Lexis Rex Home

The French word for well is
puits





well

French Definition


well
     1. v. Bien.
     2. n. Puits.
     3. v. (Pour une émotion) Envahir.
           The water welled up.
           L'eau envahit/remplit l'endroit.
     4. interj. S'emploie avant de répondre à une question pour remplir un vide de la conversation, « ben », « écoutez », « enfin. »
     5. adj. (Pour la santé) Bonne.

Translations for well and their definitions

bien
     1. adj. good, all right, great
     2. adj. good looking, nice
     3. adv. well
           Ça va bien ? - It goes well?
           Il joue vraiment bien au football. - He plays soccer really well.
     4. adv. indeed; so
           Bien, on peut partir maintenant ? - So, can we leave now?
     5. adv. (followed by de, des, or du) a lot (of)
           Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. - Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
     6. adv. very; really
           C'est bien aimable à vous. - it's very considerate of you.
           C'est bien beau, mais... - It's all very well, but...
           Je te trouve bien silencieux aujourd'hui. - You seem very quiet today.
           Il est bien moche, ce type. Ce type est vraiment moche. - That guy is really ugly.
     7. adv. (in comparisons) much (more, less, better, etc.)
           Jérémie est bien plus fort que moi. - Jérémie is much stronger than me.
           bien meilleur que ... - much better than ..., much better than ...
     8. n-m. good as opposed to evil
     9. n-m. a commodity, a good
     10. n-m. a possession


puits ©
     1. n-m. well, shaft



source
     1. n-f. source, spring (of water)
     2. v. of sourcer
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of sourcer


ben
     1. interj. (informal) Well; uh
     2. n-m. (slang) pants, trousers


vachement
     1. adv. (slang) bloody, extremely
           Il est vachement beau. - He is bloody handsome.


eh bien
     1. interj. well (used to introduce a statement that may be contrary to expectations)


écoutez ©
     1. v. second-person plural present indicative of écouter
     2. v. second-person plural imperative of écouter; "<i>hark</i>!"


drôlement
     1. adv. funnily
     2. adv. loads, tons ("very much so")


bah
     1. interj. No.
           Bah, bah, bah !
           No, no, no!
     2. interj. (An exclamation to fill space, often used as an intensifier;) well, err, um
           Tu veux jouer aussi ? - Bah, ouais.
           Do you want to play too? - Well, yeah.


Dictionary entries from Wiktionary

Pronunciation

 ©

More French words for
All vocabulary sets
Random Quiz:
Quel est le mot pour rib?

Start learning French vocabulary

Subscribe to Word of the Day
Email: