FREN 2202-A Intro + Le Moyen Âge Flashcards
Le survol de
flying/skimming over
L’oeuvre
(n. f.) work; une oeuvre d’art = a work of art
Cibler
(v. t.) to target
Marquant
(adj.) significant
Les travaux
(n. m. plural) work/roadworks
Le Moyen Âge
the Middle Ages
La perdrix
partridge
Le fabliau
a metrical tale, typically a bawdily humorous one, of a type found chiefly in early French poetry
L’aventure
(n. f.) adventure
Le hasard
coincidence
Les soins
(n. m. plural) treatment
Le curé
parish priest; M le curé = Father
Cuire
(v. t. + v. i.) to cook
À la hâte
hurriedly
La broche
spit (as in spit-roasted) ; could also mean brooch, spike, and pin
Prélever
(v. t.) to take/to deduct/to withdraw
Régaler qn
(v. t.) to treat somebody to a delicious meal
Gourmand
(adj.) greedy
L’aile
(n. f.) wing (such as chicken wing)
Le mari
husband
Tire
(v. t.) to pull/to draw/to fire
L’affaire
(n. f.) case/business/matter/business/deal/bargain
L’arraché
(n. m.) snatch
Obtenir à l’arraché
to snatch
Chacun
(pronoun) each/everyone
Le sien/la sienne
(pronoun) his/hers (the gender of the term is determined by the gender of the possessed object)
Enlever
(v. t.) to remove/to kidnap/to take off
Le rire
laughter
Fuir
(v. t.) to flee from/avoid/to run away/to leak
Couvert
(adj.) covered/overcast
Tenir au chaud
(v. t.) to keep hot
Les louanges
(n. f. plural) praise
La foi
faith
La nappe
tablecloth
Le pré
meadow
Aiguiser
(v. t.) to sharpen
Le tranchant
(n. m.) cutting edge of a knife
La pierre
stone
La cour
yard/court
Maltraiter
(v. t.) to ill-treat/to abuse
Davantage de
(adv.) more
Le dommage
damage
Étonner
(v. t.) to surprise
Emporter
(v. t.) to take
Rattraper
(v. t.) to recapture
Le compagnon
companion/partner (living together)
L’haleine
(n. f.) breath
Volontiers
(adv.) gladly
Le chapelain
chaplain
La dame
courtesy a husband gives his wife
Le dit
short moral narrative
La haie
the hedge
La clôture
closure/closing/fence
Le hanap
Medieval drinking cup
Honnir
(v. t.) to shame/disgrace/dishonor; honni, humiliated, dishonored
Madre
veined wood for making hanaps
Le prud’homme
here, honorable man, of good advice
Messire, sire
title of which we greet a man
La treille
wire mesh
Le vilain
free peasant inhabiting a domain (no pejorative meaning)
Conquérir
(v. t.) to conquer
La toison
fleece
L’âge
(n. m) age
Le séjour
stay
Les aïeux
forebears/forefathers/grandparents
L’ardoise
(n. f.) slate
Le Gaulois
Gaul
L’air marin
(n. m.) the sea air
La douceur
softness
Angevin
(adj.) from Anjou
La mamelle
teat
Ores
(adv.) already
L’agneau
(n. m.) lamb
L’antre
(n. m.) den/lair
Le bois
wood
Avoué
(adj.) avowed
Ô
(exclamation) o/lo/oh
La querelle
quarrel
Nul
(adj.) rubbish
Sinon
(conjunction) otherwise
L’écho
(n. m.) echo
Errer
(v. i.) to wander
Parmi
(preposition) among
Tremblant
(adj.) trembling/shaking
Hérisser
(v. t.) to ruffle/to make stand on end/to fluff up
La peau
skin
Le troupeau
flock [of sheep]/herd [of cows]
Amasser
(v. t.) to amass
La caverne
cave
Rougir
(v. i.) to blush/to go red
La perle
bead
Dessus
(adv.) on top
La rive
shore/bank
Le fleuve
river
Riant
(adj.) pleasant/smiling/cheerful
Honteux
(adj.) ashamed/shameful/disgraceful
Le teint
complexion
Mignon
(adj.) sweet
Pourpre
(adj.) crimson
Pareil
(adj.) the same/like that/such
La marâtre
stepmother/cruel mother
Tandis que
(conjunction) while
Le fleuron
jewel
La nouveauté
novelty
Cueiller
(v. t.) to pick/to gather/to catch
La vieillesse
old age
Repousser
(v. i.) to grow again
Repousser
(v. t.) to repel/repulse/to reject/to postpone/to push back
La chandelle
tallow candle/candle
Divider
(v. t.) to unwind
L’étoile filante
(n. f.) shooting star
Le vers
line (of poetry)
Émerveiller
(v. t.) to fill with wonder
Ouïr
(v. t.) to hear
Le labour
labour
Sommeiller
(v. i.) to doze/to lie dormant
Bénir
(v. t.) to bless
L’ombre
(n. f.) shade/shadow
Accroupi
(adj.) squatting/crouching (down)
Fier
(adj.) proud
Le dédain
disdain
Jaloux
(adj.) jealous
L’aube
(n. f.) dawn
Arroser
(v. t.) to water/to drink to/to toast
L’ardeur
(n. f.) ardour/zeal/fervour
Languissant
(adj.) languid
La cendre
ash
Les obsèques
(n. f. plural) funeral
Le panier
basket
Le soupir
sigh
La larme
tear
Luisant
(adj.) shining/gleaming
Luire
(v. i.) to shine/to gleam/to glisten/to glow
La peine
trouble
Les maux
(n. m. plural) des maux de ventre = stomachache; des maux de tête = headache
Le front
forehead
Le luth
lute
La viole
viol (music)
L’archet
(n. m.) bow (music)
La voix
voice
La femelle
female (animal)
Tâter
(v. t.) to feel/to sound out
L’étincelle
(n. f.) spark
Couronner
(v. t.) to crown
Le laurier
laurel tree
Contraindre
(v. t.) contraindre qn à faire = to force somebody to do
Le roc
rock
Orné
(adj.): ornate
Éteindre
(v. t.): to turn off/to switch off
Louable
(adj.): praiseworthy/commendable
Pitoyable
(adj.): pitiful
Le sanglot
sob; éclater en sanglots = to burst into tears
La corde
rope/string (violin, tennis racket)
Tarir
(v.t. and v. i.): to dry up/to run dry
Cases
(adj.): cracked/bent
Mortel
(adj.): deadly/fatal
Noircir
(v. t.): to blacken/to make darker; (v. i.): to go black
Dès
(preposition): as early as; dès le mois de novembre = from November
La catharsis
catharsis (the purification and purgation of emotions through dramatic art, or it may be any extreme emotional state that results in renewal and restoration)
Le goût
taste
Marginal
(adj.) : marginal
Le marginal
dropout
Thématique
(adj.): thematic (of, relating to, or consulting a theme)
La vie quotidienne
everyday life
La faiblesse
weakness
Le schéma
diagram
Le cou
neck
Le geste
gesture
L’épopée
(n. f.): epic (literature)
Le jongleur/la jongleuse
juggler
Le parvis
square (in front of a church)
Le rassemblement
gathering/parade
Le recueil
collection (of poems)
Dérimer
(v. t.): to put in prose a work in verse
L’imprimerie
(n. f.): printing/printing works/printing house
Dans la foulée
immediately afterwards; la foulée = stride
Le/la dramaturge
dramatist/playwright
L’écrivain
(n. m): writer
Le noeud
knot/bow
