that his friend is dead


sage

sage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sage)

sage (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Middle French: sage

French: sage

Franc-Comtois: saidge

→ Italian: saggio

→ Middle English: sage

English: sage

From Vulgar Latin *sapium (“wise”), semantically specialized alteration of Latin sapidus (“delicious, wise”). Doublet of sade (“delicious”), from the Latin form.


vis

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

inflection of vif (“alive”):
oblique plural

inflection of vif (“alive”):
nominative singular


digest

head

digest m (oblique and nominative feminine singular digeste)

digeste (feminine nominative oblique singular)


grant

grant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grant or grande, comparative maior, superlative grandisme)

grant (feminine nominative oblique singular)
grande (feminine nominative oblique singular)
maior (comparative)
grandisme (superlative)
granz (masculine singular subjective)
grant (later grande) (feminine singular subjective)
grant (neuter singular subjective)
grant (masculine oblique singular)
grant (later grande) (feminine oblique singular)
grant (neuter oblique singular)
grant (later grande) (oblique singular)
grant (oblique singular)
grant (masculine plural subjective)
granz (later grandes) (feminine plural subjective)
grant (neuter plural subjective)
grant (plural subjective)
granz (masculine oblique plural)
granz (later grandes) (feminine oblique plural)
grant (neuter oblique plural)
granz (later grandes) (oblique plural)
grant (oblique plural)

desctree

Middle French: grand
French: grand
Norman: grand
Picard: grand
→ English: grand

plaint sa mesaise e sa grant peine

c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 168, line 2021:

she lamented her suffering and her great pain


grief

head

grief m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grieve)

grieve (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: grief (archaic, literary)

From Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem.

Mult ai le quer gref e marri.

late 12th century, anonymous author, “La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford”, in Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 386, line 552:


official

official m (oblique and nominative feminine singular officiale)

officiale (feminine nominative oblique singular)

desctree

→ Middle English: official, officiale, offycyal, offyciall, officiall, offecialle
English: official
Scots: offeecial

French: officiel

tumeur c’est maladie officiale

1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 182 of this essay:

official; certified or permitted by an authoritative source


tart

head

tart m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tarde)

tarde (feminine nominative oblique singular)


trenchant

trenchant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular trenchant or trenchante)

trenchant (feminine nominative oblique singular)
trenchante (feminine nominative oblique singular)
trenchanz (masculine singular subjective)
trenchant (feminine singular subjective)
trenchante (feminine singular subjective)
trenchant (neuter singular subjective)
trenchant (masculine oblique singular)
trenchant (feminine oblique singular)
trenchante (feminine oblique singular)
trenchant (neuter oblique singular)
trenchant (oblique singular)
trenchante (oblique singular)
trenchant (masculine plural subjective)
trenchanz (feminine plural subjective)
trenchantes (feminine plural subjective)
trenchant (neuter plural subjective)
trenchant (plural subjective)
trenchanz (masculine oblique plural)
trenchanz (feminine oblique plural)
trenchantes (feminine oblique plural)
trenchant (neuter oblique plural)
trenchanz (oblique plural)
trenchantes (oblique plural)
trenchant (oblique plural)


tut

tut m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tute)

tute (feminine nominative oblique singular)
tuz (masculine singular subjective)
tuit (masculine singular subjective)
tute (feminine singular subjective)
tut (neuter singular subjective)
tut (masculine oblique singular)
tute (feminine oblique singular)
tut (neuter oblique singular)
tute (oblique singular)
tut (oblique singular)
tut (masculine plural subjective)
tutes (feminine plural subjective)
tut (neuter plural subjective)
tut (plural subjective)
tuz (masculine oblique plural)
tuit (masculine oblique plural)
tutes (feminine oblique plural)
tut (neuter oblique plural)
tutes (oblique plural)
tut (oblique plural)


envious

envious m (oblique and nominative feminine singular enviouse)

enviouse (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: envieux

Norman: envieux

desctree

→ Middle English: envious, envius, enwius, envyose, envyous, envyus
English: envious

Mez mult part fu cruel e mult fu envious

But [he] was very cruel and very jealous


parochial

head

parochial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular parochiale)

parochiale (feminine nominative oblique singular)

⇒ English: parochial

Borrowed from Latin parochialis. Compare the inherited term paroissial.


fol

fol m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fole or folle)

fole (feminine nominative oblique singular)
folle (feminine nominative oblique singular)

desctree

Middle French: fol
French: fol, fou
Louisiana Creole: fou

Norman: fo m, folle f

→ Middle English: fole, foul, fol, fool, fule, ffuyll, foole, ffoole
English: fool
Geordie English: fuil, feul
Scots: fule, fuil
→ Welsh: ffôl

→ Old Danish: fol

Danish: fjols


remis

head

remis m (oblique and nominative feminine singular remise)

remise (feminine nominative oblique singular)

→ English: remiss

1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de Lys en Medecine, page 193 of this essay
Urine remisse et les aultres signes qui signifient melancolie

Unusual urine and the other signs that demonstrate melancholy


sade

sade m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sade)

sade (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Bourguignon: sade, sède, séde

Franc-Comtois: saite, cède

French: sade (obsolete)

Lorrain: sâde

Norman: sade

From Latin sapidus (“delicious, wise”). Doublet of sage (“wise”), which reflects a semantically specialized Vulgar Latin *sapium (“wise”).


