English words from French
- ronyonA mangy or scabby creature.
- Roquefort-sur-SoulzonA city and town in the department of Aveyron, Occitania, France.
- roquelaureA lined and trimmed cloak that reaches to the knees, often with bright-coloured lining and trimmed with fur.
- rosbifAn English person (as viewed by the French).
- Rose CroixRosicrucianism
- RostainA surname from French.
- RostandianOf or relating to Edmond Rostand (1868–1918), French poet and dramatist.
- rotondeA ruff worn during the beginning of the 17th century; a cope.
- roturePlebeian rank in France.
- rouanneA branding iron.
- 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.
- rounceThe handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again.
- rousetteAny of a number of species of fruit bat, of the genus Rousettus.
- RoussinA surname from French.
- RouvièreA surname from French.
- Rouyn-NorandaA city and regional county municipality of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.
- roynishMangy; scabby.
- royteletA little king.
- 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.
- rubifyto make red; to cause to redden
- rucheA strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.
- rudenturecabling
- rudistAny of many box-, tube- or ring-shaped marine heterodont bivalves from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
- RuffieuxA village in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
- rugineAn instrument for scraping the periosteum from bones; a raspatory.
- rumbullionSynonym of rum, an alcoholic beverage distilled from sugarcane, similar spirits.
- RumelangeA municipality with city status of Esch-sur-Alzette canton, in southern Luxembourg.
- ruse de guerreA stratagem of war.
- RusioA village in Haute-Corse department, Corsica, France.
- RussawA surname from French.
- rustreA lozenge with a smaller round hole in the centre, showing the field (rarely used).
- ruttierA chart of a course, especially at sea.
- SabattierA surname from French
- Sable IslandAn island of Nova Scotia, Canada. A small island and sand bar of Canada in the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and in its jurisdiction.
- Sables-d'Or-les-PinsA coastal settlement in Fréhel commune, Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France.
- sabotiereThe inner of two buckets used in the production of ice cream; the bucket which contained the ice cream and sat inside the larger bucket of ice which froze the ice cream.
- 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.
- saccholacticDesignating a kind of acid (saccholactic acid) prepared from sugar of milk.
- sackbutA brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide trumpet.
- sadetA type of spiritual leader or witch doctor among the Jarai people of Southeast Asia.
- sadicSadistic.
- safraninsafranine
- sagathya fine twilled worsted fabric which was used formerly for clothes and curtains and is similar to serge
- sageniteacicular rutile occurring in reticulated forms embedded in quartz
- Saguenay–Lac-Saint-JeanA region of Quebec, Canada.
- 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 CroixAn island and district of the United States Virgin Islands.
- 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 Lawrence RiverA large river in Canada, connecting the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
- 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
- Saint VerhaegenAn annual student celebration in Brussels commemorating the founding of the Free University of Brussels in 1834 by Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen.
- Saint-YbarsA village and commune of Ariège department, Occitania, France.
- sajouA spider monkey or capuchin.
- 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.
- salifyTo react so as to form a salt
- 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.
- salle d'armesA hall or room used for fencing.
- sallendersAn eruption on the hind leg of a horse.
- 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.