Words 101–200
donner
to give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else; to donate; to come across
Verb
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
carotte
carrot (vegetable); carotte (cylindrical roll of tobacco); the red sign outside a tabac or bar-tabac; core sample (of sediment, ice, etc)
Noun
fève
strictly, a fava bean (Vicia faba); non-legume beans, as in coffee beans; the trinket in a king cake (galette des rois) – originally an actual broad bean, today often a plastic, metal or porcelain figurine; bean
Noun
lecture
reading (act or process of reading, interpretation, material read, and some other senses); playback (the replaying of something previously recorded, especially sound or moving images); play (an instance of watching or listening to digital media)
Noun
en
in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes); to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes); by (used to indicate means); as; at (used to describe an ability); of, made of (used to describe composition); in (during the following time (used for months and years)); while; by, in (describing a way of getting something); in (used to describe color); …
Preposition
occuper
to occupy, to take up; to employ; to be busy, to keep oneself busy; to take care of, to tend to, to deal with someone
Verb
pouvoir
can, to be able to; may (of a choice); to be possible; may, could be; to have the right (to); to have the power, the authority or the talent (to do something)
Verb
sauter
to jump, leap; to jump over; to sauté; to bang, hump, have sex with; to skip (pass from one step directly to a later step without going through the intervening ones); to explode
Verb
corde
rope (general); chord; chord (of a string instrument); chord (vocal chord); line (washing line, for hanging clothes to dry)
Noun
coup
blow, hit, strike; sound of the action; physical consequences of the action (marks); fast and instantaneous action; load, shot; bit (small quantity); planned action; a short sequence of action within a game; a move or play; a time, a try, an instance; lay
Noun
pied
foot; leg, foot (projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it); a unit of measure equal to 32.5 centimetres; Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres)
Noun
échapper
to escape (from), evade; to drop an object unintentionally; to escape, break out (e.g., from prison); to go away, run away
Verb
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
plus
used to express the comparative and superlative of a following adjective or adverb; more, -er (comparative); most, -est (superlative); more, most (to a greater / the greatest extent); the more ...; more (a greater amount); [with de] more of a following noun; [with de or que] more than a following number or fraction; more, in addition; plus; …
Adverb
barbe
beard; longer hair growing on the chin or face of some animals; barbel (whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish); barb (feather); barb (hair or bristle); a boring thing, a drag; Barbary horse
Noun
couper
to cut, cut up; to chop, to sever; to cut, to clip, to trim; to cut off, to keep out, to bar; to take away; to stop, prevent; to dilute, mix; to traverse; to take a shortcut through something, to cut through; to crack
Verb
frère
brother (son of the same parents as another person); brother (male fellow member of a religious community); bro (male comrade or friend)
Noun
allumer
to light, to set alight (a candle, a fire, a cigar); to turn on (the light, a lightbulb, the television, the heating); to start, to turn on (electronic devices with screens); to arouse, to turn on; to flare up; to go on; to start up, to begin to operate
Verb
eau
water, a liquid that is transparent, colorless, odorless, and tasteless in its pure form, the primary constituent of lakes, rivers, seas, and oceans; In particular, rain; the chemical compound with molecular formula H₂O existing in the form of ice, liquid water or steam; Natural liquid quantities or expanses; Fluids such as sweat, formed and found in the body of man or animal
Noun
fendre
to split, to chop (wood), to crack; to shoulder (one's way through a crowd); to break (someone's heart); to break; to crack, to split; to manage, to come up with; to lunge
Verb
du
contraction of de + le, literally “of the”
bois
wood (substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree); wood (wood of a particular species of tree); wood, woodland (forested or wooded area); antler (branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs); woodwind instrument, woodwind; wooden engraving, woodcut; wood (type of club); hull
Noun
remuer
to move (something, often with repeated, restless or agitated movement, especially a body part); to shake, swing, wag; to move; to shift; to shuffle; to rearrange (something around); to stir (a liquid or mixture); to turn over (earth, soil); to toss (salad); to deeply move, touch (someone); to stir up (emotions, feelings, memories); to move (around); to fidget; to make an effort; to get moving
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
plancher
plancher (floor made of wood); floor (the interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room); floor (the bottom surface of a natural structure, entity, or space); lower limit
Noun
chercher
to look for, to seek; to look (to do something); to mess with someone, ask for trouble; to pick up, to go and get; to get to know oneself; to seek for each other
Verb
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
sec
dry; dried, having had its moisture evaporated; lean, thin, skinny; dry, unsweetened, not sweet, bitter; curt
Adjective
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
y
there (at a place); there, thither (to there); Used as a pronoun to replace an adverbial phrase starting with à.; With verbs: see Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.; With adjectives. Only used with a handful of adjectives (the most common combination being y compris, which is a special case), mainly in legal terminology.
Pronoun