# List of French words of Germanic origin (H–Z)

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

* Historical background
* The development of French
* Scope of the dictionary
* 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
* See also
* References
* Notes

## H

* hache "hachet"
    hachette
    hachereau
    hacher
    hachoir
    hachure
    hachis
* hachure "hatching"
* hagard "haggard, wild"
* haie "hedge"
* haillon "rag, tatters"
* haine "hatred"
    haineux
* haïr "to hate"
    haine
    haïssable
* haire "hair-shirt"
* halbran (Zoo.) "duckling"
    halbrené
* hâle "swarthy, sunburnt"
* haler "to haul"
    halage
    haleur
    halin
* hâler "to dry up, to sunburn"
    hâle
    hâloir
* halle "market"
    hallage
* hallebarde "halberd"
    hallebardier
* hallier "thicket" ( < ML hasla < *Frk hasal < Gmc, cf OHG hasala, MDu hasel)
* halte "halt"
    halt
* hameau "hamlet"
* hampe "handle, staff"
* hanap "goblet"
* hanche "hip, haunch"
    déhanché
    éhanché
* hanbane "henbane"
* hangar "shed, hangar" ( < MFr hanghart < Frk *haimgard < haim "home" < Gmc, cf OE hām + gard "protection, shelter, yard" < Gmc, cf OE ġeard)
* hanneton "beetle"
* Hanse "the Hanse"
    Hanséatique
* hanter "to frequent, haunt"
    hantise
* happe "bed of an axle-tree"
    happe-chair
    happe-foie
    happe-lapin
* happer "to snap"
* haquenée "hackney, nag"
* haquet "a dray"
    haquetier
* harangue "harangue"
    haranguer
* haras "stud" ( < haraz < ON hārr < Gmc)
* harasser "to harass" ( < MFr harasser < OFr harrier "to harry" & harer < Frk *hara "here!" < Gmc, cf OHG hera, MDu hare)
* harceler "to harass, torment"
* hard "hardware"
    hardeau
    hardelée
* harde "herd"
    harder
    déharder
* harde "leash"
* hardes "clothes" ( < harde < Gmc, infl in meaning by unrelated fardes)
* hardi "bold"
    hardiesse
    enhardir
    hardiment
* hardiesse "boldness"
* hareng "herring"
    harengère
    harengerie
* hargne "aggressive" ( < OFr hargner < Frk *harmjan "to insult, harm" < Gmc, cf OHG harmjan to scold, quarrel", OE hearm "harm")
    hargner
    hargneux
* haricot "bean"
* haridelle "jade, harridan" ( < haras " < Gmc + -idelle)
* harnacher "to harness"
    enharnacher
* harnais "harness" ( < OFr harneis, hernais < ON hernest "army supplies" < herr "army" < Gmc + nest "provisions" < Gmc, cf OE here "army")
    harnacher
* haro "hue and cry"
* harpe "harp"
    harpiste
* harper "to grip" ( < Frk *harpan "to seize" < Gmc, cf OHG harfan "to seize", OE hreppan "to touch", ON harpa "cramp")
    harpe
    harpon
    harpin
    harpigner
* harpon "harpoon"
    harponner
    harponneur
* hart "cord, rope"
    harde
* hase "female hare"
* hast "staff" ( < OFr haste "lance, roasting spit" < Lat hasta < Frk *harst "grill" < Gmc, cf OHG harst "roast", Dut harsten "to roast")
    hâtelet
    hâtelettes
    hâtereau
    hâtrier
    hâteur
* hâte "haste"
    hâter
    hâtif
* hâtier "spit-rest"
* hâtif "hasty, forward"
    hâtiveté
    hâtiveau
* hauban (Naut.) "stay, shroud"
    haubaner
* haubert "hauberk" ( < OFr hauberc, halberc < Frk *halsberg < Gmc, cf MHG halsberc)
    haubergeon
* haut "high" ( < OFr haut, halt conflation of Lat altus and Frk *hauh < Gmc, cf OE hēah "high")
    hautain
    hautesse
    hauteur
* hautain "haughty"
* hautbois "hautbois"
* hautesse (title) "highness"
