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Most common French words 501–1000

500 words, in teaching order

Words 101–200
campagne
country (the country, rural area, as opposed to the town or city), countryside; campaign
Noun
occasion
occasion, opportunity; cause; bargain, good deal; secondhand or used item
Noun
marquer
to mark, mark down (to add a mark or a spot to something); to mark (to place a mark in something as a reminder); to brand (brandish someone's skin with a mark); to mark (to feature as a highlight of something); to score (e.g. a point or a goal)
Verb
production
production
Noun
local
local
Adjective
position
position
Noun
humain
human; humane
Adjective
partager
to share; to divide up; to divide; to share out
Verb
bas
low; bass
Adjective
arme
weapon
Noun
battre
to beat; to defeat; to beat up; to fight; to whisk or whip (eggs); to thresh; to shuffle
Verb
appel
call; appeal
Noun
éviter
to avoid; to dodge, to shun, to bypass; to avert
Verb
août
August
Noun
confiance
confidence; trust
Noun
six
six
Numeric
dix
ten
Numeric
décembre
December
Noun
remettre
to put back, replace; to put (clothing etc.) back on; to restart (machine etc.); to hand over, tender, hand in, deliver (to someone); to put off, postpone (until); to remember; to add (more); to forgive, remit; to throw up; to get over, to recover (from something); …
Verb
participer
to participate; to donate; to share (emotions); to have some of the characteristics of; to partake of
Verb
économie
economy; economics (the study of resource and wealth allocation, consumption, and distribution, of capital and investment, and of management of the factors of production); economy (frugal use of resources); savings
Noun
organisation
organization
Noun
bout
end, extremity, tip (of a physical object); bit, piece, scrap; rope; end
Noun
couleur
color/colour; a flush; suit; tincture, colour
Noun
sens
meaning, sense; sense, sensation; sense, intelligence; direction of circulation
Noun
cher
dear, beloved; expensive, costly
Adjective
demain
tomorrow
Adverb
mener
to lead, to take; to lead, to run, to take charge; to lead, to be leading, to be in the lead
Verb
facile
easy, simple; easy, promiscuous (consenting readily to sex)
Adjective
compagnie
company
Noun
domaine
domain; zone; field (of study etc.)
Noun
science
science (field of study, etc.); knowledge
Noun
chemin
path, way, road; road
Noun
terminer
to end; to finish; to terminate; to end, to bring to an end, to finish; to end, to finish, to complete, to conclude
Verb
internet
the Internet
Noun
naître
to be born
Verb
espace
space
Noun
suivant
next, following
Adjective
soutenir
to support; to keep up; to maintain (that); to argue
Verb
bureau
desk; office (room); ticket office; the staff of an office; office; an administrative unit; frieze (coarse woolen cloth); desktop (on-screen background)
Noun
préparer
to prepare; to prepare for
Verb
journal
diary, journal; newspaper; periodical; newsbreak; log
Noun
mer
sea (large body of water); the ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface)
Noun
imaginer
to imagine
Verb
solution
solution
Noun
proche
close, near, closeby, nearby (to a place); close, near (a time)
Adjective
nécessaire
necessary
Adjective
doute
doubt
Noun
justice
justice
Noun
refuser
to refuse
Verb
heureux
happy; glad; lucky, fortunate; good, excellent
Adjective
février
February
Noun
bonjour
greetings; hello (general salutation)
Noun
placer
to place (to put in a specific location); to seat (to put an object into a place where it will rest); to place (to earn a given spot in a competition)
Verb
apporter
to bring (something); to take; to give (support), to give, supply (explanation etc.); to bring (improvement, freedom etc.); to bring in (funding); to bring about (change, revolution)
Verb
premier
first; premier; prime minister
Noun
liberté
liberty, freedom. 1688, Guy Miège, The Great French Dictionary. "Qu'y a-t-il de plus doux dans ce monde que la liberté? What is there sweeter in this world than liberty?"
Noun
communauté
community; commonwealth; one of the European Communities; one of the three linguistic communities making up the country (French-, Flemish-, and German-speaking).
Noun
privé
private
Adjective
sport
sport
Noun
sein
breast (the chest); breast; womb; bosom
Noun
décision
decision
Noun
mondial
global, worldwide
Adjective
université
university (institution of higher education)
Noun
lier
to link; to associate; to thicken
Verb
rouge
red (of a red color); red (left-wing, socialist); a supporter of the Republican Party
Adjective
date
date (point in time); date (romantic meeting); date (person you go on a romantic meeting with)
Noun
soit
or, meaning, that is to say; either ... or
Conjunction
élément
element (part of a whole); element (chemical element)
Noun
charger
to load (up) (vehicle, animal etc.); to load (firearm); to charge (battery); to put in charge; to charge (somebody with doing something); to charge (somebody of a crime); to charge; to overact, ham it up; to take care of, see to
Verb
sérieux
serious
Adjective
église
church
Noun
fermer
to shut; to close; to do up (of clothing); to switch off, to turn off (of a device or an appliance); to shut down, to discontinue, to axe (of a service); to bind off (of stitches in knitting); to harden (of someone's face); to put someone off something, to turn someone off something; to mark the border of
Verb
grand
grown-up
Noun
sœur
sister (a daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling); nun
Noun
matière
material (substance of which something is made); matter (material things, things in general); matter; matter (that which is thought); content, matter (the thing in question); subject (at school)
Noun
troisième
third
Adjective
risque
risk
Noun
naturel
natural; natural (born out of wedlock; biological)
Adjective
intérieur
interior, inside
Noun
règle
rule, regulation; rule, period of ruling; ruler (for measuring length); period, menstruation
Noun
opération
operation (method by which a device performs its function); operation (medical operation)
Noun
modèle
model, example, design; template
Noun
suffire
to be enough, to suffice
Verb
peuple
people (nation, distinct ethnic group); the people, the general population, the common folk
Noun
signer
to sign (put a signature on); to sign (communicate using sign language); to cross oneself (make the sign of the cross)
Verb
victime
victim
Noun
voici
ago
Preposition
espèce
type, sort, kind; species; cash, specie, coin
Noun
constituer
to constitute; to make up; to build up
Verb
victoire
victory; win
Noun
cour
courtyard,; backyard; court (of law); court; following (of a celebrity etc.); courtship
Noun
création
creation
Noun
concerner
to concern (be concerned with, be associated with)
Verb
haut
top
Noun
numéro
number; phone number; issue (of a publication)
Noun
sinon
except, apart from; if not; otherwise, or else
Conjunction
préférer
to prefer
Verb
développer
to develop; to deploy, unfold; to code (an application)
Verb
parole
speech, language (the faculty of using spoken language to communicate or express thought, the usage of this faculty, and the words articulated through its use); word(s) utterance, expression (an orally articulated unit of discourse); voice, spoken word; lyrics, words (of a song); promise, word; floor (the right to speak, as, for example, in a legislative assembly)
Noun