Words 1901–2000
1902informer
to inform; to enlighten; to impart knowledge (upon); to inquire; to ask; to get information
Verb
1915convention
convention, agreement; convention (formal meeting); convention (conventionally standardised choice)
Noun
1917poche
pocket (part of the clothing); pouch (small bag, or part of small bag); pouch (of a marsupial); pocket (cavity); poach (act of cooking by poaching); ladle (container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal); The rendering or the act of rendering the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black.
Noun
1918rater
to miss (an event or a thing); to screw up; to mess up; to fail to fire; to misfire; to fail
Verb
1930tiens
used to show uncertainty; like, you know; used to show surprise; used to show emphasis; said when giving something to someone; here
Interjection
1947brûler
to burn; to burn oneself; to pass an obstacle, to blow (through or past), to run; to be boiling, to be very close to the answer
Verb
1950prêter
to lend; to attribute; to lend itself to; to go along with; to borrow; to provide, to give
Verb
1956refaire
to redo, to do over, to do again, to repeat; to remake, to recreate, to make more of, to reproduce; to restore, to renovate, to make (like) brand new; to get reaccustomed to; to freshen up, to recuperate
Verb
1961sauter
to jump, leap; to jump over; to sauté; to bang, hump, have sex with; to skip (pass from one step directly to a later step without going through the intervening ones); to explode
Verb
1964batterie
battery; percussion, drum kit, battery/batterie; battery (electricity storing device); batterie
Noun
1965nourrir
to feed (provide with nourishment), nourish; to nurture, to fuel; to eat, to feed oneself
Verb
1968jurer
to swear (to promise by oath); to swear (to say a swear word); to clash with, to be jarring, to stick out like a sore thumb
Verb
1970distinguer
to distinguish; to make out (with one of the senses, often visually); to be distinguished
Verb
1975élu
elected official, politician (person who has been elected in a vote); chosen (person who has been chosen by God)
Noun
1978gardien
guard (someone who keeps guard of something); guardian, warden (protector); guardian (someone who looks after something else); guardian; babysitter
Noun
1980critique
critical (urgent); critical (of great importance); critical (related to criticism); judgemental
Adjective
1982sort
fate, destiny (consequences or effects predetermined by past events or a divine will); lot (something used in determining a question by chance); spell (magical incantation). 1688, Guy Miège, The Great French Dictionary. "On a jetté un sort sur son bétail, a spell is made upon his cattle, or his cattle is bewitched."
Noun
1984renvoyer
to resend, retransmit; to send again; to send back (to give back to the original sender); to give back, throw back, post back, bounce back, swing back etc.; to put off, postpone (an appointment, a duty); to reflect (i.e. of a reflective surface); to echo (of sound, to come back); to fire, dismiss, expel a student; to refer (somebody to something); to remind (somebody of something)
Verb
1986bosser
to work, labour, do a day's work; to train (for something), work on (something), study, improve (on something); to emboss; to dent; to cause a dent; to raise an anchor over the davit(s)
Verb
1988calcul
calculus, stone (stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ); calculation, computation, reckoning; calculus; computing
Noun
1989cousin
cousin (male); cranefly; mosquito; people who stick to others without mutual benefit: parasites, bloodsuckers
Noun
1990rapprocher
to reapproach, to approach again; to come closer to (physically, as in distance); to bring (something or someone) closer to (physically, as in distance); to bring closer (to unite); to get closer (to)
Verb
1991rejeter
to throw back (a fish, etc.); to discharge, spew out; to reject (an appeal, a lover etc.); to refute (an accusation); to position, place; to jump back, throw oneself back
Verb
1994demi
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
1997monnaie
change (money back after a transaction); currency; cash, change (coins, as opposed to notes); coinage
Noun
1998philosophie
philosophy, the study of thoughts; philosophy, one's manner of thinking; small pica: 11-point type; a philosophical (calm and stoically accepting) attitude
Noun
1999tô
a dish made from pearl millet, sorghum, or maize, with water, & served as a cooked or boiled dough eaten with sauce
Noun