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  • C’est que
  • C’est une chance que
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  • Commander
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• Verb Conjugations
  • Abaisser – to lower
  • Abandonner – to abandon, give up, desert; (card game) to fold
  • Abattre – to fell, pull/cut/knock/bring down; to slaughter; to weaken, wear out
  • Abîmer – to damage, ruin; (familiar) – to beat up
  • Abolir – to abolish
  • Abonder – to abound (with), be full of; to be in complete agreement
  • Abonner – to subscribe
  • Aborder – to approach, come/go up to, reach; to broach (a subject), take on (a task)
  • Aboutir – to succeed, end up in/at, lead to
  • Aboyer – to bark
  • Abréger – to abridge, shorten, cut short
  • Abriter – to shelter; to shade, screen
  • Abrutir – to exhaust, daze, deaden
  • Absoudre – to absolve
  • Abstenir (s’) – to refrain, abstain from
  • Accélérer – to accelerate, speed up
  • Accentuer – to stress, add stress; to accentuate; to increase, intensify
  • Accepter – to accept
  • Acclamer – to acclaim, cheer
  • Accompagner – to accompany, go with
  • Accomplir – to accomplish, achieve
  • Accorder – to grant, admit
  • Accoster – to accost; (boat) to come alongside, to berth
  • Accoter – to lean, rest (on / against)
  • Accourir – to rush up; to hurry, hasten
  • Accrocher – to hang (up), suspend; to hitch together; to catch, bump; to stick, jam, hit a snag
  • Accroître – to increase, heighten, enhance
  • Accueillir – to welcome
  • Acculer – to drive, push, force, corner
  • Accuser – to accuse, blame; to accentuate, emphasize; to show, register, look
  • Acharner (s’) – to dog, hound, attack unrelentingly, make an extraordinary effort
  • Acheter – to buy
  • Achever – to finish, end, complete
  • Acquérir – to acquire
  • Activer – to speed up; to stoke; to activate; (inf) to hurry up, get moving
  • Actualiser – to update; to review (salary); (finance) to forecast, discount; to actualize
  • Adapter – to adapt; to be appropriate (to / for)
  • Adjoindre – to appoint; to attach, add, append
  • Admettre – to admit
  • Administrer – to administer, govern, manage, run
  • Admirer – to admire
  • Adopter – to adopt; to pass (a law)
  • Adorer – to adore
  • Adosser – to stand, lean, back
  • Adoucir – to smooth, soften, tone down, mellow, make milder
  • Adresser – to address; to refer to (a doctor)
  • Advenir – to happen that/to, to become of
  • Aérer – to air, aerate; to lighten, make less dense
  • Affadir – to make dull, uninteresting, tasteless
  • Affaiblir – to weaken
  • Affaler (s’) – to fall, slump, collapse; to slide down (rope)
  • Affamer – to starve
  • Affecter – to affect, move; to feign, pretend; to allocate; to appoint, post
  • Afficher – to post, put up, display, exhibit
  • Affiner – to refine, mature; to slim down
  • Affirmer – to claim, assert
  • Affliger – to afflict
  • Affluer – to flow, flood in
  • Affoler – to terrify, make panic; (literary) to drive wild
  • Affréter – to charter
  • Affronter – to confront, face, brave
  • Affubler – to deck out in, attach
  • Agacer – to annoy, irritate, pester
  • Agenouiller (s’) – to kneel
  • Aggraver – to aggravate, increase, make worse
  • Agir – to act
  • Agiter – to wave, flutter, shake; to bother, trouble; to discuss, debate
  • Agrandir – to enlarge, increase, expand
  • Agréger – to aggregate, incorporate
  • Aguerrir – to harden (someone)
  • Aider – to help
  • Aimer – to like, to love
  • Ajouter – to add
  • Aligner – to line up, align, string together, bring into alignment; (familiar) to punish
  • Alimenter – to feed
  • Aller (to go) – Verb Tables
  • Allier – to ally, combine, unite
  • Allonger – to lengthen, stretch
  • Allouer – to allocate, allot
  • Allumer – to light; to turn on (electricity)
  • Alourdir – to weigh down, make heavy
  • Alphabétiser – to teach how to read and write, make literate, eliminate illiteracy
  • Altérer – to alter
  • Amariner – to find one’s sea legs; to take over (enemy ship)
  • Amarrer – to moor, dock, make fast
  • Améliorer – to improve
  • Aménager – to equip, plan, develop, adjust
  • Amener – to bring
  • Amorcer – to begin, initiate; to energize; to bait
  • Amplifier – to amplify, enlarge, accentuate
  • Amuser – to amuse, to entertain 
  • Analyser – to analyze
  • Anéantir – to annihilate, destroy; to overwhelm, exhaust
  • Animer – to animate, liven up; to present, host
  • Annoncer – to announce
  • Annuler – to cancel, annul, void
  • Apaiser – to pacify, soothe, appease, calm
  • Apercevoir – to glimpse, to perceive
  • Aplatir – to flatten, smooth down / out
  • Apparaître – to appear
  • Appartenir – to belong
  • Appeler – to call
  • Applaudir – to applaud, clap, commend
  • Appliquer – to apply; to administer, implement, use, enforce
  • Apporter – to bring
  • Apposer – to affix; (formal) to append (a signature)
  • Apprécier – to appreciate
  • Appréhender – to dread
  • Apprendre – to learn
  • Apprêter – to prepare, get ready (transitive)
  • Apprivoiser – to tame
  • Approcher – to approach, go/come near, to put/move nearer
  • Approprier – to suit, adapt
  • Approuver – to approve, ratify
  • Approvisionner – to supply, stock; to put money into; to load (a rifle)
  • Appuyer – to lean, press
  • Argumenter – to argue
  • Arnaquer (informal) – to swindle; to nab, arrest
  • Arracher – to pull out/up, to tear off/out/down
  • Arranger – to arrange
  • Arrêter – to stop, to arrest
  • Arriver – to arrive, to happen
  • Arrondir – to round (off / out), make round; to swell, enlarge
  • Arroser – to water, sprinkle, spray; (informal) to drink alcohol; to bribe
  • Articuler – to articulate, to link
  • Aspirer – to inhale; to aspire (to)
  • Assaillir – to assail, bombard, attack
  • Assaisonner – to season, add seasoning to; (figurative) to spice up
  • Assembler – to assemble, gather, collect
  • Asseoir (s’) – to sit down
  • Assiéger – to besiege, lay siege to; to mob, assail
  • Assister – to attend
  • Associer – to share, partner; to associate, link, combine
  • Assoupir – to make drowsy, dull, lull
  • Assouplir – to soften; to relax (rules)
  • Assourdir – to deafen; to muffle
  • Assumer – to assume, take on, accept
  • Assurer – to assure, ensure, insure
  • Astreindre – to compel, force
  • Attacher – to attach, tie up, fasten
  • Attaquer – to attack, assault; to take on, tackle, launch into; to challenge, contest
  • Atteindre – to reach, to arrive at
  • Attendre – to wait for
  • Atterrir – to land
  • Attirer – to attract, lure, entice, appeal to; to cause, bring about
  • Attraper – to catch, pick up, get; to be tricked, had; (informal) to tell off
  • Augmenter – to increase, raise, heighten
  • Autoriser – to authorize, grant permission; to make possible
  • Avaler – to swallow
  • Avancer – to advance
  • Avérer (s’) – to turn out, prove to be
  • Avertir – to warn
  • Avoir (to have) – Verb Tables
  • Avouer – to confess, admit
  • Axer – to center on, focus
  • Bachoter – to cram, swot (for a test)
  • Badiner – to jest, joke, treat lightly (usually used in negative)
  • Bagarrer – to argue, fight
  • Baigner – to bathe, wash, soak
  • Bâiller – to yawn; to gape (open), be ajar
  • Bailler (archaic) – to give
  • Baiser (familiar) – to understand; to screw over; (slang) – to have sex (screw, f***)
  • Baisser – to lower, pull / turn / let down
  • Balader (informal) – to take for a walk / stroll / drive
  • Balancer – to swing, rock; (informal) to shout, to throw away
  • Balayer – to sweep
  • Balbutier – to stammer, to babble
  • Baliser – to mark / map out, signpost, define; to tag, mark up; (fam) to be nervous
  • Banaliser – to trivialize; to make commonplace, make seem ordinary
  • Bannir – to banish, dismiss, exclude, prohibit
  • Barrer – to bar, block, barricade, close off; to cross out; to steer
  • Basculer – to fall / tip over, to change dramatically
  • Batailler – to battle, fight
  • Bâtir – to build
  • Battre – to beat, to defeat
  • Bavarder – to chat, prattle, gossip
  • Baver – to drool, dribble, drip, leak
  • Béer (literary) – to be wide open; to gape, stand gaping
  • Bégayer – to stammer, stutter
  • Bénéficier – to benefit, gain, enjoy, get, have
  • Bénir – to bless
  • Bercer – to rock, cradle, lull, soothe
  • Berner – to fool, hoax
  • Beurrer – to butter
  • Bicher (informal) – to feel happy
  • Bichonner – to pamper, lavish care on
  • Bidonner (informal) – to fake
  • Biler (se) (informal) – to worry oneself sick, get worked up
  • Blâmer – to blame; to reprimand, rebuke
  • Blaguer (informal) – to be joking, kidding; to tease, make fun of
  • Blanchir – to bleach, whiten
  • Blesser – to hurt, injure
  • Bleuir – to turn blue
  • Bloquer – to stop, lock, tighten
  • Blottir (se) – to curl / huddle / snuggle up
  • Bluffer (informal) – to bluff, fool; to impress
  • Boire – to drink
  • Boiter – to limp, wobble; to be unsound, shaky
  • Bondir – to jump, leap up, bounce
  • Border – to hem, edge, trim; to line, run alongside; to tuck in (bed)
  • Borner – to limit, restrict; mark off / out
  • Bosser (informal) – to work, study, slog, swot
  • Boucher – to cork, put the cork in; to plug, fill up; to block, choke, clog
  • Bouchonner – (traffic) to be congested; (horse) to rub down
  • Boucler – to buckle, fasten; to complete; to curl; (inf) to lock up
  • Bouger – to move
  • Bouillir – to boil, be boiling
  • Bouleverser – to shock, greatly distress; to disrupt
  • Bouquiner (informal) – to read, to have one’s nose in a book
  • Bourrer – to fill, cram full, stuff
  • Bousculer – to jostle, bump into; to hurry, rush; to shake up, enliven
  • Boutonner – to button (up)
  • Brancher – to plug in, connect; (informal) to interest
  • Branler – to be shaky, unsteady, rickety, loose; (vulgar slang) to do, to be up to something
  • Braquer – to point, aim, gaze; to steer; to antagonize, make s.o. dig their heels in; (familiar) to hold up, pull a gun on
  • Brasser – to mix, stir, knead, shuffle; to brew (beer)
  • Braver – to stand up to, defy, brave
  • Bricoler – to do odd jobs, tinker
  • Brider – to bridle, restrain, curb, keep in check; to clamp, bind, lash together
  • Briller – to shine, sparkle, glitter
  • Briser – to break, smash, ruin
  • Bronzer – to tan, get a tan
  • Brosser – to brush
  • Brouter – to graze on
  • Broyer – to grind
  • Bruiner – to drizzle
  • Brûler – to burn
  • Brunir – to tan, darken
  • Bûcher – to fell, cut down; (informal) to study, cram, swot (up on)
  • Buriner – to engrave, chisel
  • Buter – to stumble, trip; to bump into; to score a goal; to prop up; to antagonize; (familiar) to kill, bump off
  • Cacher – to hide
  • Calciner – to burn to a cinder
  • Caler – to wedge, chock; to prop up; (motor) to stall; (informal) to be full, to have eaten enough
  • Calfeutrer – to draft-proof; to fill, stop up
  • Calmer – to calm, pacify, subdue, quiet down; to soothe, ease; to appease, quench
  • Calquer – to trace, copy exactly; to translate literally
  • Cancaner – to gossip; (duck) to quack
  • Cantonner – to quarter, billet, station; to confine
  • Carburer (familiar) – to use as fuel, live on; to work quickly
  • Cartonner – to bind (hardcover book); (informal) to smash into; to do brilliantly
  • Casser – to break
  • Causer – to cause, bring about; (informal) to talk, chat, gossip
  • Céder – to give up, dispose of
  • Ceindre – to encircle, tie around; to don, put on
  • Célébrer – to celebrate
  • Certifier – to certify
  • Cesser – to cease
  • Chahuter – to create an uproar, to mess around
  • Chanceler – to totter, wobble
  • Changer – to change
  • Chanter – to sing
  • Charger – to charge
  • Charrier – to cart, carry (along); (informal) to tease, kid; (familiar) to go too far, overstep
  • Chasser – to hunt, chase
  • Châtier (formal) – to chastise, punish; to polish, refine
  • Chatouiller (informal) – to tickle
  • Chauffer – to warm (up), heat (up); (inf) to prepare, cram, train; to annoy; (fam) to flirt, hit on
  • Chausser – to put shoes on
  • Chavirer – to capsize; to fall over, overturn
  • Chercher – to look for
  • Chérir (literary) – to cherish, treasure, hold dear
  • Chiffonner – to crumple, crease; (inf) to bother, worry
  • Choisir – to choose
  • Chômer – to be idle, inactive; to be unemployed
  • Choper (informal) – to steal, pinch, nick; to catch
  • Choquer – to shock, offend
  • Chuchoter – to whisper, murmur
  • Chuter – to fall, to fail
  • Cibler – to target
  • Circonscrire – to confine, contain (an outbreak); to define, delimit
  • Circonvenir – to circumvent, get around, avoid
  • Circuler – to circulate, move, go
  • Cirer – to wax, polish; (inf) to kiss up to
  • Ciseler – to chisel, carve
  • Citer – to cite, quote; (law) to summon
