French Vocabulary
French C2 Vocabulary List
Near-native vocabulary across all domains — literary language, rare words, regional variations and highly nuanced expression. 10 words with audio pronunciation and example sentences.
/de.li.kɛ.sɑ̃/
deliquescent / dissolving
Une société déliquescente cherche ses repères.
A dissolving society seeks its bearings.
/i.ne.fabl/
ineffable / inexpressible
Une beauté ineffable l'envahit.
An ineffable beauty overwhelmed him.
/a.pɔf.tɛɡm/
apophthegm / maxim
Cet apophtegme résume sa philosophie.
This maxim sums up his philosophy.
/ɑ̃.te.le.ʃi/
entelechy
L'art est l'entéléchie de l'imagination.
Art is the entelechy of imagination.
/e.pis.te.mo.lɔ.ʒi/
epistemology
L'épistémologie interroge les sources du savoir.
Epistemology questions the sources of knowledge.
/ɔk.si.mɔʁ/
oxymoron
"Silence éloquent" est un oxymore classique.
"Eloquent silence" is a classic oxymoron.
/pa.ʁe.zi/
parrhesia / frank speech
La parrhésie est rare dans les cours royales.
Parrhesia is rare in royal courts.
/se.ʁɑ̃.di.pi.te/
serendipity
La pénicilline est née de la sérendipité.
Penicillin was born from serendipity.
/vɛlt.an.ʃa.uŋ/
worldview / weltanschauung
Sa weltanschauung est profondément humaniste.
His worldview is deeply humanist.
/pa.lɛ̃p.sɛst/
palimpsest
La mémoire est un palimpseste.
Memory is a palimpsest.
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