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The 200 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.
| # | French | English | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bien | good, all right, great | |
| 2 | bon | good | Cette meuf est fin bonne !That chick is fine as hell! |
| 3 | petit | small | Certaines personnes sont vraiment petites à propos des plus petites choses.Some people are really petty about the smallest things. |
| 4 | sûr | sure, certain | |
| 5 | seul | lonely | |
| 6 | vrai | true | Est-il vrai que vous ayez dit qu’il a besoin de notre aide ?Is it true that you said he needs our help? |
| 7 | autre | other | Donnez-moi un autre exemple.Give me another example. |
| 8 | beau | handsome, fine, attractive | Il fait beau.It is nice out. |
| 9 | juste | fair, just | Elle n’est que trop juste en un si grand malheurIt is only too appropriate in such misfortune |
| 10 | grand | big, great, grand | Il est grand comment ?How tall is he ? |
| 11 | mort | dead | Le roi est mort.The king is dead. |
| 12 | dernier | last | Il est parti le mois dernier.He left last month. |
| 13 | premier | first | Le premier élément de la liste est un zéro.The first element of the list is zero. |
| 14 | fou | mad, crazy | |
| 15 | prêt | ready | Tenez-vous prêt pour partir dans deux heures.Be ready to leave in two hours. |
| 16 | pendant | hanging | |
| 17 | jeune | young | Il n’aime plus cette personne qu’il aimait il y a dix ans. Je crois bien : elle n’est plus la même ni lui non plus. Il était jeune et elle aussi ; elle est tout autre. Il l’aimerait peut-être encore telle qu’elle était alors.He no longer loves this person whom loved ten years ago. I quite believe it. She is no longer the same, nor is he. He was young and she also ; she is quite different. He would perhaps love her yet, if she were what she was then. |
| 18 | vieux | old | Au temps de sa pire misère, il remarquait que les jeunes filles se retournaient quand il passait, et il se sauvait ou se cachait, la mort dans l’âme. Il pensait qu’elles le regardaient pour ses vieux habits et qu’elles en riaient, le fait est qu’elles le regardaient pour sa grâce et qu’elles en rêvaient.At the period of his most abject misery, he had observed that young girls turned round when he passed by, and he fled or hid, with death in his soul. He thought that they were staring at him because of his old clothes, and that they were laughing at them; the fact is, that they stared at him because of his grace, and that they dreamed of him. |
| 19 | désolé | desolate | |
| 20 | gros | big, thick, fat | Mon petit copain a des gros doigts.My boyfriend has fat fingers. |
| 21 | mauvais | bad | Il a choisi la mauvaise réponse.He chose the wrong response. |
| 22 | heureux | happy | |
| 23 | chaque | each | |
| 24 | nouveau | new, novel | |
| 25 | important | important | Il est important de se brosser les dents.It is important to brush your teeth. |
| 26 | joli | pretty, cute | |
| 27 | plein | full, full up | |
| 28 | cher | dear | |
| 29 | possible | possible | |
| 30 | gentil | helpful, kind | Elle reçut une petite tape gentille sur les fesses.She received an amiable little slap on the buttocks. |
| 31 | instant | pressing, insistent | |
| 32 | dur | hard, tough | |
| 33 | content | content, satisfied, pleased | |
| 34 | pauvre | poor | |
| 35 | chéri | cherished, beloved | |
| 36 | fort | strong, powerful | |
| 37 | long | long | |
| 38 | propre | own | |
| 39 | prochain | upcoming | |
| 40 | facile | easy, simple | "Certes, ce n’est pas facile d’avoir 20 ans en 2020", concède Frank Delvau, reprenant l’expression utilisée par Emmanuel Macron, la veille."Certainly, it's not easy to be twenty years old in 2020," Frank Delvau conceded, picking up the expression used by Emmanuel Macron the day before. |
| 41 | malade | ill, unwell, sick | Elle est si malade qu’elle ne peut pas venir.She is so ill that she cannot come. |
