Most common French words

47883 words

Words 25901–26000

25901ruminant

ruminant

Noun

25902dactylo

typist; secretary; typing; dactylography

Noun

25903bichonner

to attend to a person's appearance and clothing; groom, titivate; to groom oneself, primp

Verb

25904insomniaque

insomniac

Adjective

25905funiculaire

funicular

Adjective

25906faillible

fallible

Adjective

25907stéréoscopique

stereoscopic

Adjective

25908laurentien

Laurentian

Adjective

25909déclivité

slope, incline, declivity

Noun

25910thermonucléaire

thermonuclear

Adjective

25911krypton

krypton

Noun

25912ocarina

ocarina

Noun

25913avers

obverse

Noun

25914butane

butane; n-butane

Noun

25915sniff

sniff

Noun

25916scrum

scrum: A crowd of reporters and spokesperson

Noun

25917compendium

compendium, abstract; vitrine showing didactic material

Noun

25918sheng

sheng

Noun

25919arnica

arnica

Noun

25920mahatma

mahatma

Noun

25921camorra

Camorra (crime organization from Naples); any criminal organization

Noun

25922pâleur

pallor; paleness

Noun

25923carrick

heavy overcoat

Noun

25924blaugrana

of FC Barcelona (a football team from Barcelona)

Adjective

25925fatras

jumble, hodgepodge

Noun

25926méritocratie

meritocracy (rule by merit)

Noun

25927adroitement

adroitly, skilfully

Adverb

25928fumette

cannabis smoking (the activity of smoking cannabis cigarettes); toke (of cannabis cigarette)

Noun

25929ECU

European Currency Unit

Noun

25930obligeance

obligingness

Noun

25931icitte

here; around here

Adverb

25932térébenthine

turpentine

Noun

25933pudiquement

in a pudic way

Adverb

25934aveuglette

blindness

Noun

25935bassement

basely

Adverb

25936hachis

hash

Noun

25937interarmées

joint (of a combined force)

Adjective

25938inviolabilité

inviolability; immunity (from prosecution)

Noun

25939opiniâtreté

stubbornness, obstinacy

Noun

25940télémédecine

telemedicine

Noun

25941scandaleusement

grossly, appallingly, scandalously

Adverb

25942pérennisation

perpetuation; permanence

Noun

25943dîn

tenets of one’s belief; credit, obligation

Noun

25944photojournalisme

photojournalism

Noun

25945désherbage

weeding

Noun

25946reproductibilité

reproducibility

Noun

25947SIRET

acronym of Système d'identification du répertoire des établissements

Noun

25948planificateur

planner

Noun

25949convalescent

convalescent

Adjective

25950ronronnement

purr (purring noise)

Noun

25951dénonciateur

denunciatory

Adjective

25952tripot

dive, gambling den

Noun

25953survolter

to boost (an electrical circuit); to overexcite

Verb

25954enjoliveur

hubcap

Noun

25955quolibet

gibe, taunt

Noun

25956papou

Papuan

Adjective

25957défectuosité

defectiveness; defect, fault, imperfection

Noun

25958désinfectant

disinfectant, sanitizer

Noun

25959pollinisateur

pollenising

Adjective

25960meneau

mullion

Noun

25961trapézoïdal

trapezoidal

Adjective

25962luberon

any of several wines (mostly red) from the valley of the Rhône

Noun

25963cinématographie

cinematography

Noun

25964émeraude

emerald (color)

Adjective

25965trolley

trolley pole; trolleybus

Noun

25966airelle

cranberry; bilberry

Noun

25967gaillarde

galliard: the size of type between petit-texte and petit-romain, standardized as 9 Fournier points (3.06 mm) then as 8 Didot points (3.00 or 3.01 mm); the galliard, a 16th-century European dance

Noun

25968escarre

eschar, bedsore

Noun

25969lacération

laceration

Noun

25970transfuser

to transfuse

Verb

25971bard

a sort of stretcher, with no wheels, used for transporting materials; a sawhorse

Noun

25972crisse

anger; good-for-nothing

Noun

25973tsarine

tsarina

Noun

25974décoloré

bleaching, decolorant

Adjective

25975bordier

of or from Les Bordes

Adjective

25976Dunkerquois

native or inhabitant of the town of Dunkirk, Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France (usually male)

Noun

25977rebiffer

to rebel, revolt

Verb

25978survolté

overexcited; overcharged

Adjective

25979débrouillard

resourceful person, hustler

Noun

25980caféier

coffee (plant)

Noun

25981liberticide

liberticide (one who causes the destruction of liberty); liberticide (the destruction of liberty)

Noun

25982cyme

cyme

Noun

25983nosocomial

hospital; nosocomial; nosocomial (arising from hospital treatment)

Adjective

25984apicole

apiculture; apicultural

Adjective

25985dromadaire

dromedary

Adjective

25986raviner

to furrow

Verb

25987délavé

faded, washed-out

Adjective

25988darwinien

Darwinian

Adjective

25989senseur

sensor

Noun

25990fruste

rough, uncouth, coarse

Adjective

25991fayot

bean; bootlicker

Noun

25992malfaçon

fault

Noun

25993déculotter

to remove someone's knickers or underwear; to fess up

Verb

25994trouvère

a trouvère, medieval lyric poet using the Northern langue d'oïl (precursor lects of modern French), as opposed to their older, southern example, the original troubadours, who used langue d'oc (Occitan)

Noun

25995quenouille

distaff; cattail

Noun

25996ruminant

ruminant

Adjective

25997yoruba

the Yoruba language

Noun

25998guigne

heart cherry (Prunus avium subsp. juliana), wild cherry (Prunus avium); bad luck, rotten luck