jonnybob's French words

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• AUTEURnounFrench52 findersA creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or preeminent ‘author’ of their works.
• BEGUINEnounFrench67 findersA ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance.
• BOURGEOISIEnounFrench87 findersA class of citizens who were wealthier members of the third estate.
• CABRIOLETnounFrench63 findersAn automobile with a retractable top.
• CHANTEUSEnounFrench51 findersA female singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.
• CONFITUREnounFrench19 findersa preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit
• DECLINATORnounFrench7 findersAn instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.
• DECOUPAGEnounFrench183 findersAn art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated.
• DETERMINANTnounFrench6 findersA determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
• ENFILADEnounFrench57 findersA line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.
• ESCARPMENTnounFrench217 findersA steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
• FLANEURnounFrench84 findersOne who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.
• FLEXIONnounFrench204 findersThe act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
• FRAMBOISEnounFrench65 findersRaspberry liqueur.
• FUSILIERnounFrench80 findersAn infantryman armed with a form of flintlock musket.
• GENDARMEnounFrench87 findersA member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
• GEODESICnounFrench398 findersThe shortest curve between two points on a specific surface.
• GRADATIONnounFrench51 findersA sequence of gradual, successive stages; a systematic progression.
• LANCERnounFrench27 findersA cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.
• LANGOUSTEnounFrench9 findersThe spiny lobster
• MUSCADETnounFrench20 findersA white grape grown chiefly in the Loire valley of France, or a dry white wine made from this grape.
• PRISMATICadjectiveFrench241 findersOf or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.
• RACONTEUSEnounFrench18 findersA female storyteller.
• SANGFROIDnounFrench158 findersComposure, self-possession or imperturbability especially when in a dangerous situation.
• TOURNEDOSnounFrench6 findersFilet mignon.
• VELODROMEnounFrench63 findersAn indoor arena, having an oval banked track for bicycle racing.

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