# List of French words of Germanic origin (A-B)

This list of French words of Germanic origin is a dictionary of standard modern French words and phrases deriving from any Germanic language of any period, whether incorporated in the formation of the French language or borrowed at any time thereafter.

## Scope of the dictionary

The following list details words, affixes and phrases that contain Germanic etymons. Words where only an affix is Germanic (e.g. méfait, bouillard, carnavalesque) are excluded, as are words borrowed from a Germanic language where the origin is other than Germanic (for instance, cabaret is from Dutch, but the Dutch word is ultimately from Latin/Greek, so it is omitted). Likewise, words which have been calqued from a Germanic tongue (e.g. pardonner, bienvenue, entreprendre, toujours, compagnon, plupart, manuscrit, manoeuvre), or which received their usage or sense (i.e. were created, modified or influenced) due to Germanic speakers or Germanic linguistic habits (e.g. comté, avec, commun, on, panne, avoir, ça) are not included.
Many other Germanic words found in older versions of French, such as Old French and Anglo-French are no longer extant in Standard Modern French. Many of these words do, however, continue to survive dialectally and in English. See: List of English Latinates of Germanic origin.

## Dictionary

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* I
* J
* K
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* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
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* W
* Y
* Z
* See also
* References
* Notes

## A

| Utterance | Translation | Germanic Element | Etymology | Period | References |
| à la bonne franquette | informally | franquette | Normanno-Picard, from franc, a Germanic word known in French from the 11th century, the same as English frank | 17th century | CNRTL à la bonne franquette, CNRTL franc$^3$ |
* aalénien (Geol.)
* abandon "abandonment" (< OFr à bandon < ML *bandum < Frk *ban < Gmc *ban-, band-)
    abandonner
    abandonnement
    abandonnataire
    abandonné
    abandonnée
    abandonnément
    abandonneur
    abandonneuse
* abâtardir "to abase" (< Fr à bâtard < ML bastardus, OFr bastard < Gmc *bāst-, bōst- + Gmc *-hard-)
    abâtardissement
    abâtardi
* abigotir
* abord "approach" (< Fr à bord < OFr bord, bort < Frk *bord < Gmc *borþam)
    aborder
    abordage
    abordable
    abordé
    abordée
    abordeur
* abot
    aboter (also abotter)
    aboté
    aboteau
* abotter
    abotté
* abouter "(trade term) to join the ends of something" ( < à + OFr boter < Frk *bautan, bōtan (cf Frk *but "end", ON bútr) < Gmc)
    about
    abouté
    aboutage
    aboutement
* aboutir "to arrive at, end in" ( < à + OFr boter < Frk *bautan, bōtan (cf Frk *but "end", ON bútr) < Gmc)
    abouti
    aboutissant
    aboutissement
* aboutonner
* abraquer (Naut.) "to direct" ( < à + braquer "to direct, point" < ON brāka "to fix, set on, weaken" < Gmc)
* abri "shelter" ( < OFr abrier "to cover" < LL abrigare < a- + brigare "to cover" < Frk *berihan "to cover" and Frk *berc, geberc "asylum, protection" < Gmc, cf OHG birihan "to cover", OE (be)wrēon "to cover", OHG bergan "to cover, hide")
    abri-fou (also abrifou)
    abri-galant
    abri-sous-roche
    abri-vent (also abrivent)
    abrier (possibly, or from Latin "Apricus")
* abrier (also abreyer) "to protect, guarantee"
    abriter
* abriter "to shelter"
    abrité
    abritant
    abritement
* abroutir "to crop"
    abrouti
    abroutis
* abuter
* accon (also acon) "barge"
    acconnage (also aconnage)
    acconnier
* accore (Naut.) "piece of wood serving as a ship's stay"
    accorer
* accrocher "to hook, hook up, tear with a hook" ( < à + Fr croc < ON krókr, kráka "hook" < Gmc)
    accroc
    accroche
    accrochable
    accrochage
    accroche-cœur
    accroche-lumière
    accroche-plat
    accroche-tubes
    accrocheur
    accrocheuse
* accroupir "to cower down, squat" ( < à + Fr croupe "rump" < OFr crope < ON kroppr, kryppa < Gmc)
* achôcre (Dial) "awkward; good for nothing" ( < Norm "brutal, rough" < ON skakr "a scolding" < Gmc)
* achopper "to stumble" ( < à + Fr chopper < OFr choper < Gmc, cf Germ schupfen)
    achoppement
* acre "acre" ( < L *acrum < Gmc, cf Goth akr, OE æcer, Eng acre, Germ Acker)
* adouber "to arm, strike" ( < Fr à + douber < OFr duber & dober < Gmc, cf OE dubban "to dub")
* aéro-club
* affaît "ridge"
    affaîter
* affaler "to lower a rope, drive toward the shore" ( < Dut afhalen < Gmc)
    affalé
    affalement
* affourrager "to feed, fodder"
    affourragement
* affranchir "to free" ( < à + Fr franc < OFr franc < Gmc)
    affranchi
    affranchie
    affranchissant
    affranchisseur
    affranchissement
    enfranchisement
* affres (also affre) "pangs" ( < Prov affre < Goth aifrs < Gmc)
* affrètement
* affréter "to freight, lade" ( < à + Fr fret "freight" < Gmc)
    affréteur
* affreux "frightful, horrible" ( < à + Fr affre "fright, terror" < OFr afre < Gmc, cf OHG eiver)
    affre
    affreuse
    affreusement
* agacer "to set on edge" ( < It agazzare < OHG hazjan "to harry" < Gmc)
* age (Agric.) "tiller, ploughshare" ( < OFr haie < Frk *hagja "hedge, fence" < Gmc, cf Germ Hecke, OE hecg "hedge")
* agasse "magpie" ( < OHG agalstra < Gmc)
* agourmandi
    agourmandie
* agrafe "hook, clasp" ( < OFr agrape < LL *agrappa < ad + *grappa < Gmc, cf OHG krapfo)
    agrafer
    agrafé
    agrafeur
    agrafeuse
    agrafure
* agrapper
    agrappe
    agrape
* agréer "to rig"
