French Audio Dictionary - T
French Terms with Definitions and Sound Files
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| T | the letter T | French alphabet |
| le tabac | tobacco, ~ smoke shop | MdJ - T |
| une table | table | Furniture |
| un tableau | picture, painting, scene, list, chart, blackboard, bulletin board | MdJ - T |
| tabler | to count/bank/rely on something | n |
| un tabouret | stool, footstool | MdJ - T |
| un tac | (noun and interjection) tap, clack (sound) | n |
| des taches de rousseur | freckles | Descriptions |
| tailler | to cut, carve, prune, trim | MdJ - T |
| se tailler | (inf) - to beat it, split, run off | MdJ - T |
| un tailleur | suit | Women's clothing |
| talonner | to hotly pursue; to hound, gnaw at; to kick, spur on; (boats) to touch the bottom | n |
| un tamis | sieve, sifter; raquette head/string | n |
| un tampon | stopper, plug, wad, swab; tampon; stamp; buffer | n |
| tamponner | to mop up, plug; crash into; stamp | MdJ - T |
| une tante | aunt | Family |
| taper | to type; bang, knock; (inf) to scrounge, hit up | n |
| un tapis | rug | Furniture |
| taquin | (adj) - playful | Personality |
| taquiner | to tease, bother; to dabble at (used humorously) | MdJ - T |
| tarabiscoté | (adj) - ornate, fussy | MdJ - T |
| tarabuster | to badger, pester, bother, worry | MdJ - T |
| tarder | to delay, to take a long time | MdJ - T |
| taré | (adj) - defective; (inf) perverted, crazy | MdJ - T |
| un taré | degenerate | MdJ - T |
| se targuer | to boast, brag | MdJ - T |
| la tarte | pie | Dessert |
| un tartempion | (inf) - what's-his-name | MdJ - T |
| un tas | pile, heap | MdJ - T |
| un/des tas de | (inf) - tons of, lots of, piles of | MdJ - T |
| une tasse | cup | Dishes |
| la tata | auntie | Baby talk |
| la tatie | auntie | Baby talk |
| tatillon | (adj) - finicky, nit-picky | MdJ - T |
| un tatillon | a finicky person | MdJ - T |
| une taule |
(fam) - jail, clink, nick |
MdJ - T |
| le taux | rate, level | n |
| taxe | ||
| un tee-shirt | T-shirt | Clothing |
| teinturerie | ||
| tel autre | ||
| la télé | TV | Hobbies |
| télécharger | to download | MdJ - T |
| un télécopieur | fax machine | Office |
| un téléphone | telephone | Furniture |
| téléphoner à | to call | On the phone |
| la télévision | television | Hobbies |
| tellement avare | so stingy | Optional liaisons |
| téméraire | (adj) - rash, reckless, foolhardy | MdJ - T |
| témoigner | to testify; to show, display, evince | MdJ - T |
| un témoin | witness, evidence, proof | MdJ - T |
| temporiser | to delay, stall, play for time | n |
| le temps | weather | Weather |
| à temps partiel | (adj, adv) - part-time | MdJ - T |
| tendre | to tighten, tauten, tense; to hang; to set (a trap) | n |
| tendu | (adj) tight, taut, tensed; strained; held/stretched out | n |
| le tennis | tennis | Hobbies |
| des tennis (m) | sneakers | Clothing |
| tension arterielle | ||
| tenter | to tempt, attempt, try | MdJ - T |
| tenue | upkeep, behavior | n |
| terre | ||
| la tête | head | Body |
| têtu | (adj) - stubborn, pigheaded | MdJ - T |
| le thé | tea | Drinks |
| le théâtre | theater | Directions |
| Théodore | Theodore | French names |
| Théophile | Theophilus | French names |
| Thérèse | Theresa | French names |
| Thibaut | Theobald | French names |
| Thierry | Terry | French names |
| Thomas | Thomas | French names |
| tiède | (adj, adv) - lukewarm, tepid, mild | MdJ - T |
| un tiers | (fraction) third; third party/person | MdJ - T |