lait

lait m (oblique and nominative feminine singular laide)

laide (feminine nominative oblique singular)
laits (masculine singular subjective)
laiz (masculine singular subjective)
lais (masculine singular subjective)
laide (feminine singular subjective)
lait (neuter singular subjective)
lait (masculine oblique singular)
laide (feminine oblique singular)
lait (neuter oblique singular)
laide (oblique singular)
lait (oblique singular)
lait (masculine plural subjective)
laides (feminine plural subjective)
lait (neuter plural subjective)
lait (plural subjective)
laits (masculine oblique plural)
laiz (masculine oblique plural)
lais (masculine oblique plural)
laides (feminine oblique plural)
lait (neuter oblique plural)
laides (oblique plural)
lait (oblique plural)

Middle French: laid
French: laid

Norman: laid (Jèrriais)

Picard: léd (Athois), laizou (Ch'ti)

desc

Walloon: léd (Charleroi), laîd (Forrières), lêd (Liégeois)

→ Italian: laido

→ Old Spanish: laido

→ Old Galician-Portuguese: laido

Galician: laido

→ Sicilian: làitu, ladiu

Thought to be of Germanic origin; see Modern French laid.


fel

→ Middle Dutch: fel

Dutch: fel

→ Middle English: fel, fell (or from Old English)

English: fell

From Early Medieval Latin fellō. The oblique case felon comes from the accusative fellōnem.


masculin

head

masculin m (oblique and nominative feminine singular masculine)

masculine (feminine nominative oblique singular)


veritable

veritable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular veritable)

veritable (feminine nominative oblique singular)

desctree

Middle French: veritable
→ English: veritable
French: véritable

Borrowed from Latin veritabilis. See also Catalan veritable.

Li rois respont: "N'est mie fable,
Ceste parole est veritable:

The king responded "it's not a fairytale
this story is true["]


variant

head

variant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular variant or variante)

or variante (feminine nominative oblique singular variant)

→ English: variant

French: variant


noble

noble m (oblique and nominative feminine singular noble)

noble (feminine nominative oblique singular)


mortel

mortel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mortele)

mortele (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Si diable seust que Dés hom mortel fust

c. 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire, line 92:

If the Devil knew that God made man mortal


fort

fort m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fort or forte)

fort (feminine nominative oblique singular)
forte (feminine nominative oblique singular)
forz (masculine singular subjective)
fort (later forte) (feminine singular subjective)
fort (neuter singular subjective)
fort (masculine oblique singular)
fort (later forte) (feminine oblique singular)
fort (neuter oblique singular)
fort (later forte) (oblique singular)
fort (oblique singular)
fort (masculine plural subjective)
forz (later fortes) (feminine plural subjective)
fort (neuter plural subjective)
fort (plural subjective)
forz (masculine oblique plural)
forz (later fortes) (feminine oblique plural)
fort (neuter oblique plural)
forz (later fortes) (oblique plural)
fort (oblique plural)

La nef ert fort e belle e grande,
bone cum cele k'ert markande.
De plusurs mers chargee esteit,
en Engleterre curre devait.

late 12th century, anonymous author, “La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford”, in Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 354, lines 67–70:

The ship was strong and beautiful and big,
good like a merchant's ship
loaded with lots of different type of merchandise
ready to set sail to England.


obeissant

obeissant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular obeissant or obeissante)

obeissant (feminine nominative oblique singular)
obeissante (feminine nominative oblique singular)
obeissanz (masculine singular subjective)
obeissante (feminine singular subjective)
obeissant (neuter singular subjective)
obeissant (masculine oblique singular)
obeissante (feminine oblique singular)
obeissant (neuter oblique singular)
obeissante (oblique singular)
obeissant (oblique singular)
obeissant (masculine plural subjective)
obeissantes (feminine plural subjective)
obeissant (neuter plural subjective)
obeissant (plural subjective)
obeissanz (masculine oblique plural)
obeissantes (feminine oblique plural)
obeissant (neuter oblique plural)
obeissantes (oblique plural)
obeissant (oblique plural)

French: obéissant


plain

French: plein

De tant come ele l'ot veü,
Que plains estoit de felenie.


plain

plain m (oblique and nominative feminine singular plaine)

plaine (feminine nominative oblique singular)

From Latin plānus (“level, even, flat”).


halt

halt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular halte)

halte (feminine nominative oblique singular)

From a conflation of Frankish *hauh, *hōh (“high, tall, elevated”) and Latin altus (“high, raised, profound”).


regal

regal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular regale)

regale (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Middle French: regal

→ Middle English: regal

English: regal

Borrowed from Latin rēgālem. Doublet of roial, which was inherited.


abile

abile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular abile)

abile (feminine nominative oblique singular)


profound

profound m (oblique and nominative feminine singular profounde)

profounde (feminine nominative oblique singular)

(late Anglo-Norman) Alternative spelling of profont


brun

brun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular brune)

brune (feminine nominative oblique singular)
bruns (masculine singular subjective)
brune (feminine singular subjective)
brun (neuter singular subjective)
brun (masculine oblique singular)
brune (feminine oblique singular)
brun (neuter oblique singular)
brune (oblique singular)
brun (oblique singular)
brun (masculine plural subjective)
brunes (feminine plural subjective)
brun (neuter plural subjective)
brun (plural subjective)
bruns (masculine oblique plural)
brunes (feminine oblique plural)
brun (neuter oblique plural)
brunes (oblique plural)
brun (oblique plural)