  • Claquer – to bang; to flap (flag); to crack (whip); to snap, break; (inf) to be great; (fam) to die
  • Classer – to classify, file, grade; to close (a dossier)
  • Classifier – to classify
  • Cliquer – to click
  • Clocher (informal) – to be cockeyed, defective, to have something go wrong
  • Clore – to close, end, conclude
  • Cocher – to check/tick (a box, an item in a list); to notch
  • Cogner – to knock (into), bang, hammer, pound; (fam) to beat up
  • Coiffer – to do s.o.’s hair; to put a hat on s.o.; to top, cover (a mountain); to head up, be responsible for; (informal) to nose s.o. out, win by a hair
  • Coincer – to wedge, jam, get stuck; (informal) to nab
  • Collectionner – to collect (as a hobby)
  • Coller – to glue, paste, stick; to press; (inf) to put, shove, dump; to give
  • Colorier – to color (in)
  • Coltiner – to carry, lug around
  • Combattre – to fight, to combat
  • Combiner – to combine; to devise, think up
  • Commander – to order
  • Commencer – to begin, to start
  • Commettre – to commit (a crime), make (a mistake); (formal) to appoint, nominate
  • Communiquer – to communicate, transmit
  • Comparaître – to appear in court
  • Comparer – to compare
  • Compatir – to sympathize, share in someone’s grief
  • Compléter – to complete
  • Comporter – to consist of, be made up of, comprise; to have, include; to involve, entail
  • Composer – to compose, arrange, put together; to dial
  • Composter – to date stamp, punch (a ticket); to compost
  • Comprendre – to understand, to include
  • Compromettre – to compromise
  • Compter – to count, to charge for, to reckon
  • Concentrer (se) – to concentrate
  • Concerner – to concern, be of concern to, affect
  • Concevoir – to imagine, conceive (of), design; to see, view, consider; to understand
  • Conclure – to conclude
  • Condamner – to condemn, sentence
  • Conduire – to drive (transitive)
  • Confier – to confide, entrust
  • Confiner – to confine, put into confinement
  • Confire – to preserve, pickle, candy; to slow-cook
  • Confirmer – to confirm
  • Confluer – to join, flow together; (literary) to converge
  • Confondre – to confuse
  • Conformer – to model on, match
  • Confronter – to confront; to compare (text)
  • Congédier – to dismiss
  • Conjuguer – to conjugate; to combine
  • Connaître – to know, to be familiar with
  • Connecter – to connect, log in, log on
  • Conquérir – to conquer
  • Consacrer – to devote, dedicate, consecrate
  • Conseiller – to advise, recommend
  • Consentir – to consent, agree (to); to grant
  • Conserver – to keep, maintain, retain; to can, preserve
  • Considérer – to consider
  • Consister – to consist (of / in)
  • Consolider – to consolidate; to strengthen, reinforce; to guarantee, fund
  • Consommer – to consume, to consummate
  • Constater – to notice, note
  • Constituer – to constitute, compose, make up; to set up, form
  • Construire – to build, to construct
  • Consulter – to consult
  • Consumer – to consume, devour; to burn; (literary) to expend, squander
  • Contacter – to contact
  • Contaminer – to contaminate, infect; to corrupt
  • Contenir – to contain
  • Contenter – to satisfy, please
  • Contester – to contest, challenge
  • Continuer – to continue
  • Contraindre – to force, compel
  • Contredire – to contradict, refute
  • Contrevenir – to contrevene
  • Contribuer – to contribute
  • Contrôler – to control, inspect
  • Convaincre – to convince
  • Convenir – to suit, be suitable
  • Convertir – to convert
  • Convoiter – to covet, lust for
  • Convoquer – to convene, convoke; to summon, invite
  • Copier – to copy, make a copy
  • Correspondre – to correspond
  • Corriger – to correct
  • Corrompre – to corrupt, bribe; to contaminate
  • Corseter – to constrain, constrict
  • Coter – to quote; to put odds on; to grade; to classify
  • Côtoyer – to be next to, rub shoulders with; to run alongside; to border/verge on
  • Coucher (se) – to go to bed
  • Coudoyer – to rub shoulders with, come into contact with
  • Coudre – to sew
  • Couler – to run, flow; to sink, go under; to pour
  • Couper – to cut
  • Courir – to run
  • Coûter – to cost
  • Couvrir – to cover
  • Cracher – to spit; to splutter, crackle
  • Craindre – to fear
  • Crapoter (informal) – to puff, smoke without inhaling
  • Craquer – to creak, squeak; to crack, crackle, crunch; to be falling apart, collapse; (inf) to be fed up, go crazy
  • Créer – to create
  • Crêper – to backcomb; to crimp
  • Creuser – to dig, hollow out
  • Crever – to burst, puncture; (inf) to wear out; (fam) to be starving, to kill
  • Crier – to scream
  • Crisper – to tense, clench, flex; to shrivel; (informal) to annoy
  • Critiquer – to criticize; to examine, assess
  • Crocheter – to crochet, to pick (a lock)
  • Croire (to believe) – Verb Tables
  • Croiser – to cross, to fold
  • Croître – to grow, increase
  • Croquer – to crunch, bite into; to sketch, outline; (informal) to squander
  • Cueillir – to pick, to gather
  • Cuire – to cook
  • Cuisiner – to cook
  • Cuiter (se) (familiar) – to get plastered, sloshed
  • Cultiver – to cultivate, grow
  • Curer – to clean / clear out
  • Dégriser – to sober up; to bring back down to earth
  • Démunir (de) – to deprive (of)
  • Dépeindre – to depict
  • Dactylographier – to type
  • Daigner – to deign, condescend
  • Danser – to dance
  • Déballer – to unpack, to let out, to display
  • Débarquer – to unload; to disembark; (informal) to fire, sack; to turn up, arrive
  • Débarrasser – to clear, release, get rid of, get out of the way
  • Débattre – to debate, discuss
  • Débiter – to debit; to sell, retail; to produce, output; to cut, saw up; to utter, spout, spiel
  • Déblayer – to remove, clear (away); to tidy up
  • Débloquer – to release, free, unjam, unblock; (fam) to talk nonsense; to be crazy
  • Déboîter – to dislocate, dislodge, disconnect; (car) to pull out, change lanes
  • Déborder – to overflow, boil over; to extend beyond, outflank; to untuck (covers)
  • Déboulonner – to remove the bolts from; (informal) to discredit, debunk, oust
  • Débrancher – to unplug, disconnect; (inf) to switch off, stop paying attention
  • Débrayer – to disengage the clutch
  • Débrider – to unbridle; to untruss; to lance, incise
  • Débrouiller – to untangle, sort out; to get by, manage
  • Débuter – to begin, start (out), make one’s début
  • Décaler – to move forward/back
  • Décamper – to decamp, clear off
  • Décéder – (formal) to die, pass away
  • Déceler – to detect, discern; to indicate, reveal
  • Décerner – to award; (legal) to issue
  • Décevoir – to disappoint
  • Déchirer – to tear, rip
  • Décider – to decide
  • Déclarer – to declare
  • Déclencher – to set off, activate, release, start
  • Décliner – to decline, to offer a variety of
  • Décoiffer – to muss s.o.’s hair, take off s.o.’s hat; (informal) to take one’s breath away
  • Décoller – (plane) to take off; to unstick; (inf) to move, budge; to lose weight
  • Déconfiner – to free from confinement
  • Déconnecter – to disconnect, log out, log off
  • Déconner (familiar) – to joke, kid; to talk nonsense; to fool around
  • Décorer – to decorate
  • Décortiquer – to shell, hull, husk; to dissect (a document)
  • Découdre – to take out stitches, unpick, remove (a button)
  • Décourager – to discourage
  • Découvrir – to discover
  • Décréter – to decree, declare, order
  • Décrire – to describe
  • Décrocher – to unhook, take down; to pick up the phone
  • Dédaigner – to despise, look down on; to spurn, disregard
  • Dédicacer – to autograph; to dedicate (to)
  • Dédier – to dedicate, consecrate to
  • Dédire (se) – to retract, recant, go back on one’s word
  • Déduire – to deduct, to deduce
  • Défaillir – to faint; to falter, weaken
  • Défaire – to undo, dismantle, take down
  • Défausser (se) – to discard, throw away (a playing card)
  • Défavoriser – to penalize; to disadvantage
  • Défendre – to defend
  • Déferler – to unfurl; (waves) to break; (figurative) to sweep through, flood into
  • Défier – to challenge; to defy, brave
  • Définir – to define
  • Défouler – to help someone relax, unwind, get it out of their system
  • Dégager – to free, disengage; to clear; to emit
  • Dégénérer – to degenerate, deteriorate
  • Déglinguer (informal) – to bust, break into pieces
  • Dégoiser (informal) – to speak, spout, go on and on
  • Dégommer (familiar) – to demote; to unseat, fire, sack; to hit, down, knock out of the way
  • Dégoter (informal) – to find, dig up, unearth
  • Dégotter (informal) – to find, dig up, unearth
  • Dégringoler – to fall, tumble down; to collapse; (informal impersonal) – to be pouring (rain)
  • Déguerpir (inf) – to leave, clear off, scarper
  • Déguiser – to disguise, mask
  • Déguster – to taste, sample; to enjoy, savor; (informal) to suffer
  • Déjeuner – to have lunch
  • Délaisser – to abandon, give up, neglect
  • Délayer – to thin out/down, to mix; to drag/pad out
  • Délecter (se) – to delight in, thoroughly enjoy
  • Délester – to remove ballast; to cut off power; to eliminate a problem
  • Délirer – to be delirious; (informal) to jabber, ramble
  • Demander – to ask for
  • Démanger – to itch, be itchy
  • Démanteler – to dismantle, demolish
  • Démarrer – to start up / off
  • Démêler – to untangle, unravel, sort out
  • Déménager – to move (house)
  • Démener (se) – to struggle, thrash about; to exert oneself
  • Démettre – to dislocate; to dismiss
  • Demeurer – to stay, live
  • Démissionner – to resign; to give up; (informal) to fire, force to resign
  • Démolir – to demolish, wreck, destroy; to crush, shatter
  • Démonter – to dismantle, take down, take apart; to disconcert
  • Démontrer – to demonstrate, show, prove
  • Démordre – to give up, give in, let go
  • Dénoncer – to denounce, expose
  • Départir (se) – to abandon, drop, lose
  • Dépasser – to pass, go past, overshoot; to overhang, jut over/above; to exceed
  • Dépêcher (se) – to hurry
  • Dépendre – to depend
  • Dépenser – to spend
  • Dépister – (medecine) to screen, detect; to trace, unearth, track down
  • Déplacer – to move, shift, displace
  • Déplaire – to displease; to be disliked
  • Déplorer – to lament, be concerned about
  • Déployer – to unfurl, open, spread out; to display; to deploy
  • Déposer – to put down, leave, deposit
  • Dépouiller – to go through, peruse; to skin, denude, divest, deprive
  • Dépoussiérer – to dust, clear away the cobwebs (literal and figurative)
  • Déprimer – to depress; to debilitate; (informal) to be depressed
  • Députer – to delegate (someone)
  • Déranger – to bother
  • Déraper – to slip, skid; (anchor) to drag; to get out of hand, make a faux pas
  • Dériver – to divert; to drift, wander; to derive
  • Dérober – to steal; to conceal
  • Dérouler – to unwind, unroll, roll out; (sports) to be easy
  • Dérouter – to divert, reroute; to disconcert, throw off the scent
  • Désabonner – to unsubscribe
  • Désapprouver – to disapprove of, disagree with
  • Descendre – to descend, to go down
  • Désentoiler – to remove the canvas from
  • Déséquilibrer – to unbalance, throw off balance, create an imbalance
  • Déshabiller (se) – to undress, take off one’s clothes
  • Désinfecter – to disinfect
  • Désirer – to desire
  • Désobéir – to disobey
  • Désoler – to sadden, distress, upset
  • Dessaisir (se) – to give up, part with, relinquish
  • Desservir – to clear away; to do a disservice to; to lead to; (transportation) to service
  • Dessiner – to draw
  • Destiner – to intend, mean for, devote; to destine
  • Détacher – to untie, detach, unfasten, undo; to remove, take off / out / down
  • Détaler (informal) – to bolt, take off, skedaddle
  • Déteindre – to run (dye); to fade, lose color, take color out of
  • Détendre – to release, to loosen
  • Détenir – to detain, hold
  • Détester – to hate
  • Détoner – to detonate, explode
  • Détonner – to clash, be out of place; to sing out of tune
  • Détourner – to divert, reroute; to hijack; to misappropriate; to deflect, distract; to turn away
  • Détraquer – to put out of order; to unsettle; (informal) to upset, shake up
  • Détruire – to destroy
  • Devancer – to be/get ahead of, to arrive before; to anticipate
  • Développer – to develop, expand, elaborate upon; to unfold, unroll
  • Devenir – to become
  • Déverrouiller – to unlock, unbolt; to release
  • Déverser – to pour (out); to unload, discharge
  • Deviner – to guess, foresee
  • Dévoiler – to unveil, reveal, expose
  • Devoir – should, must, to be able to
  • Dévorer – to devour, consume; (formal) to hide, choke back
  • Dialoguer – to enter into dialogue, have talks, interact
  • Différer – to differ
  • Diffuser – to diffuse, spread, disseminate, broadcast
  • Digérer – to digest; (informal) to put up with, accept, stomach
  • Diminuer – to reduce, decrease; to lessen, diminish; to weaken; to belittle