| timide | (adj) - shy | Personality |
| timoré | (adj) - fearful, timid; (literary, religious) - over-scrupulous | MdJ - T |
| Timothée | Timothy | French names |
| tiquer | to make/pull a face, to raise an eyebrow, to bat an eye | MdJ - T |
| la tisane | herbal tea | MdJ - T |
| le tissu | fabric, cloth, material; (anatomy) tissue; (figurative) fabric, web | MdJ - T |
| un tocard | (familiar adj used with things) cheap, trashy | MdJ - T |
| la toilette | toilet, bathroom | Accommodations |
| tolérer | to tolerate, bear, endure | MdJ - T |
| un tollé | general outcry, protest | MdJ - T |
| la tomate | tomato | Vegetables |
| la tombée | (figurative) fall | MdJ - T |
| la tonalité | dial tone | On the phone |
| tondre | to shear, mow, clip, crop | MdJ - T |
| le tonton | uncle | Baby talk |
| tordre | to wring, twist, contort | MdJ - T |
| torpiller | to torpedo, sabotage | MdJ - T |
| la toto | car | Baby talk |
| les totos (m) | head lice | Baby talk |
| toucher | to touch; to approach, be/go near; to affect | MdJ - T |
| tourner | to turn | Driving |
| une tournure | turn (of phrase, events); appearance | MdJ - T |
| tousser | to cough | MdJ - T |
| tout | every, very, all, everything; quite, very | Très synonyms |
| tout droit | straight (ahead) | Directions |
| tout entier | entire | Liaisons |
| le toutou | doggy | Baby talk |
| le trac | stage fright, nerves, (to be) nervous | MdJ - T |
| une traduction | translation | MdJ - T |
| le train | train | Transportation |
| un traiteur | delicatessen, caterer | MdJ - T |
| une tranche | slice, edge | MdJ - T |
| tranquille | (adj) - quiet, gentle, peaceful, calm | MdJ - T |
| le transport | transportation | Transportation |
| travail | ||
| travailleur | (adj) - hard-working | Personality |
| traverser | to cross | Driving |
| trébucher |
to stumble (lit and fig) |
MdJ - T |
| treize | 13 | Numbers |
| la trempe |
moral fiber, soaking; (inf) - hiding, thrashing |
MdJ - T |
| trempé | (adj) - soaked, drenched; to participate (in something dishonest) | MdJ - T |
| trente | 30 | Numbers |
| trente et un | 31 | Numbers |
| trente-deux | 32 | Numbers |
| très | very | Très synonyms |
| très utile | very useful | Liaisons |
| une trêve | truce, respite | MdJ - T |
| trimbaler | (inf) - to lug, cart around; to trail along | MdJ - T |
| le tri | sorting, selection, grading, sifting | MdJ - T |
| trinquer | to toast, drink to; (inf) - take the rap | MdJ - T |
| la tripe | tripe; (inf, gif) - core, fiber | MdJ - T |
| les tripes | guts | MdJ - T |
| Tristan | Tristan, Tristram | French names |
| triste | sad | Mood |
| le troc | trade, exchange, barter | MdJ - T |
| trois | 3 | Numbers |
| un trombone | paper clip | Office |
| trompe l'oeil | ||
| une tronche | (fam) - mug (face), noggin (head) | MdJ - T |
| trop | too (much), very | Très synonyms |
| trouer | to make/wear/punch a hole in, to pierce (literally and fig) | MdJ - T |
| la trouille | (fam) - extreme fear | MdJ - T |
| un truc | (inf) - thingie, whatsit, trick | MdJ - T |
| un trucmuche | (familiar) thingamajig, thingie, whatsit | MdJ - T |
| t-shirt | ||
| tu | you | Subject pronouns |
| un turbin | (fam) - job, daily grind | MdJ - T |
| tutoyer | to use "tu", be on familiar terms | Tu vs Vous |
| tutu | ||
| Tu vas aller | You're going to go | Optional liaisons |
| un tuyau | pipe, (inf) - tip, piece of advice | MdJ - T |
| un type | type, kind; classic example, epitome; (inf) - guy, bloke, chap | MdJ - T |
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