Words 1–100
papa
papa, a child's father; also as form of address: dad, daddy; pops, any man of roughly fatherly age and appearance
Noun
au
contraction of à + le, literally “to the, for the, at the”
pain
bread; piece of bread; food; bread-and-butter needs, basic sustenance; breadwinner; punch (a hit with the fist); a block (of ice, of salt, of soap …) with the shape and size of bread; mistake during a performance (false note, forgot an intro, wrong solo, …); hottie, fox
Noun
coucou
cuckoo (the bird); cuckoo (the cry of the bird); cuckoo clock; cowslip (flower); old plane; old crate; rust bucket; any old vehicle, especially one that is rickety
Noun
balle
ball; bullet; franc (French franc), euro; bundle of goods; packet tied and held together with string; chaff (inedible casing of a grain seed)
Noun
gâteau
a sponge cake, i.e. a cake made with a chemical leavening agent (e.g. baking powder), making it light and airy (as opposed to a denser torte); a cookie
Noun
casser
to break; to break up (with somebody); to get lost, go away, skidaddle, leave, see se casser
Verb
là
referring to physical place; there; here; present (used with être); referring to an abstract destination or goal; there; used to emphasize a statement or question
Adverb
chaud
warm, hot; on heat; horny, randy (showing interest in sexual activity); sexually attractive, sexy, hot; enthusiastic, willing, up for; hard, difficult; risky; dangerous; disreputable; dodgy; drunk
Adjective
banane
banana (the fruit); chopper, copter, whirlybird (a two-rotor helicopter); bum bag (UK, Australia), fanny pack (US, Canada), moon bag (South Africa); pompadour, quiff (hairstyle); idiot, fool
Noun
bouteille
bottle (container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids); alcohol; experience
Noun
fleur
flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants"); flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself; a kind favor given by one person to another; the best of something; the virginity of a woman; Substances with a state of purity or extreme separation, produced by sublimation
Noun
pomme
apple (fruit); any of several objects of approximately the same shape and size; the faucet or nozzle of a watering can or showerhead; a decorative motif in the shape of an apple; the fruit part of several vegetables, such as the heart of a cabbage or lettuce; the head or face; ninny, nitwit, idiot; potato (from pomme de terre); crown, prize, especially in regards to beauty (from the association with the Judgment of Paris); an Amerindian person considered to have assimilated into White society
Noun
livre
book; pound (unit of weight); metrical pound, half a kilogramme, 500 g; imperial pound ≈ 454 g; various values between 300 and 600 g; pound (unit of currency); grade (level)
Noun
aïe
interjection expressing a sharp pain: ouch!; interjection expressing worry: dang!; oh dear
Interjection
œil
eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see; glyph, rendering of a single character; eye (of a needle)
Noun
chausson
slipper (footwear); bootee; ballet shoe (UK), ballet slipper (US); sock; man's sock; thicker, warmer sock worn during the winter; turnover; synonym of savate (martial art)
Noun
canard
duck (of either sex); drake (male duck); canard, hoax; newspaper; a man who complies with every desire of his partner in order to avoid conflict; a man who tries to attract women by offering them gifts; lump of sugar dunked in coffee or brandy; off-note
Noun
couche
bed (place for sleeping); nappy/diaper; coat (of paint); layer (of soil, snow etc.); childbirth; shell
Noun
ne
not (used alone to negate a verb, now chiefly with only a few particular verbs; see usage notes); not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see usage notes); used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear) to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-called "pleonastic" or "expletive" ne; in comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
Particle
pas
The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.; used as an intensifier in underlying rhetorical questions, mostly with voilà
Adverb
verre
glass (substance); symbol of fragility; symbol of transparency; Object of this substance; lens, glass; glass (drinking vessel); the content of such a vessel
Noun
tomber
to fall; to come down; to bump into, to come across; to be received by (when making a telephone call); to become, to get
Verb
poule
hen (female chicken); chick, bird (woman); pool; pool, group (stage of a competition before the knockout stages)
Noun
nom
name; last name, family name; forms expletive interjections; noun; noun or adjective; used in nom adjectif and nom substantif
Noun
de
from (used to indicate origin); of (indicates possession, association or relationship); of (used to indicate cause); of (indicates an amount); used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word; from (used to indicate the start of a time or range); by (an amount); introduces the indirect object of some verbs; variously translated in English; used before infinitive phrases; often corresponding to an English to-infinitive or gerund; after certain verbs; …
Preposition
enfant
child (someone who is not yet an adult); child (offspring of any age); son, native (of a place)
Noun
avoir
to have; to own; to possess; to get; to have (to experience or suffer from a state or condition); to have (an age); used to form the compound tenses of most verbs, such as the perfect and pluperfect.; to have (to), must; (chiefly in se faire avoir) to have (to trick; to con)
Verb
fourchette
fork (for eating); diner, eater; wishbone; range; fork; band, bracket (as of taxes); frog (part of a horse's hoof)
Noun
botte
boot (footwear); something resembling a boot; oppression; the top of the class in polytechnic school; bunch, bundle (of flowers, vegetables); bundle, sheaf (of grain); bale (bundle of compressed wool or hay); fodder or feed for small livestock; a bundle of skeins; bunch (large amount of something); …
Noun
donner
to give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else; to donate; to come across
Verb
bien
well; indeed; so; a lot (of); very; really; much (more, less, better, etc.); Used to confirm or ask for confirmation
Adverb
bon
good; right, correct, appropriate; sexy, hot, smoking hot; generous, agreeable; nice, fine
Adjective