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Most common French words 1–500

500 words, in teaching order

Words 101–200
tout
everything
Pronoun
année
year (period)
Noun
toujours
always; still
Adverb
donc
therefore, consequently; thus
Adverb
vie
life, the state of organisms (organic beings) prior to death; life, period in which one is alive, between birth and death; biography, life; life, lifeforms; cost of living; way, path (road, railway, etc)
Noun
homme
man (adult male human); man, Man (species); man (employee); husband; boyfriend
Noun
chose
thing
Noun
contre
against (in physical contact with); against (not in favor of); against (having as an opponent); as against (as opposed to, compared to, in contrast with); in exchange for
Preposition
ses
his, her, its, their, one's (when referring to a plural noun)
Determiner
oui
yes
Adverb
jamais
never; ever
Adverb
un
one, someone
Pronoun
penser
to think, reflect, concentrate one's mind on something; to think, imagine, believe; to be of the opinion that, believe; to be absorbed by a worry or depressing thoughts; to conceive a project; to evoke the image or remembrance of someone in one's mind; to attach one's thinking to someone, especially lovingly; to believe being or doing something; to think well or badly, to have a high or low opinion of someone; to try or prepare to do something; …
Verb
seul
lonely; alone; only; single
Adjective
partir
to share, to share out, to divide; to go away, leave, depart; to originate; to die; to emanate; to start; to go
Verb
sous
below, under
Preposition
toi
you (informal second-person singular personal pronoun, disjunctive); yourself (reflexive object pronoun of imperative verbs)
Pronoun
dont
of/from whom/which, whose; whereof; by which; Denotes a part of a set, may be translated as "including" or such as in some situations.
Pronoun
dernier
last; latest (most recent); latter (usually preceded by the determiner ce); see: ce dernier
Adjective
moins
minus; negative
Adverb
quoi
what; what, (that) which; enough (of something specific); nothing; whatever
Pronoun
déjà
already, before; again (following a question); for a start, firstly
Adverb
heure
hour, time; o'clock
Noun
aimer
to love (usually of a person, otherwise the meaning is closer to English like); to like (often with bien)
Verb
français
French; Franco-American or Francophone
Adjective
depuis
since; since, ever since; for ~; for the last ~, over the past ~; from
Preposition
trop
too; too much; very, really, so
Adverb
femme
woman; wife
Noun
peu
few; little
Noun
état
state, condition
Noun
ton
your
Determiner
vraiment
truly, really, genuinely; really; very
Adverb
chez
to, at, in or into the place of; by extension, to, at or in the country of; in; among (a group of things or people of the same type); in the work of (an author or artist)
Preposition
gens
set of people
Noun
croire
to believe (someone); to believe, to accept as true; to believe, to have faith; to think of oneself as, to consider oneself
Verb
demander
to ask; to request; to wonder
Verb
pays
land; region; home ground; homeland; home country; country; nation; country
Noun
ainsi
in this way, thus
Adverb
personne
person
Noun
mes
my (when referring to a plural noun)
Determiner
rester
to stay; to remain, be left over; to stay, to remain (to continue to have a particular quality); to rest; to live
Verb
arriver
to arrive (often followed by a location); to happen (unlike other translations of happen, can be used with an indirect object to specify something/somebody affected by the action; it may also be used with a relative clause in the subjunctive); to cope, to manage; to be able to, to manage (to do something successfully); to obtain a level of success or fame
Verb
avant
before (in time); before (in space), in front of, ahead of
Preposition
connaître
to know (of), to be familiar with (a person, place, fact, event); to know, to experience (glory, hunger, problems etc.); to know (sexually); to be knowledgeable (en about); to hear or examine judicially; to judge or decide judicially
Verb
beaucoup
much, very much, a lot; very
Adverb
tout
all
Determiner
travail
work; labor; job; workplace
Noun
rendre
