Nouns Flashcards

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perfidie

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treachery

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goulot

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bottleneck

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faïence

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pottery

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filet

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net

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chevet

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bedside

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corvées

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chores

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tomettes

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floor tiles

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dé à coudre

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thimble

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peigne

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comb

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hameçon

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fish hook

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archipel

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archipelago

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pitance

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ration

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ruisseau

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stream

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veuve

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widow

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péniche

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barge

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mare

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pond

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bave

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slime

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grésillement

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crackle

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laideur

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ugliness

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liasse

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bundle

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fouet

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whip

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prévenance

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thoughtfulness

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perquisition

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raid

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pare-brise

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windscreen

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soubresaut
jolt
26
porcherie
pigsty
27
écriteau
sign
28
lacune
loophole
29
brevet
certificate
30
cadet
middle / youngest child
31
flot
flow
32
honte
shame
33
énervement
excitement
34
comble
peak
35
varcarme
racket (noise)
36
carrosserie
chassis
37
essuie-glace
windscreen wiper
38
secousse
a shake
39
sottise
foolishness
40
maladresse
clumsiness
41
malédiction
curse
42
génie
genius
43
mécène
patron
44
gifle
slap
45
bac
container
46
allure
appearance
47
clinquant
glitz
48
boutade
witticism
49
fusée
rocket
50
lustre
chandelier
51
fusée
rocket
52
bourbe
mud
53
lambeaux
strips
54
une pichenette
a flick
55
farfadet
leprechaun
56
puits
well
57
gavage
force-feeding
58
chenapan
scamp
59
l'orée
the edge
60
piégeage
trapping
61
amertume
bitterness
62
approbation
approval
63
abreuvoir
water fountain
64
amoncellement
pile
65
râleuse
nag
66
veuve
widow
67
héritier
heir
68
bigoudi
hair curler
69
supplice
torment
70
gens du peuple
common people
71
assoupissement
sleepiness
72
calèche
horse and cart
73
brûlure
burn (noun)
74
fougue
passion
75
tonneaux
barrels
76
pire crainte
worst fear
77
bout de chiffon
piece of rag
78
bribes
snippets
79
reliure
spine (book)
80
éventail
array
81
éructation
belching
82
peinture aquarelle
watercolour painting
83
cruche
pitcher
84
mœurs
morals
85
mât
flagpole (mast)
86
hécatombe
disaster
87
fossés
ditches
88
cure-dent
toothpick
89
lessive
laundry
90
vase
sludge
91
supplice
torment
92
rogatons
leftovers
93
écusson
shield
94
déclencheur
trigger
95
netteté
clarity
96
enchevêtrement
tangle
97
chantage
blackmail
98
parcelle
plot of land
99
cahot
bump in the road
100
éboulis
scree
101
lézardes
cracks
102
