English words from French
- rondureA graceful curvature or round object; a ring; a sphere.
- rongeurAn instrument with a sharp-edged, scoop-shaped tip, for gouging out bone.
- Roquefort-sur-SoulzonA city and town in the department of Aveyron, Occitania, France.
- rosbifAn English person (as viewed by the French).
- RostainA surname from French.
- rotondeA ruff worn during the beginning of the 17th century; a cope.
- roturePlebeian rank in France.
- roucouAnnatto, achiote (Bixa orellana)
- rouéA debauched or lecherous person.
- rouelleA wheel-like amulet of the ancient Gauls, intended to symbolize the sun.
- rouerieThe behaviour of a roué; debauchery.
- rouge et noirA solitaire card game played with two decks of playing cards.
- rouilleA type of sauce from Provence, France, often served with fish dishes, consisting of egg yolk and olive oil with breadcrumbs, chili peppers, garlic, and saffron.
- rouleurA cyclist who performs well on flat and undulating roads.
- RoussinA surname from French.
- Rouyn-NorandaA city and regional county municipality of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.
- RU-486A drug formulation containing the active agent mifepristone
- ruanaAn outer garment typical of the Andes region of Venezuela and Colombia, and resembling a poncho.
- rucheA strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.
- rudenturecabling
- RuffieuxA village in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
- rumbullionSynonym of rum, an alcoholic beverage distilled from sugarcane, similar spirits.
- ruse de guerreA stratagem of war.
- RusioA village in Haute-Corse department, Corsica, France.
- SabattierA surname from French
- sabrageThe usually ceremonial technique of opening a bottle, typically of champagne, by slicing off the bottle's neck with a sabre.
- sabretacheA leather pocket or pouch worn hanging from a cavalry officer’s belt.
- sabretascheA leather case or pocket worn by cavalry at the left side, suspended from the swordbelt.
- sabreurA fencer who fights with a sabre.
- safraninsafranine
- SaïdaA port city in Lebanon, the ancient Sidon, a former city-state in Phoenicia.
- saignéeA method of rosé production that involves bleeding off the juice after limited contact with the skins.
- sainfoinA perennial herb of the genus Onobrychis with pale pink flowers, especially Onobrychis viciifolia (syn. Onobrychis sativa).
- Saint ApollinaireA municipality of Lotbiniere, Chaudiere-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada.
- Saint-BarnabéA village in Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France.
- Saint-DésertA commune of Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
- Saint-DominguoisSynonym of Dominguan.
- Sainte-AdèleA city in Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada
- Sainte-FoyVarious towns in France, especially Sainte-Foy-la-Grande near Bourdeaux.
- Sainte-Geneviève-des-BoisA city in Essonne department, France.
- Saint-ÉmilionA kind of red wine from Saint-Émilion in the Bordeaux region.
- Saint-FélicienA city in Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, Quebec, Canada.
- Saint-FlorentA town and commune of the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France.
- Saint-Georges-sur-LoireA commune in Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France.
- Saint-GillesA municipality of Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium.
- Saint-GironsA town in Ariège department, France.
- Saint-HubertA municipality in Luxembourg province, Wallonia, Belgium.
- Saint-Jean-sur-RichelieuA city in Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, eastern Montérégie, Quebec, Canada, located on the Richelieu River.
- Saint-JérômeA city, the seat of La Rivière-du-Nord, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada
- Saint-JulienA kind of red wine from Médoc in the Bordeaux region.
- Saint-LizierA village in Ariège department, Occitania, France.
- Saint LouisA city in eastern Missouri, United States, near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and formerly important in the westward expansion of the United States.
- Saint-LouisA commune in Haut-Rhin department, Grand Est, France, close to Basle in Switzerland.
- Saint-Michel-de-ChaillolA town and commune in the department of Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
- Saint OngeA habitational surname from French.
- Saint-PastousA village in Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitania, France.
- Saint-Pierre-des-CorpsA commune and town in the department of Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
- Saint-PriestA commune in Ardèche department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
- Saint-SauveurA city in Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada
- salade niçoiseNiçoise salad.
- salariatSalary earners as a class or group, often as opposed to wage earners.
- Salies-du-SalatA town in Haute-Garonne department, France.
- saligotSynonym of water caltrop (“Trapa species”).
- salirophiliaA sexual fetish in which the active partner enjoys making a great mess of someone whose appearance was previously neat and tidy.
- Salon-de-ProvenceA city and town in Bouches-du-Rhône department, region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
- Salon des RefusésA gallery for outsider art or art rejected from mainstream galleries.
- salonnierA salon host.
- saltimbanqueTumbler, street acrobat.
- salut des armesA sort of a choreographed demonstration of arms, consisting of sets of fencers saluting, attacking, parrying, drilling and performing set routines in chorus.
- SamothracianAn inhabitant or a resident of Samothrace.
- sandrezander, pikeperch (fish)
- san fairy annIt doesn't matter.
- sang de boeufA red glaze used in Chinese porcelain.
- sangfroidComposure, self-possession or imperturbability especially when in a dangerous situation.
- sanglierA full-grown wild boar.
- sanguetteA blood dish from rural Occitania made immediately upon exsanguination of livestock by collecting, preparing, and cooking the fresh blood; typically a crepe or pancake but varies by town across Occitania, including Spanish Occitania.
- San-LorenzoA village in Haute-Corse department, Corsica, France.
- sanquetteA female given name.
- sans-culotteA plebeian Parisian, especially a lower-class republican during the French Revolution.
- sans-culottideAny of the five (six in leap years) extra days added at the end of Fructidor in the French Republican Calendar.
- sans douteSynonym of without a doubt.
- sans gêneLack of constraint; brazenness; unreservedness (unabashed behavior, disregard for societal constraints)
- sans nombreRepeated (as a charge like a billet or a division like paly) many times, covering the field with no set number (of the thing).
- sans souciCarefree; without worry
- SaôneA river in France that flows into the Rhone.
- sapajouAny of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Cebus, with long prehensile tails.
- sapeurA member of the social movement known as La Sape, who dress as dandies and put great emphasis on style and physical appearance.
- saponuleA soapy mixture obtained by treating an essential oil with an alkali; hence, any similar compound of an essential oil.
- sapparekyanite
- sarbacaneA blowgun.
- SarchetA surname from French.
- sarigueA small South American opossum (Philander opossum) with four white spots on the face.
- SarrauteA surname from French.
- SarroisA resident of the Saar Protectorate.
- satin de chineA napless worsted satin.
- satin de laineA thin glossy woolen fabric, a variety of cassimere.
- satinéA hard reddish wood of French Guiana, a kind of satinwood.
- saucisseA long and slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and used to communicate fire to mines, caissons, bomb chests, etc.
- saucissonA saucisse.
- saucisson secSynonym of saucisson.