* hauteur "height, haughtiness"
* hâve "pale, wan" ( < Frk *haswa- "pale, grey" < Gmc, cf MHG heswe "pallid", OE hasu, haswa "grey, ashen")
    havir
* haver "to cut" ( < Dial Fr (Walloon) < Frk *hauwan "to cut"; *hauwa "hoe, cutting implement" < Gmc, cf OHG houwen "to cut, hew", OE hēawan "to cut, hew")
* averon "wild oats" ( < OHG habaro < Gmc)
* havre "harbour"
* havresac "knapsack" ( < havre-sac "oat-bag" < Germ Habersack < Gmc)
* heaume "helm"
* héberger "to harbour, lodge"
    héberge
    hébergement
    hébergeur
* héler "to hail" ( < ME heilen "to hail" < ON heill "health" < Gmc)
* hellequin "will-o-the-wisp"
* héraldique "heraldic"
* héraut "herald"
* hère "fellow, wretch" ( < Germ Herr or Dut heer < Gmc, cf OE hearra "lord")
* hère "young stag" ( < Dut hert < Gmc, cf Eng hart)
* hermine "ermine" ( < OFr hermine < Frk *harmo, harmin- "ermine, weasel" < Gmc, cf OHG harmo, harmin "weasel, ermine, stoat", OS harmo, OE hearma"ermine")
    herminé
* héron "heron"
    héronneau
    héronnier
    héronnière
* hêtre "beech-tree"
* heurter "to strike" ( < OFr hurter "to knock into" < Frk *hūrtan "to ram into" < *hūrt < Gmc, cf MHG hurten "to collide with, run into", ON hrūtr "ram")
    heurt
    heurtoir
    heurtement
    s'aheurter
* hie "a tamper, a paviour's ram"
* hisser "to hoist"
* hobereau (Zoo.) "a hobby falcon"
* hochqueue (Zoo.) "a wagtail"
* hocher "to shake"
    hoche
    hochet
* hochet "a child's rattle"
* homard "lobster"
* honnir "to dishonour"
* honte "shame"
* honteux
* éhonté
* honteux "ashamed"
* hoque "small coat"
* hoquet "hiccup"
* hotte "basket"
* houblon "hop"
    houblonner
    houblonnière
* houe "hoe"
* houille "coal" ( < Walloon hoie < Lat hullae < Frk *hukila "heap, mound" < hukk- < Gmc, cf Dut Dial heukel, MDu hokke, Germ Hocke)
    houiller
    houilleur
    houillère
* houle "billow" ( < Norm houle "cavity, rabbit hole" < ON hol "hole" < Gmc, cf OE hol "cave")
    houleux
* houle "brothel" ( < OHG holi "hole" < Gmc, infl by OFr hore "whore" < Gmc)
    houlière
* houlette "trowel, crook" ( < MFr hollette "shepherd's staff" < houler "to throw" < Frk *hollan < Gmc, cf MDu hollen "to run headlong")
* houppe (Zoo.) "a tuft, topknot"
* houppelande "overcoat"
* hourder "to roughcast"
* houseau "spatterdash"
* houspiller "to nag, worry, mob" ( < Norm gouspiller < a Gmc compound represented by OE hosp "injury, insult" + OE spillan "to waste, destroy", cf OE ūtspillan "to abuse, mistreat")
* housse "horse-cloth, housing"
* houssine "a switch"
* houssoir "a birch-broom"
* houx (Bot.) "holm oak, holly tree"
* hoyau "pickaxe, mattock"
* huche "bin" ( < OFr huche, huge < LL hutica < Gmc, cf OE hwicce "hutch")
* hucher "to whistle" ( < OFr huchier "to cry, shout" < LL huccare < Gmc *hukk-, cf MDu huuc "a shout")
    huchet
* hucher "to perch" ( < Frk *hūkōn "to squat" < Gmc, cf MHG hūcken, Dut huiken, Germ hocken "to squat")
* huchet "hunting-horn"
* huguenot "huguenot" ( < Swiss Germ Eidgenosse < Eid < OHG eit "oath" < Gmc + Genosse < OHG ginōz "comrade" < Gmc, cf OE āþ "oath", OE ġenēat "comrade, companion")
    huguenotisme
* hune (Naut.) "top"
    hunier
* huppe (Zoo.) "tuft, crest" ( < LL upupa < Gmc, cf ODu hoppe, huppe, LG huppup)
    huppé
* huppé "crested"
* hure "head"
* hurluberlu "a fool"
* hutin "sharp"
* hutte "hut"
    hutter
* huve "a type of old-fashioned haistyle"

