Culture
Slang
Grammar
Oui Oui
the French Internet
100
A popular British reality TV show which France completely copied to make 13 seasons of its own version called "Secret Story".
Big Brother
100
A fairly relaxed way to say that something is rubbish.
c'est nul
100
A letter which defines the past tense
é
100
houx
houx
100
The social media platform where most French memes are made.
Snapchat
200
A country whose inhabitants hate the term "French fries", as they insist that fries are their invention.
Belgium
200
A casual word which can be used both to say "hello" and "goodbye".
Salut
200
An verb in its default, unconjugated form.
An infinitive
200
queue
queue
200
This internet word has been literally translated to "basé".
based
300
The main ingredient of Brittany's local cuisine, which is always used unsalted.
Butter
300
The language that French borrowed the slang word "wesh" from, a word used for almost anything from a greeting to a noise of surprise.
Arabic
300
The only place you'll ever find the passé simple tense, and the reason why French youths have entirely forgotten it.
Books
300
bouilloire
bouilloire
300
A cute shorthand for Emmanuel Macron's first name, which famously made him very upset.
400
A food that is the source of major tensions with the South West of France, as they call it a "chocolatine".
Pain au chocolat
400
A word which is essential in written French when using the negative, but is often dropped in spoken French.
ne (from ne ... pas)
example : "je ne veux pas" becomes "je veux pas"
400
The four irregular verbs that are used about 80% of the time in French.
être, avoir, aller, faire
400
anticonstitutionellement
anticonstitutionellement
400
The largest amount of subscribers held by a French YouTuber to date.
14M, held by Cyprien
500
Something which Britain allows public workers and students to wear, but France does not.
religious clothing and accessories
(crosses, hijabs...)
500
A type of slang which swaps around the syllables of a word to create a cooler version of that word.
verlan
example: femme -> meuf
500
je fais, tu fais, il fait, nous faisons, vous ______, ils font
faites
500
serrurerie
serrurerie
500
The most annoying thing you can respond to "quoi ?", originating from French brainrot.
quoicoubeh