to give back; to return, to restore, to give back; to repay; to reciprocate (an action, emotions); to render; to render, to make; to express, to convey; to render, to translate; to render; to give; to deliver; to pay (a visit, respects); to yield; …
Verb
ville
town, city
Noun
ici
here
Adverb
comprendre
to understand, comprehend; to comprise, include; to know each other (well); to get on well, to get along well; to be comprehensible or conceivable
Verb
parce
only used in parce que
Preposition
cela
that
Pronoun
trois
three
Numeric
point
point (small mark); point; full stop, period (punctuation mark); stitch pattern; dot (Morse code symbol)
Noun
enfant
child (someone who is not yet an adult); child (offspring of any age); son, native (of a place)
Noun
comment
how; how many; how much
Adverb
sortir
to exit, go out, come out; to take out, bring out; to have or take; to organise; put by sort
Verb
moment
moment (point in time); moment (short period of time); a while; moment, momentum
Noun
beau
handsome, fine, attractive; nice; fair (weather)
Adjective
cas
case, situation; case
Noun
partie
part (portion, amount); party; game, play (sense "the conduct, or course of a game"); subset
Noun
devenir
to become; to come from
Verb
fait
fact
Noun
place
place, square, plaza, piazza; place, space, room; place, seat
Noun
permettre
to permit, to allow (to grant permission or access); to allow, to enable (to provide the means, opportunity, etc.); to take the liberty; to afford
Verb
histoire
story; history; lie, fantasy, invention; misadventure
Noun
laisser
to leave, to leave behind; to forget, to leave alone; to leave with, to give; to let, to allow; to allow oneself, to let oneself
Verb
vrai
true; real, proper; honest, sincere, truthful
Adjective
fin
end, close, finish; end, end goal, objective, purpose
Noun
car
as, since, because, for
Conjunction
question
question (interrogation by torture); question (sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response); issue, matter, topic, problem
Noun
elles
they (female)
Pronoun
pendant
during, throughout, for the duration of
Preposition
pourquoi
why
Adverb
jeu
game (activity performed for amusement); play (in a theatre/theater); set (of objects that belong together); manner of handling a gun; play (mechanics: a space between two adjacent parts to allow free movement); a pipe organ stop; a hand of playing cards
Noun
cet
this
Determiner
ta
your
Determiner
plusieurs
several, many, a lot
Adjective
juste
fair, just; reasonable, appropriate, grounded; correct; perfect; shorter or less than desired; insufficient
Adjective
lieu
place; locus (set of all points whose location satisfies or is determined by one or more specified conditions); outhouse, toilet; any of several fish from the Pollachius family
Noun
certain
certain: a determined but unspecified amount of; some
Determiner
nom
name; last name, family name; forms expletive interjections; noun; noun or adjective; used in nom adjectif and nom substantif
Noun
aucun
no, none, not any
Determiner
mois
month; period, menstruation
Noun
jouer
to play (engage in games or play); to play (produce music from a musical instrument); to play (a role); to bid (money), gamble; to be close to the end, to be only a matter of time, be decided (as a fate); to be of importance (in), affect, intervein (in); to take advantage of, make fun of
Verb
attendre
to wait for, to await; to expect
Verb
service
service; cutlery; set (collection of objects)
Noun
droit
right (entitlement); law (study of law); right angle
Noun
coup
blow, hit, strike; sound of the action; physical consequences of the action (marks); fast and instantaneous action; load, shot; bit (small quantity); planned action; a short sequence of action within a game; a move or play; a time, a try, an instance; lay
Noun
groupe
group
Noun
vers
towards; to; around, circa (with a date or time)
Preposition
mieux
more, -er.
Adverb
aujourd'hui
today; nowadays
Adverb
la
her, it (direct object)
Pronoun
regarder
to look at; to watch; to face; to concern (be associated with)
Verb
chaque
each; every
Adjective
commencer
to begin, commence
Verb
utiliser
to use, to utilize
Verb
famille
family (group of related people); family
Noun