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First words: what children learn to say first

486 words, in teaching order

Words 301–400
fauteuil
armchair; seat: office or position
Noun
mordre
to bite; to encroach
Verb
veste
jacket (garment)
Noun
tiroir
drawer (for storage)
Noun
mon
my (used to qualify masculine nouns and vowel-initial words regardless of gender); Followed by rank, obligatory way of addressing a (male) superior officer within the military. (Folk etymology: military-specific short for "monsieur".)
Determiner
mes
my (when referring to a plural noun)
Determiner
abeille
bee, honey bee; a writer whose style is considered pure like honey; bullet
Noun
four
oven; stove; flop
Noun
plage
beach; range
Noun
personne
no one, nobody; anyone
Pronoun
toboggan
slide (in a playground)
Noun
nager
to swim
Verb
aider
to help; to aid; to use
Verb
nombril
navel, belly button; middle
Noun
écharpe
scarf; sash; sling (hanging bandage)
Noun
tasse
cup; cupful
Noun
jus
juice; coffee; electricity; energy; power; juice; speech; address; presentation
Noun
fruit
fruit
Noun
content
content, satisfied, pleased
Adjective
déposer
to put down (set down), lay down; to deposit (one material onto another); to drop off (someone); to deposit (money); to depose (to remove (a leader) from (high) office); to file (an application); to present (a document)
Verb
mettre
to put; to place; to put on; to set; to start (something / doing something); to get around to it; to penetrate
Verb
demain
tomorrow
Adverb
lampe
lamp, light; bulb
Noun
tigre
tiger
Noun
qui
who, whom; who, which, that; whom (after a preposition); he who, who(m)ever; what
Pronoun
gentil
noble; gallant, courteous; kind, sweet; sweet but not much else; vanilla; well behaved, good; pleasant, amiable, nice; attractive, pretty; all very well; fairly large, nice, tidy
Adjective
déchirer
to tear; to rip up; to tear up emotionally; to kick arse, to kick ass, to kick butt, to rock, to rule
Verb
évier
sink, basin
Noun
lavabo
washbasin
Noun
prendre
to take; to eat; to drink; to get; to buy; to rob; to deprive; to make; to catch, to work, to start; to get (something) caught (in), to jam; to get into, to come over (to cause to behave uncharacteristically, to affect in a surprising manner, to possess); to start having a negative feeling towards someone; to gain; …
Verb
pourquoi
why
Adverb
du
contraction of de + le, literally “of the”
loin
far, distant
Adverb
hélicoptère
helicopter
Noun
confiture
jam (UK), jelly (US); preserve
Noun
aussi
too, also, as well; as (used for equal comparisons)
Adverb
et
and
Conjunction
attraper
to trap (to capture in a trap); to catch (e.g. a ball); to catch (a cold etc.)
Verb
tenir
to have; to hold; to keep; to stay; to hold; to hold on; to hold oneself, to be standing; to maintain, remain in a certain position or disposition; to behave; to be attached (to), to be fond (of), to hold dear; to hold dear, to be keen (about), to insist (upon); to consider (something); …
Verb
travailler
to work; to study; to struggle
Verb
balayer
to sweep; to sweep aside, brush aside; to drag on the floor; to rake (sweep with gunfire); to make a clean sweep
Verb
parler
to speak, talk; to be able to communicate in a language; to speak; to cant; (of a coat of arms) to make a pun of its bearer's name
Verb
marteau
a hammer used for pounding; a machine tool that pounds; a hammer-shaped tool used to hit something, such as a gavel; a rapper; a door knocker; a piano or dulcimer hammer; the malleus; a throwing hammer; a hammer with bas relief marks used to create imprints on wood, leather etc.; the advantage of throwing the last stone; the part of a clock that strikes the bell
Noun
nettoyer
to clean; to wipe clean
Verb
salon
living room; salon; show (exhibition of items), exhibition (large-scale public showing of objects or products)
Noun
sous
below, under
Preposition
collier
a necklace, string-shaped jewel worn around the neck; collar (e.g. of a dog); collar (on animals, colored fur around the neck)
Noun
oreiller
pillow
Noun
clémentine
clementine (fruit)
Noun
boisson
act of drinking, consumption of a liquid; drinking (the activity of consuming alcoholic beverages); drink (consumable liquid); drink (a serving of drink)
Noun
short
shorts, short trousers (UK)
Noun
yaourt