* agrès "(naut) tackling, rigging" ( < gréer "to rig" < Gmc *garaiþjanan "to ready")
* agriffer
* agrincher (also agricher) ( < Frk *grīpjan "to seize" < Gmc)
    agrinche
    agrincheur
* agripper "to grip, grab"
    agrippant
    agrippement
    agrippeur
    agrippeuse
    agrippe-rossignols
* agrouper
    agroupé
    agroupement
* aguerrir "to accustom to war" ( < à + Fr guerre < OFr guerre < Frk *werra < Gmc *werra)
    aguerri
    aguerrie
    aguerrissement
* aguet (usu. pl. aguets) "ambush, wait" ( < OFr aguet < guetter < Frk *wahtōn < *wahta < Gmc)
    aguetter
* aguicher
    aguichage
    aguichant
    aguiché
    aguicherie
    aguicheur
    aguicheuse
* aguimpé
    aguimpée
* aheurter "to be bent on, be stubborn" ( < à + Fr heurter < Gmc)
    aheurté
    aheurtement
* ahonter
* ahurir "to amaze" ( < à + Fr hure < Gmc)
    ahuri
    ahurie
    ahurissant
    ahurissement
* aigrefin "swindler"
    aigrefine
* aigrette "egret" ( < OFr aigrette < OProv aigreta < aigron "heron" < OHG heigaro "heron" < Gmc)
* aire "eyry" ( < Germ aren "to make a nest" < aar "eagle" < Gmc)
    aigretté (also aigreté)
* -ais adjective suffix ( < LL -iscus < Frk *-isk < Gmc, cf OE -isc "-ish")
    -aise
* alamannique
* alan (also alain)
* alboche
* ale "ale"
* alêne (also alène) "awl" ( < OFr alesne < OHG alasna, alansa < Gmc)
    alèné
* alérion ( < Frk *adalaro, adalarjo "eagle, noble eagle" < Gmc)
* alize (also alise) "lote-tree berry" ( < Gmc, cf OHG elira)
* allemand "German" ( < Lat Allemanni < Gmc)
    allemande
    allemanderie
    allemanisé
* alleu (also aleu) "allodial property, allodial ownership" ( < OFr alou, aloud < MerovLat *allodium < Frk *allōd- < all- "all" + ōd "patrimony" < Gmc, cf OHG alôd)
    franc-alleu
    alleutier (also aleutier)
* allo (also allô) "hello"
* allodial "allodial"
    allodiale
    allodialité
* allotir "to allot"
    allotissement
* alpenstock
* alque ( < Norw alke < ON alka < Gmc)
* alsacien
* amade
* amadouer "to coax, cajole" ( MFr a- + madouer "to lure, give meat to" < ON mata (Dan made) "to lure, feed" < Gmc, cf Goth matjan "to eat")
    amadou
    amadouage
    amadoué
    amadoueur
    amadoueuse
    amadouement
    amadouvier
* amarelle
* amarrer "to moor"
    amarre
    amarré
    amarrage
    amarrage
* amatir
* amers
* amet
* amignarder
* amignonner
* amignoter (also amignotter)
* amignouter (also amignoutter)
* amman
* ammeistre
* amocher
    amoché
    amochée
* amuser "to amuse" ( < OFr amuser "to stupefy" < a- + muser "to stare stupidly at, be bewildered", either < OFr mus "snout" < ML musum < Gmc; or < Frk *masjan, musōn "to stun, confuse, confound" < Gmc, cf OE (ā)masian "to confuse, stupefy, bewilder", ON masa "to struggle, be confused", Norw mas "exhausting labour", Norw masast "to be dazed, begin to dream", Swed masa "to dawdle, idle", Swed mos "sluggish, sleepy")
    amusement
    amusable
    amusamment
    amusant
    amusante
    amusard
    amusé
    amuse-gueule
    amusée
    amusette
    amuseur
    amuseuse
* anche "pipe, reed" ( < Frk *ankja "bone canal" < Gmc, cf Goth *inka)
* anché "herald"
    anchée
* -and (also -an, -ain ) agent suffix ( < OFr -anc, -enc < Frk *-inc < Gmc, cf Eng -ing)
    -ande
    Flamand
    tisserand
* -ange noun suffix (e.g. mésange) ( < Frk *-ing < Gmc)
* anglais
    anglaise
    anglaisé
    anglaiser
* angleterre
* Anglican
    anglicane
    anglicanisme
* angliche
* angliciser
    anglicisé
    anglicisme
* Anglo-américain
* Anglo-arabe
* Anglo-normand
* Anglo-Saxon
    Anglo-saxonne
* anglomane
    anglomaniaque
    anglomanie
* anglophile
    anglophilie
* anglophobe
    anglophobie
* anglophone
* angon
* angstroem (also angström)
* anordir
* anschluss
* anspect "lever" ( < Dut handtspeecke "hand-stick" < Gmc)
* anté-bois (also antébois)
* antéallergique
* antébourgeois
* anti-allemand
    anti-allemande
* anti-bélier
* anti-bois
* anti-français (also antifrançais)
* anti-France
* anti-guérilla
* anti-guerrier
* anti-joli
* anti-raciste
* anti-skating
* anti-star (also antistar)
* antichoc
* antidoping
* antifading
* antigang
* antigaulliste
* antigrippe
* antirides
* antitrust
    antitrusts
* apiquer
    apiquage
* aplat
    aplatir
* aplatir
* aplati
* aplatissage
* aplatissant
* aplatissement
* aplatisseur
* aplatissoir
* aplatissoire
* après-guerre
* après-ski
* après-souper
* arauder
* arc-bouter
    arc-boutant
    arc-bouté
    arc-boutement
* -ard noun suffix ( < OFr -ard < LL -ardus < Frk *-hard < Gmc, cf OHG -hart, Goth -hardus)
    -arde
* ardillon "tongue of a buckle" ( < MFr hardillon < Frk *hard "hard" < Gmc + -ille + -on)
* arlequin "harlequin"
    arlequine
    arlequiner
* arlequiner
    arlequiné
    arlequinade
* armet "helmet, headpiece" ( < It elmetto "helmet" < Fr helme, heaume "helmet" < Frk *helm < Gmc *helmaz, cf OE helm "helm, helmet")
* armon
* arnac (also arnaque)
    arnache
    arnaquer
* arnaquer ( < Pic harnacher, arnaquer "to amuse, swindle" < harnacher "to harness, equip, disguise" < Gmc)
    arnaqueur
    arnaqueuse
* arnauldiste (also arnaldiste)
* arquebuse "arquebus"
    arquebuser
* arquebuser
    arquebusade
    arquebuserie
    arquebusier
* arquemontant ( alt. of earlier arqubouter < Gmc)
    arquemontante
* arranger "to arrange"
    arrangement
    arrangé
    arrangeable
    arrangeant
    arrangeur
* arrière-ban "arriere-ban"
* arrière-fief
* arrière-garde
* arrière-salle
* arrimer
    arrimage
    arrimeur
    arrimeuse
* arroi "array"
* assener "to strike" ( < a- + OFr sen "direction" < Gmc, cf OHG sinnan, Goth sinþan)
