All French Words — A to Z

has (third-person singular of avoir)

fasting, on an empty stomach

unexpectedly

lower, reduce

abandonment, desertion

abandoned

to abandon

slaughterhouse

knock down

dejected

b (second letter of the alphabet)

trinket, knick-knack

port side (left side of a ship)

baboon

baby

babysitter

babysitting

baccalaureate

tarpaulin, tarp

back (position/sport)

the letter c

here and there

cabin

cabaret, nightclub

cabin, booth, cubicle

office, study

cable, wire

mongrel

poo

peanut

first

other

hobby

dagger

to deign

fallow deer

paving slab, flagstone

pave, tile with flagstones

lady

pack down, tamp

the letter e

email

water

brandy

to dazzle, to blind (with light)

dazzling

dustman, refuse collector

to shake, destabilise

scale (fish or reptile)

gap, discrepancy

the letter F

F (musical note)

fable

manufacturer, maker

manufacturing, production

factory

make, manufacture

fabulous, amazing

uni, university (informal)

facade, front (of a building)

gram

to waste, to ruin

trigger (of a gun)

mess, waste

gadget, gizmo

blunder, gaffe

to blunder, to put one's foot in it

gag, joke

pledge, token, forfeit

to wager

skilful

skill; dexterity

dressed up

to dress

outfit

inhabitant, resident

dwelling, housing

inhabited

to live (in a place), to inhabit

habit, custom

i

iceberg

here

here below, in this world

icon

ideal

idealist

idea

the same, ditto

identification

j (letter)

to chatter, to jabber

jack plug (audio/electrical)

jackpot

James

hot tub, jacuzzi

in former times, long ago

to eat (slang)

to gush, to spurt

jealousy

the letter K

kangaroo

karate

karma

kepi, peaked military cap

ketchup

cop, police officer

kibbutz

kid

to kidnap, to abduct

there

most of

most of

most of the

over there

in there

underneath

on that, about that

up there

label

m

my

pimp

macabre, gruesome

macaque

macaroni

corpse, stiff (slang)

to chew

machete

thingamajig, whatsit

dwarf, midget (offensive)

nothing, zilch

swimming, swim stroke

to swim

swimmer

naive

dwarf

birth

to be born

no

O (letter)

oasis

to obey

obedience

obedient

obese

objective, goal

objection

object, item

obligation, duty

page (abbreviation)

dad

pasha, big shot

peacemaker

peaceful

pack

cheap goods, junk

pact, agreement

paddy

paella

the letter Q

quay, platform, embankment

qualification, credential

qualified, skilled

to qualify, to describe

quality

as for

quantity, amount

about forty

quarter

Ra (Egyptian sun god)

extra portion

harp on, repeat endlessly

discount, reduction

belittle, put down

fold back, push down

rabbi

rabbi

rabble

take back, see home

his

sabbath

sand

hoof

sabotage

sabotage, botch

sabre

bag, sack

to ransack

sachet

t-shirt

your

tobacco

to beat up, thrash

table

painting

shelf

apron

stool

tack (clicking sound)

the letter U

ulcer

ultimate, final

ultra-

unanimous

unanimity, unanimous agreement

plain (color), unified

unification

to unify

uniform

the letter V

vacancy

vacant

din, uproar

vaccine

to vaccinate

cow

really, awfully (informal intensifier)

to waver, to flicker

vagabond, tramp, wanderer

the letter W

railway carriage, wagon

sleeping car

toilet

watt

the Web, internet

weekend

western (film)

whisky

(informal) thing, situation

yacht

yak

yang

Yankee

yogurt

yard (unit of length, approx. 91 cm)

yen (Japanese currency)

yin

yoga

the letter Z

to channel-surf, to zap

zebra

zeal, enthusiasm

zen, calm

zero

sable (animal or fur)

to bump off

zinc

willy