User:Mglovesfun/list of English words of French origin/a-d

A

• abandon
• abandonment
• abase (Old French abaissier)
• abash (Old French esbaïr)
• abate (Old French abatre, compare modern French abattre)
• abatement (Old French abatement, compare modern French abattement)
• abatis
• abattoir
• abbatial
• abbe
• abbess
• abbey (Anglo-Norman abbeie, from Old French abaïe, compare modern French abbaye)
• abbreviation, (French abréviation)
• abdication
• aberrant
• aberration
• abet (Old French abeter)
• abeyance (Anglo-Norman abeiance, from Old French abeance)
• abhor (French abhorrer)
• ability (Old French ableté, compare modern French habileté with restoration of initial h of Latin habilitas)
• abject
• abjection
• abjuration
• abjure (French abjurer)
• ablation (French ablation)
• ablative
• able, from Old French, compare modern French habile or capable
• ablution
• abnormal compare anormal
• aboard (Middle French à bord)
• abolish, compare abolir
• abolition
• abominable
• abomination
• abound
• abrasion
• abrasive, French abrasif, abrasive(fem.)
• abridge, French abréger
• abrogation
• abrupt
• absence
• absent
• absinthe
• absolute, from Middle French, compare modern French absolu
• absolution
• absorb (French absorber)
• abstain (Old French abstenir)
• abstention
• abstinence
• abstinent
• absurd
• absurdity (French absurdité)
• abundance (Old French abundance, modern French abondance)
• abundant
• abuse (French abuser)
• abusive (French abusif, abusive(fem.) )
• abut (Old French abouter)
• abysmal (Old French abisme)
• academy, compare académie, from Ancient Greek akademeia
• Acadia (French Acadie)
• acceleration (French accélération)
• accent (French accent)
• accept (French accepter)
• acceptable
• acceptance
• access (French accès)
• accessible
• accession
• accident
• acclamation
• acclimate (French acclimater)
• accolade
• accommodation
• accompaniment (French accompagnement)
• accompany (Old French acompaignier, modern French accompagner)
• accomplice (Old French complice)
• accomplish (Old French acomplir, modern French accomplir)
• accord
• accordance (Old French accordance)
• accost
• accoucheur
• account (Old French acont)
• accountant (Old French acontant)
• accourtre
• accoutrements
• accredit
• accreditation
• accrue
• accumulation
• accusation
• accusative (Old French accusatif)
• accuse
• accustom (Old French acostumer, modern French accoutumer)
• ace, (Old French as)
• acephalous, (French acéphale)
• acerbity, (Middle French acerbité)
• acetic, (French acétique)
• acetylene, (French acétylène)
• achieve, (Old French achever)
• achievement, (Old French achievement)
• acid, (French acide)
• aconite, (French aconit)
• acoustic, (French acoustique)
• acquaint, (Old French acointier)
• acquaintance, (Old French acointance)
• acquiesce, (Middle French acquiescer)
• acquiescence, (Middle French acquiescence)
• acquire, (Old French aquerre)
• acquisition
• acquit (Old French acquitter)
• acrimonious (French acrimonieux)
• acrimony (French acrimonie)
• acrobat (French acrobate)
• acrobatic (French acrobatique)
• acromegaly (French acromégalie)
• across (Anglo-Norman en cros)
• act (Old French acte)
• action
• activity, (Middle French activité)
• actual, (Old French actuel)
• acuity, (Middle French acuité)
• adage
• adapt, (Middle French adapter)
• adaptation
• addition
• address
• adhere
• adherence
• adhesion
• adhesive, compare adhésif or feminine form adhésive
• adieu, which literally means "to God" (à Dieu), farewell
• adjective, compare adjectif
• adjoin
• adjourn (Old French ajourner)
• adjudge (Old French ajugier, compare modern French adjuger)
• adjust (Old French ajoster, compare modern French ajuster)
• administer (Old French aministrer, compare modern French administrer)
• administration
• admirable
• admiral (Old French amiral)
• admiration
• admire
• admissible
• admission
• admonish (Old French amonester, compare modern French admonester)
• admonition
• adolescence
• adolescent
• adopt
• adoption
• adorable
• adoration
• adore
• adorn (Old French aorner)
• adornment (Old French aornement)
• adroit
• adulation
• adultery (Old French avoutrie or aoulterie, compare modern French adultère)
• advance (Old French avancer)
• advancement (Old French avancement)
• advantage (Old French avantage)
• advantageous
• adventure, (Old French auenture, compare modern French aventure)
• adventurous, (Old French aventuros, compare modern French aventureux)
• adversary, (Anglo-Norman adverser, from Old French adversier, compare modern French adversaire)
• adverse (Old French avers, compare modern French adverse)
• adversity (Anglo-Norman adversité, from Old French aversité, compare modern French adversité)
• advertisement, (French avertissement (“warning”))
• advice, (Old French avis [opinion])
• advise, (Old French aviser [give one's opinion])
• advocacy, (Old French advocacie)
• advocate (Old French avocat)
• aerobic (French aérobie)
• aerodynamics (French aérodynamique)
• aeronautics (French aéronautique)
• aeroplane (French aéroplane)
• affability (French affabilité)
• affable
• affair, (Anglo-Norman afere, from Old French afaire or à faire, compare modern French affaire)
• affection
• affiance (Old French afiancer)
• affiliation
• affinity, (Old French afinité, compare modern French affinité)
• affirm, (Old French afermer, compare modern French affirmer)
• affirmation
• affirmative
• affix (Middle French affixer, from Old French afichier, compare modern French afficher)
• afflict
• affliction
• affluence
• affluent
• affront
• afraid past participle of afray (Anglo-Norman afrayer, from Old French esfreer, compare modern French effrayer))
• agate
• age
• agent provocateur
• aggrandisement French agrandissement
• aggravation
• aggression, compare agression
• aggrieve, (Old French agrever, compare modern French aggraver)
• agile
• agility
• à gogo, or a-go-go, in abundance
• agrarian
• agree (Old French agreer, compare modern French agréer (“to accept, to please”))
• agreeable, compare modern French agréable
• agreeance (Old French agreance)
• agreement (Old French agreement, compare modern French agrément [authorization or amenity])
• agronomy
• ague
• aid (Old French aide)
• aide-de-camp
• aileron
• aim (Old French esmer)
• air
• aisle
• à la, in the style of...