  • Dîner – to have dinner
  • Diplômer – to award a diploma to
  • Dire (to say, to tell) – Verb Tables
  • Diriger – to direct, manage, run, steer
  • Discuter – to discuss
  • Disjoindre – to disconnect, separate, take/break apart
  • Disparaître – to disappear
  • Disperser – to scatter; to break up (a collection); to dissipate (a group)
  • Disposer – to arrange, set, lay; to incline, dispose to do / towards; (formal) to leave
  • Disputer – to fight; to play (a match); (informal) to tell off
  • Disséminer – to disseminate, scatter, spread
  • Dissoudre – to dissolve, to disband
  • Distraire – to distract, divert; to entertain
  • Distribuer – to distribute
  • Divaguer – to ramble, rave
  • Diverger – to diverge, differ
  • Divorcer – to divorce, get divorced
  • Documenter – to document
  • Domicilier – to domicile at, set s.o.’s address as; to pay by banker’s order
  • Dompter – to tame, subdue, master
  • Donner – to give
  • Dormir – to sleep
  • Doter – to equip, endow, grant
  • Doubler – to double; to dub; to pass
  • Doucher (se) – to shower, to take a shower
  • Douer – to bless, endow with
  • Douter – to doubt
  • Draguer – to dredge, drag; (informal) to flirt, chat up, try to pick up
  • Dresser – to draw up, create; to erect, set up, raise
  • Durer – to last
  • Ébaucher – to sketch, draft; to start up
  • Éblouir – to dazzle
  • Ébranler – to shake (literally and figuratively)
  • Ébrécher – to chip, nick, notch; to make a dent in
  • Écarteler – to tear apart
  • Écarter – to spread, move apart/away; to dismiss, remove
  • Échanger – to exchange
  • Échapper – to escape
  • Échouer – to fail, end up
  • Éclairer – to light, brighten (up); to clarify, shed light on; to scout, reconnoiter
  • Éclater – to burst, explode; (war) to break out
  • Éclipser – to eclipse, overshadow, outshine
  • Éclore – to hatch; to appear, take form; (flower) to open; (literary, figurative) to be born
  • Écœurer – to sicken, discourage
  • Éconduire – to dismiss, reject, turn away
  • Économiser – to save (on), conserve
  • Écoper – to bail out (boat); (inf) to take the rap, get (punishment)
  • Écouler (s’) – to flow, leak, seep; (time) to go by; (money) to disappear; to sell
  • Écourter – to shorten, cut short, cut down
  • Écouter – to listen to
  • Écraser – to crush, mash, pound, grind
  • Écrier (s’) – to exclaim
  • Écrire – to write
  • Écrouler (s’) – to fall (down), collapse, crumble
  • Édifier – to build, construct, erect; to edify, enlighten
  • Effacer – to erase
  • Effectuer – to carry out, effect
  • Effondrer (s’) – to collapse, fall down
  • Efforcer (s’) – to try hard, strive, endeavor
  • Effrayer – to frighten
  • Égaler – to equal; to match, be matched
  • Égaliser – to equalize, make equal, level out; (sports) to tie
  • Égayer – to cheer up
  • Élaborer – to elaborate, work out (a system), draw up (a document)
  • Élaguer – to prune (literally and figuratively)
  • Élargir – to widen, broaden; to stretch; to free, release
  • Élever – to raise, bring up, rear; to erect, lift, elevate
  • Éliminer – to eliminate, discard, rule out
  • Élire – to elect
  • Éloigner – to move/take something away, remove; to banish, dismiss; to add space, space out
  • Emballer – to wrap, pack; (fam) to arrest, nick
  • Embarquer – to embark, load; (inf) to involve someone in; (fam) to carry off, to steal
  • Embarrasser – to hinder, clutter; to embarrass
  • Embaucher – to hire
  • Embêter – to bother, annoy
  • Emboîter – to fit together, fit into; to follow
  • Embrasser – to kiss, embrace
  • Embrayer – to engage the clutch
  • Embrouiller – to tangle up, confuse, muddle, mix up
  • Émerger – to emerge; to stand out; (informal) to wake up
  • Émerveiller – to fill with wonder, cause to marvel at
  • Emménager – to move in
  • Emmener – to take
  • Emmerder (inf) – to bother, bug; (fam) – to bore, to be in trouble; (slang) – to piss off
  • Émouvoir – to move, stir; to disturb, rouse, upset
  • Emparer (s’) – to seize, grab
  • Empêcher – to prevent
  • Empiler – to pile, stack (up); familiar – to steal, rook
  • Empirer – to worsen, get worse, deteriorate
  • Employer – to use, to employ
  • Emporter – to take
  • Empreindre – to imprint; to stamp, mark, tinge
  • Empresser (s’) – to bustle around, fuss about; to hasten to
  • Emprisonner – to imprison; to confine, trap
  • Emprunter – to borrow
  • Encadrer – to frame, surround; to train, manage; to control, restrict
  • Encastrer – to embed, recess, build in; to fit flush
  • Encenser – to heap, shower praise upon; (religion) to incense
  • Enchanter – to enchant, delight
  • Enchérir – to bid higher; to go beyond
  • Enclencher – to engage, get under way, set in motion
  • Encourager – to encourage
  • Endommager – to damage
  • Endormir – to put/send to sleep
  • Endosser – to put on (clothing); to take on (responsibility); to endorse (a check)
  • Enduire – to coat, smear, cover (a surface)
  • Endurer – to endure, bear
  • Énerver – to irritate, annoy; to overexcite
  • Enfiler – to thread, string; to take (a road); (informal) to slip on, to stick/shove into; (vulgar) to have sex
  • Enflammer – to set on fire; to inflame, kindle
  • Enfler – to fill, inflate; (familiar) to steal
  • Enfoncer – to drive into, penetrate; to break down/through/in
  • Enfreindre (formal) – to infringe, to break
  • Enfuir (s’) – to run away, to flee
  • Engager – to commit; to hire; to involve
  • Engendrer – to cause, generate; (formal) to father, beget
  • Engloutir – to engulf, swallow; to gobble up; to squander
  • Engourdir – to numb, dull, deaden
  • Engrener – to engage, set in motion, get involved
  • Enjoindre (formal) – to enjoin, charge (s.o. to do s.t.)
  • Enlever – to remove
  • Ennuyer – to bore, to bother
  • Enrayer – to curb, check, jam
  • Enregistrer – to record, save; to register, book; to show (profit/loss); to notice
  • Enrhumer (s’) – to catch a cold
  • Enrichir – to enrich, make rich
  • Enseigner – to teach
  • Ensoleiller – to fill with sunlight; to brighten, light up
  • Entacher – to soil, taint, blemish
  • Entamer – to start, broach, cut, dip into; to wear down, weaken; to damage, harm
  • Entarter – to pie, throw a pie at
  • Entendre – to hear, to understand
  • Enterrer – to bury, inter; to set aside, forget about; to hush up
  • Enthousiasmer – to fill with enthusiasm, get s.o. excited about
  • Entoiler – to mount on canvas
  • Entourer – to surround
  • Entraîner – to pull, drag, lead; to bring about, lead to, entail; to train, coach
  • Entreprendre – to begin; to undertake, embark upon
  • Entrer – to enter
  • Entretenir – to maintain, look after, support
  • Entrouvrir – to half-open, open halfway
  • Envahir – to invade
  • Envier – to envy, be envious of
  • Envisager – to consider, envisage
  • Envoyer – to send
  • Épanouir – (literary) to open, spread out (plant); to light up (face)
  • Épater (informal) – to amaze, impress
  • Épeler – to spell
  • Épicer – to spice, add spice to
  • Éplucher – to peel, to go over carefully
  • Épouser – to marry; to embrace, espouse
  • Époustoufler (informal) – to stagger, flabbergast
  • Épreindre (old-fashioned) – to juice
  • Éprouver – to feel, to experience, to test
  • Épuiser – to exhaust, tire out, wear out; to use up
  • Équiper – to equip, provide, fit out
  • Ériger – to erect; to set up, establish
  • Errer – to wander, rove, roam; to err
  • Escalader – to climb, scale
  • Escamoter – to evade, dodge, skip, get around; (informal) to steal, pinch
  • Espérer – to hope
  • Esquiver – to dodge, elude, evade
  • Essayer – to try
  • Essuyer – to wipe
  • Estimer – to estimate, esteem
  • Estomaquer (informal) – to flabbergast, stagger
  • Estomper – to blur, dim, soften
  • Établir – to establish
  • Étaler – to spread (out)
  • Étatiser – to nationalize, put under state control, take into public ownership
  • Éteindre – to turn off, to extinguish
  • Étendre – to spread, stretch, roll out
  • Éterniser – to drag out; (literary) to immortalize, perpetuate
  • Éternuer – to sneeze
  • Étirer – to stretch
  • Étoffer – to enrich, fill out, flesh out, extend
  • Étonner – to surprise, amaze, astonish
  • Étouffer – to suffocate, muffle
  • Étourdir – to stun, daze, deafen
  • Être (to be) – Verb Tables
  • Étreindre (formal) – to embrace, hug; to clutch, seize, grasp
  • Étrenner – to try (for the first time), to break in
  • Étudier – to study
  • Évader (s’) – to escape, get away
  • Évanouir (s’) – to faint
  • Éveiller – to awaken, to arouse (one’s curiosity), to stimulate
  • Éviter – to avoid
  • Évoluer – to evolve, develop; to move around
  • Évoquer – to evoke, call to mind; (law) to transfer to a higher court
  • Exagérer – to exaggerate
  • Exalter – to excite, fire up; to exalt, praise
  • Examiner – to examine; to consider, look into
  • Exaucer – to grant, fulfill
  • Exceller – to excel
  • Exciter – to rouse, whet, stimulate, thrill; to intensify, increase; to excite, arouse (sexually)
  • Exclamer (s’) – to exclaim
  • Exclure – to exclude, suspend, expel
  • Excursionner – to go on an excursion / trip
  • Excuser – to excuse, forgive
  • Exécuter – to execute, carry out, perform; (music) to play; to enforce
  • Exemplifier – to exemplify
  • Exercer – to exercise, practice, exert
  • Exiger – to demand
  • Exiler – to exile, banish
  • Exister – to exist
  • Expliquer – to explain
  • Explorer – to explore, investigate, examine
  • Exploser – to explode, blow up; to soar; (fam) to smash
  • Exprimer – to express
  • Fabriquer – to manufacture, make; to fabricate, invent, make up
  • Fabuler – to invent stories; (informal) to talk nonsense
  • Fâcher – to anger, make mad
  • Faiblir – to weaken, get weaker; to flag, fail, give out
  • Faillir – to almost do
  • Faire (to do, to make) – Verb Tables
  • Falloir – to be necessary
  • Fatiguer – to tire, make tired; to overwork; to annoy
  • Faufiler – (sewing) to tack, baste
  • Favoriser – to favor, be favorable to
  • Féconder – to impregnate, inseminate, fertilize, pollinate
  • Feindre – to feign, pretend to; (formal) to dissemble, dissimulate
  • Féliciter – to congratulate
  • Fendre – to split, slit, slash, cleave
  • Ferler – to furl
  • Fermenter – to ferment
  • Fermer – to close
  • Fêter – to celebrate
  • Feuilleter – to leaf through
  • Fiancer (se) – to get engaged
  • Ficher – to file, to drive/stick in; (informal) – to do, give, put
  • Fier (se) – to trust, rely on
  • Figer – to congeal, coagulate
  • Figurer – to represent, appear
  • Filer – to spin; to extend; to shadow, tail; to trickle; (inf) to give
  • Fileter – to thread
  • Filtrer – to filter, screen; to seep through, leak out
  • Finaliser – to finalize
  • Financer – to finance
  • Finir – to finish
  • Fixer – to fasten, fix; to set, arrange
  • Flairer – to sniff, smell; to sense
  • Flâner – to stroll, dawdle
  • Flécher – to mark with arrows
  • Fleurir – to blossom, bloom; to decorate with flowers
  • Flirter – to go out with, date; to flirt with, get near, approach
  • Flotter – to float, drift
  • Foncer – to charge, rush at; (informal) to move quickly
  • Fonctionner – to work, operate, function
  • Fonder – to found, set up, start, base; to justify
  • Fondre – to melt
  • Forcer – to force; to track down; to overdo it
  • Former – to train; to form, develop; to set up, create
  • Fouiller – to search; to dig, excavate
  • Fouler – to tread upon, trample
  • Fournir – to supply, provide, furnish
  • Fourrer (informal) – to stick, shove, stuff
  • Fourvoyer – to mislead, lead astray
  • Foutre (vulgar slang) – to do, to give, to put, to f***
  • Franchir – to clear, cross, get past
  • Frapper – to knock, to hit
  • Fredonner – to hum
  • Freiner – to brake, slow down; to check, curb, stem
  • Frémir – to shiver, shudder, tremble, shake
  • Fréquenter – to frequent, go to
  • Frire – to fry
  • Frissonner – to shudder, tremble, shiver, quiver
  • Froisser – to crumple, crease; to offend, hurt
  • Frôler – to skim, brush against, verge on, come close, just miss
  • Frotter – to rub
  • Fuguer (informal) – to run away, run off
  • Fuir – to escape, to avoid
  • Fumer – to smoke
  • Fureter – to rummage, nose about
  • Fuser – to gush, spurt, burst out
  • Gâcher – to waste, spoil, ruin
  • Gager – (formal) to wager, bet; to guarantee (a loan)
  • Gagner – to earn, to win
  • Galérer (informal) – to work hard, slog, sweat blood; to struggle, have a hard time of it
  • Galocher (inf) – to French kiss, kiss with tongues
  • Galoper – to gallop; to run riot / wild
  • Garantir – to guarantee, secure
  • Garder – to keep
  • Garer – to park
  • Gaspiller – to waste
  • Gâter – to spoil, ruin
  • Gaver – to force-feed; to fill; (inf) to make s.o. angry
  • Gazer – to gas; (informal) to be, to go (as in “how are things? how’s it going?”)
