Le Tour de la France par deux enfants (Bruno, 1877)

port, harbour; port, harbour city; refuge; transport; postage; poise, bearing, way of carrying oneself; wearing (act of wearing something); carrying (of an object)

Noun

cligner

to squint

Verb

voile

veil; sail; sailing

Noun

après-demain

the day after tomorrow

Adverb

marinier

fresh water sailor, bargeman

Noun

information

piece of information]; news; information

Noun

pâtir

to suffer

Verb

foncé

dark (having a dark shade)

Adjective

innombrable

innumerable, countless

Adjective

mât

mast; flagstaff

Noun

pavillon

pavilion (tent, structure, ear part); ensign, flag (nautical flag); house, villa, lodge; bell (part of brass instrument); pavilion; colours

Noun

serré

tight; fine, cramped; strong; strict, tight

Adjective

immensité

immensity, vastness; scale

Noun

spectacle

a show, a spectacle, a performance, a concert; a sight, a showing, a display

Noun

vocation

vocation, calling; vocation (employment; career; work)

Noun

paire

a pair; a couple

Noun

décourager

to discourage; to lose heart, lose faith

Verb

étoiler

to scatter or adorn with stars; synonym of consteller

Verb

refléter

to reflect (to mirror, or show the image of something)

Verb

paquebot

ship, liner

Noun

cabine

cabin (aeroplane)

Noun

passager

passenger; traveller

Noun

hamac

hammock

Noun

matelot

sailor (male), seaman

Noun

embarcation

boat, craft; embarkation; transportation

Noun

tronc

trunk; trunk, bole (of a tree); poor box

Noun

flottant

floating; vacillating, fluctuating, indecisive, variable

Adjective

chargement

Action of loading (up) (vehicle, animal etc.); A load, something that has been loaded.; Action of charging (battery); upload

Noun

cabotage

cabotage

Noun

navigation

navigation

Noun

ennuyer

to afflict with boredom; to bore; to be bored; to miss something or someone; to annoy, bother, trouble; to worry

Verb

océan

an ocean (one of the large bodies of water separating the continents); the ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface); ocean (immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limit)

Noun

grandeur

size; magnitude, quantity; magnitude; grandeur, greatness

Noun

traversée

crossing (action of traversing something)

Noun

avant-hier

two days ago; the day before yesterday

Adverb

barque

small boat

Noun

batelier

riverboatman

Noun

ramer

to row; to have a hard time (be in difficulties)

Verb

dorure

gilt, gilding

Noun

édifice

building, structure

Noun

mobile

moving body; mobile (decoration); motive (for an action, for a crime); mobile phone; ellipsis of téléphone mobile

Noun

bâtiment

building, edifice; building industry, construction; ship or boat; warship

Noun

supérieur

superior; upper, senior; above; higher than; greater than or equal to. ≥, ⩾.

Adjective

plate-forme

platform

Noun

tourniquet

unpowered carousel (playground); revolving door or turnstile

Noun

gouvernail

rudder (underwater vane used to steer a vessel)

Noun

suspendre

to suspend (hang freely); to suspend (temporarily cancel or expel)

Verb

chaloupe

launch; rowing boat (UK), rowboat (US)

Noun

canot

dinghy (small boat); canoe

Noun

regagner

to regain, to recover (something lost); to get back, to win back; to go back to

Verb

incendier

to burn down; to roast (criticize severely)

Verb

sombrer

to sink; to sink (+dans; into); to whittle away (disappear)

Verb

réfugier

to take refuge; to give shelter to someone; to protect, to conceal something

Verb

comparaison

comparison; simile (figure of speech)

Noun

transport

transport

Noun

teint

tint

Noun

olive

olive

Noun

queue

tail; queue, line; cue; cock, dick (penis)

Noun

sandale

sandal (type of footwear)

Noun

pointu

sharp, pointed; specialized, precise, technical, pointed; Parisian in accent or dialect

Adjective

pomper

to pump; to copy; to grow angrier as time goes on, especially if there are no further reasons to do so; to fellate; to annoy; to make pumped up

Verb

exquis

exquisite

Adjective

veau

calf; veal; white-coated harp seal pup (Pagophilus groenlandicus)

Noun

admirable

admirable

Adjective

inférieur

lower, under; inferior; less than or equal to. ≤, ⩽

Adjective

chambrette

small bedroom

Noun

fauteuil

armchair; seat: office or position

Noun

ménager

to husband, to conserve; to treat gently, treat nicely; to conserve, go easy on; to go easy, take it easy

Verb

vague

wave; vagueness

Noun

baignoire

bath (British), bathtub, tub (especially US)

Noun

buffet

sideboard, dresser (a piece of furniture); buffet (food); belly

Noun

tendu

tight; taut; tense, on edge

Adjective

équateur

equator (imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemisphere)

Noun

éventail

fan (hand-held device); range, array

Noun

piano

piano

Noun

égayer

to entertain; to brighten up (make appear more jolly); to have fun, to enjoy oneself

Verb

dortoir

dormitory

Noun

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