Middle French: brun

desctree

French: brun
→ Breton: brun
Louisiana Creole: brun
→ Romanian: brun

Norman: breun, brun (Jersey)

→ Galician: brun (archaic)

From Late Latin brunus (attested in Isidore of Seville), from Frankish *brūn (“brown, dark, shiny”), from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (“brown”).


grande

grant

'grande' steadily replaces 'grant' during the Old French period


verge

head

verge m (oblique and nominative feminine singular verge)

verge (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Middle French: verge

French: vierge

From a shortening of earlier forms virgine, virgene, from Latin virginem, accusative singular of virgō, possibly a borrowing.


journal

journal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular journale)

journale (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: journal (see there for further descendants)

Anglo-Norman: jurnal

→ Middle English: journal

English: journal

Scots: jurnal

From Latin diurnālis, from diurnus (“of the day”), from diēs (“day”).


terrible

terrible m (oblique and nominative feminine singular terriblee)

terriblee (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Borrowed from Latin terribilis (first attested ca. 1160).


viscous

viscous m (oblique and nominative feminine singular viscouse)

viscouse (feminine nominative oblique singular)

desctree

Middle French: visqueux
French: visqueux
→ English: viscous

Borrowed from Late Latin viscōsus, from Latin viscum.

viscous (of a liquid, thick; tending to flow slowly)


lai

head

lai m (oblique and nominative feminine singular laie)

laie (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: laid

From Vulgar Latin *laitus, from Frankish *laiþ (“hateful”).


sur

sur m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sure)

sure (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Middle French: sur, sour

French: sur

Walloon: sèr (Forrières)

Borrowed from Frankish *sūr (“acidic, sour”). 1160 CE.


gentil

gentil m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gentil or gentile)

gentil (feminine nominative oblique singular)
gentile (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: gentil

Borrowed from Latin gentīlis, from gēns (“Roman clan”).


obedient

obedient m (oblique and nominative feminine singular obedient or obediente)

obedient (feminine nominative oblique singular)
obediente (feminine nominative oblique singular)
obedienz (masculine singular subjective)
obedients (masculine singular subjective)
obediente (feminine singular subjective)
obedient (neuter singular subjective)
obedient (masculine oblique singular)
obediente (feminine oblique singular)
obedient (neuter oblique singular)
obediente (oblique singular)
obedient (oblique singular)
obedient (masculine plural subjective)
obedientes (feminine plural subjective)
obedient (neuter plural subjective)
obedient (plural subjective)
obedienz (masculine oblique plural)
obedients (masculine oblique plural)
obedientes (feminine oblique plural)
obedient (neuter oblique plural)
obedientes (oblique plural)
obedient (oblique plural)

From Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).


chier

chier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chiere)

chiere (feminine nominative oblique singular)
chiers (masculine singular subjective)
chiere (feminine singular subjective)
chier (neuter singular subjective)
chier (masculine oblique singular)
chiere (feminine oblique singular)
chier (neuter oblique singular)
chiere (oblique singular)
chier (oblique singular)
chier (masculine plural subjective)
chieres (feminine plural subjective)
chier (neuter plural subjective)
chier (plural subjective)
chiers (masculine oblique plural)
chieres (feminine oblique plural)
chier (neuter oblique plural)
chieres (oblique plural)
chier (oblique plural)

Middle French: chier

French: cher

Norman: chiaer (Guernsey), chièr (Jersey)

A Abevile ot un bouchier,
Que si voison orent molt chier.

12th or 13th century, author unknown, Le Bouchier D'Abevile:

In Abbeville there was a butcher
Held in high esteem by his neighbors.

Itant out li Quens un present
D'une cupe chiere d'argent

At this moment he presented the Count
With a valuable silver cup

si come li sires qui vuet en petit leu amasser choses de grandisme vaillance […] por acroistre son pooir […] i met il les plus chieres choses et les plus precieux joiaus que il puet, selonc sa bone entencion, tout autressi est li cors de cest livre compilez de sapience

1260–1267, Brunetto Latini, “Cist premiers livres parole de la naissance de toutes choses [This first book talks about the birth of all things]” (chapter 1), Livre I - Premiere partie, in Livres dou Tresor [Book of Treasures]; republished as Polycarpe Chabaille, compiler, Li livres dou tresor par Brunetto Latini, Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1863, page 1:

Just like the lord, who wishes to accumulate very valuable things in a tiny place […] in order to increase his power, […] puts there—according to his good intention—the most valuable things and the most precious jewels he can, so the body of this book is filled with knowledge


bas

bas m (oblique and nominative feminine singular base)

base (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: bas

Norman: bas

desctree

→ Middle English: bas, baas, bace, base, bass, basse
English: base, bass
Scots: base


nul

head

nul m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nule)

nule (feminine nominative oblique singular)

desctree

Middle French: nul
French: nul
→ English: null

→ Dutch: nul
Afrikaans: nul
Javindo: nul
→ Caribbean Javanese: nel
→ Indonesian: nol
→ Papiamentu: nulo


omnipotent

head

omnipotent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular omnipotent or omnipotente)

omnipotent (feminine nominative oblique singular)
omnipotente (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: omnipotent

