French Vocabulary - Wesbite Words 1

la carrière

quarry

la carrière

career; profession

l’ossuaire / m

ossuary (place where bones are deposited)

traiter

to treat (someone a certain way); to treat an illness

au fur et à mesure

gradually; bit by bit

la fermeture

closing time; closing down; locking

le tarif

price; cost; rate; fare

restaurer

to restore; to refurbish

travaux

work

renommé

renowned; famous

renommer

to rename; to christen

afin que

so that

incontournable

unavoidable; no way around

la profondeur

depth

l’ouverture / f

opening

fortement

greatly; very much

repérer

to notice; spot; clock; find; locate

l’affluence / f

crowd

emprunter

to borrow; take

chargé

loaded (weapon); charged (appliance); busy; full; hectic

l’accueil / m

welcome; reception

renseigner

to inform

prochainement

in due course; shortly; in the near future

la location

renting; rental; leasing

gourmand

gourmet

emporter

to take with you

le cadre

frame; surroundings; setting

cadrer

to center (photography)

un atelier

workshop; art studio

l’étape / f

stage; step

le soin

treatment; care

la tenue

outfit; clothes; uniform

l’actualité / f

what’s happening; news

accueillir

to welcome

le séjour

stay

chaleureux/chaleureuse

warm; welcoming

le salon

living room; sitting room

salonnard

elitist

ombragé(e)

shady

la bâtisse

building; structure

nicher

to nest; to nestle

paisible

calm; peaceful

la détente

relaxation

souhaiter

to want; to wish for something

l’hérisson / m

hedgehog

l’animal en peluche / m; la peluche

stuffed animal

le parcours

route (bus, train, etc.)

le frelon

hornet

l’abeille / f

bee

piquer

to sting

fêler; se fêler

to crack (vase, plate, etc.)

gonfler

to inflate

le colis

parcel; package

la valeur

value (of an object)

le lien

link, connection, relationship

frotter

to rub; to polish; to scrub

la démarche

gait; walk

l’anse / f; la poignée

handle

oindre

to oil; to grease

huileux

oily

creuser

to dig

crever

to burst; to puncture

la crainte

fear; doubt

craintif

timid; fearful

feignant

lazy

la seiche

cuttlefish

quasiment

nearly; almost; practically

la morue

cod; codfish

l’entretien / m

maintenance; upkeep

un entretien

interview

plafonner

put an upper limit on; to cap

le fenouil

fennel

stagner

to stagnate

la stalle 

stall (for animals)

lutter

to fight

laper

to lap up

fournir

to supply

la remise; la réduction; le rabais

discount

salarié

salaried

l’épicerie

grocery store

grogner

to groan

le gril

grill

la sauce

gravy

la pesanteur; la gravitation; la gravité

gravity

le cimetière

cemetery

le gravier

gravel

la râpe

grater

le papier millimétré

graph paper

les céréales / f

grain

gothique

goth

le chair de poule

goosebumps

le buteur

goalscorer

la différence de buts

goal difference

scintillement

glimmering

planer

to glide

glisser

to slide; to move without effort

dorer

to glaze a pastry

doué

gifted

le geste

gesture

le levier de vitesse

gearshift