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Chapitre 9 Vocab
French 4H
77
Language - French
11th Grade
04/01/2012
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Term
la langue
 Definition
language (of a people)
Term
la langue maternelle
 Definition
native language
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une langue vivante (morte)
 Definition
a living (dead) language
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une langue étrangère
 Definition
a foreign language
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le langage
 Definition
language (of an individual; vocabulary)
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l'argot (m)
 Definition
slang
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le jargon
 Definition
jargon
Term
le dialecte
 Definition
dialect
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un langage cultivé, vulgaire, populaire
 Definition
a cultivated, vulgar, popular (i.e. common) language
Term
l'idiotisme
 Definition
idiom
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le lieu commun
 Definition
commonplace
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le proverbe
 Definition
proverb
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le néologisme
 Definition
neologism
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la plaisanterie
 Definition
joke
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le barbarisme
 Definition
barbarism
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l'anglicisme (m)
 Definition
anglicism
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s'exprimer
 Definition
to express oneself
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s'entendre avec
 Definition
to get along with
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parler français comme une vache espagnole
 Definition
to murder French (lit. to speak French like a Spanish cow)
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parler bas (fort)
 Definition
to speak softly (loudly)
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se disputer
 Definition
to quarrel
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la dispute
 Definition
quarrel
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insulter
 Definition
to insult
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l'insulte (f)
 Definition
insult
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se taire
 Definition
to be quiet
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perfectionner son accent (son français)
 Definition
to improve one's accent (one's French)
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parler couramment
 Definition
to speak fluently
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être bilingue
 Definition
to be bilingual
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être polyglotte
 Definition
to be a polyglotte, to speak many languages
Term
tutoyer
 Definition
to use the familiar "tu" with someone
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vouvoyer
 Definition
to use "vous" with someone
Term
la télévision
 Definition
television
Term
le magnétoscope
 Definition
VCR
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les mass media (m)
 Definition
mass media
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l'écran (m)
 Definition
screen
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la chaîne
 Definition
channel
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l'émission (f)
 Definition
program, telecast
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allumer (éteindre) le poste
 Definition
to turn on (off) the set
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diffuser
 Definition
to broadcast
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le journal télévisé
 Definition
(TV) news report
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le dessin animé
 Definition
cartoon
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le téléspectateur, la téléspectatrice
 Definition
television viewer
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le speaker, la speakerine
 Definition
commentator, speaker
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l'Internet (m)
 Definition
Internet
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visiter un site
 Definition
to visit a site
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surfer sur le net
 Definition
to surf the net
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télécharger un fichier
 Definition
to download a file
Term
le forum de discussion
 Definition
chatroom
Term
discuter
 Definition
to chat
Term
la publicité
 Definition
advertising, advertisement
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faire de la publicité
 Definition
to advertise
Term
la presse
 Definition
press
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le journal
 Definition
newspaper
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le magazine
 Definition
magazine
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s'abonner à
 Definition
to subscribe to
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les nouvelles (f), les actualités (f)
 Definition
news
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l'article (m)
 Definition
article
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la rubrique
 Definition
heading
Term
l'éditorial (m)
 Definition
editorial
Term
l'horoscope (m)
 Definition
horoscope
Term
la météo(rologie)
 Definition
weather report
Term
les mots (m) croisés
 Definition
crossword puzzle
Term
les petites annonces (f)
 Definition
classified ads
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les sports (m)
 Definition
sports
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le courrier du coeur
 Definition
lonely hearts column
Term
la rubrique nécrologique
 Definition
obituary
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la bande dessinée
 Definition
cartoon, comics
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quotidien, quotidienne
 Definition
daily
Term
hebdomadaire
 Definition
weekly
Term
mensuel, mensuelle
 Definition
monthly
Term
le, la journaliste
 Definition
journalist
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le reporter
 Definition
reporter
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le lecteur, la lectrice
 Definition
reader
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la radio
 Definition
radio
Term
le journal radiophonique
 Definition
radio news
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la musique
 Definition
music
Term
l'auditeur (m), l'auditrice (f)
 Definition
listener
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