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Can you translate these common French words into English?
All the answers are a single word
If multiple answers fit, guess the most common. Pedants will be shot into space with a large cannon.
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First submittedSeptember 30, 2014
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French
English
Eau
Water
Noir
Black
Oui
Yes
Fleur
Flower
Cœur
Heart
Vous
You
Fromage
Cheese
Adieu
Farewell
French
English
Beaucoup
Lots
Chaise
Chair
Chef
Boss
Avec
With
Jour
Day
Ennui
Boredom
Escargot
Snail
Faux
False
French
English
Gauche
Left
Haute
High
Mardi
Tuesday
Nom
Name
Nouveau
New
Pain
Bread
Trois
Three
Moi
Me
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100 Recent Comments
AwesomenessReborn
+4
Level 22
Nov 9, 2015
Easy peasy lemon squeezy!!!!

Found this really simpl even though french is just my fourth language. :) Hope there's more new editions of this quiz.

beccimoo
+15
Level 55
May 29, 2016
Clearly English must be your fifth if you can't spell simple.
EliotSkyrll
+2
Level 55
Apr 15, 2021
lol
AwesomenessReborn
+3
Level 22
Nov 9, 2015
*simple
YantheMan
+4
Level 66
Dec 7, 2015
Funny that the only word here that's used in English is the least guessed.
SeaPunk206
+1
Level 50
Jan 1, 2025
There are actually a ton that are used in English!

Jour (soup du jour)

Mardi (gras)

Haute (couture)

Nom (de plume)

Nouveau (riche)

Beaucoup (bucks)

Faux (fur)

Eau (de toilette)

(Menage a) trois

blabster
+6
Level 28
Feb 13, 2016
A chef could also be like a cook right?
divantilya
+3
Level 36
Apr 7, 2017
Yes, as in Chief (or head) of the kitchen staff
tzhg
+4
Level 58
Aug 17, 2020
That's how it is used in English. But in French, it has a broader meaning.
beccimoo
+4
Level 55
May 29, 2016
Second time I've done this one. For some reason I only got two points last time. 100% this time - magnifique!
travelfan
+2
Level 67
Dec 7, 2016
Awesome! Congrats :).
kiwiquizzer
+2
Level 68
Aug 29, 2019
Magnifique! One of my favourite words. Ever since I heard a visiting French tourist on a boat with me underground at Waitomo Caves looking up at the incredible myriad of glow worms shining in the blackness. He breathed, "Magnifique". Better than the word awesome.
blowonthepie
+2
Level 67
Jun 5, 2016
je suis le meilleur orateur français de tous à cent pour cent avec trois minutes quarante secondes pour aller !
Malbaby
+4
Level 70
Dec 7, 2016
grosse tête
kalbahamut
+14
Level 79
Jun 11, 2018
don't call Tom a gross titty
RondoNo2
+1
Level 52
Mar 30, 2026
That would be 'teton'. I thought you knew everything
travelfan
+4
Level 67
Dec 7, 2016
Si vous étiez un véritable "orateur français", jamais vous n'auriez terminé votre phrase avec "pour aller", qui est une traduction littérale de l'anglais qui n'existe pas en français et ne fait aucun sens dans notre langue. Meilleure chance la prochaine fois!
Rufy
+2
Level 79
Dec 8, 2016
« ne fait aucun sens » est également une traduction littérale de l'anglais et cela ne se dit pas en français ! On dit « n'a aucun sens »... mais peut-être êtes-vous québécois ;-)
ScubaMatt
+1
Level 73
Jul 23, 2021
I'm from Quebec and ne fait aucun sens is a common thing to say over here. But even more common is to hear someone say ça pas aucun crisse de bon sens which is more vulgar and probably makes people from France cringe but hey that's not our problem lol
SilverFlute
+3
Level 22
Jul 8, 2016
Great ego jab! :)
YantheMan
+3
Level 66
Sep 15, 2016
Being Canadian, i found this very easy.
Timothee
+3
Level 14
Dec 7, 2016
You should have haut instead of haute, as all other adjectives, too, are in masculine (gauche is both masculine and feminine). Otherwise there should be noire, fausse and nouvelle.
RondoNo2
+1
Level 52
Mar 30, 2026
Timothy: again with the 'should'? What difference does it make, other than upsetting your prissiness?
Jiaozira
+3
Level 72
Dec 7, 2016
I live in Canada and I only got 12 :(
Yamaneko
+7
Level 78
Dec 7, 2016
Now, I'm gonna be totally ridiculous. Faux means both "False" and "Wrong", but it's also the French word for "Scythe". Using this contraption led to the verb "faucher" and when in French you say you are "fauché comme les blés", litteraly "mowed like wheat", you mean that you're dirt poor.
supermusic
+2
Level 68
Dec 7, 2016
How about "malaise" for ennui?
divantilya
+3
Level 36
Dec 16, 2016
Malaise means discomfort, not boredom.
Morker
+2
Level 50
Dec 7, 2016
what about mistake for faux?
Arp2600
+3
Level 89
Jun 26, 2018
Indeed mistake = faute, not faux. This said, faux can be a noun and mean fake (I don't think anybody said this one before ^^).

