1000 Most Common French Words

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This page continues the list of most common French words along with their English translation.
By now, you should have learned the first 300 most used French words. Please, see the index
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Most Used French words 201-300

Rank French word English translation Part of speech

201. cet this, that (before vowel and

demonstrative
mute h) (seeadjective
#25, 73, 9

202. main hand noun

203. cela this, that (used in formal contexts

demonstrative
and expressions
pronoun

204. vite quickly, fast, soon adverb

205. oublier to forget, miss verb

206. air air; look, appearance, manner

noun

207. salut greeting; Hi!, Hello!, Bye! noun,

(see #180)
onomatopoeia

208. fils son noun

209. travailler to work, work on, practiseverb

210. moins less adverb

211. tête head, face noun

212. coup blow, shot, kick, punch noun

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213. écouter to listen to verb

214. raison reason noun

215. manger to eat verb

216. amour love, love affair, cupid noun

217. entrer to go in, enter, come in verb

218. dont whose, of which relative pronoun, interrog

219. nouveau new, fresh noun, adjective

220. devenir to become verb

221. hein what?, eh?, Huh? (familiar)

onomatopoeia

222. commencer to start, begin verb

223. merde shit (vulgar), bull, crap, damn

onomatopoeia, noun

224. moment moment, while, point noun

225. voiture car, coach, carriage noun

226. vieux old; old man, old woman adjective, noun

227. demain tomorrow adverb

228. revoir to see again, review; goodbye; french.languagedai

noun, verb

229. elles they (refers to a group of feminine

personal nouns
pronoun
or female

230. payer to pay verb

231. fou mad, crazy; madman, fooladjective, noun

232. tirer to pull, draw verb

233. ouvrir to open verb

234. oeil eye, view (= œil) (plural isnoun

yeux)

235. fait event, fact noun

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236. changer to change, exchange verb

237. question question, matter noun

238. tomber to fall verb

239. assez enough, quite, fairly adverb

240. foutre (slang) to do, give, put on;verb

(vulgar) to have sex, to

241. excuser to forgive, pardon, excuseverb

242. affaire affiar, business noun

243. dormir to sleep; to lie idle verb

244. combien how much, how many adverb

245. frère brother noun

246. travail wor, labor, employment noun

247. idée idea, opinion noun

248. eh hey! onomatopoeia

249. puis next, then, besides, plus (in

conjunction,
addition) adverb

250. famille family; languagedaily dot noun

com

251. truc trick, knack, thing noun

252. trois three numerical adjective

253. tant much, so much adverb

254. souvenir memory, souvenir; to remember

verb, noun

255. ni nor, or (negative) conjunction

256. tous everything, all (plural) indefinite pronoun

257. occuper to occupy, live in, take upverb

258. entre between, among preposition

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259. ok OK; okay (satisfactory) adjective, adverb

260. marcher to walk, march, go verb

261. chance luck, fortune, chance noun

262. aujourd'hui today, nowadays adverb

263. envoyer to send, throw, dispatch, refer

verb

264. histoire history, story noun

265. jeune young, youthful; young person

adjective, noun

266. tard late adverb

267. apprendre to learn, to hear (about) verb

268. minute minute noun

269. boire to drink (consume alcohol),

verbto soak up

270. garder to keep, to look after, to guard

verb

271. quelques some (quantity), small number,

indefinite
a few
adjective

272. type type, kind; guy (colloquial)noun

273. porte gate, door noun

274. montrer to show, point out verb

275. mec guy, bloke noun

276. asseoir to sit down, sit up verb

277. porter to carry, wear verb

278. attention attention onomatopoeia, noun

279. année year noun

280. sous under preposition

281. prêt ready adjective

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282. contre against preposition

283. prier to pray verb

284. pendant for, during preposition

285. mois month noun

286. meilleur better; the best one adjective, noun

287. servir to serve verb

288. madame madam, Mrs noun

289. putain whore, hooker noun

290. écrire to write verb

291. part part, share noun

292. eau water noun

293. sang blood noun

294. place room, square, seat noun

295. espérer to hope for verb

296. plein full, solid adjective, preposition

297. désoler to distress, upset verb

298. eux them, they personal pronoun

299. retrouver to find; to meet verb

300. ville town, city noun

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Index of most common French words

- Top 50 French words

- Most common French words: 51-100
- Most common French words: 101-150
- Most common French words: 151-200
- Most common French words: 201-300
- Most common French words: 301-400
- Most common French words: 401-500
- Most common French words: 501-600
- Most common French words: 601-700
- Most common French words: 701-800
- Most common French words: 801-900
- Most common French words: 901-1000

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