French Vocab History Unit Flashcards

un vestige

a remaining trace or relic from the past

un menhir

a large upright standing stone

un dolmen

a stone tomb made from large stones

un dessin

a drawing

le mur

wall

la grotte

cave

le feu

fire

les astres

celestial bodies (sun, moon, stars)

une cabane

hut or small shelter

une pierre

stone

une chaume

thatch (roof made of straw or reeds)

le rempart

defensive wall or rampart

une faucille

sickle (curved cutting tool)

l’eau

water

un village lacustre

lake village built near or over water

Carnac

site in Brittany famous for its stone alignments

un tombeau

tomb

sauvage

wild or uncivilized

une bête

beast or animal

Vercingétorix

Gallic leader who fought Julius Caesar

le druide

druid; priest/judge/doctor in Gaulish society

un médecin

doctor

un prêtre / une prêtresse

priest / priestess

un juge

judge

Alésia

site of the decisive battle where Vercingetorix surrendered

des armes

weapons

des outils

tools

des bijoux

jewelry

Armorica

ancient region of Gaul (modern Brittany area)

Astérix

fictional Gaulish comic character

le chêne

oak tree

les chrétiens

Christians

le coq

rooster (symbol of Gaul/France)

la Gaule

Gaul (ancient region including modern France)