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French Vocabulary Mega-Challenge

Translate these random English words into French, based on length of word and starting letters.
Enter the COMPLETE WORD. Correct spelling is required.
The words change each time you play. With enough plays, you'll master 500 words!
Quiz by kiwirage
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Last updated: July 14, 2023
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First submittedOctober 15, 2021
Times taken64,688
Average score70.0%
Rating4.87
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Ticket (n.)
6
Billet
Anger (n.)
6
Colère
Heat (n.)
7
Chaleur
To find; to discover (v.)
7
Trouver
Grapefruit (n.)
12
Pamplemousse
Tower (n.)
4
Tour
Juice (n.)
3
Jus
River (n.)
6
Fleuve
Before (adv.)
5
Avant
Sheep (n.)
6
Mouton
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Earth (n.)
5
Terre
To stay (v.)
6
Rester
Less (adv.)
5
Moins
Cloud (n.)
5
Nuage
Mirror (n.)
6
Miroir
Hour (n.)
5
Heure
Fish (n.)
7
Poisson
Wand (n.)
8
Baguette
To sell (v.)
6
Vendre
April (n.)
5
Avril
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Level 62
Oct 26, 2021
If you enjoyed this quiz, try it again! The words change each time you play.
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Level 64
Oct 16, 2021
I expected this mega challenge to be at least ten times longer! :D

Still fun though

Thanks!

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Level 62
Oct 16, 2021
You were expecting at least 5000 words?!
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Level 64
Jul 16, 2023
let's say I expected mega to be mega... we can discuss what it would amount to..
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Level 84
Oct 17, 2021
Interesting. In Canada we say "bicyclette" for bicycle. Based on the Wikipedia article, it seems to be the preferred word in France as well. "Une bicyclette, ou un vélo" ~ Bicyclette -- fr.wikipedia.org
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Level 82
Oct 17, 2021
In common usage vélo is way more common. Bicyclette is formal/old fashioned.
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Level 73
Oct 23, 2021
In Quebec or in France? Unsure about France, but I know a few dozen French Canadians/Quebecois and they usually use bicyclette.
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Level 72
Jul 25, 2023
Nah, we say "bécyque". ;)
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Level 35
Dec 15, 2023
we do.
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Level 60
Oct 22, 2021
Bicyclette is the normal and formal world (I'm French).

But Vélo is easier to say and to write so people tend to say and write it.

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Level 75
Oct 22, 2021
I think Julotek is right here.

I've done a lot of cycling in France and in my experience it was almost always vélo. Bicyclette wouldn't necessarily sound strange, but neuf times out of dix people used vélo.

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Level 64
Jul 16, 2023
he's right about the "formal" aspect but you would never hear it from anyone indeed, unless this person is your grandfather or above 85 years
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Level 35
Dec 15, 2023
yeah! i use the interchangebly but i mostly use "bicyclette" but i sometimes use "vélo"
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Level 81
Oct 17, 2021
Bienvenue should be 9 letters
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Level 79
Oct 17, 2021
And trente should be 6 letters
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Level 72
Oct 17, 2021
"carnet" is also a valid translation of notebook and it has 6 letters and starts with "ca"
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Level 61
Apr 16, 2022
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't "carnet" more like "booklet" than "notebook", which would be "cahier"?
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Level 59
Apr 19, 2022
Not really. There is overlap but carnet would be closer to notebook. Like a carnet de voyages is a travelog that you note stuff down in, and Doris Lessing's "The Golden Notebook" is "Le Carnet d'Or" in French.
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Level 57
Oct 17, 2021
Congrats on the feature! Great quiz!
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Level 49
Oct 18, 2021
Great quizz! Mustard is missing an e : it's Moutarde and not Moutard
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Level 95
Oct 18, 2021
C'était fantastique! Plus s'il vous plait!
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Level 84
Oct 18, 2021
Cow = Vache...Monty Python and the Holy Grail comes through again!
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Level 75
Oct 19, 2021
Great quiz. Would love to see more of these in other languages. I would particularly like to see an Italian one
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Level 62
Oct 21, 2021
Thanks! German and Italian will be next in the series.
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Level 68
Oct 20, 2021
Chanterelle?
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Level 62
Oct 20, 2021
Too many letters. And also, that's a specific type of mushroom, not a translation of the word 'mushroom' itself.
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Level 84
Oct 21, 2021
Small correction - Chambre (Bedroom) has 7 letters not 6. Great quiz!
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Level 62
Oct 21, 2021
Thanks for your eagle eyes!
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Level 68
Oct 22, 2021
Nice quiz. I guess it’s a neat way to brush up on vocabulary.

