Think On

D Day

doublage (m) = dubbing (de film)

désalpe (f) = process of bringing cattle down from the high Alps for winter (we actually have festivals dedicated to this!) 

démailloter = to take the swaddling clothes off

No one can complain that these entries are not eclectic enough.

The words of the day come from a sign on the door of our building, which forbids:

colportage (m) = hawking, peddling

mendicité (m) = begging

Today is a D kind of day:

daube (f) = stew, casserole

dauber = to braise, but also to jeer!

dicton (m) = saying, dictum

C is for:

coupe-cigare (m) = cigar cutter

crise des larmes (f) = crying fit

colocataire (f) = roommate

Today's B words:

bague (f) = ring

babiole (f) = trinket or knicknack

hmmm, but then there's bagatelle (f) = small thing, trinket

My French improveth not, and I missed the latest round of classes at work (they take too much time out of the workweek, anyhow). So I am trying to get up to speed on my own.

I read a great blog, French Word-A-Day, and urge all French wannabes to go there. I love the eclecticism of the entries (the most recent, below).

~~~~~~French Vocabulary~~~~~
tchatche (tchatcher) = to chat; la brocante (f) = second-hand goods, fleamarket; le brocanteur (m) = seller at a fleamarket; portugais = Portugeuse; français = French; le funambulist = tightrope walker; le pichet = pitcher; le papier (m) à bulles = plastic wrap with "bubbles"----

I am also picking a random word from my big Robert and Collins dictionary, A-Z wise. Today:

avant-guerre (m) = pre-war years. Hmmm, but is that "les avant-guerres"?

Maybe this is easier: avant-hier = the day before yesterday.

This one is for my cousin Reid: avant-main (f) = forequarters.