## I

* ice-boat
* ice-cream
* ice-field
* iceberg "iceberg"
* if (Bot.) "yew" ( < OFr iv, ivo < Frk *îwa < Gmc īwo-, īwa-, cf OHG īwa, OE īw "yew")
* inlay "inlay"
* input (Tech.) "input"
* insaissable "imperceptible"
    insaissablilité
* installer "to install" ( < MFr < ML installare < in- + stallum < Gmc, cf OE steall "place, stall")
    installation
    installé
    installeur
* interbancaire "interbank"
* interbande "space between bands"
* intergroupe
    intergroupal
* intra-groupe
* ive (Bot.) "yew"
    ivette
* interlope "an interloper" ( < Eng interlope < interloper < inter- + loper < MDu lōper "runner" < lōpen "to run" < Gmc, cf OE hlēapan "to leap, run")

## J

* jable "cross-groove, gable"
    jabler
* japper "to yelp, bark" (< OFr japer, OPr jaupar < Gmc *galpōn "to yelp, bark, scream")
    jappe
    jappement
* jardin "garden" ( < OFr < Frk *gardo, gardin- "yard" < Gmc, cf OE ġeard "yard")
    jardiner
    jardinier
    jardinage
    jardinet
* jars "male goose, gander" ( < Frk *gard "spine, rod, pivot" < Gmc)
* jaser "to chatter, prattle" ( < ON gassi "prattler" < Gmc)
    jaseur
    jaserie
* jauger "to gauge" ( < OFr jauge, gauge < Frk *galga, galgo "measuring rod, pole" < Gmc, cf OE gealga "gallows")
    jauge
    jaugeage
* javeline "javelin"
* javelot "a javelin"
* job "job"
* jockey "jockey"
* joli "pretty"
    joliet
    enjoliver
    joliveté
    joliment
* jucher "to perch, roost"
    juchoir
    déjucher

## K

* K.O. "K.O., knockout"
* kart "go-cart"
* karting "carting"
* keepsake "keepsake, souvenir"
* kermesse "kirk-mass" ( < Flem kerkmisse)
* kick
* kick-starter
* kidnapper "to kidnap"
    kidnappage
    kidnappeur
    kidnappeuse
    kidnapping
* kieselguhr
* king-charles
* kirsch-wasser (also kirschwasser) "kirsch-wasser" ( < Germ < Gmc)
* kit
* kitsch
* knickerbockers
* knickers
* knock-down
* knock-out
    knock-outer
* knout
    knouter
* kobold "cobalt"
* krach
* krack
* kraft
* kraken "kraken"
* kriegspiel