So, faux could be: wrong, false, fake, scythe :).

ddddan
+2
Level 85
Aug 30, 2019
so "mistaken" then
Gabichou44
+1
Level 60
Feb 13, 2025
to be mistaken is "se tromper" so it translate even less to faux
Gabichou44
+1
Level 60
Feb 13, 2025
to be mistaken is "se tromper" so it translate even less to faux
RondoNo2
+1
Level 52
Mar 30, 2026
Faux pas is not the same as faux.
jajaco2017
+2
Level 56
Jan 15, 2017
mais oui, I got 100 %
divantilya
+2
Level 36
Feb 16, 2017
moi aussi
QueenBea
+2
Level 51
May 7, 2017
Ennui should also be translated as "bother"
tzhg
+3
Level 58
Aug 17, 2020
No, it shouldn't.
divantilya
+6
Level 36
May 10, 2017
I confused chef to mean cook (chef de cuisine). I could have kicked myself when I saw it translated as boss, because we do use that

meaning in my language as well!

Arp2600
+4
Level 89
May 11, 2017
But cook should be accepted indeed.
EcceHomo
+1
Level 85
Nov 27, 2020
No it shouldn't. It doesn't mean cook in French; it only means cook when used in English. In French it means boss.
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 72
Nov 10, 2023
It absolutely means both in French. Or, more accurately, it means a specific type of cook (one who's the head of a kitchen), both in French and in English.
mdjones
+2
Level 43
Jul 25, 2017
More of this series please QM!
divantilya
+2
Level 36
Nov 16, 2017
Yes! More please.
goodtimes123
+2
Level 12
Dec 16, 2017
I finished with 1:46 mins remaining
Jorissie
+2
Level 94
Jan 10, 2018
I knew them all except for "Ennui" which translates to boredom (I got bored)
Malbaby
+5
Level 70
Jan 21, 2018
Ennui ........ difficult word to translate I think. 'Boredom' doesn't really do it justice, it means more than that, it carries with it the feeling of 'lack of motivation' as well as 'apathy'.
Conservatopia
+4
Level 30
Apr 3, 2018
Good point. In fact we sometimes use the word ennui in English to describe this state. (Generally in written text not everyday speech!)
JohnK
+3
Level 68
Jul 8, 2021
The closest in English is probably "world-weariness".
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Oct 1, 2025
Yea I tried (world) weariness which was the answer in another quiz for ennui

Among many things I also tried melancholy.

But apparently the French and ENglsih have slightly different definitions of the word.

Liyah15
+2
Level 38
Apr 29, 2018
100% because I'm french! This helps to practice my English :)
martay
+4
Level 69
Jun 11, 2018
In the years I lived in France, I never once heard anyone say "adieu". When I asked about this, I was told that there's a certain finality to it. The sense is that you'll never see that person or place again. "Au revoir", "a plus", or even "ciao" are what you hear.
IvanAndonov
+2
Level 63
Jul 22, 2018
wrong and incorrect should be right and correct for faux.
akela
+3
Level 35
Aug 29, 2018
You accept lots but not plenty? ... so shortsighted
Arp2600
+2
Level 89
Aug 29, 2019
Seconded. Plenty should be accepted.
IneedasHower
+2
Level 32
Sep 21, 2018
great quiz, i study for french class using this
GeoDude
+3
Level 46
Mar 29, 2019
Faux news... easy one!
Sulps
+6
Level 55
Aug 29, 2019
"Pedants will be shot into space with a large cannon." Quizmaster really got mad at that point.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Aug 29, 2019
I think it's a Jules Verne reference.
undeadwarrior
+1
Level 66
Jul 24, 2021
That sounds like something from Monty Python!
kiwiquizzer
+2
Level 68
Aug 29, 2019
When you try Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, then give up...
hannahgeographyy
+1
Level 60
Nov 28, 2020
lol
dylk
+3
Level 58
Aug 30, 2019
got 9/24 and I cheated :/
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 92
Feb 8, 2020
Head chef is almost repetitive.
ooftownroad
+5
Level 70
Apr 11, 2020
i did it!!! :D *closes Google Translate*
panicattheoilrig
+3
Level 34
May 1, 2020
J'étudie le français au collège et je veux devenir prof de français. Ma prof m'a dit que je suis très bonne en francais - la meilleure dans mon collège.

