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The 100 most common adjectives in French 🇫🇷

French adjectives ranked by how often they appear, each with its translation and an example sentence. Press the speaker to hear a word.

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1biengood, all right, great
2bongood
3petitsmall
4sûrsure, certain
5seullonely
6vraitrue
7autreother
8beauhandsome, fine, attractive
9justefair, just
10grandbig, great, grand
11mortdead
12dernierlast
13premierfirst
14foumad, crazy
15prĂŞtready
16pendanthanging
17jeuneyoung
18vieuxold
19désolédesolate
20grosbig, thick, fat
21mauvaisbad
22heureuxhappy
23chaqueeach
24nouveaunew, novel
25importantimportant
26jolipretty, cute
27pleinfull, full up
28cherdear
29possiblepossible
30gentilhelpful, kind
31instantpressing, insistent
32durhard, tough
33contentcontent, satisfied, pleased
34pauvrepoor
35chéricherished, beloved
36fortstrong, powerful
37longlong
38propreown
39prochainupcoming
40facileeasy, simple
41maladeill, unwell, sick
42supersuperb, great
43difficiledifficult
44saledirty
45noirblack in colour
46drĂ´lefunny, amusing
47graveserious
48simplesingle
49différentdifferent
50génialingenious, characteristic of a genius
51librefree, at liberty
52pareilsuch
53bizarrebizarre, odd, strange, funny
54froidcold
55normalnormal
56vivantalive
57impossibleimpossible
58clairclear
59fauxfalse, untrue
60sujetsubject
61tranquillecalm, quiet, tranquil, still, peaceful, serene
62blancwhite color
63journalThat is relative to each day, journal
64sérieuxserious
65saufsafe
66amoureuxin love
67calmecalm
68certaincertain, for certain, indubitably
69secretsecret
70tristesad
71rougered
72dangereuxdangerous
73ennemienemy
74idiotidiotic, stupid
75intérieurinterior
76douxsweet
77magnifiquemagnificent, splendid, superb
78terribleterrible
79exactexact, precise
80étrangestrange
81baslow
82chaudwarm, hot
83spécialspecial
84sympanice, likeable
85comprisunderstood
86esteast
87merveilleuxmarvelous, brilliant
88fierproud
89hauthigh
90fermefirm
91capableable, capable
92excellentexcellent, splendid
93entierwhole
94incroyableincredible
95richerich
96ancienold, former, ex-
97inutileunused
98gaucheleft
99stupidestupid
100bleublue

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