• alabaster, from Old French alabastre (> Latin > Greek > Egyptian a-labaste}})
• à la carte
• alarm
• alas, from Old French phrase ha las!, compare modern French hélas
• alchemist
• alchemy
• alcove
• alembic Middle French alambic, from Arabic al anbiq
• alert
• algorithm
• alien (Old French alien)
• alienation (Middle French alienation)
• align, (Middle French aligner)
• alignment, (French alignement)
• allegation
• allege
• allegiance (Anglo-Norman legaunce, from Old French legeance, compare modern French allégeance)
• allegorical
• allegory
• allemande
• alley compare allée
• alliance
• allocation
• allot (Old French aloter)
• allotment French alotement
• allow (Old French alouer)
• allowable (Old French alouable)
• allowance (Old French alouance)
• alloy (Anglo-Norman alai, from Old French aleier)
• allude
• allure
• ally (Old French alier)
• almond, (Old French almande, compare modern French amande)
• almoner (Old French almosnier, compare modern French aumônier)
• alter
• alteration
• altruism
• altruistic
• alum
• amass
• amateur
• ambassador
• amber
• ambergris
• ambiance
• ambience
• ambiguity
• ambiguous
• ambition
• amble (Old French ambler)
• ambulance
• ambuscade
• ambush (Old French embuscher)
• amelioration
• amenable
• amend
• amendment
• amends
• amenity
• amerce
• amethyst
• ami
• amiable
• amity
• ammonite
• ammunition, from munition
• amnesty, compare amnistie
• amorous, from Old French, compare modern French amoureux
• amortise
• amount
• amount
• amour
• amour-propre
• ampere
• ample
• amplify
• amplitude
• ampoule
• ampul
• amulet (Middle French amulette)
• amuse
• amusement
• anagram
• analogue
• analyse
• analyst
• anatomy
• ancestor (Old French ancestre, compare modern French ancêtre)
• ancestral
• ancestry
• ancien regime
• ancient
• andiron (Old French andier)
• andouille
• anecdote
• angel (Old French angel)
• angelic
• angle
• anguish (from Old French anguisse, now angoisse)
• anime French animé
• animosity
• anise (Old French anis)
• anisette
• annals (Old French annales)
• annelid
• annex, (Old French annexer)
• annihilation
• announce
• announcement
• annoy, from Old French anoier, modern French ennuyer
• annoyance
• annual (Old French annuel)
• annuity (Old French annuité)
• annul (Old French annuler)
• annunciation (French annonciation)
• anoint (Old French enoint, past participle of enoindre, compare modern French oindre)
• anomy
• anonym (French anonyme)
• antecedent, compare antécédent
• antechamber, compare antichambre
• antelope, (Old French antelop, compare modern French antilope)
• anther, compare anthère
• antibiotic, French antibiotique
• antigen, French antigène
• antique
• antiquity (Old French antiquitet, compare modern French antiquité)
• antler (Anglo-Norman auntiler, from Old French antoillier, modern French andouiller)
• anus (Old French anus)
• apart (Old French a part)
• apartment, French appartement
• apathy
• apercu, French aperçu
• aperitif, French apéritif
• aphorism
• aplomb
• apologetic
• apologist
• apologue
• apoplectic
• aporetic
• apostille
• apostle (Old French apostle, compare modern French apôtre)
• apostrophe
• apothecary (Old French apotecaire, compare modern French apothicaire)
• appall (Old French apalir, compare modern French pâlir)
• appanage (Old French apanage)
• apparel, (Old French apareillier, compare modern French appareil)
• apparent
• apparition
• appeal
• appear
• appearance
• appease
• appeasement
• appellant
• appellation
• appellee
• apperception
• appertain
• appetence
• appetite
• application
• applique
• apply (Old French aplier, compare modern French appliquer (“to apply, to implement”))
• appoint
• appointee
• appointment
• apportion
• appose
• appraise
• appreciable
• appreciation
• apprehend
• apprise
• approach
• approbation
• appropre
• approvance
• approve
• appurtenance
• appurtenant
• apricot (French abricot, from Portuguese albricoque, from Arabic al-birquq)
• apron (Old French naperon)
• après-ski
• apropos (French à propos)
• aquarelle
• aquatic
• aqueous
• arabesque
• arable
• arachnid
• arbalest
• arbitrage
• arbitration
• arbitrator
• arbitrer
• arbour
• arc
• arcade
• arch
• archaic
• archduke
• archeology
• archer
• archery
• archetype
• architect
• architecture
• archives
• arctic
• ardent
• ardour
• are
• arête
• argent (French argent)
• argot
• argue, (Old French arguer)
• argument
• argumentation
• aridity
• aristocracy
• aristocrat
• aristocratic
• arithmetic
• arm (weapon) (Old French arme)
• armagnac
• armament
• armature
• armistice
• armoire
• armorer
• armour
• army
• aromatherapy
• aromatic
• arraign
• arraignment
• arrange
• arrangement
• arras
• array
• arrearage
• arrears
• arrest, from Old French arester
• arrive
• arriviste
• arrogance
• arrogant
• arrondissement
• arsenal
• arsenic
• arson
• art
• art brut
• art deco
• art nouveau
• arterial
• artery
• artesian
• article
• articulation
• artifice
• artificial
• artillery
• artisan
• artist
• artiste
• artistic
• asbestos (Old French abeste)
• ascendant
• ascertain
• ascribe (Old French ascrivre)
• ashlar (Old French aiseler)
• asine
• askance (Old French a escone)
• asp (Middle French aspe, modern French vipère aspic)
• asperity
• aspic
• aspirant
• aspire
• assail
• assailant
• assassin (French assassin, from Arabic hashishiyyi ("hashish users"))
• assault
• assay
• assemblage
• assemble
• assembly
• assent
• assertion
