Daily French Audio - Words
Words used in this podcast
| Word | Root | Meanings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| yeux | 1. n. plural of œil | ||
| œil | 1. n-m. (anatomy, plural yeux) eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see | ||
| 2. n-m. (plural œils) glyph, rendering of a single character | |||
| 3. n-m. (plural œils) eye (of a needle) | |||
| parie | 1. v. first-person singular present indicative of parier | ||
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of parier | |||
| 3. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of parier | |||
| 4. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of parier | |||
| 5. v. second-person singular imperative of parier | |||
| parier | 1. v. to bet (make a guess about the outcome of an event) | ||
| chaussure | 1. n. shoe | ||
| 2. n. the shoe industry | |||
| picotait | 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of picoter | ||
| picoter | 1. v. (of a bird) to peck | ||
| 2. v. (informal) to bug, to pester, to annoy | |||
| 3. v. to itch, to prickle | |||
| 4. v. to tingle | |||
| taureau | 1. n-m. bull | ||
| 2. n-m. Taurus | |||
| carrière | 1. n. (originally) racecourse | ||
| 2. n. career | |||
| 3. n. quarry | |||
| tigre | 1. n-m. tiger | ||
| tigrer | 1. v. to stripe (as a tiger) | ||
| laverie | 1. n. laundry | ||
| 2. n. | | | | | | | | laundromat | |||
| dur | 1. adj. hard, tough (difficult to penetrate) | ||
| 2. adj. hard (not soft) | |||
| 3. adj. hard, tough (not easy, difficult) | |||
| 4. adj. harsh (e.g. harsh conditions) | |||
| 5. adj. (arts) harsh (of a penstroke) | |||
| traverser | 1. v. to cross, to go across | ||
| église | 1. n. (architecture, Christianity) church | ||
| serviette | 1. n. towel (cloth used for wiping) | ||
| 2. n. napkin | |||
| 3. n. briefcase | |||
| mécanicien | 1. n-m. mechanic (a skilled worker capable of building or repairing machinery) | ||
| squelette | 1. n. (anatomy) skeleton | ||
| fauteuil | 1. n. armchair |