English words from French
- picotAn embroidery trim made of a series of small loops.
- deismA religious philosophy and movement prominent in 17th-18th-century England, France, and what is now the United States which rejected supernatural events such as prophecy and miracles, divine revelation, and holy books or revealed religions that assert such things exist.
- PerreaultA surname from French.
- colloqueTo hold colloquy; to converse.
- GiraudA surname from French, equivalent to English Gerald.
- parkourAn athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, flipping, and other similar physical movements.
- keratitisInflammation of the cornea.
- svelteAttractively thin; gracefully slender.
- amadouA spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.
- legionnaireA person who is neither a citizen nor colonial/imperial subject of the state whose military they join.
- LemarA surname from French.
- MarquandA surname from French.
- demitasseA small cup of strong black coffee.
- brouhahaA stir; a fuss or uproar.
- abria shelter; a cavity in a hillside; a shelter on the side of hill with an overhung rock as its roof
- ecclesialSynonym of ecclesiastical.
- fromageSynonym of cheese.
- eruptiveThat erupts or bursts forth.
- facultativeOf or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.
- balustradeA row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
- deferentialRespectful and considerate; showing deference.
- coterieA circle of individuals who associate with one another for a common purpose.
- LouisbourgAn unincorporated community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- remarqueA small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken.
- PoitierA surname from French.
- terroirThe complete set of local conditions in which a particular wine or family of wines is produced, including soil type, weather conditions, topography, and wine-making savoir-faire.
- pommeA roundel vert (green circular spot), resembling or representing an apple.
- NarbonneA town and commune in Aude department, Occitania, southern France.
- CorbetA surname from French.
- VernetA surname from French.
- BosseA surname.
- cahierA roll of sheets of paper put loosely together, especially one of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers.
- JetteA municipality of Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium
- VenceA commune in the hills of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
- ThibodeauA surname from French.
- minaretThe tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer).
- heliotropeA plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun, such as (archaic) marigolds and sunflowers.
- ChouinardA surname from French.
- ergotAny fungus in the genus Claviceps which are parasitic on grasses.
- LajoieA surname from French.
- cuvierFermenting room of a winery
- lisseTo relieve, mitigate, assuage (pain etc.).
- facetiousTreating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
- HyacintheA surname from French.
- toupeeA wig of false hair worn to cover a bald spot, especially as worn by a man.
- tannicPertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin.
- masseurA person (especially male) who performs massage.
- ParlerAn online social networking service.
- macronA short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (◌̄) placed over a letter, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long.
- BaillyA surname from French.
- chenierAn area of scrub oak growing in an accumulation of alluvial soil in a stream, creek, bayou, marsh or river.
- antonymA word which has the opposite (averted or inverted) meaning of another word.
- nougatA mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in western Europe) almonds or (in eastern Europe) hazelnuts or (in US) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.
- cahootsChiefly preceded by in: collaboration or collusion, chiefly for a nefarious reason.
- stroganoffA dish of sautéed pieces of beef served in a sauce with sour cream.
- SaintesA city in Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southeastern France, the former capital of the Saintonge province.
- GirondeThe largest department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France.
- martinetA strict disciplinarian.
- salatThe obligatory prayer that Muslims are called to perform five times a day and the second of the five pillars of Islam.
- positivistA believer in positivism.
- PicardyA former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France region.
- charetteA small two-wheeled cart; (historical) a chariot.
- clevesKleve (a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
- RachidA male given name from French [in turn from Arabic], variant of Rashid.
- CarpentierA surname from French. (Carpenter)
- telematicOf or pertaining to telematics.
- historicityHistorical quality or authenticity based on fact.
- puritanismStrict and austere religious conduct.
- panneA lustrous finish applied to velvet and satin.
- ambassadeThe mission of an ambassador.
- detentThat which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch (stopping mechanism), pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
- TrahanA surname from French.
- FavreauA surname from French.
- usineA West Indian sugar factory.
- CharestA surname from French.
- DesrosiersA surname from French.
- RodierA surname from French.
- TruaxA surname.
- PlatonA surname.
- bastideA mansion in Provence.
- FochA variety of French red wine made with Maréchal Foch grapes.
- griotA West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet.
- prudeA person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.
- nonchalantCasually calm and relaxed.
- ammoniteAny of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal.
- GuichardA surname from French.
- guyotA flat-topped seamount.
- ampouleA small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection.
- quadrilleA dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.
- NanterreA city in Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France, France.
- goddamAn English person, from the perspective of a French person or in the context of French history, originating during the Hundred Years' War.
- gelatinousJelly-like.
- centimetreAn SI unit of length equal to 10⁻² metres. Symbol: cm
- gendarmerieA military body charged with police duties among the civilian population.
- emeticCausing nausea and vomiting.
- teerTo stir, as a calico-printer's sieve.
- armagnacA brandy made in the region of Armagnac.
- bostockStale brioche, spread with almond cream and sliced almonds and then baked
- CarnotA surname.
- confitAny of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.