French Vocabulary Illustrated

ganache nf    definition  image translation: fool, imbecile vielle ganache  – old fool ganache adj foolish        note: a...

écarteler  v   definition  image translation: to quarter (as in draw and quarter), tear apart écartelement nm quartering, agonizi...

Bonnard baignoire nf    definition  image translation: 1. bath, bathtub 2. (theater) ground floor box  etymology: from baign...

mouiller v   definition  image translation: to drop anchor, moor note: also means to get wet, moisten mouillage nm mooring e...

piètre adj   definition  image translation: mediocre, poor, shabby, sorry etymology: perhaps from Latin pedestris – pedestrian ...

poussif  adj   definition  image translation: wheezy, broken-winded, short of breath etymology : from pousser – push, with the...

outre nf   definition  image translation: wineskin, skin etymology: from Latin uterus – belly, womb synonyms:  sac à vin ex...

noyau nm   definition  image translation: pit, stone (of a fruit); core, kernel etymology: from Latin nucalis – almond from Lat...

chaperon nm   definition  image translation: 1. coping (of a wall) 2. hood (clothing) chaperonner v to cope (a wall); to chape...

renchérir v  definition  image translation: to become more expensive, make more expensive, make a higher bid renchérir sur – to ad...

perche nf   definition  image translation: pole; beanpole (person) note: also the fish, perch, with a different origin etymolog...

licou nm   definition  image translation: halter (for an animal or a dress) note: licol is the older, and now archaic form etym...

poitrail nm   definition  image translation: breast, chest (of humans and animals) etymology: from Latin pectoralis – of the ches...

racler v   definition  image translation: to scrape, shave off raclement nm scraping, shaving off etymology: from Italian ras...

huis nm   definition  image translation: door ( archaic ) à huis clos –in camera, behind closed doors etymology : from Latin o st...

préau nm   definition  image translation: exercise yard, inner courtyard etymology : from Latin pratellum , diminutive of pratum – m...

alentour adv  definition  image translation: surrounding, nearby alentours nm pl surrounding, vicinity etymology:   à l'e...