    assené
    assénement
* aste
* astic "polishing paste"
* asticot "small worm"
    astibloque
    astibloche
* asticoter "to tease, plague"
    asticotage
    asticoteur
* astiquer "to polish leather (with an astic)"
    astiquage
    astique
    astiqué
    astiqueur
* âtre "fireplace"
* attacher "to attach"
    attachement
    attachant
    attache
    attaché
    attachée
    attacheur
    attacheuse
    rattacher
    soustacher
    détachement
* attaquer "to attack"
    attaquabilité
    attaquable
    attaquant
    attaquante
    attaque
    attaqué
    attaqueur
* attifer "to adorn the head" ( < Frk *tipp-, tipf- < Gmc *tupp- "point", cf OHG tipfōn "to decorate", ON *tippa, MDu tip "point")
    attifage
    attifé
    attifement
    attifet
    attifeur
    attifeuse
    attifiaux
* attignole
* attirer "to attract"
    attirail
    attirable
    attirance
    attirant
    attirement
* attoucher "to touch, contact"
    attouchement "touch, contact"
* attraper "to trap, catch"
    attrape
    attrapé
    attrapable
    attrapade
    attrapage
    attrapeur
    attrapeuse
    attrapoire
    attrape-gogo (also attrape-gogos)
    attrape-mouche (also attrape-mouches)
    attrape-nigaud
* attrouper "to assemble, gather"
    attroupé
    attroupement
* aubère
* auberge "inn"
* auberger
* aubergerie
* aubergiste
* aubert
* aubète (also aubette)
* auburn
* -aud (also -aut) agent suffix ( < OFr -aud < LL -aldus < Frk *-wald < Gmc)
    -aude
* aulne (also aune)
    aulnage (also aunage)
    aulnette
* aune "an ell" (< Ofr alne < LL alena < Goth aleina < Gmc, cf OE eln "ell)
    auner
* auner
    aunée
    auneur
    aunnage
* aurochs
* auto-stop
* autoguidage
* autoguidé
* auvent "penthouse", ″awning″ ( < ML auventus < Prov emban < ambitus + bann < Gmc)
* avachir "to become limp"
    avachi
    avachissant
    avachissement
* avant-garde
    avant-gardisme
    avant-gardiste
* avant-guerre
* avion-stop

## B

* baba
* babiller "to babble, chatter" ( < Gmc, cf ME babelen (Eng babble), ON babbla, Dut babbelen, Germ babbeln)
    babil
    babillard
    babillarde
    babillage
    babillement
    babillant
    babillerie
    babillet
    babilleur
    babilleuse
* babine "lip, mouth, chops" ( < bab "lip, grimace" < Gmc, cf Germ dial Bäppe)
* bâbord "portside, larboard"
    bâbordais
* babouin "baboon, monkey" ( < bab "lip, grimace" < Gmc, cf Germ dial Bäppe)
    babouine
    babouiner
* baby
    baby-foot
* bac "ferry-boat"
* bacante (also bacantes) "beard, moustache" ( < Germ Backe "cheek" < Gmc)
* bâche "awning, frame" ( < Wallon batche "board, plank < Gmc, cf MFr bauche < Frk *balko "balk, balcony" < Gmc)
* bachot "wherry, small skiff"
    bachoter
    bachoteur
    bachoteuse
    bachotage
* backfisch (also backfish)
* bâcler "to close (a door or window) with a cross-beam" ( < MDu bakkelen "to cause to stay" < MDu bakken, backen "to cause to stick, make immovable, prop" < Gmc)
    bâclage
    bâclé
    bâcleur
    bâcleuse
    débâcler
    débâcle
* bacon
* baconien
    baconienne
    baconianisme
* bada
    badaboum
* badge
* badigeon "stone-colored" ( < Germ Batzen "paste, a kneaded mass" < Gmc)
    badigeonner
    badigeonnage
    badigeonneur
* badigoinces
* badingouin
    badingouine
* badingredin
    badingredine
* badingueusard
    badingueusarde
* badingueux
    badingueuse
* badminton
* baedeker
* baffouer "to baffle"
    baffouage
    baffouement
    baffoueur
* bâfrer
    bâfrerie
    bâfreur
* bagage "baggage"
    bagagiste
* bagarre "fray, tumult" ( < MFr bagarot "noise, tumult, contention, strife" < Gmc, cf OHG bâga "dispute", OHG bâgan "to argue", ON bagga "to hinder, prevent")
    bagarrer
    bagarreur
* bagoter (also bagotter)
* bagotte
* bague "ring"
    bagues
    baguer
* baguer "to ring"
    bagué
    baguage
    bagueur
    baguier
* bahut "chest, trunk" ( < Frk *baghūdi, baghōdi "protection, sideboard" < bage "bag, pack" < Gmc + hūdi, hōdi "protection" < Gmc, cf MHG behut "hutch, cupboard")
    bahuter
* bahuter
    bahuté
    bahutier
* balafre "a gash, a long notch" ( < OFr balefre < Frk *bal-leffur < Gmc, cf OHG leffur "lip")
    balafrer
* balafrer
    balafré
* balandre (also bélandre)
* balbuzard
* balcon "balcony"
    balcon-terrasse
    balconnage
    balconnet
* balèvre
* ball-trap
* ballast
    ballaster
* ballaster
    ballastage
    ballastière
* balle "ball"
    baller
    ballon
    ballot
* balle (also bale, bâle) "package" ( < Frk *balla < Gmc, cf OHG balo, MHG balle, Germ Ballen "bundle")
    déballer
    emballer
* ballon "balloon"
    ballon-prisonnier
    ballon-sonde
    ballonner
    ballonnet
* ballonner
    ballonné
    ballonnement
    ballonnant
    ballonnier
* ballot "package"
    ballotter
    balluche
* ballotte
    ballottine
* ballotter
    ballottage
    ballottade
    ballotté
    ballottement
    ballotteur
    ballotteuse
* balluche (also baluche)
    balluchon
    balluchard
    ballucharde
* ban "ban"
    forban
    bandon
    banal
    banale
* banal "banal"
    banalité
    banaliser
* banale
    banalement
* banaliser
    banalisation
* banc "bench"
    banable
    bancaire
    bancal
    bancale
    bancasse
    bancelle
    banquet
    banquette
* bancal "bandy-legged"
* banche
    bancher
* bancher
* banché
* banco
* bancocrate
    bancocratie
* bancroche
* bancruche
* bande "band"
    bandeau
    bandellette
    bander
    bande-son
    bandereau
* bande "troop"
    banderille
    banderiller
    banderillero
* bander "to bandage"
    bandage
    bandagiste
    bandé
    bandaison
