French Vocabulary Illustrated

fermage nm definition image translation: land rent, farm rent, tenant farming etymology:   from ferme — farm, from Latin firmu...

faire-part nm   definition image translation: (printed) announcement (death, wedding, birth), invitation faire part — to annou...

férule nf definition image translation: stick,   rod (for punishing children); domination, control sous la férule de — under t...

flétrir   v definition image translation: to brand, mark with infamy,   blacken (the reputation), sully, debase flétrissure nf...

flétrir v   definition image v translation: to wither, wilt, age note:   flétrir — to brand, debase comes from a totally differe...

gibet nm definition image translation: gallows, gibbet note: while gibet is a synonym of potence , it has the extended meanin...

vermeil  nm definition image translation: silver-gilt note: older versions of vermeil were copper-gilt, giving them a reddish to...

vermeil adj definition image translation: vermillion, ruby red, rubicund, ruddy etymology:   from Latin vermiculus — little wo...

faux ébénier nm definition image translation: golden rain laburnum, common laburnum etymology:   from ébénier — ebony tree, ...

ara nm definition image translation: macaw etymology:   from Tupi-guarani ara synonyms: papegai, perroquet examples: ...

troène nm definition image translation: privet e tymology:   from a Germanic root, as in Old High German trugilboum — privet) ...

fustiger v definition image translation: to thrash, flay, beat, lash, castigate etymology:   from Latin fustigare   from fusti...

gelinotte nf definition image translation: red grouse, hazel hen also, gélinotte etymology:   from Latin gallina — hen ...