I really hope that's all right now otherwise I look like a bit of a tit lol

bonk
+2
Level 76
Aug 8, 2020
Your French is pretty good! You used wrong version of "veut" but otherwise the sentence is correct (I am not checking the gender of nouns, no time for that). Hope you can get you dream job!
tzhg
+4
Level 58
Aug 17, 2020
She used the right "veux".
TheCrusher
+2
Level 70
Jul 23, 2021
You did great, teenagequizgirlk! If I'm gonna nitpick, I'd say "meilleure DE mon collège" instead of "meilleure DANS mon collège". I wouldn't say it's a definite mistake, just sounds better. :)
hannahgeographyy
+1
Level 60
Nov 28, 2020
i only got nine but to be fair im only in my fifth month of french
Carry
+1
Level 63
Jan 28, 2021
I've never had any French and got 15.
hannahgeographyy
+2
Level 60
Feb 8, 2021
update it is now been 7 months and i got 12
Factoriel41
+1
Level 51
Dec 14, 2020
"Faux" also means "scythe". Great quizz otherwise
AlexThirkell
+4
Level 74
Jan 11, 2021
"If multiple answers fit, guess the most common. Pedants will be shot into space with a large cannon."
jmellor13
+1
Level 68
Jul 23, 2021
More groups of people should be shot into space. And not in the Bezos way.
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 72
Nov 10, 2023
Including Bezos.
CMC315
+2
Level 58
Jan 23, 2021
I finally got ennui in time. Breezed through the others (lots of years of French) but that one had me stuck b/c I really wouldn't say it was exactly boredom. I tried a few other things, and finally tried boredom. All's well that ends well, I guess...
jmellor13
+2
Level 68
Jul 23, 2021
I got ennui my junior year of college and it's never really left me.
JWatson24
+1
Level 71
Jul 27, 2021
Lol, I'm in my junior year of college. Can relate.
cafrance1089
+3
Level 67
Mar 16, 2021
please accept bore, bored, and boring for ennui
SpartanLlama
+3
Level 79
Jun 1, 2021
I don't know any French but you can get a lot of these just from cognates and stuff
Junzhi
+1
Level 55
Nov 27, 2021
Vous is they, not you.Tu is you
EcceHomo
+3
Level 85
Mar 4, 2022
You must be a French teacher.
Gabichou44
+1
Level 60
Feb 13, 2025
absolutly not, they is ils or elles
Iceyiced23
+1
Level 27
May 7, 2022
NAILED IT,24/24
kerokero
+1
Level 31
Aug 3, 2022
Im french!
Evxnn
+1
Level 11
Dec 16, 2022
in france we can also say "boss" for a "boss"
Aoto327
+1
Level 87
Nov 12, 2023
Only knew half of them.
Upsiquark
+2
Level 66
Nov 13, 2023
A couple suggestions:

Chef in French also means chef (as in the chef in a restaurant), this could be accepted. Similarly, Faux is also the word for scythe.

And you should probably write Haut instead of Haute, since the masculine form is what's written in dictionaries, and is kind of the default form of a word in French. Even though you're technically right.

citizenofpanem
+1
Level 59
Feb 8, 2024
I think “very much” or “so much” should be accepted for beaucoup. I got it in the end, but had to try various options.
Iscannon
+1
Level 64
Aug 24, 2025
Yeah, very should be accepted. I even tried extra. A bit too narrow in this one
ConnardLeBarbant
+1
Level 55
Feb 10, 2024
"Ennui" is polysemic.
FoxyFoxster
+3
Level 35
Apr 2, 2024
"cook" should be accepted 100%. As a french speaker, we use "chef" more to say "cook" than "boss". For "boss" we mostly say "patron".
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Oct 1, 2025
yea I tried just chef first, then added and i to make chief and it accepted it!
ZeldaQuizzer
+1
Level 61
Oct 10, 2024
Thank you Inside Out 2 for ennui lol
9876542
+1
Level 37
Oct 1, 2025
I kept misreading gauche as gouache. . . I should really start painting again.
GameMasterOFQu1z
+1
Level 25
Oct 3, 2025
21/24. Studying French on Duolingo really paid off. :D
FilipJQ77
+1
Level 65
Jan 6, 2026
I got ennui via Inside Out 2 and gauche by the corner Double Gauche at Spa Francorchamps, I have some very random connections in my brain lmao
Verycreativename
+1
Level 39
Feb 25, 2026
Nom also means noun. Also Chef means leader. A leader isn't always a boss, as if you are the one who is the very front of the line, you are the "chef du ligne" or leader of the line. Also, I'm not sure if chef is how you say boss in French or if it has that meaning.
ArchonCanberra2K
+2
Level 28
Mar 11, 2026
Under 30 secs (I'm French)
natodolphin
+1
Level 37
Mar 13, 2026
Can you add upper/above as acceptable for haute? Thank you!
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