* banderole "streamer, banderole"
    banderoler
    banderolé
* bandière "banner"
* bandit "bandit"
    banditisme
* bandolier "bandolier"
* bandoline
* bandonéon
* bandoulier
* bandoulière "bandoleer"
* bandure
* bang
* bank-note
* banlieue "suburbs"
    banlieusard
    banlieusarde
* banlon
* bannière "banner"
    banneret
* bannir "to bannish"
    banni
    bannissable
    bannissement
* banque "bank"
    banquer
    banquier
    banquereau
* banqueroute "bankruptcy"
    banqueroutier
    banqueroutière
* banquet "banquet"
    banqueter
    banquet-souvenir
    banquetage
    banqueteur
    banquette
* banquezingue
* banquier
* banquière
* banquise
* banquisme
* banquiste
* banvin
* baquet "tub"
    baqueter
* baqueter
    baquetage
* bar (Zoo.) "sea bass"( < Dut barse, baerse "pole, bar" < Gmc)
* barbet "barbet spaniel"
* bard "litter, hand-barrow"
    barder
    bardeur
    débarder
    débardeur
* barge (Zoo.) ( < Prov barja "chatter" < Gmc *brekan)
* barguigner "to haggle" ( < OFr bargaigner < Frk *borganjan < Gmc *borgan, cf OE borgian "to borrow")
    barguignade
    barguignage
    barguigneur
    barguigneuse
* barigel ( < Ital barigello < LL barigildus < Lomb barigild < Gmc)
* baril "barrel" ( < OFr baril < Frk *baril, beril "barrel, jug, container" or Burg *berils "container, bearer", both < Gmc *berila-z "container, jug" < *beranan "to carry, transport" + *-ilaz agent/instrumental suffix, cf ON berill "barrel for liquids", OHG biril "large pot", OS biril "basket", Frk *bera "stretcher", OE beran "to carry")
    barillage
    barillet
* barmaid
* barman
* baron "baron"
    baronne
    baronner
    baronnet
    baronnie
    baronifier
    baronial
    baronnial
    baroniser
* baronner
    baronnage
    baronnerie
* barouf ( < Ital baruffa < baruffare < Lomb *bihrōffjan < Gmc, cf OHG bihruofjan)
    baroufe
* bas-bleu
   * bas-bleuisme
* bas-flanc
* bas-hauban
* bas-mât
* base-ball
* basedowien
    basedowienne
* basketball
    basketteur
    basketteuse
* basque "skirt" ( < Prov basto < Frk*bastjan < Gmc)
* bastardon
* bastide "house in the country, villa"
    bastidon
* bastille "fortress, Bastille"
    bastillé
    bastillonné
* basting
* bastingage (also bastingages) "netting"
    bastingue
    bastinguer
* bastion "bastion"
    bastionner
* bastionner
    bastionné
* bastringuer ( < Dut bas drinken < Gmc)
    bastringue
* bat-flanc
* bâtard "bastard"
    bâtarde
    bâtardise
    bâtardeau
    bâtarder
* batardeau "dyke"
* bateau "boat"
    bateau-citerne
    bateau-feu
    bateau-lavoir
    bateau-mouche
    bateau-phare
    bateau-pilote
    bateau-pompe
    bateau-porte
    bateau-stop
    batelet
    bateler
* bateler
    batelage
    batelier
    batelière
    batellerie
    batelée
* bath
* bâtir "to build"
    bâti
    bâtiment
    bâtisse
    bâtissable
    bâtissage
    bâtisseur
    bâtisseuse
    bastille
* bâtir "to baste"
* batz
* bau
* baud ( < Frk *bald < Gmc, cf OHG bald, OE beald)
* baudet "donkey"
* baudir ( < Frk *baldjan < Gmc, cf OE bieldan)
* baudrier "baldric"
* baudroie
    baudroyeur
* baudrucher "to prepare leather"
    baudruche
* bauge "lair"
    bauger
    baugé
* baugue (also bauque)
* bazooka ( < Eng bazooka < bazoo "boastful talk" < Dut bazuin "trumpet")
* be-bop
* beatnik
* beaupré "bowsprit"
* bébé "baby" ( < Eng baby < ME babe, baban)
* bedeau "beadle"
* beethovenien
    beethovenienne
* beffroi "belfry"
* bégard
* béguin "fancy"
    béguine
    béguinette
    béguiner
    bégard
* béguinos
* béguiner
    béguinage
    béguinerie
* behaviorisme (also behaviourisme)
* behavioriste (also behaviouriste)
* beigne
    beignet "beignet, fritter"
* bélandre "bilander"
* bélier "ram, bellwether"
    bélière
* bélière "clapper-ring"
* bélître "scoundrel"
* bénard
    bénarde
* bénoche
* berce
* berdiner
    berdin
* bergame ( < Bergamo < L bergomum < Lig berg "mountain" < Gmc *bergaz "mountain"; also attributed to berg + haim "home")
    bergamasque
    bergamine
* berlaud
* berline "berlin"
* berlingot
* berlingue
* berlinois
    berlinoise
* berme "berm"
* bernard l'ermite (also bernard l'hermite)
    bernard lermite (also bernard lhermite)
* bernardin
    bernardine
* berne "to swaddle" ( OFr berne "cloth" < MDu berme "edge, hem" < Gmc)
    berner
* bernesque (also berniesque)
* bertha
* berthe
* berthelée
* berthelet
* besogne "business, work"
    besogner
    besogneux
* besogner
    besognement
* besoin "need"
    besoigneux
* best-seller
* biaude
* biche "small dog" ( < Gmc, cf OE bicce "bitch", ON bikkia, Germ Betze, Peize)
    bichon
    bichonne
    bichonner
    bichonnage
* bichet
* bicot
* bide
* bidon "can, jug" ( < Norm bide < ON *bida "container" < Gmc)
    bidonier
    bidonier
    bidonne
    bidonner
    bidonnier
    bidonville
    bide
* bidule
* bief "mill-race"
* bière "beer"
* bière "bier" ( < Frk *bera < Gmc, cf OHG bara "litter")
* bièvre "beaver"
* biez "mill-race"
* bifteck "steak"
    bifteckifère
* bighorn
* bigle "beagle"
* bigot "bigot" ( < MFr < OFr bigot "derogatory word applied to Normans" < OE bi Gode "by God" < Gmc)
    bigote
    bigotement
    bigoterie
    bigotisme
    abigoter
* bigre
    bigrement
* bilboquet "a cup and ball"
* billiard "billiards"
    billarder
* bille "small ball" ( < OFr bille "small ball" < Frk *bikkil < Gmc, cf OHG bickel "die, ossicle", Dut bikkel "ossicle")
    billiard
    biller
    billebaude
    billette
* bique "she-goat"
    biquet
    biquette
* bire
* bis "brown" ( < Frk *bīsi < Gmc)
* bisant
* biscôme
* biscoter
* bise "bise, north wind"