| 42 | super | superb, great | |
| 43 | difficile | difficult | |
| 44 | sale | dirty | Le prof est capable de me fiche une sale note rien que parce qu’il m’a aperçue en ville le mercredi.The teacher can give me a bad grade just because he saw me in town on Wednesday. |
| 45 | noir | black in colour | |
| 46 | drôle | funny, amusing | C’est drôle, mais c’est comme ça...It's weird, but that's how it is... |
| 47 | grave | serious | Quatre de ces voyelles sont graves: a, o, u, œu.Four of these are vowels are back [vowels], a, o, u, [and] œu |
| 48 | simple | single | comptabilité en partie simple et doublesingle-entry and double-entry bookkeping |
| 49 | différent | different | |
| 50 | génial | ingenious, characteristic of a genius | |
| 51 | libre | free, at liberty | |
| 52 | pareil | such | Je n’ai jamais vu une chose pareille.I've never seen such a thing. |
| 53 | bizarre | bizarre, odd, strange, funny | Je me sens bizarre.I feel strange. |
| 54 | froid | cold | |
| 55 | normal | normal | |
| 56 | vivant | alive | |
| 57 | impossible | impossible | |
| 58 | clair | clear | On est des étoiles dans ce ciel bleu clair et on mettra les voiles quand on pourra le faire.We are stars in the light blue sky and we'll set sail when we can. |
| 59 | faux | false, untrue | |
| 60 | sujet | subject | |
| 61 | tranquille | calm, quiet, tranquil, still, peaceful, serene | |
| 62 | blanc | white color | |
| 63 | journal | That is relative to each day, journal | |
| 64 | sérieux | serious | |
| 65 | sauf | safe | |
| 66 | amoureux | in love | Je suis amoureux de toiI'm in love with you |
| 67 | calme | calm | |
| 68 | certain | certain, for certain, indubitably | Il est certain qu’il viendra.It is certain that he will arrive. |
| 69 | secret | secret | |
| 70 | triste | sad | |
| 71 | rouge | red | |
| 72 | dangereux | dangerous | |
| 73 | ennemi | enemy | |
| 74 | idiot | idiotic, stupid | |
| 75 | intérieur | interior | |
| 76 | doux | sweet | Ainsi emporté par de si douces pensées et par l’ineffable attrait qu’il y trouvait, il se hâta de mettre son désir en pratique.So taken away was he by such sweet thoughts and by the ineffable attraction that he found in them, he hurried to put his desire into practice. |
| 77 | magnifique | magnificent, splendid, superb | |
| 78 | terrible | terrible | Mais à peine se vit-il en chemin qu’une pensée terrible l’assaillit, et telle, que peu s’en fallut qu’elle ne lui fît abandonner l’entreprise commencée.But scarcely did he see himself on the road when a terrible thought assaulted him, and such that little was missing to make him abandon the enterprise he had started. |
| 79 | exact | exact, precise | |
| 80 | étrange | strange | |
| 81 | bas | low | |
| 82 | chaud | warm, hot | |
| 83 | spécial | special | |
| 84 | sympa | nice, likeable | |
| 85 | compris | understood | |
| 86 | est | east | |
| 87 | merveilleux | marvelous, brilliant | |
| 88 | fier | proud | |
| 89 | haut | high | |
| 90 | ferme | firm | |
| 91 | capable | able, capable | |
| 92 | excellent | excellent, splendid | |
| 93 | entier | whole | |
| 94 | incroyable | incredible | |
| 95 | riche | rich | Ses parents étant riches, il se permet de porter des vêtements à la modeHis parents are rich, so he can wear fashionable clothes |
| 96 | ancien | old, former, ex- | Mon ancien petit ami m’a plaquée.My ex-boyfriend ditched me. |
| 97 | inutile | unused | |
| 98 | gauche | left | |
| 99 | stupide | stupid | Un hamster stupide se balade au bord d’une rivière. Tout à coup, il aperçoit son copain le hamster crétin de l’autre côté de la rive. Il veut le rejoindre et l’appelle :- Eh ! Hamster crétin, comment faire pour passer de l’autre côté de la rivière ?- Hamster stupide… T’es déjà de l’autre côté !A stupid hamster is walking on the riverside. All of sudden, he sees his buddy, the cretin hamster, on the other side of the bank. He wants to join him and calls him:- Hey! Cretin hamster, how can I get to the other side of the river?- Stupid hamster… Yer awready on the other side! |
