French Vocab

se mettre dans tous ses états

to get very upset, anxious, or angry

interrupteur

light switch

la punaise

thumbtack

le trombone

paperclip

décapsuleur

bottle cap opener

entonnoir

funnel

la multiprise

power strip

fêler

crack

thé en vrac

loose tea

le fion

asshole

la courroie

strap, band, belt

sacoche

bag; satchel, messager bag

décaler

push forward/back (a meeting)

désserrer

to loosen, relax, unclench

le mors

(equestrianism) bit

la calenture

sea madness; heat stroke

éperon

spur

joncher

to scatter; to be strewn about

équipage

crew (of plane, ship)

moisir

to mold; to hang about, gather dust

s’accrocher à

to hang on to

déchirant

heartbreaking, agonizing

à pic

vertical, precipitous; at just the right time

maboul

crazy

la longe

rope for horses

la carrure

build (physique); shoulders

pile

adv. right, just (e.g. right there)

le repaire

den

calembredaine

balderdash

le délit

misdemeanor, a wrong

faire le coup

pull a trick, deceive

ça je prend plus

that’s not working anymore

baluchon

bindle, bag

envoyer balader/promener

to send packing

culot

cheek, nerve

effronté

cheeky, insolent

galopin

urchin, rascal

fourrer

to stuff

charabia

gibberish

entamer

to start; cut into, eat into

dégringoler

to tumble down

la remorque

trailer

établi

workbench

la lorette

loose woman

lévrier

greyhound, sight hound

la levrette

doggy style

le bouseux

yokel, hick

raffoler

to be mad about, be crazy for

caler

to wedge; jam, stall; fill up; be full; to chug

conjurer

to beseech, beg

On n’en aura pas pour longtemps

it won’t take long

haleter

gasp

bégayer

stammer

brouette

wheelbarrow

balader

give someone the runaround

au passage

by the way

Quelle veine!

What luck!

détraqué

broken, busted; crazy

renifler

sniff

le survêtement

tracksuit

la vergogne

shame; modesty, decency; restraint, moderation

ébouler

to collapse; crumble, crumple

bondé

crowded

crouler

collapse

s’abattre

to come crashing down

le drille

fellow, buddy; soldier

fléau

scourge, curse

la loupe

magnifying glass

se tirer

take off, head out

gronder

scold

trépas

demise, death

tabasser

to beat up, clobber

répartition

distribution

rubrique

newspaper section

faits divers

local news, miscellaneous

la perche

pole, rod, stick, esp. boom

le lange

a swaddle

la mise

bet, wager, ante, stake

emmailloter

to swaddle, coddle

la liasse

bundle, stack, file, wad (of cash)

poudre à canon

gunpowder

cantonner à/dans

to confine to, to restrict to

le bougeoir

candlestick

receler

to harbor, receive stolen goods, conceal

la courbature

muscle soreness

posologie

dosage

le cadran

clock face; dial

la boiserie

paneling, wood trim

révolu

gone by, past, bygone

le quatuor

quartet

enduire

to plaster, coat, smear, anoint

ankylosé

stiff

baldaquin

canopy

veilleuse

nightlight

une écluse

sluice, lock (of a canal)

auprès de

compared to, next to

internat

boarding school

fouler

to sprain; stamp, dent; walk on, tread on

dompter

to tame, suppress, subdue