French Vocabulary: Verbs, Nouns, and Adjectives

Améliorer

to improve

Apporter

to bring

Apprendre

to learn

Avoir besoin de

to need

Commencer

to start / begin

Comprendre

to understand

Conseiller

to advise

Construire

to build

Courir

to run

Devenir

to become

Devoir

to have to / must

Essayer de

to try to

Éviter

to avoid

Espérer

to hope

Faire confiance à

to trust (someone)

Fumer

to smoke

Gagner

to win / to earn

Grandir

to grow up

Marcher

to walk

Oublier de

to forget to

Ouvrir

to open

Passer du temps à

to spend time (doing something)

Recevoir

to receive

Réduire

to reduce

Rencontrer

to meet

Rendre (qqch/qqn) + adj

to make (something/someone) + adjective (e.g. rendre heureux = to make happy)

Rester

to stay

Rire

to laugh

S'entendre avec

to get along with

S'entrainer

to train / practise

Se disputer

to argue

Se marier

to get married

Se relaxer

to relax

Se reposer

to rest

Se sentir + adj

to feel + adjective (e.g. se sentir fatigué = to feel tired)

Tomber

to fall

Travailler

to work

Venir

to come

Venir de + inf

to have just (done something)

Vivre

to live

Voyager

to travel

Le beau temps

good weather

La bibliothèque

library

Le bord de la mer

seaside

Le cadeau

present / gift

La campagne

countryside

Le chanteur

singer (male)

Le chapeau

hat

Le copain

friend / boyfriend

La cour

playground / courtyard

Le cours

lesson / class

La course

race / running

Un enfant

a child

La femme

woman / wife

La fille

girl / daughter

Le fils

son

Le gâteau

cake

Le genou

knee

Une habitude

a habit

L'informatique

computing / IT

Les jeunes

young people

La journée

the day (duration)

La lecture

reading

Le légume

vegetable

Le mari

husband

La matière

school subject / material

Le mauvais temps

bad weather

La montagne

mountain

Le niveau

level

Un ordinateur

computer

Le PACS

civil partnership

Le pays

country

Du poisson

fish

La promenade

walk

La récré

break (school break)

Le repas

meal

Le rêve

dream

La santé

health

Le soleil

sun

Le spectacle

show / performance

Le succès

success

Le terrain de sport

sports field

La tête

head

Le ventre

stomach

Les vêtements

clothes

De la viande

meat

Aîné

eldest

Amusant(e)

funny / fun

Bavard(e)

talkative

Beau/belle

handsome / beautiful

Cadet

younger / youngest

Célèbre

famous

Désagréable

unpleasant

Équilibré

balanced

Embêtant(e)

annoying

Étranger

foreign

Gentil(le)

kind

Jeune

young

Libre

free

Méchant

mean / nasty