  • Gazouiller – to chirp, warble; to babble, gurgle
  • Geindre – to groan, moan
  • Geler – to freeze
  • Gémir – to groan, creak
  • Gêner – to bother
  • Généraliser – to generalize; to bring / put into general use
  • Gercer – to chap, crack
  • Gérer – to manage
  • Gîter – (boat) to list, heel; to be aground
  • Glisser – to slide, glide, slip
  • Gober – to swallow whole; (inf) to believe
  • Gommer – to erase, take away; to smooth out/away; to exfoliate; to gum, glue
  • Gonfler – to inflate, swell, puff out
  • Gourer (se) (familiar) – to screw up, goof up
  • Goûter – to taste
  • Grandir – to grow, to increase
  • Gratter – to scratch
  • Graver – to engrave, carve; (CD, DVD) to burn
  • Grêler – to hail
  • Gribouiller – to scribble, scrawl, doodle
  • Grignoter – to nibble, gnaw; to take gradually
  • Griller – to grill, toast, roast; to burn, scorch; (informal) to have a smoke
  • Grimper – to climb; (informal) to rocket, soar
  • Grincer – to grind, grate, creak, squeak
  • Griser – to intoxicate, make tipsy
  • Grogner – to grumble; to grunt, snort, growl
  • Grossir – to gain weight, to swell
  • Guérir – to cure, heal
  • Guetter – to watch intently; to watch out for, be watching / listening / waiting for
  • Habiller (s’) – to get dressed
  • Habiter – to live
  • Habituer – to habituate, accustom
  • Hacher – to chop
  • Haïr – to hate
  • Haler – to haul in, tow
  • Hâler – to tan, suntan
  • Haleter – to pant
  • Halluciner – to hallucinate; (inf) to be stunned, not believe what one is seeing
  • Hanter – to haunt
  • Happer – to snatch, grab
  • Harasser – to exhaust
  • Harceler – to harass
  • Harder – to leash
  • Harnacher – (equestrianism) to harness, saddle
  • Hasarder – to venture; to risk
  • Hâter (se) – to hasten, hurry, be in a hurry
  • Hausser – to raise, increase; to heighten, make higher
  • Héberger – to accommodate, provide a bed for
  • Hébéter – to stupefy, daze, numb
  • Hercher – (mining) to haul
  • Hériter – to inherit
  • Hésiter – to hesitate
  • Heurter – to hit, strike, collide with; to offend; to conflict, clash with
  • Hiberner – to hibernate
  • Hisser – to hoist, haul up
  • Hocher – to nod, shake (one’s head)
  • Honorer – to honor; to esteem, respect; to be a credit to
  • Hoqueter – to hiccup
  • Horrifier – to horrify
  • Hospitaliser – to hospitalize
  • Houspiller – to scold, tell off
  • Housser – to cover (furniture)
  • Huer – to boo, jeer; (owl) to hoot
  • Hululer – to hoot, screech
  • Humer – to smell, breathe in
  • Hurler – to yell, scream, shriek; (colors) to clash
  • Hydrater – to hydrate, moisturize
  • Idéaliser – to idealize
  • Identifier – to identify
  • Ignorer – to not know
  • Illuminer – to light up, illuminate
  • Illustrer – to illustrate; (literary) to bring fame to, make illustrious
  • Imaginer – to imagine
  • Imbiber – to soak, moisten
  • Immerger – to immerse; to build under water; to dump / bury at sea
  • Immigrer – to immigrate
  • Implanter – to introduce, establish, set up; to implant
  • Impliquer – to imply; to entail, involve, implicate
  • Importer – to import
  • Imposer – to impose, lay down; to set, fix (price, date); to establish, make known; to tax
  • Imprégner – to soak, imbue, permeate, fill, flood with
  • Impressionner – to impress, make an impression
  • Imprimer – to print, publish; to imprint, stamp; to transmit
  • Imputer – to attribute, blame, accuse, charge
  • Inaugurer – to inaugurate, open, unveil; to use for the first time, christen
  • Inclure – to include
  • Incorporer – to incorporate, integrate, mix, blend; to recruit, enlist
  • Indiquer – to indicate, point out, show; to recommend; to name, set (time/date/place)
  • Induire – to infer; to lead to, result in
  • Infecter – to infect, contaminate, poison
  • Infliger – to inflict
  • Influer – to influence, have an influence on
  • Informer – to inform
  • Injecter – to inject (literal and figurative)
  • Inonder – to flood, soak, drench; to inundate
  • Inquiéter – to worry (transitive)
  • Inscrire – to write down, to register (transitive)
  • Insérer – to insert
  • Insister – to insist
  • Inspecter – to inspect, examine
  • Inspirer – to inspire
  • Installer – to install, to furnish; to get settled
  • Instruire – to instruct
  • Insulter – to insult
  • Insurger (s’) – to rebel, revolt
  • Intégrer – to integrate
  • Intenter – to take to court, start proceedings, bring action
  • Interagir – to interact
  • Interdire – to forbid, prohibit
  • Intéresser – to interest
  • Interjeter – to appeal, lodge an appeal
  • Interpeller – to hail, call out to; to shout at, heckle; to question, take in for questioning
  • Interpréter – to interpret, perform
  • Interroger – to interrogate, question, ask; to examine, search
  • Interrompre – to interrupt, break
  • Intervenir – to intervene; to occur, take place; to reach (an agreement)
  • Interviewer – to interview
  • Intimider – to intimidate, make nervous
  • Introduire – to introduce, insert
  • Inventer – to invent, devise, think up
  • Investir – to invest
  • Inviter – to invite, to treat (pay for)
  • Irriter – to irritate, annoy; (literary) to arouse
  • Isoler – to isolate; to place in solitary confinement; to insulate, soundproof
  • Jaillir – to gush, spurt, spring, leap out / up
  • Jalonner – to mark off (a route); to line, stretch along; (figurative) to punctuate, mark
  • Jalouser – to be jealous of
  • Jardiner – to garden
  • Jaunir – to yellow, turn yellow
  • Jeter – to throw
  • Jeûner – to fast; to go hungry
  • Joindre – to join, to put together
  • Jouer – to play
  • Jouir – to enjoy, (familiar) to orgasm
  • Jucher – to perch
  • Juger – to judge, decide, consider
  • Jurer – to swear, vow
  • Justifier – to justify, bear out, prove, vindicate
  • Kifer (familiar) – to like, get a kick out of
  • Kiffer (familiar) – to like, get a kick out of
  • Kilométrer – to measure/mark out kilometers
  • Klaxonner – to honk one’s horn; to hoot at
  • Lâcher – to loosen, let out; to drop, release, let go of
  • Laisser – to let
  • Lamenter (se) – to lament, moan, bemoan
  • Lancer – to throw
  • Larguer – to release, loose, let out, jettison; (informal) to get rid of, ditch, dump
  • Lasser – to weary, tire, exhaust
  • Laver – to wash
  • Lécher – to lick
  • Légaliser – to legalize; to authenticate
  • Léser – to wrong, damage, injure
  • Leurrer – to deceive, delude
  • Lever – to lift, to raise
  • Libérer – to release, discharge, set free, liberate; to vacate, empty
  • Licencier – to lay off, dismiss, (UK) make redundant
  • Lier – to bind, tie up; to link, join, unite
  • Ligoter – to tie, bind hand and foot
  • Limiter – to limit, restrict; to border, define, delimit
  • Liquider – to liquidate; to pay, settle; to cash in; (inf) to get rid of (a problem); (fam) to kill
  • Lire – to read
  • Livrer – to deliver; to hand over; to supply
  • Lofer – to luff
  • Loger – to lodge, live (somewhere); to accommodate, put up
  • Longer – to broder, go alongside
  • Loucher – to squint; (informal) to ogle, eye
  • Louer – to rent
  • Louper (informal) – to miss; to mess up; to flunk (a test)
  • Luire – to shine, gleam, twinkle, shimmer, glow
  • Lutter – to struggle, fight, battle
  • Mâcher – to chew, chomp, munch
  • Maculer – to stain, to smudge
  • Magasiner (Canadian FR) – to go shopping
  • Maigrir – to lose weight, to get thinner
  • Maintenir – to maintain, keep
  • Maîtriser – to master, control, overcome
  • Manger – to eat
  • Manifester – to demonstrate, show, indicate
  • Manipuler – to handle, manipulate; to doctor, rig, fix
  • Manquer – to miss
  • Maquiller – to make up, fake, disguise
  • Marcher – to walk, to function
  • Marier – to marry
  • Marquer – to mark, show, indicate; to stamp, label, brand; to note
  • Marteler – to hammer, pound
  • Masser – to mass, assemble, gather, bring together
  • Mâter – to mast
  • Mater – to subdue, get under control, quell; to checkmate; to caulk; (fam) to ogle
  • Maudire – to curse
  • Méconnaître – to be unaware of; to ignore; to underrate, misjudge
  • Médire – to malign, speak ill of
  • Méduser – to dumbfound, stupefy
  • Méfier (se) – to mistrust, distrust; to be careful, watch out
  • Mégoter (informal) – to skimp
  • Mélanger – to mix (up)
  • Mêler – to mix, mingle, blend, shuffle; to implicate, involve
  • Menacer – to threaten, menace, jeopardize
  • Ménager – to go easy on, use carefully, handle with care; to organize, arrange
  • Mener – to lead
  • Mentionner – to mention
  • Mentir – to lie
  • Méprendre (se) – (literary) to be mistaken
  • Mépriser – to despise; to scorn, spurn
  • Mériter – to merit, deserve
  • Mesurer – to measure; to calculate, assess
  • Mettre – to put
  • Miauler – to meow
  • Mijoter – to simmer; to cook with care; (inf) to cook up, plot, scheme
  • Militer – to militate; to campaign, be an activist / a militant
  • Mimer – to mime; to mimic, imitate
  • Mincir – to get thinner
  • Minorer – to cut, reduce (taxes); to play down (importance), to reduce minimize (role)
  • Miser – to bet, stake, ante; (informal) to count / bank on
  • Mitiger (dated) – to mitigate
  • Mobiliser – to mobilize, call up, rally; to raise funds
  • Modeler – to model, shape
  • Modérer – to moderate
  • Modifier – to modify, alter, change
  • Monter – to climb, to go up
  • Montrer – to show
  • Moquer (se) – to make fun
  • Mordiller – to nibble
  • Mordre – to bite
  • Motiver – to motivate; to justify, warrant
  • Moucher – to blow s.o.’s nose, help s.o. blow their nose; (informal) to put someone in their place
  • Moudre – to mill, grind
  • Mouiller – to dampen; to water down; (fam) to drag into, mix up in
  • Mouler – to mold, cast, make a cast of; to hug, shape, fit
  • Mourir – to die
  • Mouvoir – to move, power, drive
  • Moyenner – to calculate the mean; (archaic) to obtain
  • Muer – to molt, slough, shed its skin / hair; (voice) to change, break; (formal) to transform
  • Multiplier – to multiply; to increase, repeat, do more
  • Munir – to equip, arm
  • Mûrir – to ripen, mature
  • Muter – to transfer (job / location); to mutate
  • Mutualiser – to mutualize
  • Nager – to swim
  • Naître – to be born
  • Narguer – to flout; to deride, scoff at
  • Naviguer – to navigate, sail, fly; to surf (the internet)
  • Nécessiter – to necessitate, require, call for
  • Négliger – to neglect, be careless; to ignore, disregard, miss
  • Négocier – to negotiate
  • Neiger – to snow
  • Nettoyer – to clean
  • Nier – to deny
  • Niquer (slang) – to have sex (screw, f***); to screw up, f*** up
  • Noircir – to blacken, darken, dirty
  • Nommer – to nominate, appoint; to call, name, give a name to
  • Noter – to note, write down
  • Nouer – to tie, knot; to hatch (a plot); to make (an alliance)
  • Nourrir – to nourish, feed
  • Noyer (se) – to drown
  • Nuancer – to shade, to qualify
  • Nuire – to harm, prejudice
  • Obéir – to obey
  • Obliger – to oblige, obligate, force
  • Obséder – to obsess, haunt; (literary) to pester
  • Observer – to observe, watch, examine; to be mindful of; to notice; to remark
  • Obstiner (s’) – to insist, dig one’s heels in; to persist
  • Obtenir – to obtain
  • Obvier (literary) – to take precautions, overcome, obviate
  • Occasionner – to cause, bring about
  • Occlure – to occlude
  • Occuper – to occupy, to fill
  • Octroyer (formal) – to grant, bestow
  • Œuvrer (literary) – to work
  • Offrir – to offer
  • Oindre – to anoint
  • Omettre – to omit
  • Ondoyer – to undulate, wave, ripple
  • Opérer – to operate; to carry out, implement; to take effect, work
  • Opposer – to object, to contrast, to put into competition
  • Ordonner – to order, to arrange
  • Organiser – to organize
  • Orienter – to orient, position, adjust
  • Oser – to dare
  • Ôter – to remove, take off/out/away
  • Ouater – to quilt; to blanket (with snow)
  • Oublier – to forget
  • Outrer – to outrage, (literary) to exaggerate
  • Ouvrir – to open
  • Pâlir – to turn pale, grow dim, fade
  • Pallier – to overcome, get around, compensate for
  • Paner – to bread, coat with breadcrumbs
  • Paniquer (informal) – to panic, give someone a scare
  • Panser – to bandage, dress, put a dressing on
