Tuesday, January 7, 2020
French News Vocabulary
The French you learn in classes and grammar books is not always enough when dealing with the real world. This list of French vocabulary related to current events will help you understand news in French. à la uneà - on the front pageles achats de prà ©cautionà -à panic buyinglactualità ©, les actualità ©sà -à newsaffolà © (adj)à -à panic-strickenallà ©guà © (adj)à -à allegedun appelà -à appeal, callune armeà -à weapon, gunune arme blanche -à knifeles armes de destruction massive -à weapons of mass destructionassassinerà -à to murderun attentatà -à attackun attentat-suicideà -à suicide bombinglavortementà -à abortionla banlieueà -à suburbun bilanà -à appraisal, assessment, death tollblessà © (adj)à -à injured, woundedune bombeà -à bombla caniculeà -à heat waveun cas de force majeureââ¬â¹Ã -à disaster (natural or man-made)les Casques bleusà -à UN peacekeeping forcesun casseurà -à rioterune catastrophe aà ©rienneà -à air disasterune catastrophe à ©cologiqueà -à environmental disasterune catastrophe naturelleà -à natural disasterun cessez-le-feuà -à cease-firele chà ´mageà -à unemploymentun collecte au profit des sinistrà ©sà -à disaster fundun coup dEtatà -à coup detat, overthrowune coupure de courantà -à power outagele crimeà -à crimeun criminel, une criminelleà -à criminalune criseà -à crisisun cycloneà -à cyclone, hurricanedes dà ©gà ¢tsà -à damagele deuilà -à bereavement, mourningun dà ©sastre financierà -à financial disasterun dà ©sastre politiqueà -à political disasterles drogues (fem)à -à drugsun à ©boulementà -à rockslideune à ©lectionà -à electionune à ©meuteà -à riotune enquà ªteà -à investigationune à ©pidà ©mieà -à epidemicextraderà -à to extraditeun feuà -à fireun flic (informal)à -à copla garde à vueà - police custodyà ªtre mis/placà © en garde à vueà - to be kept in custody, held for questioningle gaz lacrymogà ¨neà - tear gasun glissement de terrainà - landslideune grà ¨ve (faire la grà ¨ve)à -à strike (to be on strike)la gu erreà -à warla grippe aviaireà -à bird flula grippe porcineà -à swine fluhexagonalà -à FrenchlHexagoneà - Franceun immigrant, un immigrà ©Ã -à immigrantles impà ´ts (masc)à -à taxesun incendieà - fireune inondationà - floodinonderà - to floodun insurgà ©Ã -à insurgentdes intempà ©riesà -à bad weatherIVGà - abortionââ¬â¹le kamikazeà - suicide bomberla loià - lawla lutte (literal/figurative) - struggle, fightune manifestationà - demonstrationle meurtreà - murderla mondialisationà - globalizationune navette spatialeà - space shuttleun obusà - explosive shellopà ©ration escargotà - rolling blockadeun ouraganà - hurricaneune panne dà ©lectricità ©Ã - blackout, power cutla peine de mortà - death penaltyla pà ©nurieà - shortage, lackla policeà - policeun policierà - police officerla politiqueà -à politics, policyle politiqueà -à politicianpoursuivre en justiceà -à to suele pouvoir dachatà -à bu ying powerprà ©sumà © (adj)à -à allegedun procà ¨sà -à trialle rechauffement de la planà ¨teà -à global warmingla rà ©gion sinistrà ©eà - disaster areaune rà ©pliqueà - after-shock, counter-attackla retraiteà - retirementsalirà - to soil, tarnish, or smearun scrutinà - ballot, electionun sà ©ismeà - earthquake, upheavalselon (prep) - according toun sinistrà ©, une sinistrà ©eà - disaster victimun soldatà - soldierun sondageà - pollle suicide assistà ©Ã - assisted suicideun syndicatà - unionle systà ¨me de santà © publiqueà -à health care systemun tà ©moinà -à witnessune tempà ªteà -à stormle terrorismeà -à terrorismtirer (sur)à -à to shoot (at)les titresà - headlines, headline newsune tornadeà - tornadoles transports en communà - public transitun tremblement de terreà - earthquakeune trà ªveà - trucetuerà - to killun vaccinà - vaccineune victimeà - victim (Note that this word is always feminine, ev en when referring to a man)voterà - to vote
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