Chance, nf : luck avoir de la chance : to be lucky bonne chance! : good luck! par chance : luckily The French word « chance » looks exactly like the English word “chance.” The most common meaning of “chance” in English is “opportunity or fate.” In French, « chance » typically means luck, but […]
Simplicité, nf : simplicity, easiness, lack of complexity, lack of pretension. en toute simplicité : quite simply Utiliser cet ordinateur est d’une grande simplicité. Using this computer is simplicity itself. La simplicité de son design le rend facile à construire. The simplicity of the design makes it easy to build. J’admire la simplicité de mes […]
Did you know that not all languages have nouns and verbs as distinct categories. While many languages do have nouns and verbs, some languages do not have specific words for these grammatical categories. Additionally, some languages may have alternative systems of classification. That’s another reason why French was the best second language for me. With […]
If you love Notre Dame de Paris, you will be amazed by Notre Dame de Chartres. Chartres, France is located in northwestern France, and it is a quick day trip by train from Paris, just over 1 hour. Click here to reserve tickets. After visiting Notre Dame de Paris, I could not imagine anything more […]
« Se fendre la pêche ». Literal translation: To split one’s peach. Meaning: To laugh uproariously, to laugh one’s head off, to split one’s sides, to have a blast. Est-ce que tu as entendu l’histoire de son voyage en France ? C’est très amusant. Je me suis fendu la pêche ! Have you heard the […]
Pontivy Journal, le 9 Oct 2025 La banane, excellente pour notre santé La banane est la meilleure amie des sportifs. Riche en glucides, elle apporte une bonne dose d’énergie. Petits et grands adorent ce fruit facile à manger. C’est l’un des premiers fruits introduits dans l’alimentation des enfants. Mixée, elle fait l’unanimité. La banane fait […]
Chair, nf : flesh. avoir la chair de poule : to have goose bumps. The French word « chair » looks exactly like the English word “chair.” The most common meaning of “chair” in English is “armchair or a seat.” In French, « chair » means flesh, or meat. La chair de cette pêche est […]
Gratitude, nf : gratitude, gratefulness, thankfulness. Il m’a obtenu ce travail, j’ai beaucoup de gratitude envers lui. He got me this job; I feel a great deal of gratitude towards him. Elle a constamment soutenu ma mère, j’ai de la gratitude envers lui. She has been endlessly supportive of my mother; I feel deep gratefulness […]
So there you have it! 300 words that you already knew are French cognates! Since July, we have looked at so many words that are English / French cognates that can be identified by their endings: -tion, -sion, al, -able, -ible, -ance, – ence, -ant, -ent, -ct. And then there are other French cognates that […]
Giverny, France, best known as the location of Claude Monet’s garden and home, is a commune in the northern French department of Eure. The village is located on the “right bank” of the river Seine at its confluence with the river Epte. It lies 50 miles (80 km) west-northwest of Paris, in the region of […]
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