I only managed 7 this time but I will be coming back for more.

Although I came close with 2 others…, spelled ‘rarely’ the Spanish way and switched the ‘g’ and ‘n’ in ‘Spain’

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Level 75
Oct 22, 2021
Feels good to be from a country where both French and English are widely used on a daily basis.
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Level 74
Oct 22, 2021
Excellent quiz!
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Level 64
Oct 22, 2021
Way too easy... (I'm French)
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Level 80
Mar 27, 2022
Then don't take french quizzes, tf???
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Level 79
Mar 13, 2023
Quite challenging for me... I'm Malaysian and learning French!
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Level 70
Oct 22, 2021
Your easiest quiz for me so far... I have to admit that being French helps a bit: D Super quiz btw!
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Level 65
Oct 22, 2021
Can you accept numéro for number too?

Correct me if I am wrong or missing something native French speakers.

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Level 62
Oct 22, 2021
Yes, thanks, I'll fix this.
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Level 84
Oct 23, 2021
I haven't had it come up in the quiz, but I'm guessing this is about nombre vs. numéro. Both translate to English as number, but nombre refers to quantity (count) while numéro refers to the name of the numeral.
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Level 73
Oct 22, 2021
As a french canadian, easiest quiz on here
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Level 36
Oct 22, 2021
The exact translation of "Ice Cream" is "Crème Glacée".

"Glace" stands for "Ice, Sorbet, Ice Cream, Mirror".

TBH, lots of French use the word "Glace" to designate a frozen sweet, including both ice cream and sorbet. But when a French says that he want a "Crème Glacée", he is asking for an "Ice Cream" and nothing else, therefore, it is the most accurate translation.

This comment only applies to French from France. I do not know how it goes in the other French speaking countries, and as French is way bigger than France, it is likely that my statement does not apply to all French speakers. But as you put the French flag in the picture of the quiz, I am going to assume that we focus on French form France.

Very cool quiz nonetheless ! ^^

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Level 50
Apr 1, 2022
In Canada all ice cream in the store says creme glacee so yeah I think you are right
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Level 72
Oct 23, 2021
Help me out here: is it to run, as in “to run a company” or “to run a race?”
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Level 62
Oct 23, 2021
'Courir' is to run a race. To run a company, you would use 'diriger'.
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Level 76
Oct 24, 2021
Also accept nouvelle (as in Nouvelle-Zélande) for "new"? And is it worth accepting either masculine or feminine forms of adjectives in general?
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Level 62
Oct 24, 2021
Good question, but that's a minefield I've happily avoided by indicating the length of word: 'nouvelle' has 8 letters, not the 7 required. The masculine singular is the standard form to use when translating an adjective without context. It's also the first entry in a dictionary translation, with feminine and plural alterations given afterwards.
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Level 42
Mar 23, 2022
Ce quiz est trop simple je comprends pas la difficulté
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Level 35
May 23, 2022
Actually, Rule is Reigner. Ruler is Règle.
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Level 62
May 24, 2022
Actually, reigner is not a word in French. The verb 'to rule' is régner. But this quiz asks for the noun 'rule', as you can see from the (n.) after the hint. The answer is correct as is.
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Level 32
Jan 24, 2023
a boyfriend isn't a copain a copain is jsut a normal friend
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Level 48
Jan 15, 2024
It can be both
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Level 79
Mar 13, 2023
déjâ should be changed to déjà.
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Level 62
Mar 14, 2023
Fixed, thanks
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Level 73
May 9, 2023
In a similar, finicky, vein, soeur should be sœur.
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Level 73
May 8, 2023
Thanks for making this – it's an excellent tool for learning French.
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Level 72
Jul 14, 2023
'To break' should be a verb. Nice quiz. My high school French came through (for the most part).
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Level 62
Jul 14, 2023
Thanks for noticing, I've submitted a fix
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Level 52
Jul 14, 2023
17/20 in my first time playing this. I had French in School for seven years and I greatly appreciate this quiz for making me remember some of the vocabulary.
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Level 72
Jul 25, 2023
"Grand-père" usually has a hyphen in the middle. (Or is it gone with the whole new spelling trend?)
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Level 46
Sep 6, 2023
At the home of (prep.) doesn't make any sense, i'm french and couldn't guess that it's supposed to mean "Chez"
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Level ∞
Sep 6, 2023
What do you mean? It makes perfect sense. Being French, it's possible that you are not understanding the clue which is written in English.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chez