## L

* laîche "sedge"
* laid "ugly"
    laideron
    laideur
    enlaidir
* laie "a female pig, sow"
* laie "path" ( < ML leda < Frk *laid- < Gmc, cf ON leid "way, lode", OE lād "course, path")
* laisse
    laisses
* laisser "to leave, let" ( OFr lesser, laisier < LL lassare "to let, let go, leave", partly from L laxare "to loosen"; partly from OHG lāzzan, lāzan "to let, let go, leave"; cf OE lǣtan "to let, leave, rent"; also from OFr laiier "to leave" < Frk *lagjan "to lay")
    laisse
    laissé-courre
    laissé-pour-compte
    laissées
    laisser-aller
    laisser-courir
    laisser-courre
    laisser-faire
    laisser-passer
    laisses
    laissez-aller
    laissez-faire
    laissez-passer
* lamaneur "pilot" ( < OFr laman, lomant < MDu lootsman < Gmc)
* lambeau "scrap"
* lambel "scrap, shred"
* lambourde "tie bar, joist"
* lambrequin (Archit.) "a scallop"
* lampas "lampas"
* lamper "to guzzle"
    lampée
* lande "waste land, heath"
* lansquenet "lansquenet" ( < Germ Landsknecht "lands-knight" < Gmc)
* laper "to lap"
* lapereau "bunny rabbit" ( < lapriel < lap-, probably of Gmc origin, cf Frk *hlaupan "to run, jump", OE hlēapan "to leap, jump, run")
* lapin "rabbit"
* last "a last, weight"
* latte "lath"
    latter
    lattis
* layer "to mark wood, bush-hammer"
    layeur
* layette "thin layer, baby linen"
    layetier
* lèche "thin slice"
    lèchefrite
* lécher "to lick"
    léchard
    lécheur
    léchonner
    léchefroie
* lège (Naut.) "light in weight or occupancy"
* lest "ballast"
    lester
* leste "brisk"
* lester "to ballast"
    lesteur
    lestage
* let (tennis term < Eng let < Gmc)
* Lètes "Laeti"
* leude "a leud"
* leurre "a lure, decoy"
    leurrer
* lice "lists, tiltyard"
* lie "dregs, lye of wine"
* lige "liege"
* lingot "ingot"
    lingotière
* lippe "lip, pout"
    lippée
    lippu
* lippée "a mouthful, a meal"
* lippu "thick-lipped"
* liseré "edging, bordering, trim"
* lisière "edge"
    liseré
* liste "list"
    lisière
    listeau
    liteau
    liston
    listel
* listeau "blue strap"
    liteau
* liston "scroll"
* liteau "a blue stripe"
* litre "a black band"
* living "living room, sitting room, parlour" ( < Eng < Gmc)
* loch "a ship's log"
* locher "to be loose"
* locman "a harbour pilot"
* lof "luff"
* loge "lodge, lobby"
    loger
    logis
    logement
    logette
    logeable
* loger "to lodge"
* logeur
* déloger
* logis "a dwelling"
* lombes "loins" ( < Lat lumbus < Gmc *lundiz, landwin-, cf ON, lund, Frk *lendin "loins", OHG lentin, OE lendenu "loins" )
    lombaire
* lopin "bit, piece"
* loque "rag"
* loquet "locket"
* lorgner "to ogle"
    lorgnon
    lorgnette
    lorgneur
* losange "lozenge" ( < OFr losenge < Frk *lausinga "flattery, fraud" < Gmc, cf OE lēasung "leasing")
* lot "lot, portion"
    lotir
    loterie
* loterie "lottery"
* lotir "to lot, apportion"
    loti
    lotissement
* loto "loto"
* louche "large spoon"
* louchet "grafting tool"
* louis (Monet.) "a louis"
* loup-garou "werewolf"
* loupe "magnifier, magnifying glass"
* loure "a loure (dance)"
* loutre "otter"
* louvoyer "to tack"
* lover "to coil"
* lubie "whim"
* lucarne
* lumbago "lumbago"
* luron "jolly fellow"
    luronne
* lutin "a little one, elf, goblin"
    lutiner