• assess (Anglo-Norman assesser)
• assessor (Old French assessour, compare modern French assesseur)
• assets (Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez [enough])
• assign
• assignation
• assignee
• assignment
• assist
• assistance
• assistant
• assize
• assonance
• assort
• assuage
• assume
• assurance
• assure
• astonish
• astray
• astrolabe
• astronomy
• atavism
• atelier
• atheism
• atheist
• attach
• attaché
• attachment
• attack
• attain
• attainder
• attainment
• attempt
• attend
• attendance
• attendant
• attentive
• attest
• attestation
• attire
• attitude
• attorn
• attorney (Old French atorné past participle of atorner)
• attraction
• attractive
• attribution
• aubade
• aubain
• aubergine
• auburn
• au courant
• audible
• audience
• audition
• auditor
• au fait
• augment
• augmentation
• augmentative
• au naturel
• aunt (Anglo-Norman aunte, from Old French ante, compare modern French tante)
• aureole
• auspices
• austerity
• auteur
• authentic
• author (Old French autor, compare modern French auteur)
• authorise
• authority
• autoclave
• autocracy
• autocrat
• autocratic
• automobile
• autumn
• avail
• avalanche
• avant
• avant-garde
• avarice
• avaricious
• avaunt
• avenge
• avenue
• aver
• average
• averment
• avert
• aviation (French aviation)
• aviator
• avid (French avide)
• avidity
• avocet
• avoid (Old French evuider)
• avoirdupois
• avouch
• avow (Old French aveu)
• await (Anglo-Norman awaitier, from Old French agaitier)
• award (Anglo-Norman awarder, from Old French esguarder)
• axiom (French axiome)
• aye-aye
• azimuth (Old French azimut, from Arabic as-sumut|lang=fr)
• azure (Old French azur, from Arabic (al)-lazaward, from Persian lajward)

B

• baba au rhum
• baboon (French babouin)
• babouche (French babouche, from Arabic babush, from Persian papush)
• baccarat
• bachelor (Old French bacheler)
• bacon (Old French bacon)
• bacteriophage (French bactériophage)
• badinage
• bagatelle
• baggage, (Old French bagage)
• baguette
• bail (Old French baillier)
• bailey
• bailiff
• baize
• balance
• baldric (Old French baldre, compare modern French baudrier)
• bale (Old French bale, from Germanic)
• baleen
• ball (dancing party) (Old French baller)
• ballad (French ballade, from Old Provençal ballada)
• ballet (French ballet, from Italian balletto)
• ballon
• balloon (French ballon)
• balm (Old French basme, compare modern French baume)
• baluster (French balustre, from Italian balaustro)
• balustrade (French balustrade, from Italian balaustrata)
• banal
• banality
• band, (Middle French bande)
• bandage
• bandeau
• bandolier
• bandy
• banish (Old French banir, from Frankish *bannjan)
• bank (Old French banque, from Old Italian banca, from Germanic)
• banner
• banquet
• banquette
• baptise (Old French baptisier)
• baptism (Old French baptesme or bapteme, compare modern French baptême)
• bar (Old French barre)
• barb (Old French barbe)
• bargain (Old French bargaignier)
• barge
• bark (small ship) (Middle French barque)
• baron (Old French baron, from Frankish *baro)
• baroness
• baroque
• barque
• barracks
• barrage
• barratry
• barre
• barrel (Old French baril)
• barren, (Old French baraigne)
• barret
• barrette
• barricade
• barrier
• barter (Old French barater)
• base
• basil
• basin
• basket
• bas-relief
• basset (hound)
• bassinet
• bassoon
• bastard
• baste [sew] (Old French bastir)
• bastion
• bate (Old French batre, compare modern French battre)
• bathyscaphe
• baton
• battalion (Middle French bataillon, from Italian battaglione)
• batten (French baton)
• batter
• battery
• battle (Old French bataille)
• battlement
• bauble
• baud
• bauxite
• bay, compare baie
• bayonet, compare baïonnette
• beagle (French bagle)
• beak, (Old French bec)
• Béarnaise, a type of sauce, named after a region in France (Béarn)
• beast (Old French beste, compare modern French bête)
• beatification
• beatitude
• beau, a lover or a dandy
• beau idéal
• beau monde
• beauty (Old French beauté)
• beaux arts, fine arts
• bechamel
• beef (Old French buef, compare modern French bœuf)
• beef bourguignon
• beggar (Old French begart)
• begonia
• beige
• beignet
• beldame
• belfry
• belle
• belles-lettres
• benefice (French bénéfice)
• beneficial
• benefit (Anglo-Norman benfet, compare modern French bienfait)
• benevolent
• benign
• benignity
• benison
• benzoin
• berate
• berceuse
• beret, compare béret
• bergamot
• berline
• berm (French berme, from Old Dutch baerm)
• beryl (Old French beryl, from Ancient Greek berullos, from Sanskrit vaidurya)
• bestial
• bête noire
• betray
• bevel
• beverage (Anglo-Norman beverage, from Old French boivre (“to drink”), compare modern Frenchbreuvage)
• bevy
• bezant
• bezel
• bezique
• bias
• bibelot
• bibliophile
• bice (short form of French bleu bis (brownish-grey blue))
• bicycle, compare bicyclette
• bidet
• bigamy
• bigot
• bigotry
• bijou
• bikini
• bile
• bilge
• biliary
• bilious
• billet
• billet-doux, a love letter
• billiards French billiard, dimunitive of Old French bille (“stick of wood”), from Gaulish *bilia (“tree”)
• billion
• binocular
• biopsy
• biscuit
• bison
• bisque
• bistro
• bittern
• bituminous
• bivouac
• bizarre
• blame
• blanch
• blancmange
• blandish
• blank (Old French blanc)
• blanket, from Old French blanchet (originally "a white cloth")
• blasé
• blaspheme
• blasphemy
• blazon
• blemish
• bleu cheese
• blister
• bloc
• block
• blond
• blonde
