Vocabulary
des
contraction of de + les, literally “of the, from the, some”
fève
strictly, a fava bean (Vicia faba); non-legume beans, as in coffee beans; the trinket in a king cake (galette des rois) – originally an actual broad bean, today often a plastic, metal or porcelain figurine; bean
Noun
CROUS
acronym of Centre régional des œuvres universitaires et scolaires, administration responsible for student accommodation, canteens, etc.
Noun
salement
dirty, dirtily; Intensitive adverb : very, really. (in a bad way) "J'ai été salement amoché par une crise néphrétique" (André Gide, Letters) : "I've been really banged-up by renal crisis"; Related to the precedent (antiphrasis) : very, really (in a good way) " Faut acheter des sardines … C'est salement bon !" (Louis Pergaud, La Guerre des boutons) : "We got to buy sardines … It's really good !"
Adverb
julienne
a julienne, a garnish of vegetables cut into long, thin strips; synonym of julienne des dames (“dame's rocket”) (Hesperis matronalis); ling
Noun
NUTS
initialism of Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics).
Noun
gigue
string instrument, roughly in the form of a mandoline (c. 1120–50); lively and gay dance originally from the British Isles, gigue, jig; musical melody, to be danced in the way of a gigue; long leg, tall and skinny girl, haunch of some animals especially venison (19th century); disorderly way of dancing (danser la gigue), twerk of the hips (gigue des fesses; early 20th century); a small boat, gig; jitter
Noun
slopestyle
slopestyle; synonym of descente acrobatique; ellipsis of slopestyle surf des neiges or surf des neiges slopestyle; ellipsis of ski slopestyle
Noun
chartiste
a person who studies old charters; a student or an alumnus of École Nationale des Chartes; a chartist; a Chartist
Noun
AAAAA
abbreviation of Association amicale des amateurs d'andouillette authentique (“Friendly Association of Authentic Andouillette Amateurs”)
Noun
SBE
initialism of système babillard electronique or système de babillard electronique; a BBS (bulletin board system); initialism of système des bulletins electroniques ; a BBS (bulletin board service)
Noun
OFPRA
acronym of Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (“French office for the protection of refugees and stateless persons”)
Name
CRTC
initialism of Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (“Canada Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission”): CRTC
Name
CEDEAO
acronym of Communauté économique des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (“Economic Community of West African States”): ECOWAS
Name
Mucem
acronym of Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée (“Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations”)
Name
Val-des-Sources
Val-des-Sources (a town, the seat of Les Sources Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada)
Name
FTQ
initialism of fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec, a large trade union in Quebec, Canada.
Name
SNCB
initialism of Société nationale des chemins de fer belges (“National Railway Company of Belgium”)
Name
Arcep
acronym of Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse, a French telecommunications authority
Name
RGPD
initialism of Règlement général sur la protection des données (“General Data Protection Regulation”): GDPR
Name
descendre
to go down; to descend; to put down; disparage; to kill (someone); to stay (in a hotel or other temporary lodging)
Verb
descente
descent (act of going down); descent (downward slope); way down; descending; raid (e.g. police raid); downhill (an event in skiing or canoeing); comedown (from a drug), crash
Noun
descendant
a descendant; one who is the progeny of someone at any distance of time; e.g. a child; a grandchild, etc.
Noun
desservir
to serve (be the pastor of a church); to serve, to have as or in its catchment area; to clear, clear away (e.g. a table); to do a disservice, to perform ill offices (to someone)
Verb