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French vocabulary B1: Weather, the planet and the environment
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Weather, the planet and the environment: rain and storms, cold and heat, sunrise and sunset, compass points, oceans and seas, waste and recycling. Words such as la foudre, le coucher du soleil, le nord-est and le recyclage.
66 French words at level B1, with their translation.
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se lever (soleil ou lune)
to rise (sun or moon)also: to come up
glacéalso: glacée, glacial, glaciale
icy (very cold)also: freezing
se coucher (le soleil)
to set (sun)also: to go down
la saison
season
emporter (qqch sous l'effet du vent)
to blow away (sth)
la planète
planet
l'univers
the universealso: universe
l'océan
ocean
atlantique
Atlantic
renverser (qqch sous l'effet du vent)
to blow down (sth)
se réfugier
to take refugealso: to seek refuge
solaire
solar
marin (de la mer)
marine (of the sea)also: sea
la décharge (de déchets)also: la décharge de déchets
landfillalso: landfill site, rubbish dump, rubbish tip, dump
s'abriter (de qqch)
to shelter (from sth)also: to take shelter
l'hémisphère
hemisphere
environnementalalso: environnementale, écologique
environmentalalso: eco
le déchetalso: les déchets
waste (material thrown away)
le carburant
fuel (for engines)
les ordures
rubbishalso: garbage, trash, refuse
occidental (pays et culture)also: occidentale, de l'ouest
Western (countries and culture)
le sud-est
south-eastalso: southeast, south east
le sud-ouest
south-westalso: southwest, south west
le nord-estalso: du nord-est
north-eastalso: northeast, north east, northeastern, north-eastern
le nord-ouestalso: du nord-ouest
north-westalso: northwest, north west, northwestern, north-western
la Méditerranéealso: la mer Méditerranée
the Mediterraneanalso: Mediterranean, the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea
géographique
geographicalalso: geographic
la brise
breeze
l'éclair (d'orage)
lightning (flash)
l'averse
shower (of rain)also: rain shower
la chaleur
heat (high temperature)also: warmth
le séismealso: le tremblement de terre
quakealso: earthquake
les précipitations
rainfallalso: precipitation
l'inondation
flood
l'ouragan
hurricane
inonder
to flood
glacialalso: glaciale, glacé, glacée
freezing (very cold)also: icy, frosty
la tempête de neige
snowstormalso: snow storm, blizzard
la pollution
pollution
l'écosystème
ecosystem
le polluant
pollutant
de rebut
waste (before a noun)
gelé
frozen (by the cold)
geler
to freeze (into ice)
l'humidité
moisturealso: humidity, dampness
le coucher du soleilalso: le coucher de soleil
sunsetalso: sundown
le lever du soleilalso: le lever de soleil
sunrise
verglacéalso: verglacée
icy (with ice)
vers l'ouest
westwardalso: westwards
le tonnerre
thunder
la foudre
lightning (strike)
la prévisionalso: les prévisions
forecast
les prévisions météoalso: la météo, les prévisions météorologiques, la prévision météo
weather forecastalso: weather report
pleuvoir à versealso: pleuvoir des cordes
to pour (rain)also: to pour down, to pour with rain, to rain cats and dogs, to bucket down
méditerranéenalso: méditerranéenne
Mediterranean (adjective)
le pôle Nord
North Pole
tonner
to thunder
ombragéalso: ombragée
shady (out of the sun)
les vieux papiers
waste paper
pleuvoir des cordesalso: pleuvoir à verse
to pour with rainalso: to pour, to rain cats and dogs, to bucket down
le recyclage
recycling
recycléalso: recyclée
recycled
recycler
to recycle
mettre en danger
to endangeralso: to put in danger, to jeopardise, to jeopardize
gaspilleuralso: gaspilleuse
wasteful
le conteneur à verrealso: le container à verre
bottle bankalso: glass bank
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