Learned borrowing from Latin omnipotēns (“almighty”). By surface analysis, omni- + potent.

lbor

car tu es Deu omnipotent

13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 13, column 2, line 30:


ferme

From Medieval Latin ferma, firma (“rent, tax, tribute, farm”), from Old English feorm (“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *firmō, *fermō (“means of living, subsistence”), from *firhu- (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“life, force, strength, tree”).

der

oblique and nominative singular feminine of ferm


arable

head

arable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular arable)

arable (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Middle French: arable

French: arable

desctree

→ Middle English: arable, areable, arrable
English: arable


repugnant

head

repugnant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular repugnant or repugnante)

repugnant (feminine nominative oblique singular)
repugnante (feminine nominative oblique singular)

→ English: repugnant

Middle French: repugnant

French: répugnant

Borrowed from Latin repugnans, repugnantem.


plein

plein m (oblique and nominative feminine singular pleine)

pleine (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Bourguignon: pliein

Champenois: pien

French: plein

→ Middle English: pleyn

Norman: pliein (Jersey)

Walloon: plin

full (at capacity with respect to space)


runt

runt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular runde)

runde (feminine nominative oblique singular)
runz (masculine singular subjective)
runs (masculine singular subjective)
runts (masculine singular subjective)
runde (feminine singular subjective)
runt (neuter singular subjective)
runt (masculine oblique singular)
runde (feminine oblique singular)
runt (neuter oblique singular)
runde (oblique singular)
runt (oblique singular)
runt (masculine plural subjective)
rundes (feminine plural subjective)
runt (neuter plural subjective)
runt (plural subjective)
runz (masculine oblique plural)
runs (masculine oblique plural)
runts (masculine oblique plural)
rundes (feminine oblique plural)
runt (neuter oblique plural)
rundes (oblique plural)
runt (oblique plural)


profitable

profitable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular profitable)

profitable (feminine nominative oblique singular)

→ English: profitable

French: profitable

useful; usable; that one can make use of


compost

compost m (oblique and nominative feminine singular composte)

composte (feminine nominative oblique singular)

English: compost

Norman: compôt

French: compost, compote

From Latin compostus, syncopated variant of compositus, from compōnō (“I arrange, compile, compose, make up”).


venial

venial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular veniale)

veniale (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: véniel

→ English: venial

Borrowed from Late Latin veniālem, from Latin venia.


sapient

sapient m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sapient or sapiente)

sapient (feminine nominative oblique singular)
sapiente (feminine nominative oblique singular)
sapiens (masculine singular subjective)
sapienz (masculine singular subjective)
sapients (masculine singular subjective)
sapiente (feminine singular subjective)
sapient (neuter singular subjective)
sapient (masculine oblique singular)
sapiente (feminine oblique singular)
sapient (neuter oblique singular)
sapiente (oblique singular)
sapient (oblique singular)
sapient (masculine plural subjective)
sapientes (feminine plural subjective)
sapient (neuter plural subjective)
sapient (plural subjective)
sapiens (masculine oblique plural)
sapienz (masculine oblique plural)
sapients (masculine oblique plural)
sapientes (feminine oblique plural)
sapient (neuter oblique plural)
sapientes (oblique plural)
sapient (oblique plural)

→ English: sapient

French: sapient

Borrowed from Latin sapiēns. Compare savant.


vicious

vicious m (oblique and nominative feminine singular viciouse)

viciouse (feminine nominative oblique singular)
vicious (masculine singular subjective)
viciouse (feminine singular subjective)
vicious (neuter singular subjective)
vicious (masculine oblique singular)
viciouse (feminine oblique singular)
vicious (neuter oblique singular)
viciouse (oblique singular)
vicious (oblique singular)
vicious (masculine plural subjective)
viciouses (feminine plural subjective)
vicious (neuter plural subjective)
vicious (plural subjective)
vicious (masculine oblique plural)
viciouses (feminine oblique plural)
vicious (neuter oblique plural)
viciouses (oblique plural)
vicious (oblique plural)

desctree

Middle English: vicious, viciows, vicius, vycious, vycyus, vicyous, vecyous, vysyous, vycios, vycyous, vicyows
English: vicious
Scots: veecious


puissant

head

puissant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular puissant or puissante)

puissant (feminine nominative oblique singular)
puissante (feminine nominative oblique singular)
puissants (masculine singular subjective)
puissant (feminine singular subjective)
puissant (neuter singular subjective)
puissant (masculine oblique singular)
puissant (feminine oblique singular)
puissant (neuter oblique singular)
puissant (oblique singular)
puissant (masculine plural subjective)
puissanzs (feminine plural subjective)
puissant (neuter plural subjective)
puissant (plural subjective)
puissants (masculine oblique plural)
puissanzs (feminine oblique plural)
puissant (neuter oblique plural)
puissanzs (oblique plural)
puissant (oblique plural)

→ English: puissant

Middle French: puissant

French: puissant

From the present participle of pooir, povoir, formed with the stem puis- in conjugated forms of the verb.


