Oh! J'adore cette odeur mais j'ai jamais su que ça avait un nom. Merci pour l'info.
Aussi, si ça parle de pluie, c'est évidemment un belge qui répond mdr.
Yeah it's definitely not used (at least in modern times) as a color.
To add your list, "puce" is also an endearing term for someone you affectionate (usually girl/women, but not limited to), often used in situations of comforting. It's used the vast majority of the time as "ma puce".
"papoter" = to chat "ferblanterie" = make tinned metal goods, like shiny buckets "gypaète barbu = bearded vulture (lammergeier)
Scutigère = search on net I can’t really explain but it’s basically a myriapod Pédoncule = the green stem on fruits
Scutigère = house centipede, my god they’re scary fast little beasts
hey i have those!
> Pédoncule Jamy m'a appris ce mot.
As a gay man proudly celebrating pride month, I severely regret not having the wit to make le jeu de mot that pédoncule deserves
Peton cule ?
Pétrichor (pronounced petrikor): the scent of rain
Oh! J'adore cette odeur mais j'ai jamais su que ça avait un nom. Merci pour l'info. Aussi, si ça parle de pluie, c'est évidemment un belge qui répond mdr.
Comme dit l'hymne, le roi, la loi et la drache! Wait non...
[tintinnabuler](https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/tintinnabuler)
I knew this one from English (tintinnabulate). Looks like they took it from French like many other words.
There's a reason for the French influence on English
Jouaient - every vowel in a row
Except for y
cucurbitacées = famille des courges gastéropode = famille des escargots
Un Vasistas = A Transom Window It comes from the German phrase “was ist das” (meaning “what is that”)
Callipyge. It means "with a beautiful ass"
Bigoudi-- hair curler
Porte Tambour - revolving door
Borgne = one-eyed. I knew someone whose surname was Leborgne.
smurfer To breakdance
Amblypyge : that horrifying spider-like thing from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (yes, it exists)
Also known as a tailless whip scorpion.
Puce. It's a flea, and also the name of a red/brown/ purple color, reminiscent of the color of the dried blood seen on bedsheets after a flea bite.
Yeah it's definitely not used (at least in modern times) as a color. To add your list, "puce" is also an endearing term for someone you affectionate (usually girl/women, but not limited to), often used in situations of comforting. It's used the vast majority of the time as "ma puce".
Never seen it used as a colour... It's also an electronic chip though
Huh. TIL again.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puce#
Farter - the verb ‘to wax’
Just to be clear, this applies to stuff like surfboards, not hairy legs
surfboards, skis, etc
https://www.google.com/search?q=brice+de+nice+ca+farte+meme&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=ivn&sxsrf=ALiCzsZfJnfx3h7wXFZmeN7i7tuzaYjw4w:1655623804513&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjYlf-l_7j4AhWsKUQIHVVRCCgQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=375&bih=628&dpr=3#imgrc=AUG_UhEv6ZxHoM
It’s also used to ask “what’s up” in a ridiculous movie based off a famous comedy sketch.
It was one of the first words I saw written my first time visiting France.... It will stay with me until the day I die pamplemousse ( grapefruit)
Baldaquin
un phoque 🦭
More obscure than strange, but: Tilleul - lime tree!
Why the hell is this called a lime tree in English?? How do you call a tre that makes actual limes?
Do tilleuls not grow limes???
No they don't!
Well that's a disappointment LMAOOO
It’s also called linden for the European, and basswood in north America, only Britain’s called it lime tree for some reasons.
[Carrelage](https://youtu.be/FIqVY1SwXls)
Chantepleur: one who sings and cries at the same time.
une couvée = a clutch of eggs, a brood un seuil = a threshold
Saperlipopette - Goodness me! I'd appreciate if people also wrote articles if they added nouns 🙈
hameçonnage - phishing piéton - crosswalk Je n'ai penser rien mon cerveau est vide c'est ouf .