French-English General Nouns
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| un accueil | a welcome, a reception, a home page
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| un achat | a buy, a purchase
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| un âge | an age
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| un air | an air, air [in all senses –atmosphere, pretension, tune]
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| un alphabet | an alphabet, the alphabet
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| un an | a year – as a “division word”
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| un animal, d’animaux | an animal
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| un anniversaire | a birthday
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| un appartement | an apartment, a flat
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| l'argent | money
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| un arrêt | a stop, stopping, shutdown
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| un arrondissement | an arrondissement [subdivision of Paris]
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| un art | an art, art
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| un article | an article, an item, an object
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| un ascenseur | an elevator, a scroll bar
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| un avis | an opinion, a piece of advice, a notice
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| un bain | a bath
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| un baiser | a kiss [do not use as a verb]
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| un barbecue | a barbecue [more cooking, not as a type of event]
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| un bas | a stocking, the bottom
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| le besoin | need, want [the state of being in need]
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| un billet | a ticket [used for more expensive ones], a banknote
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| un bisou | a kiss [colloquial form of baiser]
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| le bonheur | happiness
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| un bord | a side, an edge, a curb, a bank, a shore, a brim
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| un boulevard | a boulevard, a causeway
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| un bureau, des bureaux | a desk, an office
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| un cahier | a notebook, a homework exercise book
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| un canal | a canal, a television channel
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| un carnet | a notebook, a diary, a booklet [eg as of stamps]
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| le chagrin | sorrow, grief, chagrin
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| un chapitre | a chapter
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| un chat | a cat
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| un château, des châteaux | a castle, a palace, a manor
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| un chemin | a path
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| un cheval, des chevaux | a horse
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| un chien | a dog
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| un cinéma | a movie theatre, the movie industry, the movie art
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| un commerce | a shop/store, commerce, trade, business
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| un compartiment | a compartment [e.g. on a train]
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| un congé | a holiday, leave, time off
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| un corps, des corps | a body, a corps [military]
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| un costume | a men’s suit, a costume
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| un couloir | a corridor, a hallway
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| un coup | a blow, a knock, a coup, a drink
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| un couple | a couple [romantic]
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| un cours, le cours | a lesson, the course [of lessons or events]
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| un créneau, des créneaux | a niche, a slot, a parking spot [esp parallel]
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| un créneau horaire | a timeslot
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| le début | the start, the beginning
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| le décès | death, the act of dying
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| un departement | a department, an administrative region
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| un dessin | a drawing
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| un devoir | a duty, homework
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| un dialogue | a dialog
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| un distributeur | a distributor, a vending machine, an ATM
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| un domicile | a home, a residence
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| un dossier | a file, a dossier
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| un drap | a bedsheet
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| un embouteillage | a traffic jam
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| un emploi | a job, employment, a use or need [for an object]
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| un endroit | a specified place or spot
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| l'équipement | equipment, provision
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| un escalier | a step, a stair, a staircase [stairs, as plural]
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| un escalator | an escalator
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| un étage | a floor/story in a building
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| un étranger | a stranger, a foreigner, a foreign place
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| un événement | an event
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| un exemple | an example
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| un faire-part | an announcement, an invitation [birth, wedding]
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| un fait | a fact, an event, a consequence
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| un film | a movie, a film
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| un forum | a forum
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| un fossé | a ditch, a gap
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| un garage | a garage
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| les gens | people [a set of people, plural only]
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| un gout | a taste [literal or figurative], an inclination, a liking
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| un groupe | a group
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| un guichet | a ticket or sales counter, a box office
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| l'hébergement | housing, accommodation, lodging
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| un hôpital, d’hôpitaux | a hospital
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| un horaire | a schedule, a timetable
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| un hôtel | a hotel
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| un hypermarché | a hypermarket [combo of supermarket and dept store]
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| un immeuble | a building
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| un jardin | a garden
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| un jour | a day – as a “division word”
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| un journal | a newspaper, a diary [journal intime]
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| un lexique | a glossary, vocabulary
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| un lien | a link, an attachment
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| un lieu, des lieux | a place
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| un livre | a book
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| un livret | a booklet, a pamphlet
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| un loisir | a leisure activity, a hobby, leisure
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| un magasin | a shop, a store, a magazine [military/weapon]
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| un magazine | a magazine
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| le mal | trouble, difficulty, pain, evil
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| un marché | a market, a deal/contract
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| un mariage | a marriage, a wedding [the event and the state of]
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| un matin | a morning – as a “division word”
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| un maximum, les maxima/maximums | a maximum
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| un mémoire | a memo, a paper, a memoire
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| le ménage | housework
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| un métier | a profession
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| le midi | mid day, noon
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| un minimum, les minima/minimums | a minimum
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| le minuit | midnight
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| un mode | a method, a way/means, a mode [grammar: a mood]
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| un mois, des mois | a month
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| un moment | a moment, a specific point in time
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| un monde | a world
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| un monument | a monument
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| un mot | a word, a message, a note
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| un musée | a museum
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| un noir | a black person, a black-haired person, the dark
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| un nom | a name [especially last/family], a noun
