Français-Grundwortschatz und Wortsammlungen

French connectors and formal alternatives that lift an essay: ainsi, par conséquent, dès lors, en l'occurrence, en vertu de, à l'instar de. Each marked for how formal it is, so the register stays consistent.

French legal terminology as it appears in practice: le droit, la loi, le Code civil, le Code pénal, la jurisprudence, le décret. Covers court procedure, recurring contract clauses and criminal against civil vocabulary.

Advanced French vocabulary for the DELF and DALF exams: society, politics, science and culture, plus the essay words examiners expect — l'enjeu, la problématique, le constat, la démarche, le dispositif, la mise en œuvre, le bilan.

French words that sound almost identical and mean different things: accepter and excepter, affecter and effectuer, allusion and illusion, amener and emmener. Each pair with what separates them and an example of both.

French for working in hospitality rather than eating out: le serveur, le chef cuisinier, le commis de cuisine, le sommelier, le maître d'hôtel. Plus station names and the phrases used with guests up to the bill.

French proverbs still used in ordinary conversation: qui vivra verra, mieux vaut tard que jamais, l'habit ne fait pas le moine, petit à petit l'oiseau fait son nid. Each with its meaning and English equivalent.

French vocabulary for marketing work: le marketing, la publicité, la marque, le produit, le consommateur, la cible. Covers branding and campaigns, digital channels and the metrics that get reported back to a client.

French linking words sorted by the job they do in a sentence: mais, et, ou, donc, car, or, cependant. Covers cause, consequence, contrast and conclusion, each with an example, since the register varies more than the meaning.

French IT terminology for working on a francophone team: le logiciel, le matériel, le programme, le système d'exploitation, le serveur, le réseau. Covers programming and code review, databases and infrastructure.

Medical French for staff treating French-speaking patients: le patient, l'infirmier, le chirurgien, l'anesthésiste, le cardiologue. Covers symptoms, diagnoses and treatments plus the vocabulary for taking a history.

Word pairs where Quebec and metropolitan French part ways: char and voiture, blonde and petite amie, chum and petit ami, magasiner and faire les courses. Shown side by side with the context each variant belongs to.

French vocabulary for an ordinary working day: le bureau, l'ordinateur, l'écran, le clavier, la souris, l'imprimante, plus job titles and departments and the phrases for asking a colleague or raising a problem.

French irregular verbs grouped by conjugation pattern, starting with the ones used constantly — être, avoir, aller, faire, dire, pouvoir, vouloir. Present, past and future forms, each with an example sentence in an ordinary phrase.

French idioms that make no sense translated literally — avoir le cafard, coûter les yeux de la tête, avoir la pêche, poser un lapin, tomber dans les pommes. Each with its real meaning and the nearest English equivalent.

French slang as it is actually spoken: le truc, le mec, la meuf, le boulot, la bouffe, bouffer, bosser, kiffer. Each entry says what it means and how informal it sounds, so nothing lands in the wrong company.

Business French for the situations that matter most: la réunion, le bureau, le projet, l'entreprise, le client, le contrat, le budget. Covers meetings and presentations, negotiating terms and professional correspondence.

French vocabulary for an ordinary day at home, built around the reflexive verbs a routine actually needs: se réveiller, se lever, se doucher, se brosser les dents, s'habiller. Plus rooms, furniture and household items.

Body parts in French from la tête, la main and le bras to the organs that come up at an appointment, plus the vocabulary of symptoms and common conditions needed to explain what hurts and how long it has hurt.

French vocabulary for saying how you feel: heureux, triste, en colère, content, surpris, fatigué, stressé, déçu. Covers immediate reactions and lasting moods, each marked with the register it belongs to.

French words that look like English ones and mean something else: assister means to attend, attendre means to wait, la librairie is a bookshop and la journée is a whole day. Each pair gives the word you actually needed.

French food vocabulary for reading a menu without guessing: le pain, le fromage, le vin, la viande, le poulet, le poisson, le beurre. Plus cooking methods, the classics of French cuisine and the phrases used to order.

French verb forms across the tenses used most: je suis, j'ai été, je serai, j'ai, j'ai eu, j'aurai. Regular patterns sit beside the irregular forms that break them, each with a sentence putting the form in context.

French phrases for opening a conversation and not stalling after the greeting: comment allez-vous, ça va bien merci, et vous, je m'appelle. Plus the small talk about weather, work and weekends that usually follows.

Numbers in French from un, deux and trois upward, with everything built on them: months, days of the week, telling the time and writing dates. Includes the counting quirks above sixty that catch out almost every learner.