English words from French
- ViennoisA historical region of Dauphiné, France.
- viennoiserieA baked product made in a similar manner to bread, but with ingredients giving it a sweeter, heavier quality closer to a pastry.
- Vieux-FortA commune of Guadeloupe department, French West Indies.
- vieux jeuOld-fashioned, outmoded.
- vieux richeOld money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are inherited, and who are therefore perceived to have refinement and good breeding.
- vigogneA soft dress material, a mix of wool and cotton.
- -villeUsed to form a name of an inhabited place, a town or city.
- Villeneuve-Saint-GeorgesA commune in Val-de-Marne department, Île-de-France, France, south-east of Paris.
- VilsaintA surname from French.
- vinageThe addition of alcohol to wine to allow it to stand transportation.
- vinaigrierA pot or jar in which vinegar is made.
- vinasseThe waste liquor remaining in the process of making beet sugar, used in the manufacture of fertiliser or potassium carbonate.
- vingtenierA law enforcement officer subordinate to a centenier and responsible for a vingtaine.
- vingt-et-unThe card game pontoon.
- ViolainesA commune in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.
- VirtelA surname from French.
- visagisteA make-up artist.
- vis-à-visIn relation to; compared with.
- visévisa.
- vitrageA curtain of light translucent material intended to be secured directly to the woodwork of a French window or glazed door.
- VitréA commune of Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France.
- vitriolageThe act of vitriolizing someone; the act of committing an acid attack.
- vivandierA sutler accompanying a continental European army, especially the French army.
- vivandièreA female vivandier.
- viveurSomeone who lives well.
- viviparyReproduction via embryos that develop from the outset without interruption (as opposed to germinating from a seed).
- vizierateThe office, dignity, or authority of a vizier.
- voilàLo, there it is; ta-da; presto; behold!
- voituretteA small, compact car.
- voix célesteAn organ stop consisting of either one or two ranks of pipes slightly out of tune, so as to produce a beating effect when combined with a normally tuned rank.
- vol-au-ventA small circular piece of puff pastry with a hole for various fillings, such as mushrooms, prawns, fruit, cheese, etc.
- volte-faceA reversal of attitude, policy, or principle.
- voltigeurOne of a picked company of skirmishers in each regiment of the French infantry during the Napoleonic Wars.
- -voltineHaving a certain number of broods or generations in a year.
- voluptuaryOne whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a pleasure-seeker, a sensualist.
- voulgierA fighter armed with a voulge, particularly in a French military context.
- voussoirOne of a series of wedge-shaped bricks or stones forming an arch or vault.
- vouvoyTo address (someone) in French using the formal second-person pronoun vous.
- voyeuseA female voyeur; a woman who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people.
- vraisemblanceverisimilitude
- vrilleA tailspin.
- WalcourtA city in Namur Province, Belgium.
- WatremezA surname from French.
- wattmanA French tram driver.
- WervicqSynonym of Wervik.
- Wervicq-SudA commune of Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
- WisconsiniteOf, or from, the state of Wisconsin.
- WissantA commune of Pas-de-Calais department, France.
- wistitiA marmoset, principally in family Callitrichidae.
- with the mannerin the very act; red-handed.
- witzchouraA woman's fur-lined cloak, mantle, or pelisse with large sleeves, worn during the early 19th century.
- world cupThe FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international competition of national teams in men's association football and the trophy awarded to the winning team.
- xantheinThe water-soluble part of the yellow carotenoid pigment present in the cell sap of some plants.
- xenismA word used in utterances of a language but generally marked as foreign.
- xenoglossyKnowledge of a language one has never learned.
- xylographyThe art of making xylographs.
- xylothequeA collection of samples of various types of wood.
- yé-yéA genre of pop music of the early 1960s in Europe.
- ZaghouanA town in Tunisia.
- ZeccoA town in southern Burkina Faso, 2 miles from the border with Ghana
- zemidjanA motorcycle taxi found in Benin.
- zéphireA small dish of forcemeat, typically cooked in a mold and served with a rich sauce.
- ZeraldaA commune and municipality in Algiers Province, Algeria.
- zgougouThe edible pine nuts of the Aleppo pine, used to make a variety of dishes.
- zibelineA thick, soft woolen fabric with a long nap.
- zoolatryThe worship of animals.