    biser
    bisant
* bismuth "bismuth"
* bison "bison"
* bissel
* bistre "bistre"
* bit
* bitte ( < ON biti < Gmc)
    bitter
    bitture (also biture)
    bitton
    débit
    débiter
* bivouac "bivouac"
    bivaquer
    bivouaquer
* blackball (also blacboule, blackboule)
    blackbouler
* black-bass
* black-bottom
* black-out
* black-rot
* blackbouler
    blackboulé
    blackboulage
* blafard "pallid, wan"
    blafardement
* blague
    blaguer
* blaguer
    blagueur
    blagueuse
* blaireau "badger"
* blanc "white, blank" ( < OFr blanc < Frk *blank < Gmc *blanka- blinding, white, cf OHG blanch, OE blanca)
    blanc-bec
    blanc-de-baleine
    blanc-éstoc (also blanc-étoc)
    blanc-manger
    blanc-nez
    blanc-seeing
    blanchaille
    blanche
    blanchecaille
    blanchette
    blanchiment
    blanchoyer
    blanco
    blancs-manteaux
    blanque
    blanquet (also blaquet)
    blanquisme
    blanquiste
    blanchet
    blancher
    blanchâtre
    blanchir
    blanquette
* blanchir
    blanchi
    blanchissage
    blanchissant
    blanchissement
    blanchisserie
    blanchisseur
    blanchisseuse
* blancher
    blancheur
    blanchement
    blancherie
* blaquet
* blaser "to satiate, cloy, blunt"
    blase
    blasé
    blasement
    blason
* blason "coat of arms"
    blasonner
* blasonner
    blasonné
* blatérer "to bleat" ( < partly from Lat blaterare "to chatter" and partly from Frk *blātan "to bleat, cry like a sheep" < Gmc, cf OHG blāzan "to bleat", Dut blaten, OE blǣtan)
    blatèrement
* blatier "cornfactor" ( < LL *bladarius < Gmc *blada-)
* blatte
* blaude
* blave
    blavin
* blaze
* blé "wheat, grain"
    blaireau
    blatier
    bléer
* blèche "soft"
* bléer
* bleime
* blême "pale" ( < OFr blesme < blesmir "to turn pale" < Frk blesmjan "to make pale" < Gmc)
    blémir
* blémir
    blêmeur
    blêmissant
    blêmissement
* blende
* blesser "to wound" ( < OFr < Frk *blettjan < Gmc, cf OHG bleizza "bruise")
    blessé
    blessée
    blessant
    blessable
    blessure
    blessement
* blet "over-ripe" ( < Gmc *blada-)
    blette
    blettir (also blétir)
* blettir (also blétir)
    blettissement
* bleu "blue" ( < OFr bleu, blo(u), blao < Frk *blao < Gmc *blǣwaz, cf OHG blāo, OE blāw)
    bleuir
    bleuâtre
    bleuâtrement
    bleue
    bleuet
    bleuette
    bleuir
    bleusaille
    bleuter
* bleuir
    bleueur
    bleui
    bleuie
    bleuissement
    bleuissure
    bleuité
* bleuter
    bleuté
    bleutée
    bleuterie
* bliaud (also bliaut)
* blinde (also blindes) "sheeting" ( < Germ Blende < Gmc)
    blinder
* blinder
    blindé
    blindage
* blinquer
* blitz
* blizzard
* bloc "block" ( < OFr bloc < MDu bloc "tree-trunk" or OHG bloc, bloh < Gmc *bluk-)
    bloquer
    bloc-notes (also block-notes)
    blocage
    blocaille
    blocard
    blocarde
    blochet
    débloquer
* blockhaus "blockhouse" ( < Germ Blockhaus < Gmc)
* blocus "blockade; investment" ( < Germ dial blockhuis < Gmc)
* blond "blond" ( < OFr blond, blont < ML blundus < Frk *blund < Gmc *bland-, cf OE blondenfeax "grey-haired")
    blonde
    blondin
    blondir
    blonder
    blondasse
    blondement
    blondiche
    blondoyer
* blondasse
    blondasserie
* blonder
    blonderie
    blondeur
* blondin
    blondine
    blondinet
    blondinette
* blondir
    blondi
    blondinet
* blondoyer
    blondoiement
* bloom
    blooming
* bloquer
    bloque
    bloqué
    bloquette
    bloqueur
* blot
* blottir "to crouch, squat" ( < Germ blotten < Gmc, cf OHG blotzen "to crush", Dut blutsen "to contuse, injure")
    blotti
    blottissement (also blotissement)
* blouse "bump" ( < Dut bluts < Gmc)
    blouser
* blouse "blouse" ( < *vêtement de laine blouse < Prov (lano) blouso "pure (wool)" < OHG blōz "empty, naked, pure" < Gmc *blauta-, cf OE blēat "poor")
    blouse-tunique
    blouser
    blouson
    blousier
* blouser
    blousé
* blue-jean
* blues
* bluet
    bluette
    bluetter
* bluff
    bluffer
* bluffer
    bluffeur
    bluffeuse
* bluter "to bolt" ( < MHG biuteln "to bolt" < biūtel < Gmc, cf MDu buydelen, budelen, Dut builen)
    blutage
    bluteau
    bluterie
    bluteur
    blutoir
* bob
* bobard
    bobardier
* bobèche "socket"
    bobècherie
    bobéchon
* bobelet (also bobsleigh, bob)
* bobine "bobbin"
    bobiner
    bobinard
    bobineau
    bobinet
    bobinette
    bobinier
    bobinière
    bobinoir
    bobinot
* bobiner
    bobiné
    bobineur
    bobineuse
    bobinage
* bobosse
* bocage "thicket, grove" ( < OFr boscage < L boscaticum < L boscum, buscum "bush, wood" < Gmc *buskaz)
    bocager
    bocagère
    bocageux
* bocambre
* bocard
    bocarder
    bocardage
    bocage (also boccage)
* boche
* bochiman (also boschiman)
    bochimane (also boschimane)
* bock
    bockeur
* boggie (also bogie)
* boghei (also boguet, buggy)
* bogue "chain, ring of iron" ( < N. Ital boga < Lomb bauga "ring" < Gmc, cf OE bēag "ring")
* boier
* bois "wood" ( < OFr < L *boscum, buscum < Gmc *buskaz)
    hautbois
    boiser
    deboiser
    reboiser
    bouquet
    boisure
* boiser
    boisé
    boisage
    boiserie
    boisement
    boiseur
    boiseux
* bol "bowl" ( < Eng bowl < OE bolla < Gmc *bul-)
    bolaire
* bombance "feast"
    bombancer
    bombancier
* bon-henri
* bonbanc
* bonde "floodgate, sluice" ( < Swab bunte < Gmc, cf MHG bunde)
    bondon
    bonder
    bondard
    débonder
* bonder
    bondé
* bondon
    bondonner
* bonnet "bonnet" ( < OFr bonet "material for hats" < Frk *bunni < Gmc *bund-)
    bonneter
    bonnetier
    bonnetière
    bonneteau
