FLELex CEFR B2

brick (hardened block used for building); carton box (food packaging); doorstop (thick, massive book, large book); ten thousand French francs (one million old francs, ~1524 euros)

Noun

vedette

star (celebrity); flagship; headword (word used as the title of a section); vedette (sentry)

Noun

renouvelable

renewable (able to be renewed)

Adjective

déléguer

to delegate (to commit a task to someone), depute; to devolve; to appoint, commission

Verb

atout

trump; advantage, asset

Noun

sagesse

wisdom, reason, sense; prudence; foresight

Noun

modalité

modality, manner; terms, conditions, methods, procedures, practical details

Noun

restriction

restriction (limitation; constraint)

Noun

chauffage

heating

Noun

fur

only used in au fur et à mesure (“gradually, as you go along”)

Noun

campus

campus (grounds of a university)

Noun

partiellement

partially, in part

Adverb

globalement

overall; globally

Adverb

implication

involvement; implication

Noun

taxer

to tax, to impose a tax on; to accuse; to call, to label

Verb

pan

piece, part; side, face; flap, lap (of coat); patch, area, section, sector

Noun

p'tit

contraction of petit; syncopic form of petit

Adjective

intellectuel

an intellectual (intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters)

Noun

parrain

godfather; masculine of marraine; namer, christener (of a ship); synonym of patron; sponsor, proposer; boss; crime boss; godfather

Noun

révolte

rebellion, mutiny

Noun

maudit

damn; cursed; goddam; damn (used in a positive way)

Adjective

trahison

treason; betrayal; pitfall

Noun

compromis

compromise, trade-off

Noun

hiérarchie

hierarchy

Noun

ambitieux

ambitious

Adjective

mâle

male (of a species)

Noun

claquer

to clack (make a sharp sound); to clap; to click, to snap; to crack; to flap; to chatter; to rattle; to click (to make a click sound with the mouth); to slap (hit with the hand); to slam (a door); …

Verb

affection

affection, love, fondness; medical condition, complaint, disease

Noun

réplique

response, reply; rebuttal; replica; line; aftershock

Noun

veine

vein; vein, seam; luck; inspiration

Noun

obscur

obscure (dark, faint or indistinct)

Adjective

abonner

to subscribe somebody to a service; to take a subscription for; to subscribe to a service, publication, or social media account.; to become accustomed to or a regular of

Verb

semer

to sow (scatter seed, etc.); to shake off, to lose (a pursuer); to spread, to sow

Verb

mou

soft, pliable, flabby, mushy, squishy; lacking vigor or strength; tardy, slow, slack, weak; (of humans) easy to persuade, convince; pansy, spineless; causing or smacking of tardiness, indolence; debilitating; comfortable, soft

Adjective

munir

to provide, fit, equip (a person or object); to provide oneself [with de ‘with something’], to take a supply

Verb

podium

podium

Noun

faille

fault; flaw; rift (chasm or fissure); faille (fabric woven from silk)

Noun

whisky

whisky, whiskey

Noun

anecdote

anecdote

Noun

honnêtement

honestly (in an honest way)

Adverb

majoritairement

mostly, chiefly, predominantly

Adverb

parquet

parquet (floor); the prosecution

Noun

pine, pine tree (Pinus)

Noun

vilain

ugly; disagreeable, awful; naughty; villainous, wicked, nasty, evil

Adjective

raisonnement

reasoning (act of reasoning)

Noun

continuité

continuity

Noun

équation

equation (assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign)

Noun

remède

remedy

Noun

éthique

ethical

Adjective

néerlandais

Dutch, Netherlandish

Adjective

suggestion

suggestion; proposal; suggestion (psychology, etc.)

Noun

abeille

bee, honey bee; a writer whose style is considered pure like honey; bullet

Noun

épidémie

epidemic (widespread disease)

Noun

pêcheur

fisher

Noun

serment

oath, pledge

Noun

aisé

easy to do, with ease, simple, effortless; wealthy, with no money problems, affluent, prosperous, on easy street, in easy circumstances; smooth, fluid (about a movement or a conversation); loose, big

Adjective

exciter

to excite (to stir the emotions of)

Verb

maigre

meagre, skinny; lean, thin

Adjective

accessoire

accessory; prop

Noun

fonctionnel

functional (related to functions); functional (able to be used); of bodily functions

Adjective

clandestin

clandestine

Adjective

golfe

gulf

Noun

israélien

of Israel; Israeli

Adjective

déception

disappointment

Noun

exclusion

exclusion

Noun

ado

teen, teenager

Noun

marbre

marble (type of stone); home plate

Noun

célébrité

the celebrity; a celebrity

Noun

maquillage

makeup

Noun

duel

duel (battle); dual

Noun

vocabulaire

vocabulary

Noun

importation

importation

Noun

chœur

chorus; choir (company of people who are trained to sing together); quire (the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse)

Noun

poétique

poetic, poetical

Adjective

tolérer

to tolerate

Verb

mentalité

mentality

Noun

stocker

to store (keep (something) while not in use); to stock; to stock up