Vocabulary
de
from (used to indicate origin); of (indicates possession, association or relationship); of (used to indicate cause); of (indicates an amount); used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word; from (used to indicate the start of a time or range); by (an amount); introduces the indirect object of some verbs; variously translated in English; used before infinitive phrases; often corresponding to an English to-infinitive or gerund; after certain verbs; …
Preposition
simple
single; simple, straightforward, easy; simple, plain, unsophisticated; synthetic; non analytic; simple, uncompounded; one-way; mere
Adjective
personnalité
personality, character (set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another); personality (celebrity, especially one with a strong media presence); personal attack
Noun
rang
row or line of things placed side-by-side; rank or position in a series or hierarchy; a knitting course; a series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road; the road serving such a series of plots; the non-officers of an army, taken as a group
Noun
demi
half (fraction); half (half-hour); a person of multiracial descent, usually a person with French and other non-European origin; mixed-race; a glass of beer of 250 ml volume; bathroom
Noun
major
the highest non-commissioned officer rank: sergeant major, “major”; major (field officer rank)
Noun
irrégulier
irregular (non-standard); (of a polygon) irregular; undependable; illegal; (of a verb etc.) irregular
Adjective
fine
thin space, non-breakable space; a number of high grade French brandies (usually AOC certified)
Noun
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
tarir
to dry up; to exhaust, use up; to talk non-stop (about something); to dwindle, to dry up, to peter out
Verb
VOSTF
"version originale sous-titres français" — original-language version French subtitles (OVFST); a film in a non-French language, with French-language subtitles
Noun
ravioli
ravioli (type of Italian pasta and dish); ravioli (non-Italian stuffed pasta); ravioli, dumpling (stuffed doughs and pastries)
Noun
amorphe
amorphous (without a definite shape of nature); amorphous (in a non-crystalline solid state); sluggish, inert (lacking vivacity)
Adjective
diabolo
diabolo; a sort of sugary non-alcoholic drink made by mixing (fizzy) lemonade and cordial/squash.
Noun
VOST
version originale sous-titrée — original version with subtitles; a non-French film with French subtitles
Noun
frotteur
rubber, polisher (of floors, etc.); frotteur (one who commits the act of non-consensually rubbing one’s genitalia against another person, usually a stranger)
Noun
isolationnisme
isolationism (a national (or group) policy of non-interaction with other nations (or groups))
Noun
vacherin
vacherin (a soft cow's-milk cheese from France and Switzerland); vacherin (a cake-shaped dessert made of an almond paste shell filled with (non-frozen) double cream and topped with whipped cream)
Noun
chiac
a language and distinct dialect of Acadian French, with linguistic roots from the Mi'kmaq language and also terms or expressions corrupted by the surrounding English language, it is spoken by Chiac-Acadians primarily in rural southeastern New Brunswick. It is often malapropped or confused with Acadian Franglais; Language spoken mainly by the ethnic Chiac Acadians of southeastern New Brunswick, but occasionally also by non-Chiac French Acadians of the region; a mixed person of Wabanaki-Acadia, with primarily Indigenous and Acadian ancestry, originating from the rural southeast coast of New Brunswick, Canada
Noun
pantouflard
couch potato, homebody; a member of the non-combatant "home guard" formed of older men during the Siege of Paris (1870–1871)
Noun
nonchalant
Marked by a lack of vivacity, vigour, liveliness; slow-moving; indolent; Cool, relaxed
Adjective