Most common French words 2001–4000

2000 words, in teaching order

Words 901–1000

FC (“football club”) (soccer); initialism of club de foot (soccer, football)

Noun

incident

incident

Noun

citation

citation, quotation

Noun

vert

green

Noun

concentration

concentration (mental state of being concentrated); concentration (quality of being concentrated)

Noun

fleuve

a river that flows into an ocean or sea (a river that flows into another river or body of water is called a rivière); a continuous and unstoppable stream of people, things, or words; a river god, or the allegorical artistic representation of a river as an old, bearded man lying on reeds and holding or leaning on an urn from which the river's water flows

Noun

maillot

vest; leotard (of a dancer); shirt, jersey (of a footballer); singlet (of a runner; of a basketball player); bikini line; swaddling clothes

Noun

cri

cry; shout; scream; Cree (language)

Noun

tracer

to draw or plot (a diagram), to trace out; to rule (a line); to buck up, hurry up

Verb

identique

identical

Adjective

vendeur

salesman; seller, vendor

Noun

nuage

cloud

Noun

vers

verse

Noun

rive

bank (of a river); shore

Noun

résider

to reside, live; to lie, to be found

Verb

élite

elite

Noun

girl

dancing girl

Noun

gâteau

a sponge cake, i.e. a cake made with a chemical leavening agent (e.g. baking powder), making it light and airy (as opposed to a denser torte); a cookie

Noun

crème

cream; café crème; ice cream

Noun

fichier

file (collection of papers); file

Noun

bancaire

bank, banking

Adjective

stratégique

strategic, strategical

Adjective

boiter

to limp (to walk lamely, as if favouring one leg)

Verb

mobile

moving body; mobile (decoration); motive (for an action, for a crime); mobile phone; ellipsis of téléphone mobile

Noun

apprentissage

apprenticeship; learning

Noun

historien

historian

Noun

transférer

to transfer, remove; to forward

Verb

charme

charm, attractive quality; enchantment; originally, magical incantation; glamour (alluring beauty or charm, often with sex appeal); Trees of genus Carpinus (hornbeam), of the Betulaceae family

Noun

valider

to validate

Verb

guider

to guide

Verb

circuler

to circulate; to go by, to get around

Verb

poème

poem (literary piece written in verse)

Noun

définitif

definitive, conclusive, final; permanent

Adjective

bête

beast, animal; fool

Noun

ordinaire

ordinary; mediocre, nondescript; rude, discourteous, shabby

Adjective

décor

decor, decoration; set, location; scenery, backdrop

Noun

creuser

to dig; to hollow out; to grow hollow

Verb

alimenter

to feed, to give food to; to supply, to fund; to fuel, feed (e.g. an argument); to eat, to feed

Verb

inédit

unpublished (of book etc.); brand new, original; unheard-of, never before seen

Adjective

une

front page (of a publication)

Noun

villa

villa; house in the country

Noun

explorer

to explore

Verb

Canadien

Canadian (male or of unspecified sex) (boy or man).

Noun

départemental

departmental

Adjective

sien

his (that which belongs to him); her (that which belongs to her)

Adjective

effectif

number of members of a group; lineup (of a team)

Noun

conscient

Physically alert; conscious; aware of something's implications or consequences

Adjective

miracle

miracle

Noun

nécessairement

necessarily, inevitably, consequently

Adverb

communiste

communist

Adjective

habitation

dwelling (a place or house in which a person lives); inhabitation (act of inhabiting); farm, plantation, ranch

Noun

zéro

zero, nought, oh (in reading numbers); zero, nought; a zero, a person of very poor value

Noun

smartphone

smartphone

Noun

hâte

haste; impatience

Noun

indien

Indian (of, from or relating to India); Indian (related to Amerinds)

Adjective

diable

devil; rogue, (old) devil; hand truck

Noun

proportion

proportion

Noun

discret

discreet; discrete

Adjective

allumer

to light, to set alight (a candle, a fire, a cigar); to turn on (the light, a lightbulb, the television, the heating); to start, to turn on (electronic devices with screens); to arouse, to turn on; to flare up; to go on; to start up, to begin to operate

Verb

corde

rope (general); chord; chord (of a string instrument); chord (vocal chord); line (washing line, for hanging clothes to dry)

Noun

spectateur

spectator (observer)

Noun

chauffeur

stoker; fireman; driver; chauffeur (private driver)

Noun

diversité

diversity

Noun

user

to wear, wear down, wear off, wear out, grind down, run in; to use (used with de)

Verb

point

not

Adverb

pardon

excuse me; sorry

Interjection

pénal

crime; penal, criminal

Adjective

precedent

Noun

survenir

to occur; to happen unexpectedly; to appear, arrive (unexpectedly)

Verb

bijou

a piece of jewelry

Noun

supporter

supporter, fan

Noun

perdu

lost

Adjective

atmosphère

atmosphere

Noun

partiel

partial (part, no full)

Adjective

interdit

forbidden, prohibited, off-limits; stupefied, at a loss

Adjective

légitime

legitimate

Adjective

qualification

qualification (all senses)

Noun

délivrer

to set free; to deliver (a message); to deliver a child

Verb

constructeur

constructor

Noun

banlieue

suburb

Noun

banc

bench (seat); bank (mass of material, of cloud, fog, etc); bank, shoal, school (of fish)

Noun

tempête

storm, tempest

Noun

préfet

prefect

Noun

master

master's degree, master's (postgraduate degree); master (golf tournament); master, master copy

Noun

civil

civilian

Noun

succéder

to succeed (to follow in order); to inherit by right of kinship

Verb

référendum

referendum

Noun

suppression

deletion; removal; cutting (of jobs)

Noun

fondre

to melt, melt down, smelt; to melt; to melt away, waste away; to dwindle; to diminish; to blend in, blend into

Verb

raisonnable

reasonable, just, fair, consistent, sensible; possessed of reason; resigned

Adjective

stupide

stupid

Adjective

stress

stress (emotional pressure)

Noun

hyper

very, a lot

Adverb

carrément

squarely, at right angles (in the shape of a square; of motion etc.); really, completely; straight out, bluntly (of asking, speaking etc.); right, slap-bang, smack-dab

Adverb

personnellement

personally; as far as I'm concerned

Adverb

architecte

architect (a designer of buildings)

Noun

thé

tea (especially made from leaves of the tea plant)

Noun

criminel

criminal (against the law); crime; criminal; criminal (similar to a criminal)