petit

petit m (oblique and nominative feminine singular petite)

petite (feminine nominative oblique singular)
petiz (masculine singular subjective)
petite (feminine singular subjective)
petit (neuter singular subjective)
petit (masculine oblique singular)
petite (feminine oblique singular)
petit (neuter oblique singular)
petite (oblique singular)
petit (oblique singular)
petit (masculine plural subjective)
petites (feminine plural subjective)
petit (neuter plural subjective)
petit (plural subjective)
petiz (masculine oblique plural)
petites (feminine oblique plural)
petit (neuter oblique plural)
petites (oblique plural)
petit (oblique plural)

Middle French: petit
French: petit

→ English: petit, petty

→ Italian: petitto

From Latin *pitittus (compare Latin pitinnus, pitulus), which according to Watkins is of imitative origin.

onomatopoeic

imitative


riche

head

riche m (oblique and nominative feminine singular riche)

riche (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Middle French: riche

French: riche

Norman: riche (Jèrriais)

From Frankish *rīkī (“rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“rich, powerful”).


errant

head

errant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular errant or errante)

errant (feminine nominative oblique singular)
errante (feminine nominative oblique singular)

English: errant

French: errant

Present participle of errer (“to wander”), from Latin iterō (“I travel; I voyage”) rather than from errō, which is the ancestor of the other etymology of error (“to err; to make an error”).

si est un pople qe n’est mie erranz; Ja n'istra de son regne

12th century CE, Thomas de Kent, Roman de toute chevalerie [Novel of all chivalry], translation of Alexander romance; republished as B. Foster, with the assistance of I. Short, editor, The Anglo-Norman 'Alexander', London: Anglo-Norman Text Society, 1976, ANTS 29-31 (1976), and 32-33 (1977):

If it's a people that is not nomadic, it will never leave his kingdom


quoi

quoi m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quoie)

quoie (feminine nominative oblique singular)


magne

magne m (oblique and nominative feminine singular magne)

magne (feminine nominative oblique singular)
magnes (masculine singular subjective)
magne (feminine singular subjective)
magne (neuter singular subjective)
magne (masculine oblique singular)
magne (feminine oblique singular)
magne (neuter oblique singular)
magne (oblique singular)
magne (masculine plural subjective)
magnes (feminine plural subjective)
magne (neuter plural subjective)
magne (plural subjective)
magnes (masculine oblique plural)
magnes (feminine oblique plural)
magne (neuter oblique plural)
magnes (oblique plural)
magne (oblique plural)

Borrowed from Latin magnus (“great, strong”).


estrange

estrange m (oblique and nominative feminine singular estrange)

estrange (feminine nominative oblique singular)


tenant

tenant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tenant or tenante)

tenant (feminine nominative oblique singular)
tenante (feminine nominative oblique singular)

From the verb tenir (“to hold; to possess”); corresponding to Latin tenens, tenentem.


chagrin

chagrin m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chagrine)

chagrine (feminine nominative oblique singular)

From Old Northern French chagraigner, eventually from Frankish *gram(i).


poignant

poignant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular poignant or poignante)

poignant (feminine nominative oblique singular)
poignante (feminine nominative oblique singular)

→ English: poignant

French: poignant

Present participle of poindre. Possibly corresponds to Latin pungēns, pungentem.


tel

tel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tele)

tele (feminine nominative oblique singular)
tels (masculine singular subjective)
teus (masculine singular subjective)
tex (masculine singular subjective)
tele (feminine singular subjective)
tel (neuter singular subjective)
tel (masculine oblique singular)
tele (feminine oblique singular)
tel (neuter oblique singular)
tele (oblique singular)
tel (oblique singular)
tel (masculine plural subjective)
teles (feminine plural subjective)
tel (neuter plural subjective)
tel (plural subjective)
tels (masculine oblique plural)
teus (masculine oblique plural)
tex (masculine oblique plural)
teles (feminine oblique plural)
tel (neuter oblique plural)
teles (oblique plural)
tel (oblique plural)

circa 1050, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland (Oxford manuscript)


mari

mari m (oblique and nominative feminine singular marie)

marie (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Mult ai le quer gref e marri.


austere

austere m (oblique and nominative feminine singular austere)

austere (feminine nominative oblique singular)


breton

breton m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bretone)

bretone (feminine nominative oblique singular)
bretons (masculine singular subjective)
bretone (feminine singular subjective)
breton (neuter singular subjective)
breton (masculine oblique singular)
bretone (feminine oblique singular)
breton (neuter oblique singular)
bretone (oblique singular)
breton (oblique singular)
breton (masculine plural subjective)
bretones (feminine plural subjective)
breton (neuter plural subjective)
breton (plural subjective)
bretons (masculine oblique plural)
bretones (feminine oblique plural)
breton (neuter oblique plural)
bretones (oblique plural)
breton (oblique plural)

From Latin Brittonem, accusative singular of Britto.