    bonneton
    bonnette
* bonneter
    bonnetade
    bonneteur
    bonneterie
    boogie-woogie
* book
    bookmaker
* boom
* booléien (also booléen)
    booléienne (also booléenne)
* bootlegger
* boqueteau
* boquillon
    boquillonne
    boquillonner
* bord "edge, border"
    border
    bordure
    aborder
    déborder
    rebord
    bordereau
    bordailler
    bordayer
    borde
    bordeaux
    bordel
    bordière
    bordigue
* bordel
    bordelais
    bordelaise
    bordelier
    bordelière
* border
    bordé
    bordée
    bordage
    borderie
* borgne "one-eyed" ( < L *bornius < *borna "hole, cavity" < Gmc, cf OHG borōn "to bore")
    borgnat (also borgniat)
    borgnesse
    borgnio
    borgnion
    borgniot
    borgnon
* bort
* bos (also boss) "boss"
* bochiman (also boschiman) "bushman"
    bochimane (also boschimane)
* bosel
* bosquet "thicket"
* bosse "hump" ( < Frk *bottja < Frk *bōtan "to strike, beat" < Gmc)
    bosser
    bossu
    bossue
    bossuer
    bosseler
    bossette
    bosseyeur
    bosseyeuse
    bossoir
* bosse "hawser"
    bosser
    bossoir
* bosseler
    bosselage
    bosselard (also bosselar)
    bosselé
    bossellement
    bosselure
* bosser
    bossage
    bossant
    bossard
    bosseur
    bosseuse
* bossuer
    bossuage
    bossué
* bosseman "boatswain's mate"
* boston
    bostonner
* bot "club-foot" (also bote)
* botte "truss, bundle" ( < Gmc, cf OHG bōzo "bundle, fagot")
    botteler
    bottelette
    bottillon
* botte "butt, leather bottle, boot" ( < Gmc, cf Germ Bütte)
    botter
    bottier
    bottine
    bottillon
* botte "lunge, thrust" ( < Ital botta < bottare < Fr bouter < Gmc)
* botte "tuft" ( < Dut bote < Gmc)
* botteler
    bottelage
    bottelé
    bottelée
    botteleur
    botteleuse
    bottelier
    botteloir
* botter
    botté
    bottée
    botteur
* bottine "half-boot"
    bottinette
* bouc "buck, male goat" ( < OFr bouc "male goat" < Frk *bukk < Gmc *bukkon, cf OE bucca "male goat", OE buc "male deer", OHG boc "male goat", ON bokkr "buck")
    boucage
    boucaille
    boucan
    boucaut
    bouquetin
    bouquin
    boucher
* boucan
    boucane
    boucaner
    boucanier
* boucaner
    boucanage
    boucané
* boucharde
    boucharder
* boucharder
    bouchardage
    bouchardeuse
* boucher "butcher"
    boucherie
* boucher "to stop up, block" ( < bousche "faggot, straw handle" < LL *bosca "undergrowth, beam of branches" < bosci "wood" < Gmc)
    bouchage
    bouché
    bouche-trou
    bouchée
    bouchement
    bouchère
    boucheton
    boucheton à
    boucheur
    bouchoir
    bouchon
    bouchure
    déboucher
    débouché
* bouchon "whisp of straw" ( < bousche "faggot, straw handle" < LL *bosca "undergrowth, beam of branches" < bosci "wood" < Gmc)
    bouchonner
    bouchonnier
* bouchonner
    bouchonnage
    bouchonné
    bouchonnement
    bouchonneux
* bouder ( < Wall boder "to swell" < Gmc, cf MLG buddich "swollen", ME budde "bud", ON budda "purse", OS budil "bag, purse", Goth bauþs "section")
    boudeur
    boudeuse
    bouderie
    boudeusement
    boudin
    boudoir
* boudin
    boudiner
    boudinier
    boudinière
* boudiner
    boudinage
    boudine
    boudiné
    boudinée
    boudinement
    boudineuse
* bouffer "to puff" ( < OFr buffier < Gmc, cf MDu puffen, LG pof, puf "a puff", OE pyffan "to puff")
    bouffant
    bouffante
    bouffard
    bouffarde
    bouffe
    bouffée
    bouffette
    bouffeur
    bouffeuse
    bouffir
* bouffard
    bouffarde
    bouffarder
* bouffir
    bouffi
    bouffie
    bouffissure
* bouffon
    bouffonne
    bouffonner
    bouffonesque (also bouffonnesque)
    bouffoniste (also bouffonniste)
    bouffonnade
* bouffonner
    bouffonnant
    bouffonnement
    bouffonnerie
* bouée "buoy" ( < MFr boie, boue(e) < Frk *baukan "beacon" < Gmc *baukn, cf OHG bouhhan, OFris bāken "beacon")
* bougon "grumbling"
    bougonner
* bougonner
    bougonnade
    bougonnage
    bougonnement
    bougonnerie
    bougonneur
    bougonneuse
* boujon "arrow" ( < OFr bulzun "arrow" < Frk *bultjo "bolt" < Gmc, cf MHG bolz, Dut bolt)
    boujonner
* boulanger "baker" ( < OFr boulenc "baker" < Frk *bolla "bread" + -enc "-ing" < Gmc, cf OHG bolla "wheat flour", MDu bolle "round loaf")
    boulangerie
    boulangère
    boulangerie-pâtisserie
    boulangisme
    boulangiste
* bouledogue "bulldog"
* boulevard "boulevard" ( < OFr bollevart, boulevert, bouleverc "rampart converted to an avenue" < Walloon < MDu bolwerk, bollewerc "bulwark" < bolle, bol "bole, trunk, torso" < Gmc + werk "work" < Gmc)
    boulevarder
    boulevardier
    boulevardière
* boulevari (also boulvari) ( alt. < hourvari)
* boulin "putlog-hole" ( < Frk *bole "bowl" < Frk *bolla "bowl" < Gmc, cf OE bolla "bowl")
* bouline "bowline" ( < Eng bowline < Gmc)
    bouliner
    boulinette
    boulinier
    boulinière
* bouliner
    boulinage
* boulingrin "bowling green" ( < Eng < Gmc)
* boumer "to boom" ( < Gmc, cf Dut bommen "to boom", Germ bummen, ME bummen "to buzz")
    boum
* bouquet "bouquet" ( < OFr bousquet, bosquet < L *boscum, buscum < Gmc *buskaz "bush")
    bouqueter
    bouquetier
    bouquetière
* bouqueter
    bouqueté
* bouquetin
* bouquin "he-goat" ( < bouc < Gmc)
* bouquin "old book" ( < Dut boeckin "little book" < Dut boek "book" < Gmc + -kin < Gmc)
    bouquiner
    bouquiniste
    bouquinerie
* bouquiner
    bouquineur
* bourg "borough, town" ( < OFr burg, bourg, borg, borc < L burgus < Frk *burg < Gmc *burgs "fortress", cf OE burg "burgh, borough")
    bourg-épine
    bourgeois
