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Most common French words 501–1000

500 words, in teaching order

Words 401–500
fournir
to supply, to provide, to furnish; to put in; to follow suit; to poke, to shaft, to hump; to have sex
Verb
un
one
Numeric
soin
care
Noun
établissement
establishment
Noun
souvenir
to remember
Verb
voter
to vote
Verb
commune
commune (administrative subdivision); commune (community living together with common property)
Noun
table
table (furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses); flat surface atop various objects; flat part of a cut or carved object; table of a stringed instrument; matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns; systematic list of content
Noun
sang
blood
Noun
département
department; département
Noun
unité
unity; unit; ones (in arithmetic)
Noun
application
application; mapping
Noun
sortie
exit; way out; act of exiting; end; final part of; release (of a film, book, album etc); outing; trip (lasting no longer than a day); leave; sally; sortie; output; connector
Noun
juger
to judge, to try; to judge, to deem
Verb
commerce
commerce, trade; store, shop, trader
Noun
combien
how much (for uncountable nouns and portions); how much (for money); how many (with countable nouns)
Adverb
posséder
to own; to possess
Verb
viser
to aim, to target; to watch, to stare; to issue with a visa
Verb
limite
limit
Noun
marque
mark (spot); brand (of a company); mark (on one's body, e.g. a birthmark)
Noun
étranger
foreign; unacquainted
Adjective
faible
weak; low, small (amount, degree, percentage)
Adjective
poursuivre
to pursue, to chase; to pursue, to persecute, to torment; to carry on, to continue what has been started; to sue; to continue; to chase after each other
Verb
joli
pretty; cute; jolly, nice, pleasant, agreeable
Adjective
appartenir
to belong; to concern
Verb
remplacer
to replace
Verb
pire
bad; harmful, serious
Adjective
couper
to cut, cut up; to chop, to sever; to cut, to clip, to trim; to cut off, to keep out, to bar; to take away; to stop, prevent; to dilute, mix; to traverse; to take a shortcut through something, to cut through; to crack
Verb
Socceroos
The Socceroos (the men's national soccer (association football) representative team of Australia).
Noun
majorité
majority; adulthood, age of majority
Noun
Matildas
the Matildas
Noun
combat
combat (hostile interaction); combat (contest; competition); battle; military combat
Noun
demande
request (act of requesting); demand; small fine (paid after breaking a rule)
Noun
historique
historical (pertaining to history); historic (important or likely to be important to history and historians)
Adjective
régime
regime; kind of political system; regimen; object; operating mode; diet; clump of fruits on the end of a branch (in palms, bananas, etc)
Noun
professionnel
professional
Adjective
financier
financial
Adjective
assemblée
assembly; audience (group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc.)
Noun
merde
shit!, crap!; break a leg!
Interjection
désormais
henceforth, from now on
Adverb
paix
peace
Noun
tandis
during; whilst; while
Preposition
confirmer
to confirm (a fact etc.); to uphold (a decision); to be confirmed, be corroborated
Verb
détail
detail (something small enough to escape casual notice, or a profusion of details)
Noun
connaissance
knowledge; acquaintance
Noun
risquer
to risk, to put at risk; to face, to incur; to run the risk of; to be likely to
Verb
estimer
to estimate, to calculate roughly; to esteem, to hold in high regard; to give some thought to, to consider
Verb
entier
whole; whole (of a number), integer; entire, whole; wholemeal (UK), wholewheat (US)
Adjective
avion
aeroplane
Noun
gérer
to manage; to rule, to rock (to excel)
Verb
débat
debate
Noun
analyse
analysis
Noun
effectuer
to effect; to work out (a calculation); to carry out (an experiment); to execute (an operation); to bring about (reconciliation); to hold (a sale); to accomplish; to make (a purchase); to run (some tests)
Verb
exprimer
to express; to express oneself
Verb
mètre
metre/meter
Noun
central
central
Adjective
agent
agent
Noun
mur
wall
Noun
derrière
behind; at the bottom of, behind (covertly responsible for)
Preposition
tôt
early
Adverb
actuellement
currently; in actuality
Adverb
vendredi
Friday
Noun
champ
field in its various senses, including; a wide open space; an area of study; a vector field, tensor field, or scalar field (but not a commutative ring with identity for which every nonzero element has a multiplicative inverse, cf. corps m); the background of a shield's design
Noun
État
state, nation; government
Noun
hôpital
hospital
Noun
industrie
diligence, zeal; inventiveness, notably for disapproved purposes; an industry, productive enterprise(s); a profession
Noun
radio
radio, tuner
Noun
chaîne
chain; channel; warp; hi-fi or stereo system; character string
Noun
unique
unique; only
Adjective
garde
a watch, guard; a battalion responsible for guarding, defending a sovereign, a prince, more generally, of an elite corps.; sentry service performed by soldiers.; soldiers doing the sentry service; any person who performs regular service on a rotating basis.; a handle (of a weapon); a protection (act of protecting)
Noun
effort
effort
Noun
cul
butt, bum, ass, arse; anus, arsehole, asshole; the bottom, rear (of an object); sex (sexual intercourse); good luck or good fortune; roach (the butt of a marijuana cigarette)
Noun
élever
to raise; to bring up; to raise a number to a certain power; to elevate, to enhance; to be heard, to rise; to rise, to soar
Verb
jeter
to throw; to throw away, to discard; to throw away, discard; to throw oneself (into, out of, etc.); to rush oneself
Verb
avocat
lawyer, attorney; avocado
Noun
capable
able, capable
Adjective
traitement
treatment; processing
Noun
pratique
practice; execution or implementation (of something); methods, process, way (of doing or achieving something); set of customs in a country or group of people; experience; act of frequenting; clientele, regular clients; freedom to board or disembark (as opposed to quarantine); a steel or tin instrument placed in one's mouth to change one's voice during puppet ventriloquism
Noun
frapper
to hit, to strike, to bash; to knock (e.g. on a door); to bang (to get attention); to beat time (as a conductor); to strike (a chord); to strike down; to hit (to affect by a punishment); to strike; to shake
Verb
mémoire
memory; memo; dissertation, paper; memoir; brief; bill, invoice
Noun
éducation
education (all meanings); upbringing
Noun
visite
visit
Noun
album
album (all meanings)
Noun
avenir
future
Noun
directement
directly
Adverb
discours
speech; speech, address, talk, oral presentation
Noun
juge
judge; referee
Noun
disparaître
to disappear; to despawn
Verb
carrière
racecourse; career; quarry
Noun
ensemble
set, grouping, aggregate, collection, body (a coming together of elements forming a whole, a unified or interrelated group); outfit (a set of articles of clothing); set; ensemble
Noun
habitude
habit (action done on a regular basis)
Noun
allemand
German (related to or originating from Germany); of the German language; German
Adjective
merde
turd, piece of feces, shit; shit (something undesirable or unwanted); shit (something of poor quality); a dickhead, a fuckhead, a bastard
Noun
jeune
youth, a young person
Noun
méthode
method; book, textbook
Noun
référence
reference; gold standard
Noun
sentiment
a sentiment, general thought, sense or feeling; an opinion
Noun
avec
too, also
Adverb
champion
champion
Noun
épisode
episode
Noun