  • Papillonner – to flit around, flutter; to switch back and forth; (informal) to play the field
  • Papoter – to chatter
  • Paraître – to appear, to show up
  • Parcourir – to cover (some distance); to browse, skim through
  • Pardonner – to pardon, excuse, forgive
  • Parer – to stave/fend off; to deal with, remedy; to adorn
  • Parfaire – to perfect
  • Parier – to bet, wager
  • Parler – to speak, to talk
  • Partager – to share
  • Participer – to participate
  • Partir – to leave
  • Parvenir – to reach, achieve, manage to
  • Passer – to pass, to go past
  • Passionner – to fascinate; (debate) to inflame
  • Patienter – to wait, hold; to fill in / pass the time
  • Patiner – to skate; to slip, skid, spin
  • Payer – to pay
  • Peaufiner – to polish (up), put the finishing touches on
  • Pêcher – to fish, go fishing
  • Pécher – to sin
  • Pédaler – to pedal; (informal) – to hurry
  • Peigner (se) – to comb
  • Peindre – to paint
  • Peinturer (informal) – to slap paint on, paint badly
  • Peler – to peel
  • Pencher – to lean, tilt
  • Pendre – to hang
  • Pénétrer – to enter
  • Penser – to think
  • Percer – to pierce, drill
  • Percevoir – to perceive, detect, feel
  • Percuter – to strike, crash into; (familiar) to catch on, twig
  • Perdre – to lose
  • Perfectionner – to improve; to perfect
  • Perler – to form (sweat)
  • Permettre – to permit, to allow
  • Perpétuer – to perpetuate, carry on
  • Persister – to persist, last
  • Personnaliser – to personalize, customize
  • Persuader – to persuade, convince
  • Perturber – to disrupt, perturb, upset
  • Peser – to weigh
  • Péter (informal) – to burst; (familiar) – to fart, pass gas
  • Pétiller – to sparkle, twinkle; to bubble; to crackle (fire)
  • Photographier – to photograph, take a picture of
  • Piauler – to cheep, peep; (informal) to whine, whimper
  • Piéger – to trap
  • Piger (familiar) – to understand, get it, twig
  • Piloter – to pilot, fly; to run, manage
  • Pincer – to pinch, grip; (informal) – to catch, arrest
  • Piqueniquer – to picnic, have a picnic
  • Piquer – to sting, bite; to stick, stab, give a shot/jab
  • Pisser (fam) – to pee, go pee; to gush (out); to pour rain
  • Placer – to place, put, seat, station
  • Plaider – to plead; to go to court, litigate
  • Plaindre – to pity, (informal) to begrudge
  • Plaire – to please
  • Plaisanter – to joke, tease
  • Planer – to glide, hang, hover; (inf) to have one’s head in the clouds; to be high
  • Planifier – to plan
  • Planter – to plant, stick in, put; (familiar) to stab
  • Plébisciter – to elect by an overwhelming majority; to make into a tremendous success
  • Pleurer – to cry
  • Pleuviner – to drizzle
  • Pleuvoir – to rain
  • Plier – to fold, bend
  • Plonger – to dive, plunge, plummet
  • Pocher – to poach (cooking); to sketch; to be baggy (clothing)
  • Poignarder – to stab, knife
  • Pointer – to check/tick off; to clock in/out; to point, aim; to stick into; (literary) to soar up
  • Polir – to polish, buff
  • Polluer – to pollute
  • Porter – to carry, to wear
  • Poser – to put down, to install
  • Posséder – to possess
  • Postuler – to apply for (job); to postulate
  • Potasser (inf) – to cram, swot (up on / for a test)
  • Pourrir – to rot, spoil
  • Poursuivre – to pursue, chase after
  • Pourvoir – to provide, supply, fill
  • Pousser – to push, grow
  • Pouvoir (can, to be able to) – Verb Tables
  • Pratiquer – to practice
  • Précéder – to precede, come before, be in front/ahead of
  • Prêcher – to preach; to advocate
  • Précipiter – to throw, push; to speed up, hasten; to precipitate
  • Préciser – to specify, clarify
  • Préconiser – to recommend, advocate
  • Prédire – to predict, foretell
  • Préférer – to prefer
  • Prélever – to take (a sample); to deduct, withdraw, debit; to levy, impose (tax)
  • Prendre (to take) – Verb Tables
  • Préparer – to prepare
  • Prescrire – to prescribe; to recommend; to stipulate, order, command
  • Présenter – to present, to introduce
  • Préserver – to preserve, protect, safeguard
  • Préssentir – to sense, have a premonition of; to approach, sound out (someone)
  • Presser – to press, squeeze; to urge, push; to hasten, speed up
  • Présumer – to presume, assume
  • Prétendre – to claim, maintain
  • Prêter – to loan
  • Prévenir – to warn, to prevent
  • Prévoir – to foresee, anticipate
  • Prier – to pray, to beg
  • Privatiser – to privatize
  • Priver – to deprive
  • Privilégier – to favor
  • Proclamer – to proclaim, announce
  • Procrastiner (literary) – to procrastinate
  • Procurer – to procure, get, bring
  • Prodiguer – to lavish, pour out
  • Produire – to produce
  • Profiter – to take advantage, make the most of
  • Progresser – to progress, make progress; to increase, rise
  • Projeter – to project
  • Promener – to walk (transitive)
  • Promettre – to promise
  • Promouvoir – to promote
  • Prôner – to advocate, recommend; to laud, extol
  • Prononcer – to pronounce, utter
  • Propager – to propagate, spread
  • Proposer – to propose, suggest
  • Proscrire – to ban, prohibit, proscribe; to banish, exile
  • Protéger – to protect
  • Prouver – to prove
  • Provenir – to come from, be due to
  • Provoquer – to provoke, challenge; to cause, create, arouse
  • Publier – to publish
  • Puer – to stink
  • Punir – to punish
  • Qualifier – to describe; to qualify
  • Quereller (se) – to quarrel with each other
  • Questionner – to question
  • Quêter – to collect money, to seek
  • Quitter – to leave
  • Rabioter (informal) – to get, wangle, grab; to swindle
  • Raccourcir – to shorten, cut
  • Raccrocher – to rehang; to hang up the phone
  • Raconter – to tell, recount
  • Radier – to cross off, strike off
  • Raffiner – to refine, polish; to be meticulous
  • Raffoler – to love, be crazy about
  • Rafraîchir – to refresh, freshen; to chill, cool
  • Raidir – to stiffen, tighten, tense
  • Rajeunir – to rejuvenate, look/feel younger
  • Ralentir – to slow down, slacken
  • Râler – to groan, moan; (informal) to complain
  • Ramasser – to gather, collect, pick up; (informal) to catch, get, receive
  • Ramener – to bring back
  • Ramer – to row (a boat), (inf) to work hard, struggle, slog
  • Ranger – to arrange, to put away
  • Rapetisser – to shorten, shrink; to make s.t. look/seem smaller; to belittle
  • Rappeler – to call back, to recall
  • Rapporter – to bring back; to bring in, yield; to add; to report, mention
  • Rapprocher – to bring closer/together; to compare; to connect, link
  • Raser (se) – to shave
  • Rassasier (formal) – to satisfy
  • Rassembler – to assemble, gather, collect
  • Rassurer – to reassure
  • Rater – to miss, fail
  • Raturer – to make alterations, correct; to cross out, delete
  • Ravir – to delight; to rob
  • Rayer – to draw a line (on/through), to cross out
  • Rayonner – to be radiant, shine forth; to extend, exert influence, make felt
  • Réagir – to react
  • Réaliser – to achieve, fulfil; to make, build; to direct, produce (movie); (inf) to realize
  • Reboiser – to reforest
  • Rebondir – to bounce; to be revived, get going/moving again, take off again
  • Recevoir – to receive
  • Réchauffer – to reheat; to heat, warm (up)
  • Rechercher – to search for, seek, pursue
  • Rechigner – to balk (at doing something)
  • Réciter – to recite
  • Réclamer – to ask / beg / call for; to claim, lay claim to, demand; to complain
  • Récolter – to harvest, gather, collect
  • Recommander – to recommend
  • Recommencer – to restart, start again, start over; to resume, go on with
  • Récompenser – to reward
  • Réconcilier – to reconcile
  • Reconduire – to escort, accompany, take back (home, to the station…); to renew
  • Réconforter – to comfort; to fortify
  • Reconnaître – to recognize
  • Reconstruire – to rebuild, reconstruct
  • Recopier – to recopy, write out again
  • Recourir – to run again, to resort to
  • Recouvrir – to recover, to completely cover
  • Récrire – to rewrite, write again
  • Rectifier – to correct, rectify, amend; (familiar) to kill
  • Recueillir – to gather, collect
  • Reculer – to move back, recede
  • Récupérer – to get back, recover, regain; to pick up, collect; to rehabilitate
  • Recycler – to recycle, to retrain, to reinvest
  • Redescendre – to go back down, go down again; to take back down, take down again
  • Redevenir – to become again
  • Rédiger – to write, compose, draft
  • Redire – to say / tell again, repeat; to find fault with
  • Redoubler – to redouble, increase
  • Redouter – to dread, fear
  • Redresser – to straighten (up); to right, rectify
  • Réduire – to reduce
  • Refaire – to redo, do again, remake, make again
  • Refermer – to close (again)
  • Réfléchir – to reflect
  • Refléter – to reflect
  • Refroidir – to cool down, get cold; (familiar) to bump off
  • Réfugier (se) – to take refuge
  • Refuser – to refuse
  • Régaler – to treat to a delicious meal; to regale (with stories)
  • Regarder – to look at, to watch
  • Régir – to govern
  • Réglementer – to regulate, control
  • Régler – to settle, sort out, pay
  • Régner – to reign, rule
  • Regretter – to regret, miss
  • Réguler – to regulate, control
  • Rejeter – to reject
  • Rejoindre – to join, rejoin; to return to, catch up with, reunite
  • Réjouir – to delight, thrill
  • Relancer – to throw back, to restart; to pester, harass
  • Relativiser – to relativize, put into perspective
  • Relaxer – to relax (a muscle); to acquit, to release
  • Relever – to stand up; to lift, raise; to rebuild, restore; to season, enhance; to relieve, take over from; to find, pick out; to react
  • Relier – to connect, join together, link up / together; to bind (a book)
  • Reluire – to shine, gleam, glisten
  • Reluquer – to ogle, eye, have one’s eye on
  • Remanier – to rework, revise, modify; to reorganize, reshuffle
  • Remarquer – to notice, remark
  • Rembourser – to reimburse, refund; to pay off, pay back, settle
  • Remercier – to thank
  • Remettre – to put back, replace
  • Remmener – to take back
  • Remonter – to climb, go up again, to go back up
  • Remorquer – to tow, pull, haul, tug, drag along
  • Remplacer – to replace, substitute
  • Remplir – to fill
  • Remporter – to take back, take away again; to win
  • Remuer – to move, twitch, flick; to shake, stir
  • Renâcler – to snort, grumble, complain
  • Renaître – to be reborn, to revive, to recover; to spring up again
  • Renchérir – to add to, go further, go one better; to get more expensive; to raise one’s bid
  • Rencontrer – to meet
  • Rendre – to give back, to return
  • Renfermer – to contain
  • Renforcer – to reinforce, strengthen, consolidate
  • Renifler – to sniff; to snort; (informal) to sniff out, sense
  • Renoncer – to renounce, give up
  • Renouer – to tie again, re-tie; to renew, resume, revive
  • Renouveler – to renew
  • Rénover – to renovate, restore, refurbish; to reform
  • Renseigner – to provide information
  • Rentrer – to return home
  • Renverser – to knock over / down, spill; to run over; to tip, tilt, lean; to reverse, invert
  • Renvoyer – to fire, to send away/back
  • Répandre – to spread, spill, scatter
  • Reparaître – to reappear; to be republished, back in print
  • Réparer – to repair
  • Répartir – to distribute, share out
  • Repartir – to restart; to leave again
  • Repasser – to iron; to go over again
  • Repeindre – to repaint
  • Répercuter – to echo, reflect; to send / throw back; to pass on / along (a tax)
  • Repérer – to locate, spot, pinpoint
  • Répéter – to repeat
  • Répliquer – to reply, retaliate
  • Répondre – to respond, to answer
  • Reporter – to take back; to postpone, put off, defer; to transfer
  • Reposer – to rest, to put back down
  • Repousser – to push away / back, repel, repulse; to reject, turn down; to grow again
  • Représenter – to represent, mean; to show, depict, portray; to perform, put on, play
  • Reprendre – to take back, recapture
  • Reprocher – to criticize, blame
  • Reproduire – to reproduce, copy, duplicate
  • Répudier – to repudiate, renounce
  • Requérir – to require, call for; to request
  • Réseauter – to network
  • Réserver – to reserve, keep, save
  • Résider – to reside
  • Résigner (se) – to resign oneself
