bons mots

un nouveau mot français chaque jour
a new french word every day

le francais n'est pas ma langue maternelle alors si je fais une erreur sur cette page, dites-la moi s'il vous plait!
french isn't my first language so if I make a mistake on this page (and I will probably make several), please tell me!

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Posts tagged french

Jun 3

étincelant

sparkling


se pacser

to enter into a pacs

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se pacser is a neologism based on the pacs (pacte civil de solidarité), a form of legally recognised union introduced in france at the turn of the century for both hetero- and homo-sexual couples. It’s a form of union that is legally recognised but with fewer rights and duties than traditional marriage.


Jun 2

le guêpier

bee-eater (bird); trap (figurative); wasp nest


la guêpe

wasp


Jun 1

époustouflant

staggering, mind-boggling


l’épée

sword


May 28

le requin

shark


May 27

la laïcité

secularism (more literally: civility)

it is France’s conception of the separation of church and state, enshrined in article 1 of its constitution, which gives France its status as a secular state.


May 24

taillader

to slash


May 23

entériner

to ratify, to confirm


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