6-Linguistics-Languages-French-Noun-People

agent provacateur

instigator or provoker {agent provocateur}.

aide-de-camp in French

officer assistant {aide-de-camp, French}.

ange

angel {ange}.

arrive

newcomer {arrivé}.

artiste

artist {artiste}.

attache

person aiding leader at military or diplomatic building {attaché}.

au pair

Non-family members {au pair} can live and eat free while cleaning and/or caring for children.

beau monde

fashionable society {beau monde}.

belle

beautiful woman {belle}.

bloc

block or unified group {bloc}.

bon vivant

High-living people {bon vivant} can happily consume all the good things in life.

bouche

mouth {bouche}.

boulanger

baker {boulanger}.

bourgeois

common people {bourgeois} {bourgeoise}.

boutonniere

dandy {boutonnière}.

brunette

woman with brown color hair {brunette}.

canaille

rabble {canaille}.

chanteuse

female singer {chanteuse}.

charge d'affaires

assistant or person dispatched by higher official to do or communicate something {chargé d'affaires}.

coeur

heart {coeur}.

concierge

house mistress {concierge}.

connoisseur

expert {connoisseur}.

corps in French

team or group {corps, French}.

cortege

retinue or procession {cortège}.

cou

neck {cou}.

cultivateur

truck farmer or vegetable soup {cultivateur}.

debutante

girl formally entering society {debutante}.

demimonde

immoral social classes, lower-class group, or prostitutes {demimonde}.

demoiselle

unmarried woman or young lady {demoiselle}.

derriere

rump {derrière}.

dilettante

amateur {dilettante}.

divorcee

divorced female {divorcée}.

dos in French

back {dos, French}.

doyen

most senior man in group {doyen}.

doyenne

most senior woman in group {doyenne}.

enfant

child {enfant}.

enfant terrible

Young and unconventional artists or scholars {enfant terrible} can be forceful and iconoclastic.

epaule

shoulder {épaule}.

epi

ear {epi}.

femme

woman {femme}.

femme fatale

Men can be fatally attracted to beautiful women {femme fatale}.

fiance

betrothed or engaged man {fiancé}.

fiancee

betrothed or engaged woman {fiancée}.

gamine

playful woman {gamine}.

garcon

waiter {garçon}.

grande dame

older respected woman {grande dame}.

habitue

social-establishment frequenter {habitué}.

hote

host {hôte}.

il

it or he {il}.

ingenue

naive young woman {ingenue}.

je

I {je}.

jeune fille

young woman {jeune fille}.

joue

cheek {joue}.

langue in French

tongue {langue, French}.

Madame

mistress or brothel owner {Madame}.

mademoiselle

miss {mademoiselle}.

maitre

master {maître}.

maitre d'hotel manager

headwaiter or hotel manager {mâitre d'hotel}.

maraicher

market gardener or truck farmer {maraîchèr}.

marchand

merchant {marchand}.

marquess

marquis {marquess} {marquis}.

marquise person

marquis' wife {marquise, person}.

masseur

male massager {masseur}.

masseuse

female massager {masseuse}.

menage

group {menage}.

menagere

housewife {ménagère}.

mendiant

mendicant {mendiant}.

messieurs

misters {messieurs}.

meuniere

miller's wife {meunière}.

monseigneur

prelate or prince {monseigneur}.

monsieur

mister {monsieur}.

nonne

nun {nonne}.

nouveau riche

Newly-rich and showing-off people {nouveau riche} can consume conspicuously and act socially like lower-class people.

oeil

eye {oeil}.

parvenu

People {parvenu} can have just attained higher social class but not yet been accepted by others.

pecheur

fisherman or about fish {pêcheur}.

petit bourgeois

lower middle class person {petit bourgeois}.

protege

protected, or person protected and trained by master, or pupil or person with sponsor or mentor {protégé}.

reine

queen {reine}.

religieuse

nun {religieuse}.

roi

king {roi}.

roue

lecher {roué}.

saboteur

sabotaging person {saboteur}.

sang French

blood {sang, French}.

sapeur

fireman {sapeur}.

seigneur

feudal lord {seigneur} {seignior}.

soi

self {soi}.

sommelier

wine waiter {sommelier}.

soubrette

flirty woman {soubrette}.

traiteur

caterer or delicatessen {traiteur}.

veneur

huntsman {veneur}.

vierge

virgin {vierge}.

vous

you {vous}.

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