Breton (of or relating to Brittany, its language or people)


molt

molt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular molte)

molte (feminine nominative oblique singular)
molz (masculine singular subjective)
molte (feminine singular subjective)
molt (neuter singular subjective)
molt (masculine oblique singular)
molte (feminine oblique singular)
molt (neuter oblique singular)
molte (oblique singular)
molt (oblique singular)
molt (masculine plural subjective)
moltes (feminine plural subjective)
molt (neuter plural subjective)
molt (plural subjective)
molz (masculine oblique plural)
moltes (feminine oblique plural)
molt (neuter oblique plural)
moltes (oblique plural)
molt (oblique plural)

From Latin multum (adverb), neuter of multus.

moltes batailles


literal

literal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular literale)

literale (feminine nominative oblique singular)

English: literal

French: littéral

literal (relating to or composed of letters)


venimos

venimos m (oblique and nominative feminine singular venimeuse)

venimeuse (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: venimeux

desctree

→ Middle English: venymous, venemose, venemous, venemouse, venimous, venymes, venymows, wenymus
English: venomous


irie

Afin que mieus le due atise
A croire que mout soit irie

13th-Century, La Chatelaine de Vergi, London Chatto & Windus, published 1909, page 92:


cert

head

cert m (oblique and nominative feminine singular certe)

certe (feminine nominative oblique singular)


bestial

bestial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bestiale)

bestiale (feminine nominative oblique singular)

English: bestial

French: bestial

First known attestation circa 1190, borrowed from Latin bēstiālis.


indien

indien m (oblique and nominative feminine singular indiene)

indiene (feminine nominative oblique singular)
indiens (masculine singular subjective)
indiene (feminine singular subjective)
indien (neuter singular subjective)
indien (masculine oblique singular)
indiene (feminine oblique singular)
indien (neuter oblique singular)
indiene (oblique singular)
indien (oblique singular)
indien (masculine plural subjective)
indienes (feminine plural subjective)
indien (neuter plural subjective)
indien (plural subjective)
indiens (masculine oblique plural)
indienes (feminine oblique plural)
indien (neuter oblique plural)
indienes (oblique plural)
indien (oblique plural)


tiede

tiede m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tiede)

tiede (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: tiède

Norman: tchiède (Jersey)


viel

viel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vielle)

vielle (feminine nominative oblique singular)
vieus (masculine singular subjective)
viex (masculine singular subjective)
viels (masculine singular subjective)
vielle (feminine singular subjective)
viel (neuter singular subjective)
viel (masculine oblique singular)
vielle (feminine oblique singular)
viel (neuter oblique singular)
vielle (oblique singular)
viel (oblique singular)
viel (masculine plural subjective)
vielles (feminine plural subjective)
viel (neuter plural subjective)
viel (plural subjective)
vieus (masculine oblique plural)
viex (masculine oblique plural)
viels (masculine oblique plural)
vielles (feminine oblique plural)
viel (neuter oblique plural)
vielles (oblique plural)
viel (oblique plural)

Inherited from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus.


tant

tant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tante)

tante (feminine nominative oblique singular)
tanz (masculine singular subjective)
tante (feminine singular subjective)
tant (neuter singular subjective)
tant (masculine oblique singular)
tante (feminine oblique singular)
tant (neuter oblique singular)
tante (oblique singular)
tant (oblique singular)
tant (masculine plural subjective)
tantes (feminine plural subjective)
tant (neuter plural subjective)
tant (plural subjective)
tant (masculine oblique plural)
tantes (feminine oblique plural)
tant (neuter oblique plural)
tantes (oblique plural)
tant (oblique plural)


tribunal

tribunal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tribunale)

tribunale (feminine nominative oblique singular)

→ English: tribunal

French: tribunal


quel

quel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quele)

quele (feminine nominative oblique singular)
queus (masculine singular subjective)
quele (feminine singular subjective)
quel (neuter singular subjective)
quel (masculine oblique singular)
quele (feminine oblique singular)
quel (neuter oblique singular)
quele (oblique singular)
quel (oblique singular)
quel (masculine plural subjective)
queles (feminine plural subjective)
quel (neuter plural subjective)
quel (plural subjective)
queus (masculine oblique plural)
queles (feminine oblique plural)
quel (neuter oblique plural)
queles (oblique plural)
quel (oblique plural)

Middle French: quel
French: quel


senile

senile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular senile)

senile (feminine nominative oblique singular)
seniles (masculine singular subjective)
senile (feminine singular subjective)
senile (neuter singular subjective)
senile (masculine oblique singular)
senile (feminine oblique singular)
senile (neuter oblique singular)
senile (oblique singular)
senile (masculine plural subjective)
seniles (feminine plural subjective)
senile (neuter plural subjective)
senile (plural subjective)
seniles (masculine oblique plural)
seniles (feminine oblique plural)
senile (neuter oblique plural)
seniles (oblique plural)
senile (oblique plural)

French: sénile
→ English: senile


pur

pur m (oblique and nominative feminine singular pure)

pure (feminine nominative oblique singular)
purs (masculine singular subjective)
pure (feminine singular subjective)
pur (neuter singular subjective)
pur (masculine oblique singular)
pure (feminine oblique singular)
pur (neuter oblique singular)
pure (oblique singular)
pur (oblique singular)
pur (masculine plural subjective)
pures (feminine plural subjective)
pur (neuter plural subjective)
pur (plural subjective)
purs (masculine oblique plural)
pures (feminine oblique plural)
pur (neuter oblique plural)
pures (oblique plural)
pur (oblique plural)

