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Most common French words 2001–4000

2000 words, in teaching order

Words 1–100
nu
naked; nude; bare
Adjective
œuf
egg; egg; ovum; gondola lift
Noun
langage
language: word choice and usage; programming language
Noun
faim
hunger (desire of food); hunger (strong desire)
Noun
consulter
to consult; to refer to
Verb
chercheur
searcher (one who searches); researcher
Noun
décès
death (act or fact of dying)
Noun
printemps
spring (season)
Noun
téraoctet
terabyte
Noun
connerie
foolish act; bullshit; stupidity
Noun
chaleur
heat; heat (a state of sexual aggression)
Noun
assumer
embrace; accept; own; assume (take on a role); take responsibility; synonym of présumer (“to assume; to presume”)
Verb
musical
music, musical; melodious (pleasing to the ear; sounding agreeably)
Adjective
bloc
a block (e.g., of wood); a bloc, an alliance; a pad of paper; block (of memory, of code)
Noun
bref
in short, in brief, briefly
Adverb
con
stupid
Adjective
barre
bar, cake, ingot; helm, tiller; bend sinister; erection, boner
Noun
extérieur
exterior
Adjective
réagir
to react, respond; to react
Verb
dimension
dimension
Noun
électoral
electoral; related to elections
Adjective
motif
motive; motif; pattern, design
Noun
chaussure
shoe; the shoe industry
Noun
dessiner
to draw, to sketch; to draw up, to design; to take shape, to appear slowly
Verb
intérieur
interior
Adjective
littérature
literature
Noun
rassembler
to assemble; to gather, summon up (courage); to collect; to gather together, congregate
Verb
quart
quarter, fourth (fraction); shift (period of work)
Noun
conception
conception (of a child); conception (beginning, start); ability to understand; viewpoint; angle; concept, idea
Noun
préparation
preparation
Noun
commande
order (request for some product or service)
Noun
briser
to break; snap; to become broken; snap
Verb
réclamer
to protest; to object; to claim, reclaim; to demand
Verb
interroger
to question, interrogate
Verb
juridique
judicial; law; legal
Adjective
attentat
attack, assault (illegal act of violence toward another)
Noun
couverture
blanket; coverage; cover, covering
Noun
actualité
topic; topicality; documentary; news, current affairs
Noun
étrange
strange (bizarre, odd, abnormal); foreign
Adjective
métro
metro; subway (US), underground (UK), Tube (UK); resident or native of metropolitan France
Noun
éloigner
to remove; to distance, to draw or pull away from; to distance oneself, to pull oneself away from
Verb
drogue
drug
Noun
vaste
vast
Adjective
fuir
to escape; to flee; to leak; to have a leak
Verb
honte
shame (feeling); shame (something shameful)
Noun
cercle
circle; group of people, circle
Noun
académie
academy (learned society)
Noun
ombre
shade, shadow; darkness; ghost; a fish of Osteichthyes of the freshwater family Salmonidae, of the genus Thymallus
Noun
magazine
magazine (periodical publication)
Noun
catholique
Catholic
Adjective
bac
ferry; vat; tray (at the airport); high school exit exam in France; A level, matura; bachelor's degree
Noun
montre
watch, wristwatch; display, showcase
Noun
promotion
promotion (career advancement); promotion, advertising; special offer, discount, special, sale; school year, school or university yeargroup
Noun
for
only used in for intérieur
Noun
marin
maritime; marine
Adjective
verser
to pour; to pay, to put money into a fund; to overturn (turn over, capsize)
Verb
pratique
practical, applied (concerning action or intervention of human will on the real to change it); concrete, practical; belonging to the everyday or mundane; experienced; convenient; handy
Adjective
annuler
to cancel (to invalidate, to annul)
Verb
passé
past tense; past (opposite of future)
Noun
bouteille
bottle (container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids); alcohol; experience
Noun
cap
cape; head; heading; goal, direction, course; cap (summit of a mountain)
Noun
extrêmement
extremely
Adverb
réellement
really; genuinely; in fact
Adverb
récit
recital; account, narrative, tale; swell division of a pipe organ
Noun
inscription
registration, enrolment; inscription
Noun
leçon
lesson
Noun
fumer
to smoke; to emit smoke; to steam
Verb
circuit
circuit; tour
Noun
éliminer
to eliminate; to phase out
Verb
sensible
sensitive
Adjective
diviser
to divide
Verb
cible
target; aim, goal
Noun
bénéfice
profit, earning; benefit, advantage
Noun
transfert
transfer; transference
Noun
haine
hatred; hate
Noun
portable
portable
Adjective
démocratique
democratic
Adjective
prisonnier
prisoner
Noun
instrument
instrument (means or agency for achieving an effect); instrument (person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal)
Noun
global
global, spherical; (hence) concerning the whole world; as a whole, on the whole; total
Adjective
écrivain
writer
Noun
neige
snow, crystalline frozen precipitation; cocaine, crack; snow, pattern of dots seen on an untuned television set
Noun
tir
shot, shooting (of a weapon); shooting (sport); shooting range; blasting (in mines)
Noun
studio
studio (artist's workshop, recording studio, one-room apartment, etc.); pied-à-terre, garçonnière
Noun
terrible
terrible; great, excellent
Adjective
dominer
to dominate (govern, rule, or control by superior authority or power); to dominate, to overpower, to subdue, to govern, to rule, to master; to dominate (one's competition); to dominate [with sur ‘over’] (exert an overwhelming guiding influence over); to (pre-)dominate (enjoy a commanding position or visibility in some field); to dominate (overlook from a height); to know (a subject) in depth, encompassing all of its aspects; to remain master of own's own, to stay in control of oneself
Verb
Commune
Either of the French revolutionary governments (of 1792 or of 1871)
Noun
producteur
producer
Noun
chinois
Chinese (language); Greek (something difficult to understand); a chinois, fine-meshed strainer
Noun
fonctionnaire
civil servant, official
Noun
stage
internship, job that a trainee is doing in a workplace until a fixed date; probation, induction
Noun
pub
Television ad or advert; pub
Noun
chasse
hunt, hunting
Noun
rythme
rhythm
Noun
papa
papa, a child's father; also as form of address: dad, daddy; pops, any man of roughly fatherly age and appearance
Noun
contre
double
Noun
seine
seine (for fishing)
Noun
relativement
relatively
Adverb
régulier
regular (conforming to rules); regular (both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size); regular (whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other); regular; dependable; legitimate; regular, steady (continual)
Adjective
ambiance
ambiance, atmosphere, environment, milieu
Noun