French Vocabulary Illustrated

couleuvre nf definition image translation: snake, grass snake etymology : from Latin colubra – serpent, snake synonyms : coronelle...

grimper v definition image translation: to climb, clamber, scale, mount etymology: formerly griper or gripper from Germanic root...

aubépine nf definition image translation: hawthorn, mayflower, whitethorn etymology: Latin albus   – white + French épine – thorn ...

tracas nm definition image translation: bustle, turmoil, disturbance, worry, fuss tracasserie nf worry, vexation, ( pl ) bicker...

bocal nm definition image translation:   jar, apothecary's bottle, glass globe , fish bowl etymology: from Italian boccale – m...

ninauderie nf (usually pl )  definition image translation: affected manners, mincing, smirking, simpering minauder v to smirk, sim...

lice nf definition image translation: lists, tilt-yard etymology: from Late Latin licia – stake, palisade synonyms: arène, barr...

moelleux adj definition image translation: soft, velvety, mellow; full of marrow, pithy etymology: from French moelle – marrow, fr...

bistre adj definition image translation: sepia-colored, tawny, dusky, swarthy, sooty bistre nm sepia -- a color that is a shade of...

bêche nf definition image translation: spade; garden fork, pitchfork bêcher ( bécher ) v  to dig (with a spade), dig up e tymol...

pimpant adj definition image translation: smart, spruce, natty etymology: related to pipeau – attraction, trap synonyme : chic,...

étau nm definition image translation: vise, vice etymology: from estoc – tree-trunk, possibly from Gaelic root, as in Irish stoc ...

favoris nm pl definition image translation: side-whiskers, sideburns etymology: from favori – favored, but why it came to mean whisk...

calotte nf  definition image translation: skull cap; small dome, knoll, mound, cap note: calotte also means a blow, a box on the ea...

baraque nf definition image translation: hut, shed, shanty, booth (as at a fair) etymology: from Spanish or Catalan barraca ; orig...

gredin nm definition image translation: rascal, scoundrel etymology: from Germanic root, as with Old Gothic grêdus – to hunger. Mi...

plate-bande nf definition image translation:  flower bed, border etymology: French plat – flat + bande – band, strip synonyms:...