Words 1901–2000
paradis
paradise (somewhere perfect); Heaven; gods (The highest platform, or upper circle, in an auditorium)
Noun
ordonner
to arrange, to organise, sort out (put in order); to prescribe (e.g. medicine); to prescribe, to order (give an order); to ordain
Verb
arracher
to uproot, pull up, tear out; to extract, take out (a tooth); to pull off, rip off, peel; to buy, snap up; to fight over (something); to scram; to get out; to tear away; to tear apart
Verb
flèche
arrow (projectile or symbol); spire; jib; pointer, needle; fleche; bright spark, quick study; flitch
Noun
remonter
to go back up, to come back up, to climb again, to reclimb; to rise again, to go up again; to go up, to ride up; to go back, to return; to go back, to date back, to hearken back (à to); to take back up, to bring back up, to put back up; to get back in, to get back on, to get back onboard; to turn back up; to wind up
Verb
enflammer
to set fire to, to set on fire; to inflame, to fuel (e.g. a debate, hatred); to catch fire
Verb
sacrer
to crown; to post (nominate to a certain post or position); whack; slam (put violently); to swear, curse; to run one's mouth; to throw, to fling
Verb
commandement
command, order; authority, power to command, to give orders; command; commander; commandment; rule or law imposed by a superior power
Noun
prise
socket, wall socket (also prise électrique); hold; hold (of a climbing wall); grip; a strike; a taking or capture; a take
Noun
brûler
to burn; to burn oneself; to pass an obstacle, to blow (through or past), to run; to be boiling, to be very close to the answer
Verb
barbare
barbarian (uncivilized); horrible, awful (e.g., a type of music that one dislikes or a word or name that does not sound euphonious or is difficult to pronounce); Berber
Adjective
supplice
torture (especially a punishment resulting in death); torment (physical or mental); capital punishment
Noun
bûcher
woodshed (enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood); pyre (funeral pile; combustible heap on which corpses are burned); stake (pile of wood on which a person condemned to death is burned); the flames of Hell
Noun
presser
to urge; to squeeze, to squash; to hurry, to hurry up; to hurry up; to press against each other, to flock
Verb
noble
noble, aristocratic; nonsynthetic, natural; fine; noble, worthy (thoughts, cause etc.)
Adjective
taire
to be quiet, to be silent; to shut up (oneself), to be quiet, to fall silent, to stop talking; to keep (a matter) quiet, to keep secret, not to say
Verb
monotone
monotone; whose speech is monotone; boring due to uniformity or lack of variety; monotonous
Adjective
signer
to sign (put a signature on); to sign (communicate using sign language); to cross oneself (make the sign of the cross)
Verb
régler
to sort out, to settle (a problem, a bill); to set, to adjust; to regulate; to rule; to put lines on
Verb
finesse
fineness (of hair, writing etc.); thinness; keenness, sharpness (of blade); fineness, delicacy; slenderness; perceptiveness; sensitivity, finesse
Noun