## M

* mâche "mash" ( < Gmc *maisk, cf Germ Maisch, OE māx "mash")
* mâcher "to beat, strike, smash" ( < Gmc, cf Germ matschen "to crush, smash")
    mâcheur
* mâchurer "to blacken"
* macle (Bot.) "caltrop"
* macle (Min.) "macle; twin"
* macler "to twin"
* maçon "mason"
    maçonner
    maçonnage
    maçonnique
    franc-maçon
    maçonnerie
* macreuse (Zoo.) "black-diver"
* madré "speckled"
* magot "bags" ( < OFr mugot "hidden treasure" < musgot, musgode, musjoe < Gmc *musgauda)
* maint "many" ( < Gmc *manigiþō "a multitude, great quantity", cf MDu menichte "crowd, great number", OE menigþu)
* malart "drake, mallard"
* malle "a trunk"
    malle-poste
    mallier
* malt "malt"
* mandrin "chuck, mandrel" ( < Prov mandre < Gmc, cf Goth *manduls, ON mondull, MHG mandel)
* manne "hamper, basket" ( < Pic mande < Dut mand, mande < Gmc, cf OE mand "basket")
* mannequin "mannikin" ( < Dut manneken "little man" < man "man" < Gmc + -ken "-kin" < Gmc)
* maquereau (Zoo.) "mackerel"
* maquereau "brothel-keeper"
    maquerelle
    maquereauter
    maquereller
* maquiller "to make up" ( < OFr makier "to make, do, work" < MDu maken "to make" < Gmc, cf OE macian "to make")
    maquillage
* maquignon "horse-dealer"
    maquignonnage
* maraîcher "a kitchen gardener"
* marais "marsh; kitchen garden"
* maraud "knave, rascal" ( < OFr marault "beggar, vagabond" < OFr marir "to lose one's way" < OHG marrjan "to obstruct" < Gmc + -wald, -walt suffix < Gmc)
    marauder
* marauder "to maraud"
    maraude
    maraudeur
* marc "mark"
* marc "dregs, residue"
* marcassin "a young boar"
* marche "march, military frontier"
* marche "march, walk"
* marchepied "a step-stair"
* marcher "to march, walk" ( < OFr marchier "to tread, move" < Frk *markōn "to mark, pace out" < Gmc)
    marche
    marcheur
    démarche
* mare "pool, pond" ( < ON marr "sea, lake, pond" or Dut maer, maar "pond, lake, pool" < Gmc, cf OS meri "pond, pool", OHG meri "inland sea", OE mere "mere, pool, pond")
    marée
* marécage "marsh"
    marécageux
* maréchal "mareschal, marshal"
    maréchalerie
* maréchaussée "troop commanded by a mareschal"
* marmonner "to murmur" ( < ON < Gmc, cf Nor marma, Swed marra "to murmur", Germ murren, murmeln)
* marmotter "to mumble, mutter"
    marmotte
* maroufle "lining paste"
* marque "mark"
    marquer
    marquant
* marquer "to mark"
    marqueur
    remarqueur
    démarqueur
* marqueter "to chequer"
    marqueterie
* marquis "marquis"
    marquise
    marquisat
* marri "sad" ( < OFr marrir "to sadden" < Frk *marrjan < Gmc, cf OE mierran)
* marsouin (Zoo.) "porpoise" ( < ON marsvin < Gmc, cf OHG meri-suīn "mere-swine", Dut meerswijn)
* mash
* masque "mask"
    mascara
    mascarade
    mascaron
    masquant
    masquante
    masquer
* masquer
    masquage
    masqué
* massacrer "to massacre" ( < LL massacrium < Frk *matsekern < Gmc, cf LG matsken "to slaughter, massacre", Germ metzgern "to butcher")
    massacre
    massacreur
* mat "dull, heavy"
