French Word of the Day

Un avion = a plane (pronounced ah-vee-on) L'avion is also the name of the new (or maybe not-so-

un cliché = a print (for pictures) or a cliché. All this just to introduce today's article from

le championnat = championship, which in France (as in most of Europe) can only mean one thing:

fou (feminine folle) is an adjective that means crazy, wild, erratic le rire = laughter Un fou rire

Today, le 8 Mai, marks a couple of important anniversaries, in France and beyond: It marks WWII V-day

Answer's to the séries télé quiz are below. Typically, when importing TV series, we tend to

Une série télé = a TV series Can you match the French TV series below with their original titles? 1.

un fruit (pronounced fru - ee) = a fruit la mer = the sea fruits de mer is, now that I think about it

Pâques = Easter (pronounced pak) -- Posted By Mandor to French Word of the Day at 3/24/2008 12:39:00

un soupçon = a suspicion; a little bit, a trace of (pronounced soop - son) Eg J'ai des soupçons =

guili guili (pronounced guee-lee guee-lee) is what you say when tickling someone! -- Posted By Mandor

pareil = the same (pronounced pah - raye) Eg c'est pareil = it's the same see also même: eg J

un bavoir = a bib -- Posted By Mandor to French Word of the Day at 3/10/2008 09:17:00 AM

un / une = one. Some expressions with un/une: s'en jeter un (derrière la cravate) = to knock back

For some reason, we hae a lot of synonyms for la tête (head) or le visage (face), including: (la)

miam is the equivalent of "mmmh", an expression to signal that one is enjoying food... but

un nouveau-né or un nourrisson = a newborn Coming from, respectively: nouveau (feminine nouvelle) =

(une) dent = a tooth avoir une dent contre quelqu'un = to hold a grudge against someone La petite

la tête = head la queue = tail a couple of expressions that incorporate both: ça n'a ni queue ni

la blanquette is a French dish, whose name is derived from blanc ('c' is silent, feminine

une mouche (pronounced moosh) = a fly, bull's eye (when referring to a target) or a fake beauty

un cadeau (promounced kah-doh) = a present, a gift faire or donner un cadeau (à quelqu'un) = to

oui = yes (pronounced wee) non = no peut-être = maybe (literally could be, pronounced puh't-aytr)

un bouquet = a bouquet (duh!) Also worth noting: un bouquet garni (literally garnished bouquet) is a

un vacarme = noise, racket Other synonyms: le bruit (literally noise) (silent 't') le tapage

une camisole = a camisole (pronounced kah - mee - zol). Mental note: do not google-image-search a

une idée (pronouced ee-day) = an idea fixe = well... fixed une idée fixe = an obsession, an idea that

un poil (pronounced pwal) = a hair. An expression to know: à poil = naked (ie down to wearing nothing

Today, a few homonyms... all are pronounced so: un seau = a bucket un saut = a jump un sceau = a seal

une voix (pronounced voo-ah) = a voice. It also means (very appropriately) a vote or ballot. For