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| un ordinateur | a computer [often shortened to ordi]
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| un PACS | a civil partnership
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| un panneau, des panneaux | a sign, a panel
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| un parc | a park
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| un parking | a parking lot
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| le partage | dividing up, sharing out
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| un pas, des pas | a footstep, a pace
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| un pays, des pays | a country, also land, country, region
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| un personnage | a character, a part [in a movie]
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| un peu | a bit, a few, the little, the few
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| un pied | a leg/foot/stand of support, an English foot of measure
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| un plaisir | a pleasure, pleasure
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| un pont | a bridge, a deck
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| un portable | a mobile/cell phone
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| un portrait | a portrait, a description/profile
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| un poster | a poster [one to be kept, as of a star, etc]
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| un prénom | a first name
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| un prix, des prix | a prize, a price
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| un problème | a problem
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| un produit | a product, production
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| un profil | an outline, a profile
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| un programme | a plan, a program
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| un projet | a project, a plan, a draft
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| un reçu | a receipt [as in a taxi]
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| un rendez-vous | a date, a rendezvous, an appointment
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| un repas, des repas | a meal
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| un restaurant | a restaurant [often shortened to resto]
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| un résultat | a result, an outcome
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| un rêve | a dream
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| le rythme | rhythm
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| un sac | a bag, a sack
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| un salon | a living room, a salon, a show or exhibition
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| le savoir | knowledge
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| le savoir-faire | know-how, skill
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| un séjour | a stay, a vacation
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| un sens | a sense, a meaning, a direction
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| un service | a service, a tennis serve
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| un signe | a sign, a gesture
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| un ski | a ski, skiing
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| un soir | an evening – as a “division word”
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| un son, le son | a sound, sound, also bran [as in bread]
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| un souvenir | a souvenir, a memory
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| un supermarché | a supermarket
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| un tarif | a price [as on a price list – hotel, museum, etc]
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| un téléphone | a telephone
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| le temps, des temps | the time, the weather
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| un texto | a text [also un SMS]
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| un théâtre | a theatre, the theatre
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| un ticket | a ticket [lower value items], a checkout receipt
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| un titre | a title [book or personal title]
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| un tour | a turn in place, a turn in order, a circumference
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| un travail, des travaux | a job, work, labor
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| un type | a type, a kind, a sort
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| un vélo | a bike, a bicycle, biking
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| un vêtement | an article of clothing, clothes/clothing [as plural]
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| un vœu, des vœux | a wish, a vow
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| un voyage | a trip, a journey, a voyage, travel
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| un week-end | a week-end [sometimes shortened to week]
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| une activité | an activity
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| une administration | an administration, administration, management
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| une adresse | an address
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| une adresse mail | an email address [also une adresse électronique]
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| une affiche | a placard, a poster [as advertising, etc]
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| une affirmation | an affirmation
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| une année | a year – as a “duration word”
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| une annonce | an advertisement, a commercial announcement
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| l'apparance | appearance
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| une aquarelle | a watercolor [painting], painting watercolors
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| une auberge | a hostel
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| une avenue | an avenue
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| une bande dessinée | a comic, a cartoon [also BD and bédé]
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| une banque | a bank
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| une bibliothèque | a library, a bookcase
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| une bise | a kiss [non-romantic peck, e.g. on the cheek]
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| une boîte | a box, a can of food, a club/nightclub
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| une boulangerie | a bread shop, a baker
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| une brosse | a brush [the implement], a crew cut
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| une camionnette | a van, a pickup truck
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| la campagne | the country [as in rural area]
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| une cantine | a canteen [small cafeteria or snack bar]
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| une carte | a chart, a map, a card [index, playing, credit], a menu
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| une cathédrale | a cathedral
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| une cérémonie | a ceremony
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| une chambre | a bedroom, a guest room
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| une chanson | a song
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| une chaussée | a highway, a street, a road surface
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| une chaussette | a sock
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| une chose | a thing, an object
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| une classe | a class [all meanings], a type, a group
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| une coïcidence | a coincidence
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| la compréhension | comprehension
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| la condoléance | sympathy, condolence
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| une connaissance | a knowledge [of something/someone], knowledge
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| les coordonnées | details, contact information
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| la course, les courses | running, shopping for essentials [esp groceries]
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| une couverture | a blanket, a cover, coverage
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| une cuisine | a kitching, cooking, cuisine
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| la culture | culture, learning, agriculture, fields [plural only]
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| une date | a date [day in time]
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| une découverte | a discovery
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| une destination | a destination
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| la détente | relaxation, a détente [as in English]
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| une différence | a difference
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| une dispute | a quarrel, a dispute
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| une douche | a shower
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| une école | a school
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| une éducation | an education, education
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| une église | a church
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| une émission | a television program or show
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| une enquête | an inquiry, an investigation, a survey
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| une épicerie | a grocery shop
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| une équipe | a team
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| une erreur | an error, a mistake
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| l'escalade | escalation, climbing [for sport]
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| une espèce | a species, a sort, a kind, cash [as plural]
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| une expression | an expression
