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French Vocab 2
French Vocab 2 GCSE / A Level
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| La lucarne | Skylight |
| Le lance-flammes | Flamethrower |
| Le myosotis | Forget-me-not |
| Le phasme | Stick-insect |
| La gentilhommière | Small manor house |
| La fouine | Polecat |
| Le terreau | Compost |
| Le ligne de flottaison | Line of floattaison |
| Le foc | Jib sail |
| L'amarre | Painter |
| Virement de bord | Tack (in sailing) |
| La bruyère | Heath |
| La pince à levier | Crowbar |
| Le caniche | Poodle |
| Le martin-pêcheur | Kingfisher |
| Agacer | To irritate |
| Jeûner | To fast |
| Renseigner | To informe |
| Pondre des œufs | To lay eggs |
| La mutuelle | Friendly society / community |
| a m’embête | It annoys me |
| L'actu / les actus | The news [slang] |
| Un ado | An adolescent [slang] |
| Déduire | To deduce |
| La dernière des dernières | The very last one |
| La der | Slang for 'la dernière' |
| Fréquenter | To mingle, to hang out with |
| Folklorique | Weird / wacky [archaic] |
| Un frigo | Slang for 'un réfrigérateur' |
| Un hosto | Slang for 'un hôpital' |
| Immobilier | Property / real estate |
| Impeccable | Terrific |
| Impec | Slang for 'impeccable' |
| Un imperméable | A raincoat |
| Un imper | Slang for 'un imperméable' |
| Un labo | A lab |
| Le magnétophone | Tape recorder |
| Le magnéto | Slang for 'le magnétophone' |
| Un ordi | Slang for 'un ordinateur' |
| Personnel | Personal |
| Perso | Slang for 'personnel' |
| La philo | Slang for 'la philosophie' |
| Un pneumatique | A tyre |
| Un pneu | Slang for 'un pneumatique' |
| Un pull | A sweater [slang for 'un pull-over'] |
| Sensass | Slang for 'sensationnel' |
| Habitation à loyer moderé [HLM] | Council houses 'les HLM' |
| Lycée d'enseignement professionnel [LEP] | Vocational high school |
| Mega octet [Mo] | Megabyte |
| Organisme génétiquement modifié [OGM] | GMO Food |
| Le guard-boue | Mudguard (on a bike) |
| Pédagogique | Educational |
| La niaque | Fighting spirit |
| Endosser | To take on / to shoulder (responsibility) |
| Saccager | To wreck / devastate |
| Viscéral | Deep-root |
| Épargner | To save (money, effort) |
| Assumer | To take on / to assume (responsibility, a role e.g.) |
| Présumer | To assume |
| Débrouiller | To untangle / to sort out |
| Se débrouiller | To get by / to cope / to manage |
| Faillir | To almost do something (e.g. to almost miss) |
| Ficher | Formally: to file Informally: to do / to give / to put / to leave |
| Ignorer | To not know (how) |
| Installer | To install / to set up / to put in / to furnish |
| S'installer | To settle / to sit down / to set oneself up |
| Ne ... que | Only |
| Régaler | To treat someone to a meal / to regale someone with a story |
| Tenir | To hold / to keep / to take up/fulfill To keep under control / to run / to manage / to organise (an event) |
| Trier | To sort |
| Tutoyer | To use 'tu' |
| Vouvoyer | To use 'vous' |
| Falloir | To be neccessary / to need |
| Ce qu'il faut ? | What's needed? |
| Ce sont | Replaces 'c'est' when talking about a specific person/idea/thing |
| Arabophone | Speaker of Arabic |
| Anglophone | Speaker of English |
| Francophone | Speaker of French |
| Néerlandophone | Speaker of Dutch |
| Lusophone | Speaker of Portuguese |
| Russophone | Speaker of Russian |
| Sinophone | Speaker of Chinese |
| Suédophone | Speaker of Sweedish |
| Un apéritif | An appetiser |
| Un digestif | An after-dinner drink |
| Je suis rassasié | I'm satisfied (referring to food) |
| Commander | To order |
| Je vous écoute ? | What would you like? [lit: I'm listening to you} |
| Ça a été ? | Was everything OK? (with you meal, e.g.) |
| L'Hexagone | 'The Hexagon' - nickname for France |
| Le sujet | The subject (of a sentence) |
| Va t'en ! | Go away! |
| Plus lentement SVP | More slowly please |
| Il a un verre dans le nez | He's drunk! |
| Une dizaine | About 10 |
| Une douzaine | A douzen |
| Une vingtaine | About 20 |
| Une centaine | About 100 |
| Ça m’est égal | I don't mind / it's all the same to me |
| Embêtant | Annoying |
| Le maillot de bain | Swimming costume |
| Asiatique | Asian |
| Douvres | Dover |
| Tirer | To pull |
| Le bouchon | Cork |
| Il est exclu que | It's out of the question |
| Le tri | Sort |
| L'espoir | Hope |
| Se fâcher contre | To get angry with, to get cross with |
| Fâcher | To anger |
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