Morning all! It feels like ages since I last did a vocab post and that one had a bit of an architectural theme. Over the last few weeks, I’ve spent some time reading about the enthralling (ahem) history of the water system in the north of Paris and the incredible 19th century sewers. As a result there are now a few water-related words in my dictionary-check notebook.
Here are my nine favourite new words from everything I’ve looked up recently.
Dunette nf – poop deck (nautical)
Fosse nf – grave, pit, sandpit (sport)
Fiacre nm – (hackney) cab, carriage
Jaillir v – to spurt out, to gush (liquid). To flow (tears). To flash on (light).
Dalle nf – paving stone, slab, flagstone (pavement)
Glaise nf – clay
Lanternon nm – another word for lanterneau – lantern, skylight
Moisson nf – harvest
Ruisseler v – to stream (light/liquid), to flow, stream (liquid)
By the way, if you’re going to Paris or are there already and want to know more about the sewers, there’s a stinky but brilliant Sewer Museum that I wrote a post about last year.
I was in Paris 2 years ago and happily, I’m returning this spring:)
Its always good to get a few more words in the vocabulary and as I have a nautical French friend I think the word for poop deck will come in handy x
Oh brilliant. Am glad to hear you’ll have a use for it! I doubt I’ll ever need to say the word poop deck in French but I had no idea what it was when I read it. 🙂
well to be honest it is not a word I would use either, however now I know it I will try it out just for fun!
Haha! It’s a much prettier word in French