French: pur

→ Romanian: pur

Norman: pur

desctree

→ Middle English: pure, pur, puyr, pore, poure, peure, puȝr, puir, puire, puyre
Scots: puir, pure
English: pure
→ Cornish: pur


droit

head

droit m (oblique and nominative feminine singular droite)

droite (feminine nominative oblique singular)
droiz (masculine singular subjective)
droits (masculine singular subjective)
droite (feminine singular subjective)
droit (neuter singular subjective)
droit (masculine oblique singular)
droite (feminine oblique singular)
droit (neuter oblique singular)
droite (oblique singular)
droit (oblique singular)
droit (masculine plural subjective)
droites (feminine plural subjective)
droit (neuter plural subjective)
droit (plural subjective)
droiz (masculine oblique plural)
droits (masculine oblique plural)
droites (feminine oblique plural)
droit (neuter oblique plural)
droites (oblique plural)
droit (oblique plural)

Angevin: drait

Bourbonnais-Berrichon: droét

Gallo: drait

Middle French: droict (see there for further descendants)

Norman: dreit

Picard: droét

Poitevin-Saintongeais: dret

Walloon: droet

Inherited from Late Latin drictus, syncopated form of Latin dīrēctus.


nes

Alternative form of nez, inflection of net (“clean”):


quadrangle

quadrangle m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quadrangle)

quadrangle (feminine nominative oblique singular)

quadrangular (of a polygon, having four sides and four angles)


mauvais

mauvais m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mauvaise)

mauvaise (feminine nominative oblique singular)


infernal

infernal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular infernale)

infernale (feminine nominative oblique singular)
infernals (masculine singular subjective)
infernaus (masculine singular subjective)
infernax (masculine singular subjective)
infernale (feminine singular subjective)
infernal (neuter singular subjective)
infernal (masculine oblique singular)
infernale (feminine oblique singular)
infernal (neuter oblique singular)
infernale (oblique singular)
infernal (oblique singular)
infernal (masculine plural subjective)
infernales (feminine plural subjective)
infernal (neuter plural subjective)
infernal (plural subjective)
infernals (masculine oblique plural)
infernaus (masculine oblique plural)
infernax (masculine oblique plural)
infernales (feminine oblique plural)
infernal (neuter oblique plural)
infernales (oblique plural)
infernal (oblique plural)

English: infernal

French: infernal

Norman: înfèrna


premere

nominative/oblique feminine singular of premer


parfait

parfait m (oblique and nominative feminine singular parfaite)

parfaite (feminine nominative oblique singular)

→ Middle English: parfit

English: parfit

French: parfait

→ English: parfait

→ Finnish: parfait

Norman: parfait

perfect (faultless; without imperfection)


tenebrous

tenebrous m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tenebrouse)

tenebrouse (feminine nominative oblique singular)

(Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of tenebrus


serein

serein m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sereine)

sereine (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: serein

From seri (“calm, mild”), serrit (with a change of suffix influenced by Latin serēnus), from a verb deriving from Latin serescō, serēscere (“grow dry”), itself from or related to serēnus (“cloudless”), by extension "calm, peaceful".


noire

nominative/oblique feminine singular of noir


difficile

difficile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular difficile)

difficile (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: difficile

Norman: difficile (Jersey, Guernsey)


especial

especial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular especiale)

especiale (feminine nominative oblique singular)
especials (masculine singular subjective)
especiaus (masculine singular subjective)
especiale (feminine singular subjective)
especial (neuter singular subjective)
especial (masculine oblique singular)
especiale (feminine oblique singular)
especial (neuter oblique singular)
especiale (oblique singular)
especial (oblique singular)
especial (masculine plural subjective)
especiales (feminine plural subjective)
especial (neuter plural subjective)
especial (plural subjective)
especials (masculine oblique plural)
especiaus (masculine oblique plural)
especiales (feminine oblique plural)
especial (neuter oblique plural)
especiales (oblique plural)
especial (oblique plural)


peior

peior (oblique singular, nominative singular pire)

pire (nominative singular)
pire (masculine singular subjective)
pyre (masculine singular subjective)
piere (masculine singular subjective)
peior (masculine singular subjective)
peiore (feminine singular subjective)
pis (neuter singular subjective)
peior (masculine oblique singular)
peiore (feminine oblique singular)
peiore (neuter oblique singular)
peior (oblique singular)
peior (masculine plural subjective)
peiores (feminine plural subjective)
peior (neuter plural subjective)
peiors (masculine oblique plural)
peiores (feminine oblique plural)
peiores (neuter oblique plural)
peior (oblique plural)

French: pire (from nominative form)

From Latin peiōrem, accusative singular of peior. The nominative form, pire (whence modern French pire) derives from the Latin nominative.