| 100 | bleu | blue | |
| 101 | mignon | cute | |
| 102 | intéressant | interesting | Il faut que je parle avec les invités de quelque chose d’intéressant.I need to talk with the guests about something interesting. |
| 103 | époque | vintage | |
| 104 | horrible | horrible | |
| 105 | plusieurs | several, many, a lot | ’Y a plusieurs dieux, mais ’y a qu’un seul soleil.There's many gods, but there's only one Sun. |
| 106 | tel | such | |
| 107 | présent | present | |
| 108 | directeur | leading, managing | |
| 109 | américain | of America, American | Et pourtant São Paulo ne m’a jamais paru laide : c’était une ville sauvage comme le sont toutes les villes américaines, à l’exception peut-être de Washington, D.C., [...]And yet I never thought that São Paulo was ugly: it was a ‘wild’ town, as are all American towns, with the possible exception of Washington, D.C., [...] |
| 110 | cool | cool | Les jeunes sont cool.Young people are cool. |
| 111 | censé | supposed to, meant to | Bien qu’il soit censé revenir immédiatement, on ne le revoit plus.Though he was meant to return immediately, he was not seen again. |
| 112 | contraire | opposite | Près d’épouser la sœur qu’il faut tuer le frère / Et que pour mon pays j’ai le Sort si contraireWhile about to wed the sister, that I must slay her brother / And that for my country, I face such an unfortunate fate |
| 113 | patient | patient | |
| 114 | ridicule | ridiculous | |
| 115 | personnel | personal | |
| 116 | vide | empty | |
| 117 | étranger | foreign | |
| 118 | parfait | perfect | Le déjeuner était parfait.The lunch was perfect. |
| 119 | dingue | mad, crazy, nuts | |
| 120 | pur | pure | |
| 121 | intelligent | intelligent | |
| 122 | sacré | sacred, holy | |
| 123 | voisin | neighbouring/neighboring | |
| 124 | proche | close, near, closeby, nearby | Le jour est proche où toutes les barrières [...] finiront par tomber.[1]The day when all the barriers [...] will break down is near. |
| 125 | enchanté | enchanted, delighted | |
| 126 | charmant | charming | |
| 127 | formidable | fearsome | |
| 128 | mien | my | |
| 129 | honnête | honest | Il faut toujours être honnête, mais il y a des gens qui n’en ont pas conscience.You always have to be honest, but there are people who don't realize that. |
| 130 | superbe | superb, excellent, impressive | |
| 131 | méchant | mean, unkind | |
| 132 | second | second | « Chiquita! Chiquita! » À la seconde appellation, une fillette maigre et hâve […] s’avança vers Agostin."Chiquita! Chiquita!" At the second call, a thin and emaciated little girl […] came up to Agostin |
| 133 | nécessaire | necessary | Il lui parut convenable et nécessaire, aussi bien pour l’éclat de sa gloire que pour le service de son pays, de se faire chevalier errant, de s’en aller par le monde, avec son cheval et ses armes, chercher les aventures, et de pratiquer tout ce qu’il avait lu que pratiquaient les chevaliers errants, redressant toutes sortes de torts, et s’exposant à tant de rencontres, à tant de périls, qu’il acquît, en les surmontant, une éternelle renommée. Il s’imaginait déjà, le pauvre rêveur, voir couronner la valeur de son bras au moins par l’empire de Trébizonde. Ainsi emporté par de si douces pensées et par l’ineffable attrait qu’il y trouvait, il se hâta de mettre son désir en pratique.It seemed to him appropriate and necessary, as much for his own glory as for the service of his country, that he should become a knight-errant, and go about the world, with his horse and his weapons, looking for adventures, and practising everything that he had read that knights-errant practised, redressing all sorts of wrongs, and exposing themselves to so many encounters, to so many perils, that he should gain, in surmounting them, eternal fame. He already imagined himself, the poor dreamer, seeing himself crowned at least by the emperor of Trebizond. So carried away was he by such pleasant thoughts and by the ineffable attraction that he found in them, he hurried to put his desire into practice. |
