Glossary - Glossaire
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pain (m) - bread
papa (m) - dad
papier (m) - paper
Pâques (m if singular, f if plural) – Easter
par – per, by
pardon – pardon, excuse me
parent (m) - parent
partir – to leave
pas – not (used with ne)
passer – to pass, spend (time)
pâtes (f pl) - pasta
pays (m) - country
pendant – during
penser – to think
perdre – to lose
perdu(e) - lost
père (m) - father
personne (f) – person (in negative: nobody)
petit(e) - small
petit déjeuner (m) – breakfast
petit pain (m) – bread roll
peu, un – a little
peuplé(e) - populated
pièce (f) - room
pied (m) – foot
pierre (f) - stone
pizza (m) - pizza
plante (f) - plante
plein(e) - full
pleuvoir – to rain
plus - more
poignet (m) - wrist
point (m) – dot, full stop
poisson (m) - fish
poivre (m) – pepper (spice, condiment)
poivron (m) – pepper (vegetable)
pomme (f) - apple
pomme de terre (f) – potato
population (f) - population
porte (f) - door
poulet (m) – chicken
pour – for
pouvoir – to be able to, can
pré (m) - meadow
prendre – to take
préparer – to prepare
prêt(e) - ready
printemps (m) - spring
priorité (f) – priority, right of way
prochain(e) - next
Additional information
(f) = feminine
noun (m) =
masculine
noun
(pl) = plural
Adjectives usually have different masculine and feminine forms. If the
feminine is formed by adding one or two letters to the masculine, it is
shown in this way:
petit(e) or blanc(he) – so blanc is the
form of white used with masculine nouns, and blanche is the form of
white used with feminine nouns.
If more of a change is required to form the feminine adjective, the
masculine and feminine forms are shown separately, for example:
nouveau, nouvelle – new (nouveau is used with masculine
nouns, and nouvelle is used with feminine nouns).