    bourgade
    bourgadier
* bourgeois "citizen, burgher"
    bourgeoise
    bourgeoisie
    bourgeoisement
    bourgeoisant
    bourgeoisisme
* bourgeon "shoot, bud" ( < OFr burjon "sprout" < Gmc, cf OHG burjan "to lift, raise")
    bourgeonner
    ébourgeonner
    bourgeonneux
* bourgeonner
    bourgeonnant
    bourgeonnement
* bourgmestre "burgomaster, mayor"
* bourgogne
    bourguignon
    bourguignonne
    bourguignot (also bourguignote, bourguignotte)
* bourlinguer
    bourlingue
    bourlingueur
    bourlingueuse
* bourrir ( < Frk *būrjan < Gmc)
* bouscatier
* bousculer "to turn upside down"
    bousculade
    bousculant
    bousculé
    bousculement
    bousculeur
    bousculeuse
* bousin (also bouzin) ( < Eng bousing "strong drink" < MDu būsen "to drink" < Gmc)
    bousineur
    bousinier
    bousingot
* bousingot
    bousingotisme
* boustifailler
    boustifaille
    boustifailleur
* bout "end"
    bout-dehors (also boute-dehors)
    bout-rimé (also boute-rimé)
    bout-en-train "breeder-horse"
    bouter
    debout
    embouter
    aboutir
    boutasse
* bouter "to put, push"
    bouté
    boutée
    boutade "freak"
    boute
    boute-hors
    boute-selle
    boute-feu (also boutefeu) "linstock"
    bouture
    bouton
    boute-selle
    arc-boutant
    bouterolle
    bouteroue
    boutis
    boutisse
    bouture "cut, slip"
    boutoir
* bouterolle
    bouteroller
* bouton "button"
    bouton d'or
    boutonner
    déboutonner
    boutonnerie
    boutonnier
    boutonnière
* boutonner
    boutonnant
    boutonné
    boutonneux
* boutre
* bouture
    bouturer
* bouturer
    bouturage
* bow-window
* bowling
* box-calf
* boxer "to box" ( < Eng box < ME boxen "to box, beat", box "a blow" < Gmc, cf MDu boke "a blow", MHG buc "a blow", Dan bask "a blow")
    boxe
    boxeur
* boy
    boy-scout
    boycott
    boycotter
* boycotter
    boycottage
* braconner "to poach"
    braconnier
    braco
    braconnage
    braconné
    braconnière
* bracot
* brader
    braderie
    bradeur
    bradeuse
* bragard (also braguard)
    bragarde
* brague
    braguet
    braguette
* brai "tar residue" ( < Frk *bred "board" < Gmc)
* brailler "to brawl"
    braillard
* brain-trust
* braire "to bray"
    braiement
    brailler
* brailler
    braille
    braillant
    braillante
    braillard
    braillarde
    braillement
    brailleur
    brailleuse
    braiment
* braise "gleed, glowing embers"
    braiser
    braisière
    braisiller
* braiser
    braisé
* braisiller
    braisillant
    braisillement
* bramer "to bell" ( < Ital bramare < Prov bramar "to sing, shout", Goth bra(m)mon < Gmc *brammōn, cf MHG brummen "to thunder, roar", MLG brammen)
    bramant
    bramante
    bramée
    bramement
* brand (also brant)
    brandade
    brandir
* brande "heather"
    brandin
    brandine
* brandebourg "the frogs of a coat"
* brandevin "brandy"
    brandevinier
    brandevinière
* brandir "to brandish"
    brandi
    brandissage
    brandissement
    brandiller
* brandiller
    brandillant
    brandillement
    brandilloire
* brandon "piece of straw"
    brandonner
* brandy
* branler "to shake" ( < brandiller "shake a sword at" < OFr brandeler "wave a sword" < LL brandulare < Gmc, cf ON brandr "sword, brand")
    branle
    branlage
    branlant
    branlante
    branle-bas (also branlebas)
    branlée
    branlette
    branleur
    branleuse
    branloter (also branlotter)
    branloire
    branlement
    ébranler
* braque "brachhound; fool"
    braquer
    braquet
    bracon
    braconnier
* braquemart (also braquemard) "broadsword"
* braquer (Naut.) "to direct, point" ( < ON brāka "to fix, set on, weaken" < Gmc)
    braquage
    braqueur
    braquement
* braser
    brasage
    brasero
    brasier "brazier"
    brasière
    brasiller
    brasure
* brasiller
    brasillant
    brasillement
* brasque
    brasquer
* brayaud
* brayer ( < ON, OE brǣda "to tar" < Gmc, cf OS brādan, OHG brātan "to roast")
    débrayer
    embrayer
* brayon
* break
* break-water (also breack-water)
* breakfast
* brèche "breach, gap"
    brèche-dent
    bréchiforme
    ébrécher
* bréchet "brisket"
* brédissure
* bredouiller
    bredouillage
    bredouillant
    bredouillard
    bredouille
    bredouillé
    bredouillement
    bredouilleur
    bredouilleuse
    bredouillis
    bredouillon
* bréger
* brehaigne "barren" (also bréhaigne)
* brelan "brelan (a game of cards)"
    brelander
    brelandier
    brelandière
* brème "bream"
* brême
* brequin
* brésil
    brésiléine
    brésilien
    brésilienne
    brésiline
    brésillet
    brésiller "to cut into small pieces (of wood)"
* brésis (also brisis)
* brétailler
    brétailleur
* bretèche
    breteché (also bretesché)
    bretechée (also breteschée)
* bretelle "strap" ( < OFr < Frk *bredel, bredil "bridle, strap" < Gmc *bregþil-, cf OHG brittel, brittil "bridle", OHG brettan "to weave, braid", OE brīdel "bridle", OE bregdan "to braid, weave")
* brette "long sword" ( < ON bregþa < Gmc)
    bretailler
    brettelure
    bretter
    bretture
* bretter
    bretteur
* bretzel
* bricage
* bricheton
* bricole "breast band" ( < Ital briccola < Lomb brihhil < Gmc, cf MHG brëchel-, Germ brechen "to break")
    bricoler
    bricolier
* bricoler
    bricolage
    bricoleur
    bricoleuse
* bride "bridle"
    brider
    bridon
    débrider
* brider
    bridé
    bridoir
    bridure
* bridge
    bridger
* bridger
    bridgeur
    bridgeuse
* brie
    brié
    briée
* brightique
* brimbaler (also bringuebaler, briquebaler)
    brimbalant
    brimbale
    brimbalement
