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French vocabulary B2: Shapes, materials, sensations
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Shapes, materials, light, sound and touch: shapes and surfaces such as “le cylindre” and “incurvé”, materials (“le matériau”, “le ciment”), light and colour (“le faisceau”, “la teinte”), noises (“le fracas”, “siffler”) and ways of looking (“le coup d'œil”).
166 French words at level B2, with their translation.
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tachéalso: tachée
stained
la plaque (de métal ou de verre)
sheet (of metal or glass)
ferme (pas mou)
firm (not soft)also: solid
le toucher (d'une surface)
feel (of a surface)also: texture
lâche (pas fixé)
loose (not fixed)also: slack
invisible
invisible
la douceur
softness
raide (qui ne plie pas)
stiffalso: rigid, inflexible
les lieux (d'un accident ou d'un crime)
scene (of an accident or crime)
mêléalso: mêlée
mingledalso: blended, intermingled
l'acier
steel
refroidir (devenir moins chaud)
to coolalso: to cool down, to get cold, to chill
la pointe (bout pointu)
point (a sharp end)also: tip
délicat (fin et léger)also: délicate
delicate (light and soft)also: subtle, dainty
le matériau
material (a substance)
fragile
fragilealso: delicate
brut (non transformé)
raw (unprocessed)also: crude, unrefined, unprocessed
plan (une surface)also: plane, plat, plate
level (flat)also: flat, horizontal
uni (sans bosses)also: unie
even (with no bumps)also: smooth
la couche (de peinture)
layeralso: coat
le bloc
block (piece)
creuxalso: creuse
hollow
dense
densealso: compact
la déformation
distortion (of shape)also: deformation, warping
grave (un son)
deep (a sound)also: low, low-pitched
fondre
to meltalso: to thaw
marquer (un endroit)
to mark (a place)
élargir (rendre plus large)
to widenalso: to broaden, to enlarge, to expand, to let out
l'anneau (un cercle)
ring (a circle)also: hoop
le rouleau (de papier)
roll (of paper)
rouilléalso: rouillée
rustyalso: rusted, corroded
sentir (percevoir qqch)
to feel (be aware of sth)also: to sense
distinguer (percevoir avec peine qqn/qqch)
to make out (sth/sb)also: to discern
stable (sans trembler)
steady (not shaking)also: stable, still
tremblantalso: tremblante
shaky (of hands or voice)also: trembling, wobbly, unsteady
contempler (qqch)
to gaze (at sth)also: to contemplate
le rayon (de lumière)
ray (of light)
la flamme
flame
éclaircir (une couleur)
to lighten (a colour)also: to make lighter, to brighten
l'éclair (de lumière)
flash (of light)
la lueur
glimmeralso: faint light, glow
le faisceau (de lumière)
beam (of light)
la colle
gluealso: adhesive
l'écho
echo
allongéalso: allongée
elongated
le cristal
crystal
la dallealso: la dalle de terrasse
slabalso: paving stone, flagstone, paving slab
le cône
cone
visible
visible
transparentalso: transparente
transparent
visuelalso: visuelle
visual
la teintealso: la nuance
huealso: tint, shade
la nuance (de couleur)also: la teinte
shade (of a colour)also: tint, hue
la trace (laissée)
track (marks left)also: mark
les ténèbres
gloomalso: deep darkness
la distorsion
distortion (of sound or image)
foncer (une couleur)
to make darker (a colour)also: to darken
l'éclat (de lumière)
gleam (of light)
orner (qqch de qqch)
to adorn (sth with sth)also: to ornament
l'éclat (fragment)
splinter (a broken fragment)also: shard, chip
aigu (un son)also: aiguë
high-pitched (of a sound)also: shrill
floualso: floue
fuzzy (not clear)also: blurred, blurry, out of focus
le jet (de liquide)
jet (of liquid)also: stream, spurt
métallique
metallic
le relief
relief (raised carving or shape)
refléter
to reflect (an image)also: to mirror
le reflet (une image)
reflection (an image)
le coup d'œil (regard rapide)
glancealso: quick look
la courbe
curve
tordu (par torsion)also: tordue
twistedalso: warped, contorted
en forme de (qqch)
shaped (like sth)also: in the shape of
pliéalso: pliée, faussé, faussée
bentalso: folded, buckled