yoghurt; a song where the singer makes up the words as they're singing, either as dummy lyrics as part of the songwriting process, or because the singer doesn't know the real lyrics of an existing song; used primarily with a verb: chanter en yaourt
Noun
matin
morning
Noun
pénis
penis
Noun
zizi
willy (British), pee-pee (US) (penis)
Noun
quand
when (at the time that); whenever
Conjunction
céréale
cereal (plant); cereal (seed); cereal (food product made from cereal plants)
Noun
acheter
to purchase; buy
Verb
âne
donkey, ass; idiot, moron; dunce
Noun
lui
him, he, it; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject; him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object
Pronoun
son
his, her, their, its (used to qualify masculine nouns and before a vowel)
Determiner
ses
his, her, its, their, one's (when referring to a plural noun)
Determiner
jambe
leg
Noun
moufle
mitten; polyspast
Noun
photo
photo
Noun
lent
slow
Adjective
dire
to say, to tell (to express through speech); to tell (to order, to advise); to say, to tell (to set out in writing); to say (often used in the sense of responding to an objection); to say, to tell of (to celebrate, to sing, to narrate); to say, to tell (to deliver, to recite); to seem like, to look like; to mean, to say, to state (to denote, to signify, to indicate, to mark); to say, to tell (used when speaking of actions, of gestures, of looks, etc., that demonstrate someone's thinking); to call out (to denounce); …
Verb
hibou
owl (specifically, those species of owls with ear tufts; those without ear tufts are chouettes)
Noun
conduire
to drive (a vehicle); to lead, to conduct; to behave, to conduct oneself
Verb
même
even
Adverb
derrière
behind; at the bottom of, behind (covertly responsible for)
Preposition
elle
she; it (feminine gender third-person singular subject pronoun)
Pronoun
sa
his, her, its, their, one's
Determiner
chips
chips (American English), crisps (British English)
Noun
lèvre
lip
Noun
machine
machine, device; machine (combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use); engine; machine (a person who is very efficient); car
Noun
il
he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject); it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects); Impersonal subject; it
Pronoun
échelle
ladder; scale, proportion, size; scale
Noun
bonhomme
fellow, chap; a basic figure meant to represent a person (e.g. a stick figure, a symbol on a sign, etc.); scarecrow
Noun
panier
basket; goal; hoop; shopping basket
Noun
noir
black in colour; dark; drunk; inebriated; black, of black ethnicity
Adjective
blanc
white color; blank, unused; blank, without expression
Adjective
trouver
to find; to retrieve something lost, turn up something hidden, or encounter something previously unknown to one; to find (something to be the case); to think or consider (something to be so); to find oneself (at a place or in a situation); to be found, to be situated, to be; to be the case, to turn out (that)
Verb
entendre
to hear; to be able to hear; to listen to; to mean; to agree with each other; to have good relations with; to get on; to get along; to be good or competent at something; to desire; to wish; to intend; to demand; to know; …
Verb
peinture
painting; painting, canvas; description, depiction; paint
Noun
glisser
to slip, to slide, to skid; to glide; to slide
Verb
rester
to stay; to remain, be left over; to stay, to remain (to continue to have a particular quality); to rest; to live
Verb
se
The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.; himself; herself; oneself; itself; themselves; each other; The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
Pronoun
réveiller
to awaken; to wake up
Verb
plante
sole of the foot; plant
Noun
frère
brother (son of the same parents as another person); brother (male fellow member of a religious community); bro (male comrade or friend)
Noun
agneau
lamb (young sheep); lamb (sheep meat); lambskin
Noun
essuyer
to wipe, to wipe down; to soak up
Verb
poney
pony
Noun
jour
day; daylight, light; opening, aperture
Noun
déjeuner
lunch, luncheon; breakfast
Noun
je
I
Pronoun
canapé
sofa; piece of bread covered with some savory (finger) food; nibble (small bits of food, e.g. at a party)
Noun
chèvre
goat (species); she-goat (individual female animal); goat cheese, goat's cheese
Noun
jean
a pair of jeans
Noun