 | French | English  | |
 | Sois ... | 2 Be ... [French informal] | |
| long comme un jour sans pain {adj} [loc.] | [French idiom for: very long and tedious or very tall] | |
| Soyez ... | Be ... [French formal or plural] | |
| elle {pron} | it [French grammatically feminine verb subjects] | |
| Verbs |
| tutoyer qn. | [to address someone with the French familiar pronoun "tu"] | |
| Nouns |
| éduc. lycée {m} | 4 lycée [French secondary school] | |
| géogr. France {f} [République française] | 3 France <.fr> [French Republic] | |
| RadioTV carré {m} blanc [jusqu'en 1964 sur les écrans de télévision en France pour indiquer qu'un film n'était pas tout public] | ['suitable for adults only' sign on French TV] | |
| cuis. Car-en-sac {f}® [confiserie] | [brand of French liquorice confectionery] | |
| cuis. poutine {f} [can.] | [Canadian speciality : French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy] | |
| dr. obligation {f} de quitter le territoire français <OQTF> | [demand that someone leaves French territory] | |
| ethn. géogr. domienne {f} | [female French citizen who lives in, or comes from, a Département d'Outre-Mer] | |
| ethn. géogr. domien {m} | [French citizen who lives in, or comes from, a Département d'Outre-Mer] | |
| cuis. café {m} liégeois | [French cold dessert made from lightly sweetened coffee, coffee-flavoured ice cream and chantilly cream] | |
| naut. bisquine {f} | [French fishing boat typically used for oyster fishing] | |
| adm. occup. pol. Atelier et Chantier d'Insertion {noun} <ACI> | [French government organisation for re-integrating long-term unemployed back into society] | |
| naut. coup {m} de tabac [fam.] | [French maritime slang for: short and violent storm] | |
| gris {m} [tabac gris] | [French shag tobacco] | |
| hist. louis {m} [fam.] | [French slang for: twenty francs] | |
| mil. occup. poilu {m} [fam.] | [French soldier in World War I] | |
| cuis. quiche {f} lorraine | [French tart with a filling made of cream, eggs, and bacon or ham, in an open pastry case] | |
| Bottin {m}® | [French telephone directory] | |
| adm. ASSEDIC {f} [assurance chômage] | [French unemployment insurance agency] | |
| adm. fin. ASSEDIC {f.pl} [indemnisation chômage] | [French unemployment insurance] | |
| pol. l'hémicycle {m} (de l'Assemblée nationale) | [plenary hall of the French National Assembly] | |
| balle {f} [fam.] [franc] | [slang for franc, former French monetary unit] | |
| cuis. canelé {m} | [small French pastry flavored with rum and vanilla with a soft and tender custard center and a dark, thick caramelized crust] | |
| cuis. bouillon {m} [établissement] | [traditional (late 19c or early 20c), spacious restaurant that usually serves traditional French cuisine, in particular a Bouillon (broth)] | |
| cuis. flan {m} pâtissier nature | [traditional preparation found in French patisseries, a base to which you can add fruit or other ingredients] | |
| ethn. géogr. Acadiens {m.pl} [ethnie vivant principalement en Amérique du Nord] | Acadians [ ethnic group descended from the French who settled early in now Canada] | |
| hist. mil. vêt. bonnet {m} d'ourson | bearskin [headgear worn by French grenadiers] | |
| ling. belgicisme {m} | Belgicism [Belgian French word or phrase] | |
| cuis. ichtyo. brandade {f} de morue | brandade [dish based on salt-dried cod and olive oil, speciality from Nimes, served throughout French Mediterranean regions] | |
| hist. brumaire {m} | Brumaire [second month of the French revolutionary calendar. Approximates to November] | |
| cuis. outil. cafetière {f} à piston | cafetière [Br.] [French press] | |
| hist. Dauphin {m} [fils aîné du roi de France] | Dauphin [heir to French throne] | |
| hist. pol. Directoire {m} [1795-1799] | Directory [1795-1799] [also: Directorate] [governing five-member committee in the French First Republic from 1795 until 1799, when it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte] | |
| hist. floréal {m} | Floréal [eighth month of the French revolutionary calendar. Approximates to May] | |
| cuis. fougasse {f} [pain] | fougasse [French bread] | |
| hist. frimaire {m} | Frimaire [third month of the French revolutionary calendar. Approximates to December] | |
| hist. fructidor {m} | Fructidor [twelfth month of the French revolutionary calendar. Approximates to September] | |
| hist. germinal {m} | Germinal [seventh month of the French revolutionary calendar. Approximates to April] | |
| cuis. gougère {f} | gougère [French choux pastry dish] | |
| grisette {f} [vieilli parfois péj.] | grisette [also: grizette] [French working-class woman from the late 17th century onwards] | |
| hist. mil. harki {m} | Harki [generic term for native Muslim Algerians who served as auxiliaries in the French Army during the Algerian War of Independence from 1954 to 1962] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. territoire {f} de l'Inini | Inini [was an inland territory of French Guiana, administered separately between 1930 and 1946.] | |
| hist. mil. maquisard {m} | maquis [member of the French Resistance in WW2] | |
| hist. mil. maquisarde {f} | maquis [member of the French Resistance in WW2] [female] | |
| hist. messidor {m} | Messidor [tenth month of the French revolutionary calendar. Approximates to July] | |
| hist. mil. pol. Napoléon {m} Bonaparte [1769-1821] [aussi : Napoléon I] | Napoleon [also: Napoléon Bonaparte ] [1769-1821] [As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814 and again in 1815] | |
