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Most common French words 501–1000

500 words, in teaching order

Words 301–400
chanson
song
Noun
course
run, running; race; errand
Noun
militaire
military, militaristic
Adjective
soleil
sun (star); sunflower
Noun
bord
border, edge, limit; boundary; side; rim; shore, by
Noun
défendre
to defend; to forbid
Verb
téléphone
telephone
Noun
contrôle
control (all senses); verification, checking; test
Noun
lit
bed; layer
Noun
député
deputy (delegate); Member of Parliament
Noun
professeur
teacher; professor
Noun
administration
management (administration; the process or practice of managing)
Noun
vol
flight; stealing, theft, robbery
Noun
nouvelle
news, a piece of information; novella, short story
Noun
puisque
since, because
Conjunction
établir
to make out (a bill), to draw up (a document etc.); to establish, to set up (a business, government, camp, reputation etc.); to demonstrate, establish (a fact, responsibility); to set (a record); to institute (a rule); to settle down; (+ preposition à) to stand at (about a statistic); to colonize; to become part of common usage
Verb
personnage
character (in a play, program, film); person
Noun
rencontre
encounter; meeting; fixture
Noun
édition
edition (of a magazine, etc.); publishing industry
Noun
petit
small one (anything that is small); little one (anything that is little); little one; child (of humans or other animals); the young (of a species)
Noun
honneur
honor; face card
Noun
taux
rate, level
Noun
accès
access; attack, sudden fit, bout
Noun
officiel
official
Adjective
rejoindre
to join, to join up; to rejoin, join together; to reach (a destination)
Verb
maladie
illness, disease
Noun
clair
clear (see-through); clear (understandable); light (having a light shade, not dark) (of a color)
Adjective
étudiant
student
Noun
imposer
to impose; to tax (a person, a product), or to impose (a tax); to triumph, to win; to establish oneself, to make a name for oneself; to be required, to be called for
Verb
île
island
Noun
lumière
light; lumen; traffic light; headlight; headlamp
Noun
nommer
to nominate; to name, to call; to be called, to call oneself
Verb
droite
straight line; the right, right wing; right, right-hand side; right-handed punch
Noun
secteur
circular sector (part of a circle, extending to the center); sector (field of economic activity); area, vicinity
Noun
bras
arm
Noun
ex
ex (former partner)
Noun
finalement
finally; last; lastly; finally; eventually; after all
Adverb
bas
socks; stockings; feet; lower end; bottom (of a thing); stocking
Noun
boire
to drink
Verb
entrée
entry, act of entering; entrance, way in; starter (of a meal); mudroom; headword, entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia); ticket
Noun
acteur
actor
Noun
style
style (manner of doing something); style (of a flower); fashion, trend, style; style (personal comportment); flair; style; method characteristic of an artist; artistic manner or characteristic by which an artistic movement may be defined; gnomon, style (needle of a sundial); stylus, style (implement for writing on tablets); complement of jargon particular to a field; style (manner of writing specific to a field or discipline); sort, type; category of things; …
Noun
court
short
Adjective
banque
bank
Noun
fou
madman; jester (court entertainer); nut (extreme enthusiast); bishop; booby (bird)
Noun
charge
load, burden; cargo, freight; responsibility, charge; charge; caricature, comic exaggeration; costs, expenses
Noun
commun
common (shared); common (widespread); common (popular); common (of low class); communal
Adjective
mériter
to deserve, merit
Verb
cacher
to hide; to hide (oneself)
Verb
durant
during, while
Preposition
apparaître
to appear (become visible); to appear, to seem; to spawn
Verb
accompagner
to accompany, to escort
Verb
gauche
the left, the left-hand side; the left (the left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group)
Noun
différence
difference
Noun
gramme
gram (unit of mass)
Noun
habitant
an inhabitant of some place; someone who has a poor understanding of social conventions, making them look backward; anybody from a rural or recently colonized area; a member of the habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies; Montreal Canadiens hockey club or supporter of Montreal Canadiens hockey club; a farmer
Noun
journaliste
a journalist; an anchor, anchorperson, anchorman or anchorwoman; a reporter
Noun
village
village; town, city
Noun
quant
only used in quant à
Adverb
événement
event
Noun
bande
band, strip; stripe; strip (e.g. magnetic strip); cushion; bend; soundtrack; band, group, gang, troupe (of people, etc); pack (of wolves); pack of, bunch of (used before epithets addressed to more than one person), you
Noun
près
attached to, connects a person or an organisation delegated officially to a setting.
Preposition
contenir
to contain; to contain, to hold back, to keep in check (to control); to hold, to take, to seat (to have a capacity of)
Verb
instant
instant, minute, moment
Noun
lever
to raise, lift; to rise, stand up; to rise, come up; to get up (out of bed); to clear, lift
Verb
presse
press, papers (the media); press (e.g. printing press); haste, hurry, rush
Noun
adorer
to love, to adore; to worship
Verb
attaque
attack; onset of a syllable
Noun
pousser
to push; to urge on, encourage; to grow; to spring up, to sprout; to utter; to move aside
Verb
sept
seven
Numeric
rapidement
speedily; quickly
Adverb
auprès
nearby
Adverb
union
union
Noun
autorité
authority (the power to enforce rules or give orders); authority (entity with power)
Noun
dormir
to sleep
Verb
couple
two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship; a force couple; a pure moment; an ordered pair; an accessory used to tightly attach two animals next to each other by the neck; a pair of something; a couple of something, not to be mistaken as a few
Noun
diriger
to run; to direct (be the director of); to supervise; to oversee; to steer (vehicles); to aim, to direct; to direct (a film); to go towards; to head (for)
Verb
inviter
to invite
Verb
docteur
a doctor (physician); a doctor (person who has attained a doctorate), especially a male doctor
Noun
fou
mad, crazy
Adjective
courir
to run; to hurry; to rush; to go
Verb
respecter
to respect; to meet (deadline); to comply with (rules, laws)
Verb
chiffre
a digit i.e. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9; a number; figure (number); cipher (method of transforming a text to conceal meaning); cipher (code); figure; monogram
Noun
samedi
Saturday
Noun
midi
noon, midday (time of the day at which the sun reaches its highest point); south (cardinal direction)
Noun
moitié
half; significant other
Noun
obliger
to oblige, to require, to compel, to force; (intransitive) to have to; to help, to aid
Verb
défense
defence (action of defending or protecting from attack, danger or injury, or any means for that purpose); defence; prohibition (often on signs informing onlookers that an activity is forbidden); fender; tusk (of animal)
Noun
composer
to compose; to compose (to produce or create a musical work); to constitute, to make up; to dial (a number); to come to terms, to come to a compromise (on), to compromise
Verb
média
media; outlet
Noun
prison
prison
Noun
réel
real (true, factual, not fictional); real (of a number)
Adjective
maintenir
to maintain; to stick to; to stay fair; to persist; to keep up
Verb
particulièrement
particularly, specifically; especially; in particular
Adverb
jusqu'au
jusque + au
émission
emission; programme, show
Noun
dossier
back of furniture, to rest the sitter's back on; dossier; folder; an organizer to keep papers in, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet, see folder; case, notably legal
Noun
intéressant
interesting
Adjective
élève
schoolboy, pupil, student; schoolchild, pupil, student; schoolgirl, pupil, student
Noun
être
being, thing, creature; being, the state or fact of existence
Noun