• blouse
• bludgeon
• blue Old French bloe, from Frankish *blao
• bobbin
• boil (Old French boillir)
• Boise
• boisterous
• bomb
• bombard (French bombarde)
• bombardier
• bombast
• bombazine
• bombe
• bon appétit
• bonbon
• bonhomie
• bon mot
• bonnet, from Old French, compare modern French bonnet
• bonny
• bon-ton
• bon viveur the French use bon vivant instead
• bon voyage
• boor
• boot
• booty
• borage
• borax
• Bordeaux (wine)
• bordello
• border
• botanic
• botony
• bottle
• bouche
• boudoir
• bouffant
• bougainvillea
• bougie
• bouillabaisse
• bouillon
• boule
• boulevard
• boulevardier
• bound Old French bondir (verb), bonde (noun)
• boundary
• bounty
• bouquet
• bourbon (whiskey)
• bourgeois
• bourgeoisie
• bourn
• bourse
• boutique
• boutonniere
• bowel
• bowls
• brace
• bracelet
• brach
• bracket
• braggart
• brail
• Braille
• braise
• bran, from Old French bran or bren
• branch
• brandish, Old French brandir
• brassiere, bras, compare French brassière, although the modern French for this is soutien-gorge|soutien-gorge
• brave
• bravery
• brawn
• bray
• braze
• brazier
• bream
• brevet
• bribe
• bric-a-brac
• brick
• Brie cheese
• brigade
• brigadier
• brigand
• brigantine
• brilliance
• brilliant, compare brillant
• brioche
• briquette
• Britain Old French Bretaigne, from Latin Britannia
• Briton Anglo-Norman Bretun, from Latin Brittonem
• Brittany Old French Bretaigne, from Latin Britannia
• broach
• brochure, French brochure, from brocher - to stitch
• broderie anglaise, a type of embroidery
• broil
• broker
• bromine
• bronze
• brooch
• brose
• brouhaha
• browse
• Bruce (Norman name)
• bruise Old French bruisier
• bruit
• brulee
• brume
• brunet
• brunette
• brush
• brusque
• brut
• brute
• buccaneer French boucanier
• bucket
• buckle, compare boucle
• buckler
• buckram
• budge
• budget, from Old French bougette (a little purse)
• buff
• buffer
• buffet
• buffoon
• bugle
• bulb
• bulge
• bullet, from boulette, although the modern French for this is balle
• bulletin
• bullion
• bun
• burden compare bourdon
• bureau
• bureaucracy
• bureaucrat
• burette
• burgeon
• burgess
• burglar
• Burgundy wine, Old French Burgondie, now Bourgogne
• burin
• burlesque
• burnish
• bushel
• busk
• busker
• buskin
• bustard
• bustier
• butcher
• butchery
• butler
• butt
• butte
• buttery
• button, Old French boton, compare modern French bouton
• buttress
• buzzard

C

• cabal, compare cabale
• cabaret
• cabbage, Middle French caboche (“head”)
• cabernet
• cabin
• cabinet
• cable
• cabochon
• cabotage
• cabriolet
• cache, compare cacher
• cache-sexe
• cachet
• cadastral
• caddie Scottish, from French cadet
• cadence
• cadet
• Cadillac, named for Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
• cadre
• café
• café au lait
• cafetière
• cage
• cagoule
• cahier
• cahoots
• caisson
• caitiff
• cajole, compare cajoler
• cajolery
• Cajun
• calaboose
• calamine
• calamitous
• calamity
• calcify
• calendar Old French calendier, compare modern French calendrier
• calender
• calibre
• caliph French caliphe, from Arabic khalîfa
• caliphate
• calligraphy French calligraphie, from Ancient Greek kalos "beautiful" + grapho "I write"
• calm
• calmative
• calomel
• caloric
• calorie
• calque
• calumet
• calumny
• Calvinism
• camaraderie
• camber
• camel
• camembert
• camisole French camisole, from Occitan camisola
• camomile
• camouflage
• camp
• campaign, compare campagne
• camphor
• cancan
• canaille
• canal
• canapé
• canard
• canary
• cancel, Anglo-Norman canceler, evolution of chanceler (“to cross out”) (1293)
• candy
• cane
• cannon
• cannonade
• canon (clergyman), Anglo-Norman canun, from Old Northern French canonie (compare French chanoine)
• canonise, Old French cannonisier
• canteen
• cantle
• canton
• cantonment
• canvas
• capable
• capacity
• cap-a-pie
• caparison
• cape
• capillarity
• capitalism
• capitalist
• capitulation
• capon Old Northern French capon, compare modern French chapon
• capote
• caprice
• capricious
• capsid
• capstan Old French cabestant, from Old Provençal cabestan
• capsule
• captain Old French capitaine
• caption
• captious
• capture
• Capuchin
• car Old Northern French carre, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros
• carabineer
• carafe
• caramel
• carapace
• carat
• caravan
• caravel
• carbine
• carbon
• carbonate
• carbuncle
• carcass
• card (French carte)
• cardiac
• careen
• career (French carrière)
• caress
• caribou
• caricature
• carillon
• carious
• carmine
• carnage
• carnation
• carnival
• carnivore
• carob, French carobe, from Arabic kharrub
• carol
• carom
• carouse
• carousel
• carp
• carpel
• carpenter
• carpentry
• carpet
• carrack
• carrefour
• carriage
• carrion
• carrot
• carry, Old Northern French carrier, (compare French charrier)
• carte blanche
• carte de visite
• cartel
• carter
• Cartesian
• cartilage
• cartography
• carton
• cartouche
• cartridge
• caryatid
• cascade
• case
• casein
• casement
• cash, Middle French caisse
• cashew
• cashier
• cask
• casque
• casserole
• cassette
• cassis
• cassock
• castle, Old North French castel, Old French chastel, compare modern French château
• castor
• casual (Old French casuel)
• casuist, compare casuiste
• cataclysm
• catafalque
• catalogue
• catapult
• catch
• catchpoll
• catechumen
• category
• caterpillar
• catheter
• catholic
• cattle
• caudle
• caul
• cauldron
• caulk
• causative
• cause
• caustic
