MASC ADJECTIVE (FEM coiffée)
Tu es bien coiffée. Your hair looks nice.
se coiffer VERB
Maman se coiffe. Mum is doing her hair.
le coiffeur MASC NOUN
la coiffeuse FEM NOUN
hairdresser
la coiffure FEM NOUN
hairstyle
Cette coiffure te va bien. That hairstyle suits you. un salon de coiffure a hairdresser’s
le coin MASC NOUN
corner
au coin de la rue on the corner of the street
le col MASC NOUN
collar
la colère FEM NOUN
anger
en colère angry Je suis en colère. I’m angry. Il va se mettre en colère. He’s going to get angry.
le colin-maillard MASC NOUN
blind man’s buff
le colis MASC NOUN
parcel
collant
collant can be an adjective or a noun.
A MASC ADJECTIVE (FEM collante)
sticky
B MASC NOUN
tights un collant en laine woollen tights
la colle FEM NOUN
glue
la collection FEM NOUN
collection
une collection d’autocollants a sticker collection
collectionner VERB
to collect
le collège MASC NOUN
secondary school
Did you know…?
In France, pupils go to a collège between the ages of 11 and 15, and then to a lycée until the age of 18.
le collégien MASC NOUN
la collégienne FEM NOUN
secondary school pupil
le/la collègue MASC/FEM NOUN
colleague
coller VERB
1 to stick
Colle cette feuille dans ton cahier. Stick this piece of paper in your book.
2 to be sticky
Elle a les mains qui collent. Her hands are sticky.
le collier MASC NOUN
1 necklace
un collier de perles a pearl necklace
2 collar
Où est le collier du chien? Where’s the dog’s collar?
la colline FEM NOUN
hill
la colonie de vacances FEM NOUN
summer camp
Je n’aime pas partir en colonie de vacances. I don’t like going to summer camp.
Did you know…?
French schoolchildren often go to a colonie de vacances for a fortnight in the summer holidays.
la colonne FEM NOUN
column
colorier VERB
to colour in
combien ADVERB
1 how much
Vous en voulez combien? Un kilo? How much do you want? One kilo? Combien est-ce que ça coûte? How much does it cost? Ça fait combien? How much does it come to?
C’est combien? How much is that?
2 how many
Tu en veux combien? Deux? How many do you want? Two? combien de how much/how many
Language tip
combien de has two translations. Look at the examples.
Tu reçois combien d’argent de poche? How much pocket money do you get? Tu as combien de frères et sœurs? How many brothers and sisters have you got? combien de temps how long Combien de temps est-ce que ça dure? How long does it last?
On est le combien aujourd’hui? What’s the date today?
la combinaison FEM NOUN
une combinaison de plongée a wetsuit une combinaison de ski a ski suit
la comédie FEM NOUN
comedy
le comédien MASC NOUN
la comédienne FEM NOUN
actor
Language tip
Be careful! comédien does not mean the same as comedian.
comique
comique can be an adjective or a noun.
A ADJECTIVE
comical
B MASC NOUN
comedian
commander VERB
to order
J’ai commandé un steak frites. I ordered steak and chips.
comme CONJUNCTION, ADVERB
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