  • Résister – to resist, stand up to; to overcome, conquer
  • Résoudre – to resolve
  • Respecter – to respect, abide by, keep to
  • Respirer – to breathe, inhale; to exude, emanate, radiate
  • Ressembler – to resemble
  • Ressentir – to feel, experience
  • Ressortir – to come / go out (again), to stand out, to result from
  • Restaurer – to restore; to feed
  • Rester – to stay, to remain
  • Restituer – to return, restore, refund; to reconstruct, reproduce, recreate
  • Restreindre – to restrict, limit
  • Résumer – to summarize; to epitomize
  • Retarder – to delay, make late, hinder, hold up, set back
  • Reteindre – to dye again, re-dye, redye
  • Retenir – to retain, keep
  • Retirer – to remove, take off/out, withdraw
  • Retomber – to fall again; to collapse; to land
  • Rétorquer – to retort
  • Retourner – to return, to go back
  • Retraiter – to reprocess
  • Rétrécir – to shrink, contract, narrow, tighten
  • Retrouver – to find (again)
  • Réunir – to gather, join
  • Réussir – to succeed
  • Rêvasser – to daydream
  • Réveiller (se) – to wake up
  • Révéler – to reveal
  • Revendiquer – to claim, demand
  • Revenir – to come back, to return
  • Rêver – to dream
  • Revêtir – to take on, assume; (formal) to don, adorn; to endow, invest
  • Réviser – to revise, overhaul; to review, study, audit
  • Revoir – to see again, meet again; to review, revise, reconsider
  • Rhabiller (se) – to get dressed again
  • Rigoler (informal) – to laugh, have fun, joke
  • Rincer – to rinse; (familiar) to pay for drinks
  • Rire – to laugh
  • Risquer – to be possible, to risk
  • Roder – to break in (a motor); to grind
  • Rôder – to roam, wander; to loiter; to prowl
  • Rompre – to break (off)
  • Ronfler – to snore; to hum, purr; (informal) to sleep
  • Ronger – to gnaw, eat into, wear away
  • Ronronner – to purr, hum
  • Rouer – to beat, thrash
  • Rougir – to redden, to blush
  • Rouler – to roll; (informal) to swindle
  • Rouspéter (inf) – to moan, groan, grumble
  • Rouvrir – to reopen, open again
  • Ruer (se) – to pounce on, rush up / down / toward
  • Ruiner – to ruin, wreck
  • Ruisseler – to flow, stream
  • Saborder – to scuttle, scupper, put paid to
  • Sacrer – to crown, consecrate; (archaic) to swear
  • Saigner – to bleed
  • Saillir – to project, protrude, jut / stick out; to be prominent
  • Saillir (literary) – to gush forth
  • Saisir – to seize
  • Salir – to make dirty; to soil, sully, tarnish
  • Saluer – to greet, say good-bye, salute
  • Sangloter – to sob
  • Saouler (se) (informal) – to get drunk
  • Saper – to undermine, sap
  • Satisfaire – to satisfy, fulfill, appease, quench
  • Saupoudrer – to sprinkle, dust (with); to give sparingly
  • Sauter – to jump
  • Sauvegarder – to save (a file); to protect, safeguard; to uphold, maintain
  • Sauver – to save, rescue, salvage
  • Savoir (to know) – Verb Tables
  • Scanner – to scan
  • Sceller – to seal
  • Scier – to saw; (informal) to stagger, stupefy; to bore stiff
  • Scruter – to scrutinize, scan, examine
  • Sculpter – to sculpt, carve
  • Sécher – to dry
  • Secouer – to shake
  • Secourir – to help, assist, rescue, succor
  • Sécuriser – to secure, increase security; to make s.o. feel secure
  • Séduire – to seduce
  • Séjourner – to stay
  • Sélectionner – to select
  • Sembler – to seem
  • Semer – to sow, scatter
  • Sentir – to smell, to feel
  • Séparer – to separate
  • Serrer – to grip, squeeze, tighten
  • Servir – to serve, to be of service
  • Sevrer – to wean; (literary) to deprive
  • Sidérer – (informal) to stun, dumbfound
  • Siffler – to whistle, hiss, wheeze
  • Signaler – to signal, report
  • Signer – to sign
  • Signifier – to signify, mean
  • Sillonner – to cut across, to furrow
  • Simplifier – to simplify
  • Siroter – to sip
  • Situer – to site, situate, set; to locate
  • Skier – to ski
  • Soigner – to treat, tend, look after
  • Solliciter – to appeal to, tempt; (formal) to seek, solicit
  • Sommer – to add; (formal) to summon, command, enjoin
  • Songer – to dream, think about
  • Sonner – to ring
  • Sortir – to go out
  • Soucier (se) – to care
  • Souder – to solder, weld, fuse together
  • Soudoyer – to bribe
  • Souffler – to blow
  • Souffrir – to suffer
  • Souhaiter – to wish
  • Soulager – to relieve, soothe
  • Soûler (se) (informal) – to get drunk
  • Soulever – to lift (up), raise; to stir up, rouse, arouse; (familiar) to steal
  • Souligner – to underline; to emphasize, stress
  • Soumettre – to submit; to subject, subdue, subjugate
  • Soupçonner – to suspect
  • Sourire – to smile
  • Souscrire – to subscribe, apply for
  • Soutenir – to support
  • Souvenir (se) – to remember
  • Spécialiser (se) – to specialize in
  • Spécifier – to specify, state
  • Squatter – to squat (in an apartment); (inf) to borrow
  • Stationner – to park, to remain
  • Stocker – to stock, stockpile, store
  • Stopper – to stop, halt; (sewing) to mend
  • Stresser – to put under stress, make stressed
  • Strier – to streak, groove, striate
  • Subir – to suffer, undergo, be subjected to; to be subject to, under the influence of
  • Submerger – to submerge, flood; to engulf, overcome, overwhelm
  • Subventionner – to subsidize
  • Succéder – to succeed (to), follow, inherit, take over
  • Sucer – to suck; (familiar) to tipple, booze, guzzle
  • Suffire – to suffice
  • Suggérer – to suggest
  • Suicider (se) – to commit suicide
  • Suivre – to follow
  • Supplier – to beg, implore, beseech
  • Supporter – to support, endure
  • Supposer – to suppose, assume
  • Supprimer – to delete
  • Surfer – to surf, go surfing
  • Surgir – to loom / shoot / spring up, to appear suddenly; to arise, crop up
  • Surmener – to overwork, overtax
  • Surmonter – to surmount, overcome
  • Surpasser – to surpass, outdo
  • Surplomber – to overhang, overlook
  • Surprendre – to surprise
  • Sursauter – to jump, start, be startled
  • Surveiller – to watch over, monitor, supervise
  • Survenir – to occur, take place; to arise, arrive unexpectedly
  • Survivre – to survive
  • Survoler – to fly over; to skim through / over
  • Susciter – to incite, arouse, provoke; to create (difficulties)
  • Suspendre – to suspend, hang
  • Susurrer – to whisper, murmur
  • Symboliser – to symbolize
  • Tabasser (inf) – to beat up
  • Tabler (sur) – to count, bank, rely (on)
  • Tacher – to stain, mark
  • Tâcher – to try, endeavor
  • Tailler – to cut, carve, hew, engrave, sharpen, prune, trim
  • Taire (se) – to be quiet
  • Taler – to bruise (fruit)
  • Talonner – to pursue, hound; to kick, spur on; (boat) to scrape the river/sea bed
  • Tamiser – to sift, sieve, filter
  • Tamponner – to mob, dab at; to crash into; to stamp
  • Tanguer – to reel, sway; (ship) to pitch
  • Taper – to beat, bang, knock; to type; (inf) to scrounge, cadge
  • Taquiner – to tease, bother
  • Tarabuster – to bother, pester, badger
  • Tarder – to delay, dawdle, take a long time
  • Targuer (se) – to boast, pride oneself on
  • Tatouer – to tattoo
  • Taxer – to tax, impose a tax; to fix a price/rate; (informal) to bum, borrow; (familiar) to steal
  • Teindre – to dye, tint
  • Télécharger – to download
  • Téléphoner – to call
  • Téléporter – to teleport; (parachute) to beam down
  • Témoigner – to testify; to show, display
  • Temporiser – to delay, stall
  • Tendre – to tighten, tense, stretch, flex
  • Tenir – to hold, to keep
  • Tenter – to try, attempt, tempt
  • Terminer – to terminate, end, complete
  • Terrifier – to terrify
  • Tester – to test; to draw up one’s will
  • Texter – to text
  • Théoriser – to theorize (about)
  • Timbrer – to stamp, put a stamp on, postmark
  • Tiquer – to make a face, raise an eyebrow
  • Tirer – to pull, to shoot
  • Tolérer – to tolerate
  • Tomber – to fall
  • Tondre – to cut, clip, crop, mow, shear
  • Tordre – to twist
  • Torpiller – to torpedo
  • Toucher – to touch, affect
  • Tourner – to turn
  • Tousser – to cough
  • Tracasser – to bother, harass
  • Tracer – to draw, plot, mark out, outline
  • Traduire – to translate
  • Trahir – to betray; to break (promise); to fail, let down; to distort
  • Traîner – to pull, drag; to lag behind, dawdle; to lie around; to be plagued by
  • Traiter – to treat, to deal with
  • Trancher – to cut, slit; to settle, resolve; to stand out, contrast; (formal) to conclude, bring to a close
  • Transcrire – to transcribe
  • Transférer – to transfer
  • Transformer – to transform, change, alter, convert
  • Transmettre – to transmit, send, broadcast; to pass on/over, hand down/over; to forward
  • Transparaître – to show through
  • Transporter – to transport, carry
  • Travailler – to work
  • Traverser – to cross
  • Trébucher – to stumble, trip
  • Trembler – to tremble, shake
  • Tremper – to soak, drench, dip, dunk
  • Tressaillir – to thrill; to shudder, shiver; to wince; to startle
  • Tricher – to cheat
  • Tricoter – to knit
  • Trier – to sort (out), to select
  • Trimbaler (informal) – to lug/cart around, to trail along
  • Trinquer – to clink glasses, drink to; to be damaged; (inf) to take the rap
  • Tromper – to trick, deceive, mislead, be unfaithful
  • Tronquer – to truncate, shorten, cut out
  • Troquer – to swap, exchange, barter
  • Troubler – to disturb, disrupt; to trouble, bother, perturb
  • Trouer – to make / wear / punch a hole in, to pierce
  • Trouver – to find
  • Tuer – to kill
  • Tutoyer – to use “tu”
  • Ulcérer – to sicken, appal, horrify
  • Ululer – to hoot, screech
  • Unir – to unite, combine, link
  • Urger – (inf) to be urgent
  • User – to wear out/away/down
  • Utiliser – to use
  • Vacciner – to vaccinate
  • Vaciller – to sway, wobble, waver
  • Vadrouiller (informal) – to rove around, wander
  • Vaincre – to defeat
  • Valider – to validate, authenticate; to ratify
  • Valoir – to be worth
  • Valoriser – to develop, enhance, increase the value / prestige / status of
  • Vanter – to praise, to peddle (merchandise)
  • Vaquer – to attend to, go about one’s business
  • Varier – to vary, change; (linguistics) to inflect, be inflected
  • Veiller – to stay awake; to be on watch, watch over
  • Vendre – to sell
  • Venir (to come) – Verb Tables
  • Verbaliser – (police) to ticket, charge, file a report; to verbalize
  • Verdir – to turn green
  • Vérifier – to verify
  • Verrouiller – to lock, bolt; to block, seal off
  • Verser – to pour; to pay, make a deposit; (car) to overturn
  • Vêtir – to dress
  • Vexer – to hurt, offend
  • Vider – to empty, drain, clear; to gut (a fish), core (an apple)
  • Vieillir – to age, get old
  • Virer – to turn; to transfer money; (informal) to kick out, fire
  • Viser – to aim at / for
  • Visiter – to visit
  • Visser – to screw on / down; (informal) to crack down on
  • Vivoter – to live from hand to mouth, to struggle along
  • Vivre (to live) – Verb Tables
  • Voiler – to veil, shield, conceal
  • Voir (to see) – Verb Tables
  • Voler – to fly, to steal
  • Vomir – to vomit
  • Voter – to vote
  • Vouloir (to want) – Verb Tables
  • Vouvoyer – to use “vous”
  • Voyager – to travel
  • Warranter – to warrant, secure with a warrant
  • Yoyoter (informal) – to ramble, rave
  • Yoyotter (informal) – to ramble, rave
  • Zapper – to change channels / stations
  • Zébrer – to stripe
  • Zézayer – to lisp
  • Zigzaguer – to zigzag
  • Zoner – to zone, divide into zones; (familiar) to wander, bum around
  • Zozoter (informal) – to lisp
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  • Faire du lard
  • Dis donc
  • Jour J
  • Peu à peu
  • Entre chien et loup
  • Par contre
  • Mettre Expressions
  • Jeter la pierre
  • Ça y est
  • Gueule de bois
  • C’est-à-dire
  • Tomber Expressions
  • Bon marché
  • C’est dans la poche
  • Faire le pont
  • Avoir du chien
  • Avantages et inconvénients
  • Expressions with (ne …) pas
  • Tomber dans le panneau
  • En retard
  • Il y a quelque chose qui cloche
  • Passer Expressions
  • Catty French Expressions
  • Faire un froid de canard
  • Tomber amoureux
  • Yes – oui, ouais, ouah …
  • Passer du coq à l’âne
  • À la Chandeleur, l’hiver cesse ou prend vigueur
  • Faire un tabac
  • Mal Expressions
  • Il était une fois
  • Quatre à quatre
  • À la vôtre !
