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French adjectives list: Learn some useful French adjectives

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By Mezo

A list of common French adjectives

In this French adjectives list, I'll show you some of the commonly used adjectives that you may need. Only for beginners and with a very little hint on grammar. If you wanna add more adjectives, feel free to post them in the comments box below.

French adjectives list

French
English
courageux/Brave
Brave!
Timide
Shy
Généreux
Generous
Doué
Gifted
Gentil
Kind
Belle
Beautiful
Dur
Hard
Bien
Good
mauvais
Bad


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http://www.flickr.com/photos/eustaquio/3778354904/ photo by Eustaquio Santimano

A little grammar and more adjectives

Did you notice the first one? Yes, brave, some adjectives are the same as in English or near to it.

Add (S) to the adjective if you want to make it pleural, unless it ends in (s) or (x), it's the same for masculine singular and pleural.

To make the adjective feminine add an (e) to the end of the adjectiv. Adjectives that end in unaccented (e) are the same for masculine and feminine, for example:

Masculine: rouge (red)

Feminine: rouge

But for a word that ends in an accented e (é), just add an (e), as in :

Masculine: Doué (gifted)

Feminine: Douée

In some words you will have to replace the last letter to make it feminine:

Words that end with (x) :replace it with (se)

Words that end with (c): replace it with (que)

Words that end with (r): replace it with (se)

Words that end with (f): replaced with (ve)

Words that end with (s): replaced with (se)

In contrary to English, most French adjectives follow the noun, however some adjectives preceed their noun.

More adjectives

French
English
Gros
Fat
Maigre
Thin
Nouveau
New
Ancien
Ancient
fidèle
Faithful
Court
Short
Grand
Tall
Bon marché
Cheap
Cher
Expensive
Gris
Grey
Rouge
Red
Vert
Green
Bleu
Blue
Marié
Married

This was just a small French adjectives list, I tried to include the common words you may need. There are more grammar rules about adjectives (irregular adjectives, etc) but this hub is inteded for beginners who just need to learn a few useful French adjectives as a start, I hope you like it.

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ocbill profile image

ocbill  says:
2 months ago

excellent info on the adjectives. I see the similarities of other romance languages (portugues pra mim) with about 70% to 80% of the words

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Mezo  says:
2 months ago

thnx alot, ocbill for the comment,

that's right

Becca  says:
2 months ago

This didn't help me sorry!!

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Mezo  says:
2 months ago

I'm sorry too, if there is anything I can do!

Lee Thacker profile image

Lee Thacker  says:
4 weeks ago

I like the way your brain thinks, makes me feel alive listening to what your thinking, very cool...Keep it up ...PS Now I Know Why I bookmarked your page ;-) ...Hope you are doing well,

Jessica  says:
2 weeks ago

These are all correct, right? Because I don't think beautiful is: Magnifique. It's jollie, or belle.

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Mezo  says:
2 weeks ago

Thanks alot, Lee

Jesica: you are right, magnifique sounds awkward, belle is better, I'll edit it

tom  says:
4 days ago

brave is courageux

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Mezo  says:
4 days ago

brave as an adjective can be courageux, brave or vaillant

thnx, tom

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