| 134 | entendu | understood | |
| 135 | fiancé | engaged | |
| 136 | coupable | guilty | |
| 137 | nerveux | nerve, nervous | |
| 138 | énorme | enormous, huge | |
| 139 | rapide | fast, rapid | |
| 140 | enceinte | pregnant | |
| 141 | public | public | |
| 142 | parti | divided into two equal parts vertically, per pale, said of an escutcheon | Au début j’ai bien essayé de baratiner Ambre et puis quand j’ai compris que j’étais trop parti pour la baiser convenablement, j’ai laissé tomber.At first I tried my best to sweet-talk Ambre but then realized I was too drunk to screw her properly, and let go. |
| 143 | frais | fresh | Il est frais mon poisson !My fish is fresh! |
| 144 | sexuel | sexual | |
| 145 | responsable | responsible | |
| 146 | unique | unique | |
| 147 | juif | Jewish | |
| 148 | utile | useful | |
| 149 | jaloux | jealous | |
| 150 | nombreux | numerous, many | |
| 151 | nul | of poor quality, lousy, rubbish | |
| 152 | deuxième | second | |
| 153 | militaire | military, militaristic | |
| 154 | imbécile | stupid, foolish, acting like an imbecile | |
| 155 | français | French | Il est l’un des entrepreneurs français les plus connus.He's one of the most well-known French entrepreneurs. |
| 156 | sec | dry | [I]l était de complexion robuste, maigre de corps, sec de visage, fort matineux et grand ami de la chasse.[H]e was of a robust complexion, thin in the body, lean in the face, a very early riser and a friend of the hunt. |
| 157 | profond | deep | le lac est profond de 100 mètresthe lake is 100 metres deep |
| 158 | malin | nocive, pernicious | C’est inhumain / De me laisser seul / J’ai l’air malin / Sous mon parasolIt's inhuman / To leave me alone / I look silly / Under my umbrella |
| 159 | court | short | |
| 160 | agréable | pleasurable, nice, pleasant, agreeable | |
| 161 | puissant | powerful, mighty | |
| 162 | ouvert | open | |
| 163 | joyeux | joyful, happy | |
| 164 | naturel | natural | |
| 165 | innocent | innocent | |
| 166 | sage | wise: prudent, cautious, and judicious | Alors, tu vas être sage pour maman dans le magasin ?Now, are you going to be good for mommy in the store? |
| 167 | faible | weak | |
| 168 | réel | real | |
| 169 | aveugle | blind | |
| 170 | politique | political | |
| 171 | demi | half | |
| 172 | égal | equal | |
| 173 | malheureux | unhappy, miserable, poor | |
| 174 | léger | light | |
| 175 | prudent | prudent, careful, cautious | |
| 176 | propriétaire | proprietary | |
| 177 | maudit | damn, cursed, goddam | Mario est un maudit bon joueur.Mario is a damn good player. |
| 178 | marié | married | |
| 179 | principal | main, key, principal | |
| 180 | perdu | lost | |
| 181 | privé | private | |
| 182 | fatigué | tired | |
| 183 | portable | portable | |
| 184 | marrant | funny, amusing | |
| 185 | criminel | criminal | |
| 186 | russe | Russian | |
| 187 | affreux | frightful, causing fear | |
| 188 | inquiet | worried | |
| 189 | national | national | |
| 190 | social | social, related to society, community | |
| 191 | curieux | curious, inquisitive, intrigued, wondering, possessing curiosity | C’est un garçon curieux.He's an inquisitive boy. |
| 192 | policier | police | |
| 193 | rare | rare | |
| 194 | foutu | done for, screwed, fucked, doomed | Mon ordi est foutu, je dois en acheter un nouveau mais je n’ai plus un rond.My computer's fucked or knackered ; I need to buy a new one but I'm broke. |
| 195 | évident | evident, obvious | |
| 196 | suspect | suspicious, suspect | |
| 197 | sombre | dark | |
| 198 | célèbre | famous | |
| 199 | précis | Which does not leave doubt, specific, explicit | |
| 200 | urgent | urgent |