vocab dash

Vocabulary

belle: femininehandsome, fine, attractive; nice; fair (weather)

Adjective

beautiful woman, belle, beauty; girlfriend

Noun

pavilion (tent, structure, ear part); ensign, flag (nautical flag); house, villa, lodge; bell (part of brass instrument); pavilion; colours

Noun

timbre

small bell; stamp, postage stamp; stamp (mark); timbre; quality of a vowel

Noun

marteau

a hammer used for pounding; a machine tool that pounds; a hammer-shaped tool used to hit something, such as a gavel; a rapper; a door knocker; a piano or dulcimer hammer; the malleus; a throwing hammer; a hammer with bas relief marks used to create imprints on wood, leather etc.; the advantage of throwing the last stone; the part of a clock that strikes the bell

Noun

cloche

bell (metal apparatus used to produce sound); a glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth; a bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim; cloche (tableware cover, often resembling a bell); a clumsy person, an oaf

Noun

clocher

bell tower, steeple

Noun

clocher

to ring a bell; to limp; to wobble; to be wrong

Verb

sonnerie

ringing (sound of a bell); alarm, alarm clock; ringtone; a set of church bells

Noun

gland

acorn; glans; tassel; prick, wanker, bell end

Noun

sonnette

bell (for example, on a bicycle), handbell; doorbell; pile driver

Noun

bourdon

bumblebee (species of bee); drone; blues (feeling of sadness); A pilgrim's staff.; bourdon (large, low-pitched bell)

Noun

poivron

sweet pepper, bell pepper (Capsicum annuum)

Noun

clochette

bell; synonym of campanule (“bellflower”) (Campanula)

Noun

belvédère

belvedere, gazebo; the plant belle-à-voir

Noun

glas

bell; death knell (omen)

Noun

carillon

carillon (set of bells, often in a bell tower)

Noun

angélus

Angelus; Angelus bell

Noun

beffroi

belfry, bell tower

Noun

grelot

jingle bell, cascabel

Noun

sonneur

ringer (of bells, etc.); blower (of horns, etc.)

Noun

menon

bellwether (leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck)

Noun

carillonner

to ring, chime, peal (of bells); to proclaim loudly, vehemently

Verb

bélière

a ring that holds the clapper of a bell (or similar, dangling objects)

Noun

attacher le grelot

to bell the cat, to take one for the team

Verb

Belle Époque

Belle Époque

Name

cloche de plongée

diving bell

Noun

belle-dabe

synonym of belle-mère

Noun

poutine pizza

pizza poutine (a poutine with added mushrooms, bell peppers, pepperoni, and occasionally onions)

Noun

abat-son

Any of the inclined louvre-boards, covered with lead or slates, attached to the timberwork of belfries, to protect the bells and bell-frames from the weather and to deflect the sound downwards.

Noun

pattes d'éléphant

bell-bottoms

Noun

coup de fil

telephone call, ring, call, bell

Noun

courbe de Gauss

bell curve

Noun

campanologie

campanology (study of bells)

Noun

sauvé par le gong

saved by the bell

Adjective

couvre-feu

curfew (bell, regulation)

Noun

dire quelque chose

to ring a bell; to say something

Verb

tirer la sonnette d'alarme

to sound the alarm, to raise the alarm, to set alarm bells ringing

Verb

belles-lettres

belles-lettres (light literary compositions valued for their aesthetic properties)

Noun

Belle Vue

Belle Vue: a village in Torbeck, Sud department, Haiti; Belle Vue: a number of places in France

Name

sauvé par la cloche

saved by the bell

Adjective

bellement

beautifully

Adverb

belle-âge

a long time

Noun

belle-mère

mother-in-law; stepmother; a retired politician (male or female) who tries to keep influencing their successors through public or behind-the-scenes interventions

Noun

belle-sœur

sister-in-law (wife's or husband's sister); sister-in-law (brother's or sister’s wife); step-sister, stepsister

Noun

belle-doche

synonym of belle-mère

Noun

belle-nièce

stepniece; niece-in-law

Noun

belle-fille

daughter-in-law (wife of one's child); stepdaughter (daughter of one's spouse and another person)