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| une étude | a study [i.e. what is being studied – often pluralized]
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| les félicitations | congratulations
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| une fenêtre | a window
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| une fête | a holiday, a party
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| une fiche | an index card, a plug [electric plug]
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| la fin | the end
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| une fleur | a flower, a blossom
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| une fois, les fois | one time [once], time as an instance of a happening
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| une foule | a crowd
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| une fourgonnette | a van
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| une galerie | a gallery, a shopping mall, a level/circle [audience]
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| une gare | a railway station
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| la grâce | grace, favor, mercy
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| une guerre | a war
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| une habitude | a habit, a custom
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| une histoire | a story, history
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| une honte | a disgrace, a shame
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| une horreur | a horror, horror [emotion]
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| une idée | an idea
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| une identité | an identify
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| une impression | an impression [figurative or literal], an indentation, a print-out
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| une information | a piece of information, information, news [as plural]
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| une journée | a day, daytime – as a “duration word”
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| une langue | a language, language
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| la lecture | reading
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| une lentille | a lens, a contact lens
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| la lessive | the laundry, detergent
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| une lettre | a letter [character or message]
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| une librairie | a bookstore
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| une liste | a list
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| la littérature | literature
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| une livre | a pound – as weight or currency
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| une lumière | a light
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| une lunette | a telescope, a toilet seat, eyeglasses [in plural]
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| une main | a hand [e.g. poker]
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| une mairie | a city/town hall [same as hotel de ville]
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| une maison | a house, a home, sometimes a family or a company
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| une matinée | a morning – as a “duration word”
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| une médiathèque | a media library
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| une mémoire | a memory, memory
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| une mer | a sea, a large body of water
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| la météo | weather, also a weather forecast
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| une méthode | a method
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| une mode | a fashion, a trend
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| une montagne | a mountain
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| une mouche | a fly
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| la musique | music
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| une naissance | a birth [literal or figurative]
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| une natation | a swim, swimming [for sport, not at the beach]
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| une nationalité | a nationality
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| la nature | nature
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| une nouvelle | a piece of news, news [in plural form]
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| une nuit | a night
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| une opinion | an opinion
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| une origine | an origin, a start, a beginning
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| une ouverture | an opening [of any sort], an overture
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| un pagaïe / pagaille | a mess
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| une page | a page [of a book, etc]
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| une partie | a part, a game
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| une passion | a passion
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| une pendule | a clock
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| une personne | a person
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| une peur | a fear, fear
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| une pharmacie | a pharmacy
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| une photo | a photo
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| une pièce | a room, a coin, a play/musical piece, a piece of a whole
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| une place | a place/square/plaza, a space/room, a place/seat
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| une plage | a beach
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| la politesse | politeness, courtesy, manners
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| une porte | a door, a gate
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| une poste | a post office, mail
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| une poubelle | a garbage can, the garbage,
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| une poupée | a doll [toy]
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| la présence | presence, being present
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| une promenade | a walk
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| une provenance | an origin, a provenance
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| une qualité | a quality
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| une question | a question, a matter or issue, a problem
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| une randonnée | a walk, a hike
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| une relation | a relation, a relationship
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| une règle | a rule
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| une réplique | a reply, an answer, a replica
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| une réponse | an answer, a response, a comeback
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| une réservation | a reservation, a booking
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| une réunion | a meeting, a reunion
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| une rivière | a river
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| une robe | a dress
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| une route | a road, travel
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| une routine | a routine, routine
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| une rue | a street, a road
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| une salle | a hall, a room in a house
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| une sandale | a sandal
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| une scène | a scene, a stage
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| une semaine | a week
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| une sieste | a siesta, an afternoon nap
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| une situation | a situation
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| une soirée | an evening – as a “duration word” 2, evening activity
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| une sorte | a sort, a kind, a type, a way, a manner
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| une sortie | an exit, the action of exiting, an end, an outing/trip
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| une suite | a result, a sequence, a series, a suite
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| une tâche | a task, a chore, work
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| une télévision | a television [une télé for short]
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| une tête | a head [leader]
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| les toilettes | the toilets/lavatory/restroom [plural only]
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| une tour | a tower
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| une traduction | a translation
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| la tristesse | sadness
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| une université | a university
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| une urgence, l’urgence | an urgency, urgency, an emergency
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| une vacance | an open position, holidays [as plural]
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| la vaisselle | dishware, dishes [singular word but plural meaning]
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| une valise | a case, a suitcase
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| une vie | a life
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| une vignette | a label, a small illustration
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| une ville | a city, a town [note pronunciation exception]
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| une voile | a sail, sailing
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| une voiture | a car, a train car
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| une vue, la vue | a sight, a view, sight/eyesight/vision
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