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

negro; ghostwriter; Black man or person; friend, buddy, pal, man, dude (of any race); honey, baby, precious; the Louisiana Creole language, Kouri-Vini

Noun

huître

oyster

Noun

seine

seine (for fishing)

Noun

filature

filature; spinning factory; watch, surveillance

Noun

bobine

bobbin; reel, spool; drum; coil; head, noggin; face

Noun

nuance

nuance; gradation of colors; dynamics

Noun

teinturerie

industry concerned with the dyeing of clothes and other fabrics; dyery (factory where fabric is dyed); dry cleaner (business establishment that engages in the dry cleaning of clothes and other fabrics)

Noun

éloge

praise; accolade; eulogy

Noun

rivalité

rivalry

Noun

ventre

belly; antinode

Noun

gras

fat; bold; synonym of grossier (“vulgar”)

Adjective

pré

meadow

Noun

basse-cour

inner courtyard; farmyard; poultry

Noun

crever

to pop, burst; to have a puncture; to snuff it, pop one's clogs; to die; to wear out, knacker

Verb

ombragé

shaded, shady

Adjective

pommier

apple tree

Noun

cidre

cider

Noun

jardinier

gardener

Noun

réunion

meeting; set union

Noun

poète

poet; daydreamer; wordsmith

Noun

corneille

crow (bird)

Noun

abbé

an abbot, the head of an abbey; a low-ranking member of the Roman Catholic clergy in France who is not a member of a religious order, is not a priest, and can marry and inherit property; an honorific title for such a clergymember

Noun

saint-pierre

John Dory (edible marine fish); any of a group of other fish. See French Wikipedia for more details

Noun

physicien

physicist

Noun

condé

cop, rozzer, jake

Noun

représentation

representation; the act or an instance of showing or presenting

Noun

maxime

maxim

Noun

personnage

character (in a play, program, film); person

Noun

poésie

poetry (literature composed in verse); poetry

Noun

tendrement

tenderly; lovingly

Adverb

correspondre

to correspond; to write to; to transfer (on public transit)

Verb

trappe

hatch or trap door; trap (mouth)

Noun

rimer

to rhyme (of two words, whose final syllables are the same); to rhyme (to make rhymes)

Verb

accroitre

post-1990 spelling of accroître

Verb

interlocuteur

interlocutor, person with whom one speaks

Noun

boutique

shop; boutique

Noun

savetier

cobbler (shoemaker)

Noun

simplicité

simplicity

Noun

flotte

fleet; water; rain

Noun

améliorer

to improve, better, ameliorate

Verb

réforme

reform (change)

Noun

règne

reign, ruling, rule (period of reigning or ruling); kingship, royalty; realm, state, kingdom; control, governance, regulation; ascendancy, ascendance

Noun

témoin

witness; best man; baton; indicator; control, control group

Noun

intituler

to title (eg. a book); to be titled

Verb

pacifiquement

peacefully

Adverb

différend

dispute, difference, debate, disagreement; spread (difference between bidding and asking price)

Noun

rêvé

perfect, ideal

Adjective

renoncer

to resign, to quit; to renounce, to waive (legal; right)

Verb

entre-tuer

to kill each other

Verb

querelle

quarrel, argument

Noun

jugement

judgment

Noun

pacifique

pacific

Adjective

augustin

Augustinian

Adjective

dix-neuf

nineteen

Numeric

chaussée

surface (of road); carriageway, roadway; causeway; highway. Belgian roads which are named in Dutch as steenweg (e.g. Waversesteenweg) and in Belgian French as chaussée (e.g. Chaussée de Wavre).

Noun

fréquent

frequent

Adjective

savamment

wisely; with knowledge and experience; adroitly, skilfully

Adverb

taillé

cropped, sharpened; per bend sinister

Adjective

salut

wave (of the hand); bow (inclination of the body); salvation