French News Vocabulary ~ Le vocabulaire de l'actualité
French vocabulary used in the news
The French you learn in classes and grammar books is not always enough when dealing with the real world. This list of French vocabulary related to current events will help you understand news in French.
| allégué | (adj) | alleged |
| un appel | appeal | |
| une arme | weapon, gun | |
| les armes de destruction massive | weapons of mass destruction | |
| assassiner | to murder | |
| un attentat | attack | |
| un attentat-suicide | suicide bombing | |
| l'avortement | abortion | |
| la banlieue | suburb | |
| blessé | (adj) | injured, wounded |
| une bombe | bomb | |
| une catastrophe naturelle | natural disaster | |
| le chômage | unemployment | |
| le crime | crime | |
| un criminel, une criminelle | criminal | |
| le deuil | bereavement, mourning | |
| les drogues | (fem) | drugs |
| un éboulement | rockslide | |
| une élection | election | |
| une émeute | riot | |
| une enquête | investigation | |
| une épidémie | epidemic | |
| extrader | to extradite | |
| un feu | fire | |
| un flic | (informal) | cop |
| un glissement de terrain | landslide | |
| une grève faire la grève |
strike to be on strike |
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| la guerre | war | |
| l'Hexagone hexagonal |
France French |
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| un immigrant un immigré |
imigrant | |
| les impôts | (masc) | taxes |
| une inondation | flood | |
| un insurgé | insurgent | |
| IVG* | abortion | |
| le kamikaze | suicide bomber | |
| la loi | law | |
| une manifestation | demonstration | |
| le meurtre | murder | |
| la mondialisation | globalization | |
| une navette spatiale | space shuttle | |
| un ouragan | hurricane | |
| la peine de mort | death penalty | |
| la police | police | |
| un policier | police officer | |
| la politique | politics, policy | |
| le politique | politician | |
| poursuivre en justice | to sue | |
| présumé | (adj) | alleged |
| un procès | trial | |
| le rechauffement de la planète | global warming | |
| un référendum | referendum | |
| selon | (prep) | according to |
| un soldat | soldier | |
| un sondage | poll | |
| le suicide assisté | assisted suicide | |
| le terrorisme | terrorism | |
| tirer (sur) | to shoot (at) | |
| une tornade | tornado | |
| un tremblement de terre | earthquake | |
| tuer | to kill | |
| une victime** | victim | |
| voter | to vote | |
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*French acronyms and abbreviations **Note that this word is always feminine, even when referring to a man. |
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