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French Slang
This dictionary is a comprehensive and in-depth look at all the slang, vulgarisms, curses, and insults, plus idioms, expressions, and a lot more, that appear in everday French. If you like modern French films, rap, or other forms of entertainment, you'll find many of the words and phrases used in here. As always with slang, be careful using what you hear; it may not work quite the way you expect.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
B.D.
abbr. bande dessinée: comic strip, cartoon, comics
bâfrer
v. wolf down; gobble up, snarf
bagage intellectuel
idiom. fund of knowledge (lit.: knowledge baggage; n.b.: can be used with other words, e.g.: littéraire)
bagarre
n.f. fight, fist-fight
bagnole
n.f. car
baguettes
n.f.pl. thin legs
baiser
v. fuck; have sex with; kiss (n.b.: vulgar)
baisser les bras
idiom. give up; throw in the towel (lit.: lower the arms)
balèse
adj. hard
balle
n.f. money, cash; franc (old)
barda
n.m. gear; kit; equipment
barge
adj. nuts
barjot
n./adj. nuts
barouf
n.
racket
bas de gamme
idiom. low-end, low quality
bateau
adj. old; hackneyed
bâtir des châteaux en Espagne
idiom. build castles in the air (lit.: to build castles in Spain)
bâton de maréchal
idiom. the highest level one can rise to; one’s limit (lit.: one’s field marshal’s baton)
battre comme plâtre
idiom. beat the living daylights out of someone (lit.: beat someone flat)
battre froid à qqn
idiom. give someone the cold shoulder (lit.: beat cold to someone)
bavardage
n.m. chatting, talking, prattling
bavarder
v. chat; talk
beau linge
idiom. everyone; a long line of people. 1. Il y avait du beau linge à leur marriage.
beauf
n.m. oaf, fool
bec et ongle
idiom. tooth and nail
bec fin
idiom. gourmet
bécane
n.f. motorcycle; computer
bécasse
n.f. silly girl; twit
becqueter
v. eat
bel et bien
idiom. well and truly; definitively; completely; altogether (lit.: beautiful and good)
benêt
n.m. simpleton, ninny
beuârk
idiom. yuck
beur
n.m. Arab; Arab person (n.b.: verlan for the word Arabe)
bide
n.m. belly; gut
bidon
n.m. gut; belly (lit.: can, tin)
bidon
adj. phony; fake; rigged; sham
bien conduire sa barque
idiom. handle oneself well; do all right (lit.: drive one’s boat well)
bien en chair
idiom. well padded; plump (lit.: good in flesh)
bien mener sa barque
idiom. handle oneself well; do all right (lit.: manage one’s boat well)
bien roulée
idiom. well endowed, stacked
bijou
n.m. pet, love
biz
n.m. business
blague
idiom. joke. 1. Ce n’est pas une blague!
blaireau
n.m. loser; nerd (lit.: badger; shaving brush)
blairer
v. stand; tolerate (always used in the negative)
blé
n.m. cash; money
bled
n.m. remote place, hinterlands, small village; boonies, boondocks
bobard
n.m. lie; fib; tall story; yarn
bobo
n.
booboo; cut; injury (n.b.: child talk)
boire comme un trou
idiom. drink like a fish
boire comme une éponge
idiom. drink like a fish
boire sec
idiom. be a heavy drinker
bombe
n.f. sexually appealing woman; hot woman; bombshell
bomber le torse
idiom. swagger; puff out one’s chest
bomber le torse
idiom. swagger; throw out one’s chest; strut
bon plan
idiom. good idea
bonbec
n.m. candy; sweets
bordel
n.m. holy shit
bordélique
adj. messy, disorganized
bouboule
n.m. fatso, fatty
bouche bée
idiom. agape, stunned
bouche cousue
idiom. not a word; mum’s the word
bouchon
n.m. traffic jam; bottleneck
boudin
n.m. ugly and fat woman
bouffe
n.f. food, grub
bouffer
v. eat; wolf down; gobble up
bougnoul
n.
arab (n.b.: very pejorative)
bougnoul(e)
n.m/f. Arab person; any dark-skinned foreigner (n.b.: highly pejorative, likely to result in a fight if you use it)
boui-boui
n.m. low dive, grubby little restaurant
boules
n.f.pl.
hatred; aversion; loathing
boulot
n.m. job, work
bouquin
n.m. book
bourge
adj., n.f. bourgeois(e)
bourré
adj. drunk
bourrelet
n.m. roll of fat (on a person)
bourrer le crâne
idiom. brainwash; stuff someone’s head with ideas; cram
bourrer le mou
idiom. take somebody in; have somebody on
bourricot
n.m. donkey
bourses
n.f.pl.
scrotom; testicles
boute-en-train
n.m. life of the party; live wire
brancher
v. connect; put in touch (n.b.: se brancher means to like; e.g.: ça me branche)
branler dans le manche
idiom. be shaky; totter
braque
adj. crazy
braquer
v. commit armed robbery; commit armed robbery
bras dessus, bras dessous
idiom. arm in arm
bras droit
idiom. right-hand man
brasser les affaires
idiom. wheel and deal
briller par son absence
idiom. be conspicuous by one’s absence
brioche
n.f. belly, gut
broncher
v. move a muscle; make a move
brouiller les cartes
idiom. cloud an issue
broyer du noir
idiom. be down in the dumps; have the blues
brûler (d’envie) de
idiom. be eager to; be spoiling for
brûler les étapes
idiom. go without stopping; go faster than expected
brûler une étape
idiom. skip a stage; skip a step
brûler une feu rouge
idiom. run a red light
burkini
n.f. burkini; combination of a burqa and bikini for traditional Muslims to wear at the beach (from bikini and burqa)