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French vocabulary B1: What things look like
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Words for what things look, feel and sound like: size and shape, texture, light and colour, materials, noise and silence, and how new or worn things are, such as “étroit”, “lisse”, “le marbre”, “bruyamment” and “flambant neuf”.
74 French words at level B1, with their translation.
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trouble (vue ou image)
blurry (sight or image)also: blurred, fuzzy
uni (d'une seule couleur)also: unie
plain (one colour)
solide
strong (difficult to break)also: sturdy, robust, tough, hard-wearing
pur (sans mélange)also: pure
pure
prononcé (un accent ou une odeur)also: prononcée
strong (noticeable)also: marked, pronounced, noticeable
vierge
blank (not written on)
ancien (d'un objet de valeur)also: ancienne
antique (old and valuable)
cachéalso: cachée
hidden
frais (pas encore sec)also: fraîche
wet (not dry yet)
standard (une taille)
regular (size)also: standard
abîméalso: abîmée, endommagé, endommagée
damaged
antique
ancient
la forme (l'aspect d'un objet)
shape
le motif (sur un tissu)
patternalso: design
la bulle
bubble
le solide (ni liquide ni gaz)
solid (not liquid or gas)
le liquide (pas solide)
liquidalso: fluid
la substance
stuff (a substance)also: substance
éclairer (une pièce ou un lieu)
to light (a room or a place)also: to light up
la poudre
powder
voyantalso: voyante
bold (easy to notice)also: loud, flashy, showy, eye-catching
brillant (qui brille)also: brillante
shinyalso: gleaming
intense (une couleur)
deep (a colour)also: intense, rich
lumineux (une pièce)also: lumineuse
light (full of daylight)also: well-lit, bright
usé (vêtement ou chaussures)also: usée
worn out (clothes or shoes)also: worn, worn-out, threadbare
le plomb
lead (metal)
immensealso: énorme, gigantesque
hugealso: enormous, gigantic, tremendous, immense
étroitalso: étroite
narrow
épaisalso: épaisse
thick (not thin)
le fer (le métal)
iron (the metal)
le métal
metal
l'ivoire
ivory
tranquillementalso: paisiblement
quietly (without activity)also: peacefully, calmly
l'ombre (la forme sombre)
shadow
l'obscuritéalso: le noir
darknessalso: the dark
obscur (plein d'ombre)also: obscure
shadowyalso: dark, gloomy
le reflet (bref éclat de lumière)
glintalso: gleam
raide (une pente)
steep (of a slope)
collant (comme de la colle)also: collante
sticky
tranchantalso: tranchante
sharp (able to cut)
minusculealso: miniature
tinyalso: very small, minuscule, mini
gigantesquealso: immense, énorme
giganticalso: huge, enormous, tremendous, immense
lisse
smooth
monumentalalso: monumentale
monumental
rugueuxalso: rugueuse, râpeux, râpeuse
rough (not smooth)
la cire
wax
à voix basse
in a low voicealso: in a quiet voice, in hushed tones
à plat
lying flatalso: flat
éclatant (une lumière vive)also: éclatante
bright (full of light)also: dazzling
illuminer
to illuminatealso: to light up, to brighten
coloréalso: colorée
colourful (full of colours)also: colorful
bleu marine
navy bluealso: navy, navy-blue
le marbre
marble (stone)
le jade
jade
bruyamment
noisily
assourdissantalso: assourdissante
deafeningalso: thunderous, ear-splitting
la rayure
stripealso: scratch
tout neufalso: toute neuve, flambant neuf, flambant neuve
brand newalso: brand-new
rayéalso: rayée
stripedalso: stripy
le rubis
ruby (stone)
ambre
amber (colour)also: amber-coloured
en colimaçon
in a spiralalso: spiralling, coiled
vert d'eau
sea greenalso: sea-green
distinctement
distinctlyalso: clearly
sans bruitalso: silencieusement
quietly (without noise)also: silently, noiselessly
silencieusementalso: sans bruit
silentlyalso: noiselessly, quietly
uniformément
evenlyalso: uniformly
visuellement
visually
inconfortable (un siège ou un lit)
uncomfortable (a seat or bed)
en spirale
spiral (adjective)
démodéalso: démodée, passé de mode
old-fashionedalso: outdated, out of date, unfashionable
en flammesalso: en feu
burning (on fire)also: on fire, in flames
flambant neufalso: flambant neuve, tout neuf, toute neuve
brand newalso: brand-new
le scintillement
sparklealso: twinkle, glitter
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