épave
wreck
103
ivrogne
drunkard
104
raclement
scraping noise
105
séquelles
after-effects
106
banlieue cossue
posh suburb
107
échantillons
samples
108
enchère
auction
109
démarrage
start
110
otage
hostage
111
hasard
coincidence / chance
112
verseau
Aquarius
113
cagnotte
jackpot
114
remaniement
redistribution
115
judas
peep hole
116
combiné
telephone receiver
117
croisière
cruise
118
réverbère
street lamp
119
fardeau
burden
120
toupie
spinning top
121
pendaison
hanging
122
bémol
drawback
123
sous-vireur
understeer
124
tare
defect
125
pétrin
pickle - bad situation (ie dans in tel pétrin)
126
élagage
pruning
127
rocade
bypass / ring road
128
bossu
hunchback
129
montgolfière
hot air balloon
130
dérapage
skid
131
cache-cache
hide and seek
132
chiromancie
palm reading
133
mise sous tutelle
custody / guardianship
134
orgueil
pride
135
feu rouge
traffic light
136
filet à bagages
luggage rack
137
pétage de cable
breakdown
138
cohue
crowd
139
diligence
stage coach
140
raccourci
shortcut
141
manant
villain / peasant
142
massue
bludgeon
143
devinette
riddle
144
dégât
damage
145
chasse d’eau
toilet flush
146
accouchement
childbirth
147
gabarit
template
148
boudin
rod
149
la cata
disaster
150
amertume
bitterness
151
chope
tankard
152
échafaud
gallows / scaffold
153
usure
wear-and-tear
154
orgueil
pride
155
fioriture
flourish
156
cosses
pods
157
bémol
drawback
158
noirceur
darkness
159
étreinte
embrace
160
enchevêtrement
tangle
161
nuées
swarms
162
voltige
acrobatics
163
bourrasque
gale
164
railleries
taunts
165
acharnement
persistence
166
éboulement
cave-in
167
cageots
crates
168
nids
nests
169
engin
machine
170
balise
marker / tag
171
feu de joie
bonfire
172
bouclier
shield
173
gloussement
chuckle
174
socle
base
175
fond marin
seabed
176
enjeux
concerns / challenges
177
bouée
buoy
178
landes
moors
179
houle
swell (sea)
180
des données
data
181
parrains
sponsors
182
parrains
sponsors
183
salto
somersault
184
écuyer
squire
185
sillon
groove
186
trac
stage fright
187
clou
highlight of x
188
presqu’île
peninsula
189
gifle
slap
190
escouade
squad
191
chouïa
smidge
192
chablon
stencil
193
prélèvement
specimen
194
quadrillage
grid
195
goudron
tar
196
gadou
slush
197
clôture
fence
198
ordures
garbage
199
énième
umpteenth
200
représailles
retaliation
201
bourreau
executioner
202
allégresse
joy
203
ornière
rut
204
attelle
splint
205
brancard
stretcher
206
méfiance
mistrust
207
l’enjou
the stakes
208
fiacre
carriage
209
les potins
gossip
210
gaspiller
to waste
211
absous
absolution
212
tintement
clink
213
saute d’humeur
mood swing
214
charrure
plow
215
ainés
elders
216
détournement
misuse
217
fréquentation
dating
218
fourre-tout
catch-all
219
comptine
nursery rhyme
220
corrida
bullfighting
221
vidanges
sewage
222
meuf
girlfriend
223
calvaire
ordeal
224
rebondissements
plot twists
225
décharge publique
tip / landfill
226
aimant
magnet
227
parrainage
sponsorship
228
lien de parrainage
referral link
229
enjoliveur
hubcap
230
girouette
weather vane
231
appuis-tête
head rest
232
fillette
little girl
233
monticule
mound
234
auvent
canopy
235
achalandage
footfall
236
anicroche
hitch
237
bornes d’arcade
arcade games
238
gradin
tier
239
loge
box (e.g sports / theatre viewing)
240
rancune
grudge
241
faire la bringue
paint the town red
242
trait d’union
hyphen
243
essaim
swarm
244
déclinaison
version
245
onde
wave
246
deuil
grief
247
vallon
valley
248
coup de feu
gunshot
249
ivrogne
drunkard
250
fougue
passion
251
émeute
riot
252
mépris
contempt
253
immondice
filth
254
coffre-fort
safe
255
ristourne
drawback
256
bévue
blunder
257
aperçu
overview
258
octet
byte
259
récit
narrative
260
cor
horn
261
grosse caisse
bass drum
262
salve
burst
263
complainte
lament
264
butte
hill
265
bécosse
outhouse (or toilet bowl in Quebecois)
266
frayeur
fear
267
virage
bend
268
gerbe d’eau
spray of water
269
blason
sigil
270
souper de repetition
rehearsal dinner
271
entaille
gash
272
volonté
willpower
273
apnée
holding your breath
274
bagarre
fight
275
chevauchée
spree
276
libre arbitre
free will
277
remarques déplacées
inappropriate comments
278
laps de temps
period of time
279
gommage
scrub / exfoliant
280
hargne
vitriol
281
cailloux
stones
282
bienséance
decorum
283
coup de bol
fluke
284
lubie
fad
285
remords
remorse
286
la clope
the smoking / cigarettes
287
échec
failure
288
rainure
groove
289
màj
update (literally mis à jour)
290
denrée
commodity
291
bourdonnement
buzzing noise
292
faisceau
beam
293
topo
rundown
294
système de cotation
rating system
295
gâchis
mess
296
minaudière
groupie
297
lubie
hare-brained idea
298
cavalière
plus one
299
fanfreluches
bells and whistles
300
aigreur
sourness
301
tapage
disturbance
302
réveillon
Christmas Eve / New Years Eve
