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The 100 most common nouns in French 🇫🇷

French nouns 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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1avoirasset, possession
2passtep, pace, footstep
3unefront page
4devoirduty
5chosething
6parpar
7sonsound
8hommeman
9jourday
10femmewoman
11tempstime
12vielife, the state of organisms prior to death
13mercimercy
14dieua god, male divinity
15foistime
16pèrefather
17fillegirl
18mondeworld
19besoinneed
20accordchord
21amifriend
22monsieurmister, sir
23enfantchild
24heurehour, time
25mèremother
26maisonhouse
27gensset of people
28nuitnight
29personneperson
30soirevening
31noma name, especially a last name or family name
32bonjourgreetings, hello
33peurfear
34mamanmummy, mommy, mom, mum
35problèmeproblem
36argentsilver
37mainhand
38airair
39filsson
40tĂŞtehead
41coupblow, hit, strike
42raisonreason
43amourlove
44maltrouble, difficulty
45devenirfuture
46momentmoment
47voiturecar
48faitfact
49questionquestion
50affairebusiness, matter, affair
51frèrebrother
52travailwork, labor
53idéeidea
54famillefamily
55trucprocedure, technique
56chancechance
57histoirestory
58minuteminute
59typetype, sort, kind
60portedoor
61mecguy, fellow, bloke, chap, dude, boyfriend
62annéeyear
63moismonth
64putainwhore, hooker
65partshare
66eauwater, a liquid that is transparent, colorless, odorless, and tasteless in its pure form, the primary constituent of lakes, rivers, seas, and oceans
67sangblood
68placeplace, square, plaza, piazza
69villetown, city
70terreearth, soil
71semaineweek
72garslad, guy
73chambrea chamber in its various senses, including:
74côtéside
75cascase, situation
76motword
77salutwave
78policepolice
79suiteresult
80matinmorning
81toucherthe act of touching
82marihusband
83papapapa, a child's father, also as form of address: dad, daddy
84traintrain
85filmmovie, film
86garçonboy
87corpsbody
88feufire
89docteura doctor
90façonway, manner, fashion
91pointpoint
92chiendog
93guerrewar
94genrekind
95merdeturd, piece of feces, shit
96armea weapon, arms
97causecause
98endroitplace, spot
99ordreorder
100resterest, remainder

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