    matir
    matité
    matoir
    matte
    matité
* mât (Naut.) "mast"
    mâter
    démâter
    mâture
    mâtereau
* matelot "sailor" ( < Dut mattenoot < Gmc)
    matelote
* matir (Metal.) "to dull, deaden"
* matois "swindler, gangster" ( < mate "place appointed for robbers" < Germ Matte < Gmc, cf Eng meadow)
    matoiserie
* mâture "masts; wood for masts"
* mauvais "bad" ( < OFr malvais < *malvasi < Frk *balvasi "bad, malicious" < Gmc, cf OHG balvasi "bad, malicious", Goth balvavesei "spite, maliciousness", Icel bölv-, OE bealu, bealw- "bale, wicked, malicious". Influenced in form by Lat malus "bad, evil")
* mazette "bad horse; useless person" ( < Germ matz "awkward")
* mé- "mis-"
* mégarde "inadvertence"
* mégissier "leather-dresser" ( < OFr mégis < Gmc, cf Dut meuk "softening", ON mjūkr "soft")
    mégisserie
    mégir
    mégie
* méringue "meringue" ( < MDu meringue "collation of the evening" < Gmc, cf MHG merunge < mëren "to soak bread in wine or water for dinner", MLG meringe < mern "to soak bread in wine or water for dinner")
    méringuer
* merlan (Zoo.) "whiting"
* merlin "marline" ( < Eng < Gmc)
* més- "mis-"
* mésange "titmouse"
* meurtre "murder" ( OFr murdre < L mordrum "murder" < Frk *murþar "murder" < Gmc, cf OHG murdrjan, murdjan "to murder", OE morþor "murder", Goth maurþr "murder")
    meurtrier
    meurtrir
    meurtrière
* meurtrir "to kill, bruise"
    meurtrissure
* miche "loaf"
* micmac "an intrigue"
* mièvre "roguish" ( <esmievre "hastened" < ON snæfr "fast, nimble" < Gmc)
    mièvrerie
    mièvreté
* mignard "delicate"
    mignarder
    mignardise
* mignon "favourite, darling, minion" ( < OFr mign- < Gmc, cf OHG minnia "darling")
    mignonette
    mignonoter
* mijaurée "a conceited woman"
* mijoter "to cook gently and slowly, simmer"
* milord "lord, wealthy man"
* mitaine "mitten" ( < OFr mitaine "mitten, half-glove," from OFr mite "mitten" < ML mitta < MHG mittemo "half-glove" < OHG mittamo "middle, midmost")
* mite "tick, mite"
* miton "mitten"
* mitonner "to coddle"
* mitraille "grapeshot, old iron"
    mitrailler
    mitraillade
* moche ( < Frk *mokka "formless mass" < Gmc, cf Germ Mocke)
* momerie "masquerade, mummery" ( < OFr momer < Gmc, cf OHG mummen, MDu mommen "to act a mummer")
* moquer "to mock" ( < Picard moquer < MDu mocken "to mumble" < Gmc, cf MLG mucken "to grumble")
    moquerie
    moqueur
* morille (Bot.) "morel"
* morne "downcast, dull"
* motte "clod, mound"
* moue "pout"
* mouette "seagull, mew"
* moufle "glove, muffler"
* moufle (Chem.) "muffle"; system of pulleys"
* mouron (Bot.) "pimpernel"
* mousse "blunt"
    émousser
* mousse (Bot.) "moss"; "foam, mousse"
    mousser
* mousser "to foam"
    moussoir
    moussu
    mousseux
* mousseron "mushroom"
* mufle "snout, muzzle"
    muflier
* mulot "fieldmouse"
* musard "trifler; loitering"
* museau "muzzle"
* museler "to muzzle"
    muselière
    emmuseler
* muser "to dawdle"
    musard
    amuser
* musser "to hide"

