English words from French
- galetteA type of flat, round cake from France.
- vitrineA glass-paneled cabinet or case, especially for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, fine merchandise, natural history specimens, etc.
- ordinaireWine for ordinary use.
- voluteThe characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
- fonduThe graded shift from one color into another.
- mutismThe inability to speak, be it from psychological or physical cause.
- craticRelating to counterions.
- tourbillonA rotating frame, containing the escapement of a clock or watch, that significantly compensates for the effects of gravity.
- remouladeA popular condiment in many countries, usually mayonnaise-based.
- oeufAn egg.
- BouchervilleA city in Montérégie, Quebec, Canada
- billonAny of several alloys of precious metals and base metals that are used (where legal) to make coins, medals etc.
- DroletA surname from French.
- PerrineauA surname from French.
- bandelierA surname from French.
- depilatoryThat removes hair
- DubayA surname.
- AuclairA surname from French.
- orgueAny of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack.
- victimologyThe study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons some people are more prone to be victims.
- galopA lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time.
- GroulxA surname from French
- calamineSynonym of smithsonite, a pink form of zinc oxide (mainly zinc carbonate ZnCO₃) formed as a byproduct of zinc sublimation, now used in skin lotions.
- refoulementThe involuntary sending of refugees or asylum seekers to their country of origin or another one, where they are likely to face persecution and harm.
- DoubsA department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Besançon.
- DeloriaA surname from French.
- mystificationThe act of mystifying or the condition of being mystified.
- DeguireA surname from French.
- apoplecticOf or relating to apoplexy.
- DelcambreA surname from French.
- AuberjonoisA surname from French.
- MeknesA city in the region of Fez-Meknes, Morocco.
- ChenardA surname from French.
- amandineA cosmetic cream prepared from almonds.
- lassitudeLethargy or lack of energy; fatigue, languor, listlessness
- cayesA seaport and commune of Cayes borough, Sud department, Haiti.
- immortelleAny of various papery flowers, often dried and used as decoration.
- BelleauA surname from French.
- AveyronA department of Occitania, France. Capital: Rodez (INSEE code 12).
- gigotA leg of lamb or mutton.
- gigueAn Irish dance, derived from the jig, used in the Partita form (Baroque Period).
- senatusA governing body in certain universities.
- BraudelA surname from French.
- renteIn France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc. that represent government indebtedness.
- vervetA small African monkey, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, having a long tail, a black face with white cheek tufts and a greenish-brown coat.
- serinAny of various small finches in the genus Serinus, with largely yellow plumage.
- LevalloisA surname from French.
- LaffontA surname from French.
- GemblouxA city in Namur, Belgium.
- anataseA blue or brown mineral, a form of titanium dioxide, used as a pigment.
- indubitableClearly true; providing no possibility of doubt.
- assimilativeTending to, or characterized by, assimilation.
- DeroyA surname from French.
- etalonAn optical device containing parallel mirrors, used as a narrow band filter, often in laser design.
- speleologyThe scientific study of caves.
- ComeauxA surname from French.
- percheronA breed of draught horse of a large, strong, usually dapple-grey type.
- BellairsA surname from French.
- MorgonA type of red wine from the Beaujolais region.
- cultivableCapable of being cultivated or farmed.
- guillocheA fine engraved pattern of spirals, intertwining bands, etc.
- NormandinA surname from French.
- VeilleuxA surname from French.
- anteroomA room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.
- garrigueA type of low scrubland found on limestone soils in southern France and other parts of the Mediterranean Basin.
- careenTo heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
- ethmoidA light spongy cubical bone at the root of the nose, forming much of the walls of the nasal cavity and part of those of the orbits and having many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.
- pastisA liqueur containing aniseed.
- DnieperA major river in Eastern Europe which flows south through Belarus, Russia and Ukraine into the Black Sea. (see usage notes)
- SavaryA surname from French.
- ergosterolThe steroid precursor of vitamin D₂. It is found in cell membranes of fungi, and is their functional equivalent of cholesterol. It is also found in the membranes of some protists.
- BoissevainA town in Manitoba, Canada
- basculeA counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers.
- noosphereThe sphere of human reason, thought, and consciousness, seen as a theoretical evolutionary stage.
- muskellungeA large freshwater gamefish of the pike family, native to the lakes and rivers of eastern and middle western North America; Esox masquinongy.
- cinquainA five-line poetic form which consists of 2, 4, 6, 8 then 2 syllables.
- EntremontA surname from French
- carlineA woman; also, a hag or witch.
- houssA covering, usually of textile (or mail) and attached to a saddle; a saddlecloth.
- chaussonA piece of armor for the leg and/or foot, chiefly in the form of chainmail covering the thigh above the knee (with the chausse covering the other half of the leg).
- berceuseA composition that resembles a lullaby, often in 6/8 time.
- DismukesA surname from French.
- SimoneauA surname from French.
- pouleA girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut.
- LabrecqueA surname from French.
- effacementThe act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement.
- milordAn English nobleman, especially one traveling Europe in grand style; a wealthy British gentleman.
- bancassuranceA banking and insurance structure in which insurance is sold through the bank or the bank's distribution channels.
- cavinA hollow route, adapted to cover troops and facilitate their approach to a place.
- BordesA surname from French.
- civilizeAmerican and Oxford British standard spelling of civilise.
- zebuA domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa, having a large fleshy hump on its back and a dewlap (Bos taurus indicus or bos indicus).
- declamationThe act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; loud speaking in public.
- CaraquetA town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- poufA headdress for women popular in 18th century France.
- epidoteAny of a class of mixed calcium iron aluminium sorosilicates found in metamorphic rocks.
- insubordinateRebellious or defiant to authority; contumacious.
- DupuytrenA French surname.
- apostilleA special certification established in 1961 for certifying foreign documents.
- habitantA member of a habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies.