French Vocabulary Illustrated

à fleur d'eau definition image translation: at water level, at the water line, just above the water etymology:   possibly re...

haler v definition image translation: to haul, tow note: not to be confused with hâler — to tan etymology:  from Germanic r...

pièce blanche n f definition image translation : (archaic) a silver coin note: usually describing a 5-franc piece or higher, a ...

vivier nm definition image translation: fish tank, fish pond, breeding tank/pond etymology:   from Latin vivarium — breeding t...

escale nf definition image translation: stop, halt (especially those scheduled on a boat); stopover, layover etymology:  from ...

fumiste nm definition image translation: 1. chimney specialist, chimney sweep,  heating engineer 2. joker, slacker, idler fum...

parquet nm definition image translation: prosecutor’s office, court, the bench note: basically means a kind of floor made o...

patache nf definition image translation: horse-drawn carriage used as public coach (often pejorative) note: also means a light...

effriter v definition image translation: to erode, cause to crumble s’ effriter v to crumble effritement   nm   crumbling, ...

émietter v definition image translation: to cause to crumble, break up, split up s’émietter v to crumble émiettement nm  cru...

farfadet nm definition image translation: elf, imp, pixie etymology:  from Occitan farfadet — fairy, elf, from a root meaning w...

parquer v definition image translation: to pen, confine, park etymology:   from French parc — park from Late Latin parricus —...

enfreindre v definition image translation: to break (rule, law, order, etc.),  transgress, contravene etymology:  briser, contr...

denier nm definition image translation: 1. an old coin of small value, farthing, small change 2.  money. public disbursement ...

primer  v definition image translation: to take precedence, be prioritized, prevail note:  primer can also mean to give a pri...