    brimbaleur
* brimbelle
* brimer
    brimé
    brimade
* brinde "a toast"
    brinder
    brindezingue
* bringue "festival, vice"
    bringuer "to toast"
* bringue "silly girl; manhunter" ( < Frk *springan "to jump" < Gmc)
* brioche "cake"
    brioché
* brique "brick"
    briquer
    briqueter
    briquage
    briquet
    briquette
* briquer
    briqué
* briqueter
    briqueté
    briquetage
    briqueterie
    briquetier
* brise "breeze"
    brise "a break, breaking"
    brise-bise
    brise-cou
    brise-glace
    brise-glaces
    brise-jet
    brise-lames
    brise-raison
    brise-tout
* briser "to break" ( < OFr bruisier, brisier < Frk *brusjan "to break" < Gmc *brusjanan "to crush, break", cf OHG bristan "to break", OE brȳsan "to crush, bruise")
    bris
    brise
    brisé
    brisée
    brisable
    brisant
    briseur
    briseuse
    brisement
    brisure
    brisis
    brisoir
* bristol
* brocanter "to deal in used goods"
    brocante
    brocantage
    brocanteur
    brocanteuse
* brocard "a taunt"
    brocarder
* brocarder
    brocardé
    brocardeur
    brocardeuse
* brodequin "sock, buskin" ( < Flem brosekin < Gmc)
* broder "embroider" ( < OFr brosder, broisder < Frk *brozdōn Gmc *bruzdajanan)
    brodé
    broderie
    brodeur
    brodeuse
* broie
    broiement
* broigne
* brosse "brush"
    brosser
    brosserie
    brossier
    brossière
    brossure
* brosser
    brossée
    brosseur
    brossage
* brou
* brouée
* brouet "broth"
* brouette "wheelbarrow" ( < Wal berouette < Wal beroue < Gmc *berwaz, cf OE bearwe "wheelbarrow", MHG bere)
    brouetter
    brouettier
* brouetter
    brouettage
    brouettée
    brouetteur
    brouetteuse
* brougham
* brouillard "fog" ( < brouiller < Gmc)
* brouiller "to embroil, mingle" ( < OFr broiller < L *brodiculare < L *brodum < Gmc *bruþan, cf OE broþ "broth", OE brēowan "to brew")
    brouillé
    brouilleur
    brouilleuse
    brouillement
    brouillage
    brouille
    brouillerie
    brouillon
    débrouiller
    embrouiller
    brouillard
    brouillardeux
    brouillasser
    brouilleux
    brouillis
* brouillasser
    brouillasse
    brouillassé
* brouillon
    brouillonne
    brouillonner
* brouir "to blight" ( < OFr broīr < Frk *brājan < Gmc)
    broui
    brouissure
* broussaille (also broussailles) "brushwood"
    broussailleux
* brousse "undergrowth"
* brousse ( < Prov broce "curdled milk" < Goth gabrūka "piece" < brūkja "what is broken" < Gmc)
    brousser
    broussard
    broussin
* broussin
* brout "sprouts, young shoots"
    brouter
    broutille
* brouter
    broutage
    broutant
    broutement
    brouteur
    brouteuse
* broutille
    broutiller
* brownien
* browning
* broyer "to crush, grind" ( < Lat *bricare < Frk *brikan "to break" < Gmc *brekanan)
    broyage
    broyat
    broie
    broiement
    broyeur
    broyeur-mélangeur
    broyeuse
    broyon
* bru "daughter-in-law"
* bruccio
* brugeois
    brugeoise
* bruges
* brugnon
* brûle-pourpoint
* brûler "to burn" ( < OFr brusler "to burn" < conflation of OFr bruir "to burn" < Frk *brōjan "to burn, scald" < Gmc, cf MHG brüejen "to burn, scald" + OFr usler < Lat ustulare "to scorch")
    brûlé
    brûlée
    brûlable
    brûlage
    brûlant
    brûleur
    brûleuse
    brûlement
    brûlerie
    brûlis
    brûloir
    brûlure
    brûlot
    brûle-bout
    brûle-gueule
    brûle-parfum
    brûle-parfums
    brûle-pourpoint
    brûle-pourpoint à
    brûle-tout
* brûlot
    brûlotier
* brun "brown"
    brune
    brunet
    brunette
    brunelle
    brunir
    brunâtre
    embrunir
    rembrunir
* brunir
    bruni
    brunie
    brunante
    brunante à la
    brunissage
    brunissant
    brunissement
    brunisseur
    brunisseuse
    brunissoir
    brunissure
* brusque "brisk" ( < Ital brusco < OHG bruttisc "dark, annoyed" < Gmc)
    brusquer
    brusquerie
    brusquement
    brusquet
* buander
    buanderie
    buandier
    buandière
* bucail
    bucaille
* bûche "log" ( < OFr busche < Prov busca < Lat busca, bosca < Gmc *buska-)
    bûcher
    bûcheron
    bûchement
    bûchette
* bûcher
    bûché
    bûcheur
    bûcheuse
    bûchage
* bûcheron
    bûcheronne
    bûcheronner
* bûcheronner
    bûcheronnage
* buée "lye" ( < buer "to wash" < Frk *būkōn "to wash" < Gmc, cf MLG būken "to soak in lye", MHG būchen, ME bouken "to buck, wash in lye")
    buer
    buée
    bue
    buander
* bugne
* building
* buis "bush"
    buiser
    buissière
    buisson
* buisson
    buissonner
    buissonnier
    buissonnière
    buissonnement
    buissonneux
    école buissonnière
* buissonner
    buissonnant
    buissonnage
* bull-dog
* bull-finch
* bull-terrier
* bulldozer
* bunker
* buquer
* burette "cruet"
* burg
* burgonde
* burgrave "burgrave"
    burgraviat
* burin "a graver" ( < Ital borino < Lomb *boro, borin- < Gmc, cf Germ bohren)
    buriner
    buriniste
    burinos
* buriner
    buriné
    burineur
    burinage
* busard
* busc "busk"
    busquer
    busquière
* buse "pipe, cavity" ( < OFr buise < Gmc, cf Dut buis)
    buser
    busette
* business
    businessman
* busquer "to search for, look for"
    busqué
    busquière
* busserole
* but "mark, aim"
    buter
    bute
* buter "to strike, aim"
    butant
    buté
    butée
    buteur
    butière
    débuter
    début
    rebuter
    rebut
    butoir
* butin "booty"
    butiner
* butiner
    butinage
    butinant
    butiné
    butinement
    butineur
    butineuse
* butte "butte"
    butte-témoin
    butter
    buttoir
* butter
    buttage
    butté
    butteur
    butteuse