le cube
cube
circulaire
circular
le triangle
triangle
le pentagone
pentagon
sonore
sonorousalso: ringing, loud
siffler
to whistle
la sonnerie
ring (a sound)also: ringing, ringtone
brûlantalso: brûlante
burning hotalso: scorching, scalding
se déformer (bois)also: se gondoler, gauchir, se voiler
to warp
mousser
to foamalso: to lather
le textile
textile
solidementalso: robustement
securelyalso: firmly, tightly, fast, robustly
étanche
waterproofalso: watertight
finement
finely
le caoutchouc
rubber (material)
croquer
to crunchalso: to munch, to bite into
la braise
emberalso: embers
le brasier
infernoalso: blaze
synthétique
synthetic
la pureté
purity
la pourriture
rot (decay)also: decay
fait main
handmadealso: hand-made, made by hand
s'affaisser (sous un poids)also: ployer, l'affaissement
to sagalso: to droop
l'éclaboussure
splatteralso: spatter
adoucir
to softenalso: to make softer, to mellow
peu profondalso: peu profonde
shallow
la fissure (fine cassure)
crack (a line)also: fissure, hairline crack
la fente
slit (a narrow opening)also: slot, split, crack
bouillantalso: bouillante
boiling (very hot)also: boiling hot
l'ambre jaune
amber (resin)
pointualso: pointue
pointedalso: sharp
le tranchant (d'une lame)
edge (of a blade)also: cutting edge
cassable
breakable
réfléchissantalso: réfléchissante
reflective (of a surface)
la bouffée (de fumée)
puff (of smoke)
mauve
mauve
flasque
limp (not firm)also: flabby
rembourréalso: rembourrée
paddedalso: cushioned
s'assombrir
to get darkeralso: to darken, to grow dark
se décolorer
to fade (lose colour)also: to discolour, to lose colour
le cylindre
cylinder
rectangulaire
rectangular
le chevauchement
overlapalso: overlapping
le losange
diamond (shape)also: rhombus, lozenge
le ciment
cement
le revêtement
coveringalso: coating
diagonalalso: diagonale
diagonal
le silex
flint
les peluches (de tissu)
fluff (of cloth)also: lint
rouge vif
bright red
fluorescentalso: fluorescente
fluorescent
la limpidité
clearness
la gomme (substance collante)also: la gomme végétale
gum (sticky substance)
la dureté
hardness
les paillettes
glitter (tiny shiny pieces)
criardalso: criarde
gaudy (of colours)also: garish
fourchualso: fourchue
forked
la solidité
solidityalso: sturdiness
écarlate
scarlet
quadrilléalso: quadrillée
squared (of paper)
la puanteur
stink (bad smell)also: stench, reek
le bout de papier
slip (of paper)also: scrap of paper
l'inoxalso: l'acier inoxydable
stainless steel
ovale
oval
sinueuxalso: sinueuse
windingalso: twisting, meandering, curvy
s'incurver
to curvealso: to arc
incurvéalso: incurvée
curvedalso: arched
le fracas
crash (a noise)
puer
to stinkalso: to reek, to smell bad
le cliquetis
rattle (a noise)also: clatter, clinking
le plouf
splash (a sound)
le bruit sec
bang (a noise)also: sharp noise
niveler (qqch)
to level (sth)also: to flatten, to even out
guetter (qqn/qqch)
to look out for (sb/sth)also: to watch for, to keep an eye out for, to be on the lookout for
regarder fixement
to stare
malodorantalso: malodorante
smellyalso: stinking, foul-smelling
rayonner (chaleur ou lumière)
to radiate
étincelantalso: étincelante
sparkling (shining)also: glittering, dazzling
clignoter (une lumière)
to flash (of a light)also: to blink
avec éclat
brightlyalso: vividly, brilliantly
le regard furtif
peep (a secret look)also: furtive glance, sly look
la vibration
vibration
vibrer
to vibrate
jaunir
to turn yellowalso: to yellow
en laine
woollenalso: woolen
l'écaille de tortue
tortoiseshell
d'un noir d'encre
pitch-blackalso: jet-black, inky black, as black as ink
tactile
tactile
tinter
to jinglealso: to tinkle, to clink
rendre flou (qqch)
to blur (sth)
en couche épaisse
thickly (in a thick layer)
regarder furtivement
to peekalso: to peep, to steal a glance
picoter (une plaie)
to sting (of a wound)also: to smart
résonnantalso: résonnante, résonant, résonante
resonantalso: echoing
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