• cauterize
• caution
• cavalcade
• cavalier
• cavalry, compare cavalerie
• cave
• cavern
• caviar
• cavil
• cavity
• cease Old French cessier
• cedar Old French cedre
• celadon
• celebrant
• celebration
• celebrity
• celerity
• celery
• celestial
• celibate
• cellar
• cellulite
• cellulose
• Celtic
• cement (Old French ciment)
• cemetery
• cenacle
• cenotaph
• cense, compare encenser
• censer (Old French censier)
• censure
• centime (French centime)
• centimetre
• centipede
• centralization
• centre (Old French centre)
• centrifuge
• centrist
• cephalopod
• cere
• cereal
• cerebral
• ceremonious
• cerise
• certain
• certainty
• certificate
• certify
• certitude
• cession
• Chablis
• chafe
• chagrin
• chain
• chair, Old French chaiere "chair", compare modern French chaire "pulpit, throne"
• chaise, French chaise, from Old French chaiere
• chaise longue or sometimes chaise lounge
• chalet
• chalice, Old French chalice or calice, compare modern French calice
• challenge, Old French chalonge and chalengier
• challenger, Anglo-Norman chalengeour
• chamber
• chamberlain, Old French chamberlenc, compare modern French chambellan
• chambray
• chameleon, Old French chameleon, from Latin chamaeleon, from Greek khamaileon|lang=fr
• chamfer
• chamois
• champagne
• champaign
• champertous
• champignon
• champion
• chance
• chancel
• chancellor
• chancery
• chancre
• chandelier
• chandler
• chandlery
• change
• changeable
• channel
• chant
• chanteuse
• chanterelle
• chanticleer
• chantilly cream
• chapeau
• chapel
• chaperon
• chaplain
• chaplet
• chapter
• charabanc
• character, Old French caractere
• charade
• charcuterie
• chard
• Chardonnay
• charette
• charge
• chariot
• charitable
• charity
• charlatan
• Charles, French Charles, from Medieval Latin Carolus, from Old High German Karl
• charlotte
• charm
• charnel
• chart
• charter
• chartreuse
• chase, Old French chacier, compare modern French chasser
• chaser
• chassé
• chasseur
• chassis
• chaste
• chasten
• chastise
• chastity
• chasuble
• château
• chateaubriand
• chatelaine
• chattel
• chauffeur
• chauvinism
• cheat, Old French escheat
• check, Old French eschec
• checker, Old French eschequier
• checkmate, Old French eschec mat, from Persian shah mat, compare modern French échec et mat
• cheer (Old French chiere)
• chef, French chef
• chemise
• chemist, French chimiste
• chenille
• cheque
• cherish (Old French cherir)
• cherry, Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French cherise, compare Old French and modern French cerise
• chess, Old French eschés
• chestnut
• cheval de frise
• cheval glass
• chevalier
• chevron
• Cheyenne, French Cheyenne, from Dakota Sahi'yena
• chez
• chic
• Chicago (from Fort Chécagou, from Algonquian)
• chicane
• chicanery
• chichi
• chickpea
• chicory
• chief, Old French chief, compare modern French chef
• chieftain, Old French chevetain, compare modern French cheftaine (only the feminine form remains)
• chiffon
• chiffonade
• chiffonier
• chignon
• chimera
• chimney
• chiromancy
• chisel
• chitin
• chivalrous
• chivalry
• chive
• chloroform
• chlorophyll
• chock
• choice
• choir
• choler
• choleric
• cholesterol
• choreography
• chowder
• Christianity
• chrome
• chromium
• chronic
• chronicle
• chute
• cider
• cigarette
• cinema, French cinéma
• cinematic
• cinematography
• cinnabar
• cinnamon
• cinquain
• circle
• circlet
• circuit
• circular
• circulation
• circulatory
• circumcise
• circumspection
• circumstance
• cirque
• cistern
• citadel
• citation
• cite
• citizen
• citron
• citronella
• city, Old French cité, compare modern French cité
• civet
• civil
• civilian
• civilisation
• civilize
• claim (Old French clamer)
• clairvoyance
• clamor
• clamorous
• claque
• claret
• clarification
• clarify
• clarinet, compare clarinet
• clarion
• clarity
• class
• classic
• classify
• clause
• clavicle
• clavier
• clear
• clechy
• clef
• clement
• clementine
• clergy
• cliché
• client
• clientele
• climate
• clinic
• clinician
• clique
• cloak
• cloche
• clock
• cloisonne
• cloister
• close
• closet, from Old French closet
• closure
• cloture
• clyster
• coach
• coagulation
• coalition
• coast
• coat
• coat of arms
• cocaine
• cochineal
• cock
• cockade
• Cockaigne, Old French Cocaigne, compare modern French pays de Cocagne
• cockatrice
• cockle
• cocoon
• cocotte
• coddle
• code
• codeine
• codicil
• coefficient
• coercion
• Coeur d'Alene
• coffer
• coffin
• cogent
• cogitation
• cogitative
• cognac
• cognisance
• cohabitation
• coherence
• coherent
• cohesion
• cohort
• coif
• coiffeur
• coiffeuse
• coiffure
• coil
• coin, Old French coigne
• coinage
• coincide
• coincidence
• coincident
• Cointreau
• collaboration
• collage
• collagen
• collar, Old French coler
• collateral
• collation
• colleague
• collect
• collection
• collective
• collector
• college
• collegial
• collet
• collision
• colloid
• collusion
• cologne
• colonel, Middle French coronel, compare modern French colonel
• colonnade
• colossal
• colour, color
• coloration
• columbine
• column
• combat
• combatant
• combination
• combine
• combust
• combustible
• combustion
• comedian and comedienne, compare comédien and comédienne
• comedy
• comestible
• comet
• comfit
• comfiture
• comfort
• comfortable
• comforter
• comity
• command
• commandant
• commendation
• commander
• commandment
• comme il faut
• commemoration
• commence
• commencement
• commendable