303
sinécure
picnic (idiomatic sense - it’s no picnic)
304
bastingage
ship’s rail
305
rouerie
treachery
306
fourberie
deviousness
307
raclée
a beating
308
jour férié
bank holiday
309
cadette
youngest child (female)
310
pulsion
impulse
311
déboires
setbacks
312
pacotille
junk / tat
313
fêtes arrosées
drunken parties
314
mendiant
beggar
315
consigne
instruction
316
fac
college
317
geôle
jail (antiquated)
318
péché mortel
deadly sin
319
fardeau
burden
320
effluves
fumes
321
aubaine
godsend
322
cerceuil
coffin
323
animaux domestiques
pets
324
sieste
nap
325
constat
observation
326
éloge
praise
327
joyaux
jewels
328
exutoire
outlet
329
premier cycle
undergraduate
330
remue-ménage
commotion
331
dégringolade
nosedive
332
hébétude
numbness
333
faux-semblant
pretense
334
acharnement
determination
335
contrariété
annoyance
336
égérie
spokesperson
337
filature
tailing
338
pagaille
mess
339
fatras
hodgepodge
340
élan
momentum
341
leurre
lure
342
richesse
wealth
343
brimades
bullying
344
dernier recours
last resort
345
cloison
partition
346
mansuétude
leniency
347
mièvrerie
soppiness
348
résultat
outcome
349
camouflet
affront / slap in the face
350
poudre de perlimpinpin
snake oil / pixie dust
351
engouement
enthusiasm
352
canular
hoax
353
liesse
jubilation
354
foi
faith
355
péripétie
drama
356
cabrioles
antics
357
giclée
spurt
358
croque-mitaine
bogeyman
359
émeute
riot
360
avanies
indignities
361
âpreté
harshness
362
riverains
local residents
363
ressources limitées
finite resources
364
déboisement
deforestation
365
délateur
whistle blower
366
brin rebelle
rebellious streak
367
bonté
goodness
368
quolibet
jibe
369
enjouement
playfulness
370
couches de salissures
layers of dirt
371
fente
slit
372
glapissement
yelp
373
grumeaux
lumps
374
entrave
obstacle
375
vivats
cheers
376
taudis
hovel
377
surcroît de
extra (of x)
378
guerrier
warrior
379
rescapé
survivor
380
vaguelette
ripple
381
lassitude
fatigue
382
fourmillement
tingling
383
badaud
bystander
384
éclaireur
scout
385
chambardement
upheaval
386
cierge
votive candle
387
déflagration
detonation
388
désarroi
dismay
389
abnégation
self-sacrifice
390
jacasseur
chatterbox
391
marche à suivre
procedure
392
soubresaut
twitch
393
réjouissance
revelry
394
morsure
bite
395
galerie
tunnel
396
hampe
shaft
397
achalandage
clientele
398
nourisson
infant
399
majuscules
upper case letters
400
zèle
zeal
401
péripéties
ups and downs
402
passé révolu
bygone era
403
ravages
devastation
404
eau croupie
dirty water
405
cellular capitonnée
padded cell
406
ton railleur
scoffing tone
407
giron
fold (Christian sense)
408
comparse
sidekick
409
goût infect
nasty taste
410
sollicitude
kindly concern
411
décombres
wreckage
412
goûter
snack
413
foudres
wrath
414
basse-cour
farmyard
415
lacune
shortcoming
416
contresens
mistranslation
417
leurre
decoy
418
plein gré
own free will
419
calvitie
baldness
420
miroitement
shimmer
421
trêve
truce
422
énergumènes
oddballs
423
vantardises
brags
424
décuplé
tenfold increase
425
pique
spade (cards)
426
augure
omen
427
armoiries
coat of arms
428
laisser-aller
neglect
429
prestataire
provider
430
carambolage
pileup
431
désinvolture
flippancy
432
carriole
cart
433
estafilade
slash
434
deuil
grief
435
baffe
slap
436
tracas
hassle
437
néant
nothingness
438
houppette
powder puff
439
diablotin
imp
440
écrin
jewellery box
441
appât
lure
442
augure
omen
443
kyrielle
plethora
444
flagorneur
sycophant
445
forfanterie
boastfulness
446
décoction
brew
447
trouillard
coward
448
cloque
splotch
449
anfractuosité
crevice
450
ride
ripple
451
faisceau
beam
452
intox
brainwashing
453
sciage
sawing
454
équivoque
ambiguity
455
inimitié
hostility
456
rejeton
offspring
457
fournée
batch
458
potins
gossip
459
battage
hype
460
auto tamponneuse
bumper car
461
bidon d’huile
oil drum
462
cale
hold
463
éraflure
scuff mark
464
tabatière
snuff box
465
rafle
raid
466
réprouvée
outcast
467
canaille
scoundrel
468
jeton
token
469
cerf volant
kite
470
puits
well
471
astre
celestial body
472
nacelle
pod (on a ride or spaceship)
473
kermesse
carnival
474
rabat
flap
475
landau
pram
476
paratonnerre
lightning rod
477
torgnole
wallop
478
pépite
golden nugget
479
trépignement
a stamping of feet
480
tertre
mound
481
suaire
shroud
482
linceul
shroud
483
sépulture
final resting place
484
chaux
whitewash
485
requérant
plaintiff
486
postiche
toupee
487
badinage
banter
488
hostie
communion wafer / sacrament
489
la superficie
the surface area
490
le contrat de bail
the lease agreement
491
la caution
the deposit
492
autrui
others
493
mot-valise
portmanteau
494
comportement
behaviour
495
renflement
bulge
496
biberon
baby’s bottle / sippy cup
497
crécelle
rattle
498
scélératesse
villainy
499
tombereau
dumper truck