  • Prendre Expressions
  • Thank You in French
  • Tout ce qui brille n’est pas or
  • Bon rapport qualité-prix
  • Penser Expressions
  • À l’étage
  • Expressions with (un) pas
  • De rien
  • Petit à petit
  • Tous les trente-six du mois
  • Mauvais Expressions
  • Toucher du bois
  • À propos de
  • Quelle mouche t’a piqué ?
  • Bien Expressions
  • Avoir le cafard
  • Ne tirez pas sur le pianiste
  • Expressions with plus
  • C’est
  • À l’avance
  • Quand le chat n’est pas là, les souris dansent !
  • Money Expressions
  • À mon avis
  • Ne m’en veux pas
  • Se mettre sur son trente et un
  • Aimer Expressions
  • French Class Phrases
  • Entendre parler
  • Découvrir le pot aux roses
  • Neuf / Nouveau Expressions
  • En deux temps, trois mouvements
  • Appeler un chat un chat
  • Croire Expressions
  • Le cinq à sept
  • Revenons à nos moutons
  • Tirer plus vite que son ombre
  • Bon Expressions
  • Voir, c’est croire
  • Opinions
  • C’est pas gagné
  • Prendre soin de
  • Pick-Up Lines
  • Expressions with Parts of the Body
  • Avoir du mal à
  • Sûr et certain
  • On the Phone
  • Faire une nuit blanche
  • Être au rendez-vous
  • Devoir Expressions
  • Et j’en passe
  • Le fond de l’air est frais
  • À l’égard de
  • Impossible n’est pas français
  • Histoires d’argent
  • Les Anglais sont arrivés
  • Péché mignon
  • Et patati et patata
  • Il m’aime un peu, beaucoup, passionnément, à la folie, pas du tout
  • Voir le jour
  • Sauter aux yeux
  • Recto verso
  • Je n’y peux rien
  • Faire fi de
  • Bon voyage
  • Faire cadeau
  • Attacher lundi avec mardi
  • Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
  • Chercher Expressions
  • T’inquiète
  • Dans le cadre de
  • Histoire d’animaux
  • Péter les plombs
  • Merci d’avance
  • Mettre les pieds dans le plat
  • Sésame, ouvre-toi !
  • Faire la tête
  • Avoir la pêche
  • Du tout
  • Faire partie de
  • À la française
  • La nuit porte conseil
  • Avoir beau
  • Prendre une décision
  • Rien à voir
  • RSVP
  • Non Expressions
  • Dents du bonheur – Dents de la chance
  • Mon répondeur
  • Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
  • Vivre Expressions
  • Cherchez la femme
  • TTC
  • Oh, So French! Expressions
  • Couper les cheveux en quatre
  • Venir Expressions
  • Entendre dire
  • De bon gré
  • Faire l’école buissonnière
  • Moi aussi
  • Honi soit qui mal y pense
  • Oui Expressions
  • Je n’y suis pour rien
  • Que dalle !
  • Vivre au jour le jour
  • Avoir un cheveu sur la langue
  • Comme il faut
  • Fluctuat nec mergitur
  • Faire d’une pierre deux coups
  • Tiens
  • Pédaler dans la choucroute
  • Bourrer le crâne
  • Manquer Expressions
  • Métro, boulot, dodo
  • Avoir les chevilles qui enflent
  • Être en train de
  • Chercher midi à 14 heures
  • Moi non plus
  • Loving Phrases
  • La question ne se pose pas
  • Heureux au jeu, malheureux en amour
  • Tu ne manques pas d’air !
  • Quand on parle du loup (on en voit la queue)
  • Avoir l’air
  • Bien dans sa peau
  • Tout est bien qui finit bien
  • Noël au balcon, Pâques au tison
  • Tomber dans la marmite
  • Joyeuses fêtes !
  • Tel quel
  • Vouloir Expressions
  • Avoir un petit creux
  • Valoir le coup
  • En vrac
  • Si tu veux
  • Sauver la mise
  • Cas de force majeure
  • BCBG
  • Manger le morceau
  • Au pif
  • Chercher des poux
  • Avoir la frite
  • C’est pas de la tarte
  • Ça marche
  • Faire une croix dessus
  • Pas mal
  • C’est la vie
  • Monter en épingle
  • Ce n’est pas la mer à boire
  • Ça va
  • Faire Expressions
  • Bon gré mal gré
  • 24 heures sur 24
  • Je n’en reviens pas
  • Il y a
  • À la rigueur
  • Déjà vu
  • Un de ces quatre matins
  • Ça ne fait rien
  • Changer de cap
  • Dire ses quatre vérités
  • Ce n’est pas grave
  • Blague à part
  • À la limite
  • Ça alors
  • Social Niceties
  • C’est pas vrai !
  • Coup d’œil
  • À partir de
  • On ne sait jamais
  • Fais voir
  • French Expressions à gogo!
  • Si ce n’est pas indiscret
  • Opération escargot
  • N’importe
  • À tes souhaits
  • Dire Expressions
  • Voir Expressions
  • Aller Expressions
  • Robe des champs
  • Dogged French Expressions
  • Trouver son bonheur
  • Using Impersonal Expressions
  • En souffrance
  • Trempé comme une soupe
  • Expressions with français
  • Ne pas attacher son chien avec des saucisses
  • Quant à
  • Le nouveau est arrivé !
  • Tongue Twisters
  • Arriver comme un cheveu sur la soupe
  • Dix clichés français
  • Tomber dans les pommes
  • Falloir Expressions
  • Au fur et à mesure
  • Bonne chance !
  • Tirer une carotte
  • Impersonal Expressions
  • Mettre sa langue dans sa poche
  • Garbled Expressions
  • Mon petit doigt m’a dit
  • Mettre de l’eau dans son vin
  • Y compris
  • Avoir Expressions
  • Tout à coup
  • C’est vs Il est
  • Avoir lieu
  • Arriver comme un chien dans un jeu de quilles
  • Bon courage !
  • Perdre Expressions
  • À rebours
  • Battre la chamade
  • Appeler sous les drapeaux
  • Tout de suite
  • C’est cadeau
  • Figure-toi
  • Dormir sur ses deux oreilles
  • Coup de foudre
  • Chanter comme une casserole
  • Tout d’un coup
  • Avoir une dent contre
  • Y Expressions
  • Au cas où
  • Le pour et le contre de « par contre »
  • 7 Tasty French Idioms
  • Avoir le beurre et l’argent du beurre
  • Du coup
  • Tout à l’heure
  • Mettre le doigt
  • France Expressions
  • Bonnet blanc et blanc bonnet
  • Tu te rends compte ?
  • On y va
  • Connaître la musique
  • Arriver Expressions
  • Souffler ses bougies
  • Faire (un) demi-tour
  • Du jour au lendemain
  • Ce n’est pas mardi gras aujourd’hui
  • Changer les idées
  • Vivre d’amour et d’eau fraîche
  • Envoyer sur les roses
  • Matin / matinée Expressions
  • Prepositional Phrases
  • Être Expressions
  • Noël malin
  • Merde
  • Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir ?
  • Expressing Regret and Sorrow
  • Les sans-dents

• Food and Drink

  • Food
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  • Wine à fond
  • Soupe au potiron – Imperative Quiz
  • Meals and Menus
  • Apéro provençal : les amuse-gueule
  • Manger les truffes
  • Steak-frites
  • Trinquer
  • Olives et huiles d’olive
  • Chartreuse
  • Macarons
  • Cafetière à piston – Imperative Quiz
  • Chandeleur, Jour des crêpes
  • J’ai faim !
  • Beaujolais nouveau
  • Pain quotidien
  • Salon du Chocolat
  • Spécialités de Bretagne
  • Visite d’une oliveraie
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  • Galette des rois
  • Apéro provençal
  • Le beaujolais nouveau
  • Truffes
  • Drinks
  • La bouffe
  • Restaurant
  • Beaujolais nouveau : Plus piquette !
  • L’automne au marché de Landerneau
  • Spécialités de Dijon
  • Manger en Alsace
  • Service au restaurant
  • Fromage français
  • Dîner en ville
  • Repas de Noël en France, apéros et entrées
  • Chefs cuisiniers célèbres
  • Cuisine française
  • Saint-Vincent
  • Terroir
  • Le petit-déjeuner
  • Œnotourisme en France
  • Fromage français, partie 2

• Francophone Countries

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  • Français dans le monde
  • Travailler dans la francophonie – Dictée
  • Choc culturel au Canada
  • Francophonie Project
  • French-Speaking Countries
  • Journée internationale de la Francophonie
  • Introduction to French

• Fun with French

  • France Channel Streaming
  • 10 Wacky Reasons to Learn French
  • Citations célèbres de Star Wars – Quiz
  • Hanukkah Menorah
  • Gifts for French Lovers
  • Advent Calendar
  • Nursery Rhymes
  • Le soir d’Halloween – Dictée
  • Dictées
  • Zodiac Signs
  • Terms of Endearment
  • Donjons et Dragons – Dictée
  • Le ski, de Têtes à Claques
  • Joyeux Halloween !
  • Savoyard Accent
  • Bises sur le bon côté
  • Baby Talk
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  • Président Cyprien
  • Marie Curie
  • Premier rendez-vous
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  • Frantastique
  • Number Practice
  • French Valentine’s Day Cards
  • Very Low Cost Airline
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  • French Names
  • Homophones
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  • C’est l’Halloween
  • Règles de rédaction
  • Are You a Francophile?
  • Games, Sports, Hobbies
  • J’ai vu maman embrasser le père Noël
  • Informal Pronouns
  • Bonjour, bonjour !
  • Magnetic Poetry
  • One Third Stories
  • Merci – French Thank You Cards
  • TV News, Documentaries, Game Shows
  • Le Père Noël est enrhumé

• Grammar Lessons

  • Pluperfect Subjunctive
  • Finir – to finish
  • Past Participle
  • Mastering Verb Conjugations
  • En – preposition, pronoun, and more
  • Negation à fond
  • Third Person Imperative
  • Arriver – to arrive, happen
  • Negative de
  • Imperfect Subjunctive
  • French Verb Tables
  • Indefinite Relative Pronouns
  • Croire – to believe
  • Adjectives vs Pronouns
  • Pronominal Verbs à fond
  • The Subjunctivisor!