• commendation
• commensal
• comment
• commentary
• commerce
• commercial
• commiseration
• commissariat
• commission
• commissioner
• commode
• common
• commodity
• commodore
• common
• commotion
• communal
• communalism
• commune
• communicable
• communicate
• communication
• communicative
• communion
• communiqué
• communism (French communisme)
• communist
• community, Old French comunalté, modern French communauté
• commutation
• compact
• compaction
• companion
• company, Old French compagnie
• comparable
• comparative
• compare
• comparison
• compartment
• compass
• compassion
• compatible
• compatriot
• compeer
• compel
• compendious
• compensable
• compensation
• compensatory
• compere
• compete
• competence
• competent
• competitor
• compilation
• compile
• compiler
• complain
• complainant
• complaint
• complaisance
• complaisant
• complement
• complete
• complex
• complexion
• complication
• complicity
• compliment, French compliment
• compline
• comply
• comport
• comportment
• compose
• composite
• composition
• compost
• compote
• compound
• comprehension
• comprehensive
• compress
• compression
• comprise
• compromise
• compulsion
• compulsive
• compunction
• computation
• compute
• comrade, French camarade
• concave
• concavity
• conceal
• concealment
• concede
• conceive
• concentric
• concept
• conception
• concern
• concert
• concession
• concessionaire
• concierge
• conciliation
• concision
• conclusion
• conclusive
• concomitance
• concord
• concordance
• concordant
• concordat
• concourse
• concretion
• concubinage
• concurrence
• concurrent
• condemn
• condense
• condescend
• condescendence
• condign
• condiment
• condition
• conditional
• conduction
• conductor
• conduit
• condyle
• cone
• coney
• confection
• confederacy
• confederation
• confer
• conference
• confess
• confession
• confessional
• confidant
• confidante
• confidence
• confident
• confine
• confinement
• confirm
• confirmation
• confiscation
• confit
• conflagration
• confluent
• conform
• conformity
• confound
• confraternity
• confrere
• confront
• confrontation
• confusion
• confute
• congeal
• congee
• congener
• congestion
• congratulation
• congregation
• congruity
• conjecture
• conjoin
• conjoint
• conjugal
• conjunction
• conjuncture
• conjuration
• conjure
• conjurer
• connect
• connection
• connoisseur, Old French conoisseor, compare modern French connaisseur
• conquer
• conqueror
• conquest
• consanguine
• consanguinity
• conscience
• conscientious
• conscription
• consecutive
• consent
• consequence
• consequent
• conservation
• conservative
• conservator
• conserve
• consider
• consideration
• consign
• consist
• consistence
• consistory
• consolation
• console
• consommé
• consonance
• consonant
• consort
• conspiracy
• conspirator
• conspire
• constable
• constance
• constant
• constellation
• consternation
• constitution
• constrain
• constraint
• construction
• constructive
• consuetude
• consul
• consult
• consultation
• consume
• consumption
• contagion
• contagious
• contain
• contaminate
• contemn
• contemplation
• contemplative
• contend
• content
• contention
• contentious
• contentment
• contest
• contestant
• contiguity
• continence
• continent
• contingent
• continual
• continuance
• continuation
• continue
• continuity
• contortion
• contour
• contra dance
• contraband
• contract
• contractile
• contraction
• contracture
• contradiction
• contrariety
• contrary
• contrast
• contravene
• contravention
• contretemps
• contribution
• contributor
• contrite
• contrition
• contrive
• control
• controller
• controverse
• controversy
• contumelious
• contumely
• contusion
• convalescence
• convalescent
• convenance
• convene
• convenient
• convent, Old French convent, compare modern French couvent
• convention
• conversant
• conversation
• converse
• conversion
• convert
• convertible
• convex
• convey, Anglo-Norman conveier, from Old French convoier, compare modern French convoyer
• convive
• convivial
• convocation
• convoke
• convoy
• convulsive
• cooperation
• coordination
• cope
• coppice
• coprolalia
• copulation
• copy
• coquet
• coquetry
• coquette
• coral
• corbel
• cord
• cordage
• cordial
• cordon
• cordwainer
• core
• coriander
• Coriolis force
• corm
• cormorant, Old French cormarenc, compare modern French cormoran
• corn [callus on the foot]
• cornelian, Old French corneline, compare modern French cornaline
• corner
• cornet
• corniche
• coronal
• coroner
• coronet
• corporal Middle French corporal, from Italian caporale, compare modern French caporal
• corporal Old French corporal, compare modern French corporel
• corps
• corpse
• corpulence
• corpulent
• correct
• correction
• corrective
• correlation
• correspond
• corridor, French corridor, from Italian corridore
• corrigible
• corrode
• corrosion
• corrosive
• corrupt, Old French corropt, past participle of corrompre, from Latin
• corruptible
• corsage
• corsair
• corset
• cortege
• corvee
• corvette
• cost
• costal
• costive
• costume
• coterie
• cotillion
• cottage
• cotton, Old French coton
• couch
• cougar
• coulee
• coulomb
• council
• counsel
• counsellor
• count, Old French cunte, from Latin computare, compare modern French compter
• count, Old French conte, from Latin comitem, compare modern French comte
• countenance
• counter
• counteract
• counterfeit, Old French contrefait
• countermand, Old French contremander
