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Most common French words 2001–4000

2000 words, in teaching order

Words 1001–1100
saluer
to greet; to wave to (as a greeting); to say goodbye to; to salute; to salute, pay tribute to; to hail
Verb
embarquer
to board (a vehicle); to embark (to set off on a journey); To embark (upon)
Verb
fusion
fusion (act of melting or liquefying something by heating it); mix; mixture; fusion
Noun
déjeuner
lunch, luncheon; breakfast
Noun
assistance
assistance; audience
Noun
criminel
criminal (someone who commits a crime)
Noun
stable
stable (relatively unchanging)
Adjective
malade
an ill or sick person; a patient; someone who is crazy; a nutcase; nut (extreme enthusiast)
Noun
clip
music video; clip-on (earring)
Noun
remplacement
replacement (the act of replacing)
Noun
mécanique
mechanical (of or pertaining to a machine); mechanical, lifeless
Adjective
herbe
grass (the plant); weed; marijuana; ganja; cannabis
Noun
ed
eth
Noun
tournage
filming (process of making a film or filming a video)
Noun
stop
stop sign; brake lights; stop lights; hitchhiking
Noun
mark
mark (currency)
Noun
restauration
restoration; the restaurant industry; restore
Noun
partage
sharing (act of sharing)
Noun
nationalité
nationality
Noun
salope
slut (promiscuous woman); bitch (mean woman); male or female sexual partner, salacious, lustful or submissive; slovenly woman
Noun
récolter
to harvest (to reap)
Verb
automatique
automatic; machine
Adjective
sage
wise: prudent, cautious, and judicious; Chaste, modest, irreproachable in conduct; good, well-behaved, not naughty
Adjective
roche
rock (large mass of stone)
Noun
contrainte
constraint; requirement, demand; stress
Noun
préfecture
prefecture
Noun
contester
to contest; to challenge; to dispute
Verb
traîner
to pull, drag; to bring (something bad); to suffer (from), to linger; to drag along; to lag behind, to trail; to lie about, sit around; to hang around; to drag on; to drag oneself, crawl along
Verb
attraper
to trap (to capture in a trap); to catch (e.g. a ball); to catch (a cold etc.)
Verb
sanction
sanction
Noun
basket
basketball; sneaker (US), trainer (UK)
Noun
photographe
photographer
Noun
brut
gross; raw; brut, strong
Adjective
flamme
flame; talent, brilliance; streamer (long, narrow flag); veterinary lancet
Noun
statue
statue
Noun
arbitre
mediator, arbitrator; referee; the will
Noun
réfugié
refugee
Noun
quasiment
practically, almost
Adverb
originaire
originating (from)
Adjective
vaincre
to defeat, vanquish; to win
Verb
dresser
to raise, to erect, to build; to raise, to lift, to elevate; to prepare; to draw up; to pitch (a tent); to set, to lay out; to tame (lion etc), to break in (horse), to train (an animal); to stand
Verb
récompense
reward, recompense; prize, award
Noun
planche
board; spread (picture covering a whole page); plank; woodcut; board (used for sport, e.g. skateboard or surfboard); plank, beanpole (very thin person)
Noun
marin
seaman; navy
Noun
assassiner
to assassinate
Verb
racheter
to buy back; to buy out, buy off; to ransom; to redeem (from sin); to make amends
Verb
dragon
a dragon, creature; a dragoon
Noun
volontaire
voluntary, deliberate; volunteer; determined; wilful
Adjective
péter
to blow off, fart; to break; to explode
Verb
retrait
retreat; withdrawal; out; dismissal; coitus interruptus
Noun
bio
biological; organic
Adjective
renverser
to turn over, turn upside down; to knock over, knock to the ground; to run over; to spill (e.g. a liquid); to invert (change the positions of words in a sentence); to switch over, switch; to reverse, turn around (a situation); to overthrow, bring down; to knock back, agitate; to lean back; …
Verb
susciter
to stir up, fuel, evoke, suscitate
Verb
limité
limited
Adjective
motivation
motivation
Noun
agriculteur
farmer (person who works the land or who keeps livestock)
Noun
absent
absent; absent-minded
Adjective
fiction
fiction
Noun
four
oven; stove; flop
Noun
touriste
tourist, holidaymaker, sightseer (someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business); tourist (someone who takes part in something without much commitment)
Noun
substance
substance
Noun
turc
of Turkey; Turkish
Adjective
débarrasser
to clear (a table, a desk etc.); to rid, to relieve (someone); to get rid, rid oneself; to remove, to take off
Verb
loyer
rent (amount of money due for renting property)
Noun
faiblesse
weakness
Noun
progresser
to progress (to show a progression)
Verb
recrutement
recruitment
Noun
fac
university
Noun
occupation
occupation (act of occupying, of being an occupant); occupation (the occupying of a territory); occupation (something that one spends one's time on, such as a job or a hobby)
Noun
tribune
platform, rostrum, podium; stand, grandstand; gallery
Noun
exigence
demand
Noun
congé
leave (time off, absence from work, etc.); holiday, day off; furlough
Noun
repérer
to map out, to mark, to reference; to spot, to detect, to pick out; to get one's bearings, to work out where one is, to find one's way
Verb
chapelle
chapel; covering for the head
Noun
autonomie
autonomy; range (distance a vehicle (car, byke, lorry, aircraft) can travel without refueling); battery life
Noun
météo
weather (general state of weather); weather forecast
Noun
deviner
to guess; to work out, figure out; to sense, perceive
Verb
waouh
wow (expression of excitement, pleasure, surprise), yay, yippie; yahoo; wow (expression of amazement, admiration); woof, the sound of a dog's bark
Interjection
habituer
to get someone in the habit (of); to settle; to get used to something
Verb
gagnant
winner, victor
Noun
design
design
Noun
étroit
narrow
Adjective
honorer
to honor, to honour
Verb
existant
existing, being; existent; extant, in existence
Adjective
exclusif
exclusive
Adjective
quai
quay, wharf; platform (of a station)
Noun
civilisation
civilization
Noun
énergétique
energy
Adjective
terrorisme
terrorism
Noun
pauvreté
poverty
Noun
twitter
to tweet (to post to Twitter)
Verb
créature
a creature, a living being, especially seen as the work of the divine Creator; anything created or devised by a person; a person who is at the mercy of another, notably in whose gift his position is
Noun
moral
morale, optimism
Noun
photographie
photography; photograph
Noun
chauffer
to heat, warm, warm up; to tease, entice sexually; to arouse; to drive (a vehicle)
Verb
pseudo
a nickname, handle or pseudonym
Noun
rétablir
to restore; to reestablish
Verb
caractériser
to characterize
Verb
transmission
transmission
Noun
pratiquement
in practice, for all practical purposes, from a practical standpoint; practically, almost
Adverb