French Vocabulary Illustrated

bail nm definition image translation: lease note: plural baux etymology: from obsolete French bailler – to give; from Low-Latin ...

basané adj definition image translation: tanned, suntanned, swarthy etymology : from French basane – tanned sheepskin; derived thro...

grès nm definition image translation: sandstone, stoneware etymology: from Old High German; related to modern German Gries – grave...

miroiter v definition image translation: to mirror, sparkle, shimmer, dazzle, glint etymology: from French miroir . which comes from...

grelot nm definition image translation: small bell, jingle bell etymology: probably from Latin crotalum – little bell, possibly r...

sarment nm definition image translation: vine-shoot, vine-branch, any climbing woody branch sarmenteux a dj branchy, climbing, ramb...

gravier nm definition image translation: gravel, grit etymology: from Celtic root, as in Welsh gro – coarse gravel, Breton grouan ...

dévaliser v definition image translation: to rob, burgle, rifle, strip; clean out (an account, a store) etymology: dé - + valise. ...

pignon nm definition image translation: gable note: can also mean a gear wheel, cog wheel; also a pine nut etymology:  from Itali...

écuelle nf definition image translation: bowl, basin, porringer; bowlful, dog's bowl écuellée nf bowlful etymology : from La...

écarquiller v definition image translation: to open wide écarquiller les yeux — to open one's eyes wide etymology: probably ...

humer v definition image translation: to sniff, smell; take snuff etymology: unknown synonyms: aspirer, flairer, inhaler, priser...

rabattu adj  definition image translation: pulled down, turned up, turned back, folded down, low rabattre v to fold, turn down, tur...

pulluler v definition image translation: to proliferate, swarm pullulement nm proliferation, swarm, multitude etymology: From Lat...

enchevêtrer v definition image translation: to entangle, complicate; put a halter on enchevêtrement nm entanglement, confusion e...

goujat nm definition image translation: cad, boor, ill-mannered person etymology: originally, a servant for soldiers, from Old French...

fouillis nm   definition image translation: 1. mess, jumble. confusion 2. thicket, undergrowth, tangle etymology: from fouiller ...