• counterpart, Middle French contrepartie
• counterpoint
• counterpoise, Old French contrepois, compare modern French contrepoids
• countersign, Middle French contresigne
• countervail, Anglo-Norman countrevaloir, from Old French contrevaloir
• countess
• country, Old French cuntree, compare modern French contrée
• county, Anglo-Norman counté, compare comté
• coup
• coup d'état
• coup de grâce
• coupe
• couple
• couplet
• coupon
• courage, Old French corage, compare modern French courage
• courageous
• courant
• courgette
• courier
• course
• courser
• court
• court martial, French cour martiale
• courteous
• courtesan
• courtesy
• courtier
• couscous, French couscous, from Arabic kuskus
• cousin, Old French cosin
• couture
• couturier
• covenant
• cover, Old French covrir
• coverlet
• covert
• coverture
• covet
• covetous
• covey
• coward
• cowardice
• coy
• cramp
• crap
• crappie
• craps [game]
• crass
• cravat
• crayfish, Old French crevice, compare modern French écrevisse
• crayon
• cream
• creamery
• creation
• creator
• creature
• creche
• credit
• creditor
• credulity
• Cree
• crème
• crème brûlée
• crème caramel
• crème de la crème
• crème de menthe
• crenel
• crenelate
• creole
• crêpe
• creperie
• crepuscule
• crescent
• crest
• cretin
• cretonne
• crevasse
• crevice
• crew
• cricket, Old French criquet
• crime
• criminal
• criminality
• crinoline
• critic
• critique
• Cro Magnon
• crochet
• crocket
• crocodile
• croissant
• crone
• croquet
• croquette
• crotch
• crotchet
• crouch
• croupier
• crouton, from the diminutive form of the old French word, croust, (later to come into modern French as the word croûte), meaning crust.
• crown, Anglo-Norman coroune, from Old French corone, compare modern French couronne
• crozier
• cru
• crucial
• crucifix
• crucify
• crudites
• crudity
• cruel
• cruelty
• cruet
• crusade
• crusader
• crush
• crust, Old French crouste, compare modern French croûte
• cry, Old French crier
• crystal
• crystalline
• cube
• cubic
• cubism
• cuckold
• cuckoo
• cucumber
• cuirass
• cuisine
• cul-de-sac
• cull
• culmination
• culotte
• culpable
• culprit
• cult, French culte
• cultivation
• culture, French culture
• cuneiform
• cupidity
• curable
• curation
• curative
• curb
• cure
• curette
• curfew, Old French covrefeu, compare modern French couvre-feu
• curie
• curiosity
• curious
• curlew
• currant
• current
• currier
• curry
• curry favor
• cursive
• cursory
• curtail
• curtain
• curtilage
• cushion
• custard
• custom, from Old French coustume, compare modern French coutume
• cutlass
• cutler
• cutlery
• cutlet
• cyclic
• cygnet
• cylinder
• cymbal
• cynosure
• cypress
• cystic
• cystocele

D

• dace
• dagger
• daguerreotype
• dainty, Old French deintie
• dais, Old French dais
• dally
• dalmatic, Old French dalmatique
• damage, Old French damage
• dame
• damn, French damner
• damnable
• damnation
• damsel
• dance
• dandelion
• danger
• dangerous
• darnel
• dart
• date
• daub
• daunt
• dauphin
• dean, Old French deien, compare modern French doyen
• debacle
• debar
• debark
• debase
• debatable
• debate
• debauch
• debauchee
• debilitation
• debility
• debit
• debonair
• debridement
• debris
• debt, Old French dete, compare modern French dette
• debtor, Old French detor, relatinized in Modern French débiteur (from debitor)
• debut
• debutant
• debutante
• decade
• decadence
• decadent
• Decalogue
• decamp
• decant
• decapitate
• decapitation
• decapod
• decay
• decease
• deceit
• deceive
• decelerate
• December
• decent
• decentralisation
• deception
• deceptive
• decide
• decider
• decilitre
• decimetre
• decision
• decisive
• declaim
• declamation
• declarant
• declaration
• declarative
• declare
• déclassé
• declination
• decline
• declivity
• decoction
• decode
• décolletage
• décolleté
• decompose
• decompress
• deconstruct
• deconstruction
• décor or decor
• decorative
• découpage
• decouple
• decrease
• decree
• decrepit
• decrepitude
• decriminalise
• decry
• decuple
• dedication
• deduction
• deface
• defamation, Old French diffamacion, compare modern French diffamation
• defamatory
• defame
• default, Old French defaute, compare modern French défaut
• defeasance
• defeat, Old French desfait, past participle of desfaire, compare modern French défaite
• defeatist
• defect
• defective
• defence or defense
• defend
• defendant
• defendor
• defensible
• defensive
• defer
• deference
• deferent
• defiance
• deficit
• defile
• define
• definition
• definitive
• defloration
• deflower
• deforest
• deforestation
• deform
• deformation
• deformity
• defraud
• defray
• defrock
• defunct
• defy
• degeneration
• deglutition
• degradation
• degrade
• degree
• deific
• deign
• deism
• deist
• deity
• déjà vu
• deject
• dejection
• delay, Old Frenchdeslaier, compare modern French délai
• delectable
• delectation
• delegate
• deliberation
• deliberative
• delicious
• delight
• delimit
• delimitation
• delinquent
• deliver
• deliverance
• delivery
• deluge
• de luxe or deluxe
• demand
• demarche
• demeanor
• dement
• demerit
• demesne
• demimonde
• demise
• demission
• demitasse
• democracy
• democrat
• democratic
• democratize
• démodé
• demoiselle
• demolish
• demolition
• demonetization
• demonstration
• demonstrative
• demoralize
• demur
• demure
• demurrage
• demurrer
• denationalize
• denature
• denier
• denim
• denizen
• Dennis
• denomination
• denote
• denouement
• denounce