Qui peior que Sarrazin sont.

c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:


buen

buen m (oblique and nominative feminine singular buene)

buene (feminine nominative oblique singular)
buens (masculine singular subjective)
buene (feminine singular subjective)
buen (neuter singular subjective)
buen (masculine oblique singular)
buene (feminine oblique singular)
buen (neuter oblique singular)
buene (oblique singular)
buen (oblique singular)
buen (masculine plural subjective)
buenes (feminine plural subjective)
buen (neuter plural subjective)
buen (plural subjective)
buens (masculine oblique plural)
buenes (feminine oblique plural)
buen (neuter oblique plural)
buenes (oblique plural)
buen (oblique plural)


menor

menor (oblique singular, nominative singular meindre)

→ English: minor

French: mineur, moindre (from the nominative singular)


salvage

salvage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular salvage)

salvage (feminine nominative oblique singular)
salvages (masculine singular subjective)
salvage (feminine singular subjective)
salvage (neuter singular subjective)
salvage (masculine oblique singular)
salvage (feminine oblique singular)
salvage (neuter oblique singular)
salvage (oblique singular)
salvage (masculine plural subjective)
salvages (feminine plural subjective)
salvage (neuter plural subjective)
salvage (plural subjective)
salvages (masculine oblique plural)
salvages (feminine oblique plural)
salvage (neuter oblique plural)
salvages (oblique plural)
salvage (oblique plural)


entier

entier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular entiere)

entiere (feminine nominative oblique singular)
entiers (masculine singular subjective)
entiere (feminine singular subjective)
entier (neuter singular subjective)
entier (masculine oblique singular)
entiere (feminine oblique singular)
entier (neuter oblique singular)
entiere (oblique singular)
entier (oblique singular)
entier (masculine plural subjective)
entieres (feminine plural subjective)
entier (neuter plural subjective)
entier (plural subjective)
entiers (masculine oblique plural)
entieres (feminine oblique plural)
entier (neuter oblique plural)
entieres (oblique plural)
entier (oblique plural)

From Latin integer, integrum, modified with the suffix -ier, probably by analogy with words like premier, versus the phonetically expected entir.


univers

univers m (oblique and nominative feminine singular universe)

universe (feminine nominative oblique singular)

English: universe

Middle French: univers

French: univers

universal; applying to everyone and everything


privé

privé m (oblique and nominative feminine singular privee)

privee (feminine nominative oblique singular)

→ English: privy

French: privé


lange

lange m (oblique and nominative feminine singular lange)

lange (feminine nominative oblique singular)


doucet

doucet m (oblique and nominative feminine singular doucete)

doucete (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: doucet

English: doucet

→ Middle English: doucet

English: dulcet (influenced by Latin)


humble

humble m (oblique and nominative feminine singular humble)

humble (feminine nominative oblique singular)
humbles (masculine singular subjective)
humble (feminine singular subjective)
humble (neuter singular subjective)
humble (masculine oblique singular)
humble (feminine oblique singular)
humble (neuter oblique singular)
humble (oblique singular)
humble (masculine plural subjective)
humbles (feminine plural subjective)
humble (neuter plural subjective)
humble (plural subjective)
humbles (masculine oblique plural)
humbles (feminine oblique plural)
humble (neuter oblique plural)
humbles (oblique plural)
humble (oblique plural)

Richart fu verz Dex humble, volentiers le servi

Richard was humble towards God, and served him willingly


ferial

ferial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular feriale)

feriale (feminine nominative oblique singular)


revers

revers m (oblique and nominative feminine singular reverse)

reverse (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: revers

→ English: reverse, revers


ort

ort m (oblique and nominative feminine singular orde)

orde (feminine nominative oblique singular)
orz (masculine singular subjective)
orde (feminine singular subjective)
ort (neuter singular subjective)
ort (masculine oblique singular)
orde (feminine oblique singular)
ort (neuter oblique singular)
orde (oblique singular)
ort (oblique singular)
ort (masculine plural subjective)
ordes (feminine plural subjective)
ort (neuter plural subjective)
ort (plural subjective)
orz (masculine oblique plural)
ordes (feminine oblique plural)
ort (neuter oblique plural)
ordes (oblique plural)
ort (oblique plural)


propre

propre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular propre)

propre (feminine nominative oblique singular)

English: proper

French: propre

Norman: propre


celeste

celeste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular celeste)

celeste (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Middle French: celeste

French: céleste


marin

marin m (oblique and nominative feminine singular marine)

marine (feminine nominative oblique singular)

desctree

Middle French: marin
French: marin
→ Middle English: marin, maryn, maryne
English: marine


erratique

head

erratique m (oblique and nominative feminine singular erratique)

erratique (feminine nominative oblique singular)

→ English: erratic

French: erratique

fievre erratique

1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 162 of this essay:


triumphal

triumphal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular triumphal)

triumphal (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: triomphal


boon

boon m (oblique and nominative feminine singular boone, comparative meillor, superlative meillor)

boone (feminine nominative oblique singular)
meillor (comparative)
meillor (superlative)


sain

sain m (oblique and nominative feminine singular saine)

saine (feminine nominative oblique singular)

French: sain


tendre

tendre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tendre)

tendre (feminine nominative oblique singular)

From Latin tenerum, accusative of tener.


cel

cel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular cele)

cele (feminine nominative oblique singular)
cels (masculine singular subjective)
cele (feminine singular subjective)
cel (neuter singular subjective)
cel (masculine oblique singular)
cele (feminine oblique singular)
cel (neuter oblique singular)
cele (oblique singular)
cel (oblique singular)
cel (masculine plural subjective)
celes (feminine plural subjective)
cel (neuter plural subjective)
cel (plural subjective)
cels (masculine oblique plural)
celes (feminine oblique plural)
cel (neuter oblique plural)
celes (oblique plural)
cel (oblique plural)

Middle French: cel

French: ce

Lorrain: ceil

From an earlier cil, from Vulgar Latin *ecce ille, a compound of Latin ecce and ille. Largely replaced cist used in earlier Old French.