  • Verbs with contre
  • Conditional Perfect, Second Form
  • Jusque
  • Agreement with Verbs of Perception
  • Irregular Verbs
  • Verb Timeline
  • Subjunctive à fond
  • Tu Imperative
  • Articles of Determination
  • Entre
  • Ce dont and quoi – Indefinite Relative Pronouns
  • Dormir – Partir – Sortir Conjugation Pattern
  • Geographical Prepositions à fond
  • Essentially Pronominal Verbs
  • Tu vs Vous à fond
  • Subjunctive: Irregular Conjugations
  • Translating Simple Tenses and Moods
  • Verbs with vers
  • Voice
  • Never and Ever
  • Tenir – to hold, to keep
  • Past Infinitive Conjugations
  • Irregular Future and Conditional Stems
  • Evaluative Adverbs
  • Ce que and Ce qui – Indefinite Relative Pronouns
  • Avoir vs Être à fond
  • Pour
  • Euphony
  • Perfect Participle Conjugations
  • Vers vs Envers
  • Indefinite Demonstrative Pronouns
  • Verbs with par
  • Informal Negation
  • Verbs of Perception: Word Order
  • Un vs l’un
  • Past Subjunctive Conjugations
  • Exclamations
  • Dire – Écrire – Lire Conjugation Pattern
  • Top 10 Verbs
  • Subject Pronouns
  • Regular -ir Verbs
  • Par
  • Passive Voice Conjugations
  • Exclamative Conjunctions
  • Causative Construction with Objects and Agreement
  • Voir – to see
  • Non-adjectives
  • Conditional Perfect Conjugations
  • Passé composé vs Imperfect: Meaning Changes
  • Contre
  • Devoir – Pouvoir – Vouloir Conjugation Pattern
  • Compound Subjects
  • Relative Pronouns
  • Action vs Being Verbs
  • Future Perfect Conjugations
  • Subjunctive with Negative and Indefinite Pronouns
  • Compound Tenses and Moods: Word Order
  • Verbs of Perception
  • Passé composé Conjugations
  • Nouns and Adjectives: Irregular Plurals
  • -age Suffix
  • Vouloir – to want
  • Indefinite and Partitive Articles Reduced to De
  • Après vs Derrière
  • Accented Capitals
  • Passé simple Conjugations
  • Euphonic Inversion
  • Verbs with dans
  • On vs l’on
  • Verb Misconjugation
  • Y – Adverbial Pronoun
  • Compound Noun Plurals
  • Tag Questions
  • Visiter vs Rendre visite
  • Numerical Adjectives and Nouns
  • Semi-Auxiliary Verbs: Word Order
  • Tonic Accent
  • Quantities, Adjectives, and Prepositional Phrases with De
  • Imperfect Conjugations
  • Movable Adjectives
  • State-of-Being Verbs
  • Emphatic Coordinating Conjunctions
  • Se faire – Reflexive Causative
  • Où – Relative Pronoun
  • Adjectives with Prepositions
  • Variable Auxiliary Verbs
  • Meilleur vs Mieux
  • Regular -re Verbs
  • Past Perfect Conjugations
  • Ne littéraire
  • Tout – toute – tous – toutes
  • Merci de vs Merci pour
  • Conditional Mood Conjugations
  • On – Subject Pronoun
  • Semi-Auxiliary Verbs
  • Advanced Indirect Objects
  • Regular -er Verbs
  • Verbs with sur
  • In- Prefix
  • Adjectives
  • Rapporter, redonner, rembourser…
  • Savoir – to know
  • Capitalization of Titles
  • Tout – Noun
  • An/jour/matin/soir vs 
    année/journée/matinée/soirée
  • Que and Qui – Relative Pronouns
  • Present Participle Conjugations
  • Exclamative Adverbs
  • Avant vs Devant
  • Negative Imperative
  • Possession
  • Sentences
  • Articles – le, la, les, un, une, des, du, de la
  • Verbs with en
  • Substitute que
  • Double Negatives
  • Passive Constructions
  • Tout – Adverb
  • Mettre – to put
  • Historical Tenses
  • Compound Modal Verbs
  • Dans
  • Inversion with Nouns
  • Adjective Position
  • Aller – to go
  • Giving Orders
  • Lequel – Interrogative Pronoun
  • Regular Feminine and Plural Nouns
  • Tout – Adjective
  • Modal Verbs
  • Passer – to pass, go by
  • Encore
  • Progress with Lawless French
  • Faire – Causative Construction
  • Superlative Adverbs
  • Depuis vs Il y a
  • Subjunctive with Conjunctions
  • Unisex Nouns
  • Si Clauses: Third Conditional
  • Agreement with Pronominal Verbs
  • Penser – to think
  • Object Pronoun Placement
  • Clauses
  • Mauvais vs Mal
  • To Make – Faire vs Rendre
  • PwLF Super Study Lists
  • Nous and vous
  • Pouvoir – can, to be able
  • Toujours
  • Elle and elles
  • Verb Deconjugator
  • Opposites
  • Venir de – Recent Past
  • Devoir vs Falloir
  • Dont – Relative Pronoun
  • Verbs with à
  • Plus
  • Impersonal Verbs
  • To Make
  • Adverbs of Manner
  • Passive Infinitive
  • Lequel – Relative Pronoun
  • Comparative Adverbs
  • Chez
  • Dire – to say, to tell
  • Verbs with de
  • Neuf vs Nouveau
  • Passé composé vs Imparfait
  • Adverbs of Place
  • Habiter vs Vivre
  • Past Subjunctive
  • À vs de
  • Pronouns and Adjectives: 3rd Person Plural
  • Encore vs Toujours
  • Impersonal Orders
  • Irregular -er Verbs
  • Love and Hate
  • Indefinite Pronouns
  • Bon vs Bien
  • Verb Mood
  • Me and te
  • Adverbs of Quantity
  • En
  • Here and There
  • Devoir – must, to have to
  • Aimer – to like, to love
  • Tu vs Vous
  • Feminine Nouns
  • Years
  • Introduction to Pronouns
  • Variable Negative Pronouns
  • Faire – to do, to make
  • Interrogative Adverbs
  • Contractions with Proper Nouns
  • Irregular -re Verbs
  • Adjectives Used as Nouns (Nominal Adjectives)
  • Être – to be
  • Sur
  • Descriptive de vs Possessive de
  • Perfect Participle
  • Si Clauses: Second Conditional
  • Variable Capitalization
  • Indefinite Adjectives
  • Adverbs of Time
  • Aller – Near Future
  • Chercher – to look for
  • Pronouns and Adjectives: 2nd Person Singular
  • Pas without ne
  • Interrogative Pronouns
  • -ée Suffix
  • Pronommeur
  • Possessive à
  • Capitalization
  • Masculine Nouns
  • Tableau chronologique de verbes
  • Adverbs
  • Negative Pronouns
  • Verb Agreement
  • Prepositions with Continents and Countries
  • Adverbs of Frequency
  • Past Infinitive
  • Avoir – to have
  • Introduction to Verbs
  • De
  • Savoir vs Connaître (and Ignorer)
  • Pronouns and Adjectives: 1st Person Plural
  • Si Clauses: First Conditional
  • Que and qui
  • Future Tense Conjugations
  • Definite Article – le, la, l’, les
  • Fractions
  • Irregular -ir Verbs
  • Invariable Adjectives
  • Pronouns and Adjectives: 3rd Person Singular
  • Inversion
  • Nouns and Adjectives: Irregular Feminine Forms
  • Possessive de
  • Feminine Noun Endings
  • -issime Suffix
  • Falloir
  • -ci Suffix
  • Verb Tense
  • Agreement with Subjects
  • À
  • Grammar Glossary
  • Irregular Adjectives
  • Pronouns and Adjectives: 2nd Person Plural
  • Masculine Noun Endings
  • Variable Subjunctive
  • Foreign Adjectives
  • Avec
  • Introduction to Verb Conjugation
  • Là- Prefix
  • Verbs and Expressions with de / du, de la, des
  • Passive Voice
  • Negative Adjectives
  • Color Adjectives
  • Partitive Article – du, de la, de l’, des
  • Conditional Perfect
  • Pronouns and Adjectives: 1st Person Singular
  • Venir – to come
  • Negative Conjunctions
  • Verb Conjugation Translation
  • -là Suffix
  • Exclamative Adjectives
  • Geographical Prepositions
  • Ci- Prefix
  • Future Perfect
  • Lui
  • Demonstrative Pronouns
  • Passé simple
  • Adjective Types
  • Euphonic Adjectives
  • Double Pronoun Order
  • Manquer – to miss
  • Indefinite Adverbs
  • Regular -ier Verbs
  • Indefinite Article – un, une, des
  • Periphrastic Tenses
  • Imperfect
  • Infinitive
  • Reported Speech
  • Possessive Adjectives: Singular Possessions
  • Possessive Adjectives: Plural Possessions
  • Past Perfect aka Pluperfect
  • To Take, To Bring
  • Pronominal Verbs
  • À vs De with Verbs
  • Present Participle: Adjectives and Nouns
  • Number Troubles
  • Possessive Adjectives: Plural Possessors
  • Possessive Adjectives: Singular Possessors
  • Interrogative Adjectives
  • Prepositions of Place
  • Agreement with Direct Objects
  • Conjunctions
  • Possessive Pronouns
  • Literary Tenses and Moods
  • Demonstrative Adjectives
  • Spelling Change Verbs -cer -ger
  • Conjunctive Phrases
  • Questions
  • Prendre
  • Tu vs Vous – Subject Pronouns
  • Passive Reflexive
  • En – Adverbial Pronoun
  • Auxiliary Verbs – Avoir vs Être
  • Plural Nouns
  • Article Comparison
  • Present Tense
  • Lequel – Relative Adjective
  • Inversion: Word Order
  • Dates
  • A- Prefix
  • Passé composé
  • Singular Nouns
  • Subordinating Conjunctions
  • Jouer
  • Imparfait vs Passé composé
  • Sans
  • Superlative Subjunctive
  • Contractions
  • Imperative Mood
  • Telling Time
  • Indirect Objects
  • Negative Adverbs
  • Translating Infinitives, Imperatives, and Participles
  • Translating Compound Tenses and Moods
  • Passé composé vs Imparfait
  • Idiomatic Pronominal Verbs
  • Prepositions with Regions, Departments, Provinces, States, and Counties
  • Prepositions with Islands and Cities
  • Stressed Pronouns
  • Connectives
  • Stem-Changing Verbs -e_er -é_er -yer
  • Possessive Adjectives
  • Formal Negation
  • Direct Objects
  • Present Participle / Gerund
  • Agreement with vous
  • Reciprocal Verbs
  • Presentatives
  • Soi – Stressed Pronoun
  • Indirect Speech
  • Adverbial Pronouns / Pronominal Adverbs
  • Omitting Auxiliary Verbs
  • Determiners
  • Inversion with je
  • Direct vs Indirect Objects
  • Verbs with pour
  • Imperative Mood Conjugations
  • Object Pronouns
  • Coordinating Conjunctions
  • Neuter Object Pronoun
  • Adjectives Functioning as Adverbs
  • Agreement
  • Faillir – to almost do
  • Prepositions
  • Informal Questions
  • Compound Noun Gender
  • Impersonal Pronouns
  • Prepositions with Nouns
  • Simple and Compound Tenses and Moods: Pronominal Verbs
  • Answering Questions
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  • Special Uses of the Subjunctive
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  • Reflexive Pronouns
  • Conditional Mood
  • Unofficial Grammar Checkers
  • Simple and Compound Tenses and Moods: Être Verbs
  • Avoiding the Subjunctive
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  • Ne explétif
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  • Lequel
  • Subjunctive Conjugations
  • De vs Du, de la, des
  • Si Clauses: Conditionals
  • Simple and Compound Tenses and Moods: Avoir Verbs
  • Verbs without Prepositions
  • Future Tense
  • Reflexive Verbs
  • Reporting Verbs
  • Personal Pronouns
  • Verbs with Prepositions
  • Past Anterior
  • Grammar Checkers
  • Intermediate French for Dummies

• Holidays and Celebrations

  • Halloween
  • Mon programme d’Halloween – Contractions Quiz
  • C’est quoi le 14 juillet ?
  • Histoire de la Fête de la musique
  • Les Fêtes Johanniques de Reims
  • Bonne fête Maman ! – Vocab Quiz
  • Le Premier Mai à fond
  • Passover
  • Saint Patrick’s Day
  • Valentine’s Day
  • Mon Valentin – Vocab Quiz
  • Faisons des crêpes ! Vocabulary Quiz
  • New Year’s Resolutions
  • Kwanzaa
  • Vive le vent
  • Hanukkah Vocabulary
  • Un conte de Noël – A Christmas Carol
  • Préparer les fêtes – Subjunctive Quiz
  • Il est né, le divin enfant
  • Thanksgiving
  • La Toussaint
  • Qu’est-ce que l’Halloween ?
  • Les préparations d’Halloween Quiz
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