• dense
• density
• dental
• dentifrice
• dentist
• denture
• denudation
• denude
• deny
• deodand
• dépanneur
• depart
• department
• departmental
• departure
• depeche
• depend
• dependant
• dependence
• depiction
• depilatory
• deplorable
• deplore
• deploy, French déployer
• deployment
• deport
• deportation
• deportment
• depose
• deposition
• depot
• deprave
• deprecation
• deprecative
• depredation
• depress
• depression
• deprive
• deputation
• depute
• deputy
• deracinate
• derail
• derailleur
• derailment
• derange
• derangement
• deride
• de rigueur
• derision
• derivation
• derivative
• derive
• derogation
• derrière
• descant
• descend, Old French descendre
• descendant
• descension
• descent
• describe
• description
• descry
• desecrate
• desert, Old French desert
• desertion
• deserve
• deshabille
• desiccation
• designation
• desirable
• desire
• desirous
• desist
• Des Moines
• desolation
• despair
• desperation
• despise
• despite
• despoil
• despot
• despotic
• despotism
• dessert
• destine
• destiny
• destitution
• destrier
• destroy
• destroyer
• destruction
• destructive
• desuetude
• detach
• detachment (French détachement)
• detail (French détail)
• detain (Old French detenir)
• détente
• detention
• deterge
• detergent
• deterioration
• determination
• determinative
• determine
• detest
• detestable
• detestation
• detonation
• detour
• detract
• detraction
• detractor
• detriment
• Detroit (French détroit = strait)
• deuce, from deux (two)
• devastation
• develop
• development
• deviation
• device (Old French devis)
• devise
• devoid
• devotion
• devour (Old French devorer)
• devout (Old French devot)
• dexterity
• diabolic
• diabolical
• diadem
• diagonal
• diagram
• dialect
• dialectic
• dialogue
• diamanté
• diameter
• diamond
• diaper
• diarrhea
• diatonic
• diatribe
• didactic
• diet
• differ
• difference
• different
• difficulty
• dig
• digestible
• digestion
• digestive
• dignity (Old French dignité)
• dilatation
• dilate
• diligence
• diligent
• dime, Old French disme "a tenth part", compare modern French dîme
• diminish
• diminution
• diminutive
• dine
• dinner
• diocesan
• diocese
• diorama
• diphtheria
• diphthong
• diplomacy, French diplomatie
• diplomat
• direction (French direction)
• director
• dirigible, French dirigeable
• disaccustom
• disadvantage
• disagree
• disagreeable
• disallow
• disappoint (French desappointer)
• disarm (Old French desarmer)
• disaster
• disastrous
• disavow
• disband
• disburse
• discern
• discernable
• discernment
• discharge
• discipline
• disclaim
• disclaimer
• disclose
• discolour
• discomfit
• discomfiture
• discomfort
• disconcert
• discontinuance
• discontinue
• discord
• discordant
• discothèque or discotheque, thus disco
• discount
• discountenance
• discourage
• discourse
• discover (Old French descovrir)
• discreet
• discretion
• discursive
• discussion
• disdain
• disease
• disenchant
• disenfranchise
• disengage
• disfavour
• disfigure
• disgorge
• disgrace
• disguise(Old French desguisier)
• disgust
• dishabille
• dishevel
• dishonest
• dishonesty
• dishonour
• disillusion
• disinclination
• disinfect
• disinfectant
• disinter
• disjoint
• disjunction
• dislocation
• dislodge
• disloyal
• disloyalty
• dismal
• dismantle
• dismay
• dismember
• disobedience
• disobedient
• disobey
• disoblige
• disorder
• disorganize
• disorient
• disparage
• disparagement
• disparity
• dispensation
• dispense
• dispenser
• disperse
• dispersion
• displace
• display
• displease
• displeasure
• disport, Old French desporter
• disposable
• dispose
• disposition
• dispossess
• disprove
• disputation
• dispute
• dissension
• dissever
• dissimulation
• dissociation
• dissolution
• dissonance
• dissonant
• dissuade
• distance
• distant
• distemper
• distention
• distill
• distillery
• distinct
• distinction
• distinctive
• distingue
• distinguish
• distress
• distribution
• distributive
• district
• disturb
• disturbance
• disunion
• disuse
• ditty
• diuretic
• diverse
• diversify
• diversion
• diversity
• divert
• divest
• dividend
• divination
• divine
• divinity
• divisible
• division
• divorce
• divorcee
• docile
• docility
• doctor
• doctrinaire
• doctrine
• document
• dogmatism
• doleful
• dolmen, French dolmin also dolmen, perhaps incorrect transcription of Cornish tolmen
• dolomite
• dolorous
• dolphin
• domain
• dome
• domestic
• domicile
• dominant
• domination
• dominion
• domino
• donation
• donor
• dormant
• dormer
• dorsal
• dosage
• dose
• dossier
• double
• double entendre
• doublet
• doubloon
• doubt
• douche
• dowager
• dower
• dowry
• doyen
• doyenne
• dozen, from Old French dozaine, compare modern French douzaine
• drab
• dragoman
• dragon
• dragoon
• dram
• dramaturge
• dramaturgy
• drape
• draper
• drapery
• dress (Old French drecer)
• dressage
• dresser
• droll
• drollery
• dromedary
• dropsy, Old French idropsie
• drug
• druggist
• druid, Old French druide, from Latin druidae, from Gaulish
• dualism
• duality
• dub
• dubitation
• ducal
• ducat
• duchess
• duchy
• ductile
• due (Old French deu, past participle of devoir)
• duet
• du jour
• duke
• dulcet
• dulcimer
• Duluth
• dune
• dungeon
• dupe
• duplication
• duplicity
• durability
• durable
• durance
• duration
• duress
• during (Old French durer, compare endure)
• duty (Anglo-Norman dueté from Old French deu)
• duvet
• dynamic
• dynasty
• dysentery
• dysphemism