French Vocabulary Illustrated

Saturday, December 14, 2019

seau

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seau nm definition image translation: pail, bucket; bucketful, pailful etymology: from Latin sitellum — bucket from stella...
Friday, December 13, 2019

messagerie

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messageries nm pl definition image translation: goods transport, shipping company note: usually plural etymology: fro...
Thursday, December 12, 2019

merle blanc

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merle blanc nm definition image translation: a white blackbird, thus a rarity, a phenomenon etymology: see merle — blackb...
Wednesday, December 11, 2019

bonnet grec

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bonnet grec nm definition image translation: a fez-like hat, a tarbouche (as worn by Frenchmen), usually with a tassel note...
Tuesday, December 10, 2019

trousseau de clefs

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trousseau de clefs nm definition image translation:   bunch of keys, ring of keys etymology:   trousseau — bunch, diminutiv...
Monday, December 9, 2019

écrouer

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écrouer   v definition image translation: to detain, commit, jail, incarcerate   écrou nm   committal, detention, jail ...
Sunday, December 8, 2019

grain (vent)

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grain nm   definition image translation: squall etymology: the squall meaning may come from the “ grains ” of hail that...
Thursday, December 5, 2019

persiennes

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persiennes   nf pl definition image translation: louvered shutters, Venetian blinds. jalousies etymology:  In the 18th century, ...
Wednesday, December 4, 2019

gogo

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gogo nm definition image translation: dupe, sucker, mug, pigeon etymology: from gober — to swallow, a reduplication o...
Tuesday, December 3, 2019

inénarrable

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Rousseau inénarrable adj definition image translation: outrageous, unspeakable;  wild, hilarious  etymolog...
Monday, December 2, 2019

inhabité

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inhabité adj definition image translation: uninhabited etymology : in- + habité — inhabited synonyms :   abandonné...
Sunday, December 1, 2019

glu

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glu nf definition image translation: birdlime; glue note birdlime was a sticky concoction used with bait to capture sma...
Saturday, November 30, 2019

éventrer

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éventrer v definition image translation: to disembowel, gut, rip open, burst open etymology: é- + ventre — stomach ...
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