Today's photo has nothing to do with le mot du jour — not unless you want it to. Click to enlarge this image (…of one of our testy tournesols, in the front yard).
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furax (fyur-aks) adjective
: livid, furious, hopping mad
synonym: furibard(e)
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A Day in a French Life… will continue on Wednesday. Meantime, please give us your favorite French word (or share your favorite French expression); click here to share it or to see the submitted words!
Merci beaucoup & à bientôt!
Kristin
PS: a slangy expression that I find amusing, and sometimes hear the French use, is "idem" [ee-dem]. It means "ditto".
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“papillon” butterfly or bow tie – my husband always wears a papillon and not a neck tie
I’ve always liked “on ne sait jamais” and “chaque a son gout”.
Tiguidou! My absolute favorite. but all the one’s i’ve read on here are tiguidou.
I loved Diana’s post of July mentioning the word “shouette”. Her spelling is phonetic so she is forgiven, but the word is “chouette”.
I really like this blog using words and phrases from French that they like. I lived in France 30 yrs. never perfected the language but I too had my favorite phrases. When we moved to Spain I started being more conscious of the words I loved using. It was almost like having a high on words.
One of my favorite expressions is “zut,alors”, which I always thought meant “oh, shoot”, when something went wrong.
‘estoupouflante’ – flabbergasting amazing is a great word also ‘grenouille’ et ‘crapaud’. All very pleasing to the mouth and ear!
I love “vachement”, meaning hugely, as in as much as a whole cow! My friends and I used it a lot when I was there in the late 70’s for school, and now when I use it, French people laugh and say “Wow – you really do know the language!”
I also love “chouette” which is just so fun (i.e., “chouette”!!) I used to call my painting business “La Palette Chouette” (which I still love) but most Americans were baffled by both the name and pronunciation, so I changed it.
I am having the best time reading all of your other favorites. Many of them tickle my fancy, as well. Great list.
N’oubliez pas” tarabiscote” –the French word that sounds Italian. It means ” ornate”. ( “e” Accent aigu
I’m glad this list is still “alive.” I stumbled on it today while reading today’s Word a Day. I’ve had fun with it and have learned a lot. A word that I love to say is méditerranée, as in Club Méditerranée, partly because I remember my pride when I was finally able to pronounce it with conviction, many years ago.
Calling a French firm I was doing business with at the time, I would repeatedly be told “Pas chantez!. Of course I had no intention of launching into song, so what an odd request.
The operator was of course just asking for my patience – Patientez! – while she tried to connect me.
“Crachez dessus parce que moi j’ai crache dedans.” My favorite line when someone demands I “say something in French.” It’s a line from a play that I learned in high school (many years ago).