Most Common French Words. Part 20

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l'appel call
l'appendicite appendicitis
l'assistant assistant, helper
l'attitude attitude
l'auberge inn
aussi bien ~ que - as well as, not to mention
la baguette wand, stick
balader to take out for a walk
le ballet ballet
la barque barge, small boat
le beignet doughnut, fritter
bourgeois bourgeois
la bourse purse
brun brown
le bus bus
le but goal, aim, purpose
la butte hillock, mound
calculer to calculate
le camping camping, campsite
le cargo cargo boat, freighter
la catin doll (regional)
celle-ci this one (fem.)
la centaine about a hundred
chic stylish, nifty, smart, posh
la circulation circulation
claquer to slam, bang (the door)
la cloison partition
le commissariat police station
commun common, joint
le confort comfort
conseiller to advise, recommend
la conserve tinned food, canned food
conserver to conserve, preserve
la construction building, construction
se contenter to be satisfied
convenir to be suitable
la copie copy
le costume costume
le courrier letters, mail
le crayon pencil
le culot nerve, cheeck (infml)
cultiver to cultivate, grow
le dahu imaginary animal
le danger danger
la disposition arrangement, layout
distraire to distract
entourer to surround, encircle
essuyer to wipe, mop
le fauteuil arm-chair
la ficelle twine, string
fixer to fix, fasten
la fonction function
la formule formula
la fosse pit, hole
le fou-rire insane laughter
fouiller to search, frisk
la foule crowd
le fromage cheese
le fruitier fruit (tree)
le fumier manure, dung
la gendarmerie police station
la glace ice
grimper to climb (up)
l'habitation house, dwelling
la honte shame
l'horreur horror
immense immense
n'importe qui anyone, anybody
incapable unable, incapable
industriel industrial
infernal infernal
inimaginable unimaginable
inquiet uneasy, worried
l'institut institute
la longueur length
luxe luxury
la mairie town hall
le mannequin (fashion-show) model
le matelas mattress
le milliard billion (US), thousand million
le minimum minimum
moindre lesser
la moyenne average
le musicien musician
la naissance birth
neiger to snow
nul nil, no
l'oignon onion
fem. ordonnance prescription
le panneau panel, sign(post)
paré ready, all-set
partager to share, divide, separate
peindre to paint
personnellement personally
le pianiste pianist
la pierre stone
poli polite
poursuivre to pursue
primaire primary
procurer to get (something)