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Most common French words 2001–4000

2000 words, in teaching order

Words 301–400
opérer
to operate (on); to take place
Verb
publicité
publicity, advertising; commercial, advertisement
Noun
épouser
to marry, to wed; to marry, to get married, wed; to cling to, hug (of tight clothes etc.)
Verb
exploiter
to exploit; to operate
Verb
nul
no, none; nil, zero
Determiner
mental
mind; mental
Adjective
modification
modification
Noun
interprétation
interpretation, rendition; interpretation, interpreting
Noun
bourse
coin purse; a purseful of money; by extension, any sum of money available to be paid; financial grant; bourse, stock exchange; the scrotum; balls
Noun
tonne
large barrel; tonne, metric ton; ton; a tonlet; a piece of medieval European armor of articulated lames or long flared metal skirt protecting the hips and thighs
Noun
mille
thousand, one thousand, a thousand
Numeric
négociation
negotiation
Noun
exact
exact; precise
Adjective
peindre
to paint
Verb
boutique
shop; boutique
Noun
cycle
cycle; middle school, junior high school
Noun
céder
to yield
Verb
littéraire
literary
Adjective
richesse
wealth; richness
Noun
circonstance
circumstance, situation
Noun
enjeu
stake (what is at stake); issue, problem
Noun
autorisation
authorization (act of authorizing); authorization (attestation of authorization)
Noun
virer
to bear, veer (change direction slightly); to turn into, become; to transfer (money, from one account to another); to get rid of, fire, shitcan
Verb
direct
live broadcast, live reporting
Noun
san
his, her, their, its
Determiner
douze
twelve
Numeric
normalement
in theory; usually (most of the time); normally
Adverb
arrondissement
rounding; arrondissement; arrondissement, a borough (submunicipal administrative division); ward, police jury ward (subdivision of a civil parish)
Noun
interpréter
to translate; to interpret; to construe
Verb
décéder
to pass away, decease
Verb
ha
ha (exclamation of surprise or laughter)
Interjection
approche
approach
Noun
égard
consideration
Noun
continu
continuous, uninterrupted
Adjective
rayon
ray, beam (of light, etc.); spoke (of wheel); radius; honeycomb; shelf (for books, merchandise, etc.); department (of department store), section (of shop); row (for planting seeds in)
Noun
grec
Greek
Adjective
manifester
to manifest or demonstrate; to protest (to speak out against something)
Verb
bombe
bomb (a device filled with explosives); aerosol (either the substance or the container); a hottie, a bombshell; globular glass vessel; demijohn, carboy
Noun
rassurer
to reassure; to calm down
Verb
ballon
ball; beachball; balloon; round-bottom flask
Noun
parer
to adorn; to bedeck; to fend off; to parry; to get dressed up (in one's finest clothes)
Verb
guide
guide person; guidebook, or set itinerary
Noun
loup
wolf; bass (fish); mask, eyemask; flaw
Noun
adulte
adult
Noun
montant
a (monetary) amount; a structural montant
Noun
bleu
the color blue; blue cheese; rookie, new recruit, raw recruit; bruise; billiard chalk; a lightweight letter format intended for pneumatic delivery and later for airmail; a supporter of the Conservative Party; a supporter of the Democratic Party
Noun
gouverneur
governor
Noun
pomme
apple (fruit); any of several objects of approximately the same shape and size; the faucet or nozzle of a watering can or showerhead; a decorative motif in the shape of an apple; the fruit part of several vegetables, such as the heart of a cabbage or lettuce; the head or face; ninny, nitwit, idiot; potato (from pomme de terre); crown, prize, especially in regards to beauty (from the association with the Judgment of Paris); an Amerindian person considered to have assimilated into White society
Noun
colonel
a colonel, highest commissioned officer below generals; an ice cream dessert consisting of lemon sherbet and vodka
Noun
exécuter
to execute; to carry out; to execute (to kill as punishment); to comply; to perform (contract)
Verb
observation
observation (careful or controlled attention or consideration); observation (the result of such attention or consideration); observation (process of detached, objective examination); observation (the result of one of the above-described actions expressed in or rendered into words for the purpose of dissemination); observance of (adherence or conformity to) rules, conventions, laws, etc.; observance (performance) of religious rituals, customs, traditions, etc.; work shadowing.
Noun
résumer
to summarize, to sum up; to come down to, to boil down to
Verb
mêler
to mix; to meddle in, to interfere in, to get mixed up in; to shuffle
Verb
vague
wave; vagueness
Noun
résumé
summary, résumé; abstract (of an academic paper)
Noun
roue
a wheel; the breaking wheel
Noun
consommateur
consumer; customer
Noun
calculer
to calculate (all meanings)
Verb
incendie
fire (something on fire which is out of control)
Noun
nécessité
necessity; need
Noun
enfer
Hell; hell (a very uncomfortable situation)
Noun
trouble
trouble; disorder
Noun
enseignant
teacher
Noun
appui
support
Noun
sucre
sugar
Noun
amélioration
improvement
Noun
connecter
to connect; to log in; to sign in
Verb
chasser
to hunt; to chase; to drive off; to chassé
Verb
lot
share (of inheritance); plot (of land); batch (of goods for sale); lot (at auction); prize (in lottery); lot, fate; babe
Noun
dire
saying (that which is said); belief, opinion
Noun
précieux
precious
Adjective
animer
to animate (give something life); to animate (give vigour); to animate (draw animation); to spur on
Verb
intituler
to title (eg. a book); to be titled
Verb
reprocher
to blame somebody for something (place blame upon)
Verb
exclure
to exclude; to leave out
Verb
diffusion
broadcasting, showing; dissemination, diffusion (of culture, knowledge, etc.); circulation (of a news medium); diffusion
Noun
éditeur
editor; publisher
Noun
illustrer
to illustrate
Verb
chanteur
(male) singer
Noun
galerie
gallery; a type of porch common in the American South, veranda
Noun
mensonge
lie, falsehood
Noun
destination
destination
Noun
hypothèse
hypothesis
Noun
procureur
representative, agent; attorney, prosecutor; pastor
Noun
signature
signature (a person's name written in their own handwriting); the act of signing
Noun
tweeter
tweeter (high-frequency speaker)
Noun
honnête
honest (scrupulous with regard to telling the truth); decent, acceptable
Adjective
évaluer
to assess
Verb
réalisateur
director (of movies)
Noun
peser
to weigh (to have a weight of); of a file, to have a given size; to weigh (to see how much something weighs); to burden, weigh down
Verb
salarié
employee
Noun
temple
temple (for worship); Protestant church; hall
Noun
compliquer
to complicate; to elaborate
Verb
parcourir
to go through, to pass through; to read through, to skim
Verb
gosse
child, kid; testicle; hull, husk, shell, clove (of garlic)
Noun
pêche
peach; form, energy; fishing, angling
Noun
pause
pause, break; rest
Noun
extraire
extract (to draw out); mine
Verb
officiellement
officially
Adverb
laver
to wash; to wash oneself
Verb