## N

* nabot "dwarf" ( < OFr nimbot < ON nabbi "bump, knot" < Gmc)
* naguère "lately"
* nantir "to pledge, secure, take possession of"
    nantissement
* navrer "to wound"
    navrance
    navrant
    navré
    navrement
    navrure
* niche "prank, trick"
* nickel "nickel"
* nigaud "dunce" ( < OFr *nigald, niguald < Frk *niwald "newby, novice" < *niwi "new" + -wald, cf OHG niwi, niuwi "novice, beginner")
    nigauder
    nigauderie
* nippe "clothes"
    nipper
* nique "a mocking gesture" ( < ON < Gmc, cf Swed nyck "trick")
    niquer
    niquedouille
* nope "small knot"
* nord "north"
    nordique
* Normand "Norman"
    Normandie
* noue "gutter-lead"
* nouille "noodle"
* nuque "nape of the neck"

## O

* O.K. "O.K."
* off "Off-Broadway"
* off-shore (also offshore) "offshore"
* offset "paper used in offset printing processes"
* oflag "camp where captive officers in Germany were held during WWII"
* ohé (Interj.) "hey!, halt!"
* ohm "ohm"
    ohmique
* -ois adjective suffix ( < LL -iscus < Frk *-isk < Gmc, cf OE -isc "-ish")
    -oise
* one woman show "one woman show"
* one-man show "one man show"
* one-step (Dance) "one-step"
* onlay (Dent.) "onlay"
* -ons (first person plural indicative ending of verbs, e.g. nous mangeons) ( < OFr -omes, -umes < Frk *-omês, -umês; cf OHG -omēs, -umēs)
* open (Sports) "open, sporting event"
* openfield "open field"
* orgueil "pride"
    orgueilleux
    s'orgueillir
* osier "wicker"
* ouate "pads, waddling" ( < ML wadda < Gmc, cf Du watte, ON vað "cloth", Swed vadd, Eng wad)
    ouater
    ouaté
    ouateux
    ouatine
* ouatine "quilt"
    ouatiner
* ouest "west" ( < ME west < OE west < Gmc)
    ouest-africain
    ouest-allemand
    ouest-allemande
    ouest-européen
    ouest-indien
    ouest-sud-ouest
* out (Sports) "an out"
* outlaw "outlaw"
* output (Tech.) "output"
* oxford "oxford"

## P

* pacotille "business venture; stock of goods"
* paletot "large coat, cardigan"
    paletoquet
* papelard "hypocrite"
* paquet "packet"
    paqueter
    empaqueter
* parc "park" ( < OFr < ML *parricus < Frk *parruk < Gmc, cf OHG pfarrih "fencing, enclosure", OE pearruc "enclosure, park, paddock", Dut park "park")
    parquer
    parquet
    parcage
    emparquer
* parquer "to pen"
* parquet "parquet floor"
    parqueter
    parqueteur
    parqueterie
    parquetage
* pataud "lump; young dog"
* patauger "to splash, dabble"
    patouiller
* patin "skate"
    patiner
    patineur
* patois "patois" ( lit. "clumsy speech" < OFr patoier "to handle clumsily" < pate "paw" < LL patta, pauta < Gmc, cf Germ Pfote "paw", LG pote, Dut poot "paw")
* patte "paw"
    pataud
    patauger
    patin
* pec "newly salted"
* pic "pike, pickax"
    picot
* picoter "to pick"
    picotin
    picotement
    picoterie
* picotin "peck of oats"
* pincer "to pinch" ( < Wal pissi < Ven pizzare < Gmc, cf Dut pitsen, Germ pfetzen, pfitzen)
    pince
    pincée
    pinçon
* pincette "tweezers"
* pingouin "penguin" ( < Eng)
* pinte "pint"
* pioche "picaxe"
    piocher
* pique-nique "pic-nic" ( < Eng)
* piquer "to prick"
    pique
    piquant
    piquier
    piquette
    piqueur
    piqûre
    picoter
    piquet
* piquet "piquet (card game)"
* pistole "pistole"
* pistolet "pistol"
* pivert (Zoo.) "the green woodpecker"
* placage "metal plating"
* placard "placard"
    placarder
* plafond "ceiling" ( < plat "flat" < Gmc + fond "bottom")
* plaque (Metal.) "plate"
    plaquer
    plaqué
    plaquette
    plaqueur
    placage
    placard
* plat "flat" ( < OFr < LL *plattus < Gmc, cf Germ platt "flat", OE plot "plot, piece of ground")
    platée
    aplatir
    platitude
    plat-bord
    plate-forme
    plate-bande
    plafond
* plateau "tray, plateau"
* platine "plate"
* platine (Metal.) "platina"
* pleige "pledge"
    pleiger
* pleutre "coward" ( < Flem pleute "rascal, good-for-nothing" < Gmc)
* ploc (Naut.) "sheathing-hair"
* poche "pocket"
    empocher
    pocher
    pochade
    pochette
    pocheter
* poltron "coward" ( < Ital poltrone < poltro "lazy" < OHG polstar "cushion" < Gmc, cf OE bolster "bolster, cushion")
    poltronnerie
* pompe "pump"
    pompier
    pomper
* pompe "pump (shoe)"
* pot "pot"
    potier
    potage
    potée
    potiche
    empoter
* pot "hole in the ground"
* potage "soup"
    potager
    potagère
* potasse (Chem.) "potash" ( < Germ Pottasche or Eng potash < pot + ash < Gmc)
    potassium
* pote "pal; large-handed"
    potelé
* potelé "plump"
* poterie "pottery"
* potier "a potter"
    poterie
* potin "pewter; gossip"
* potiron "pumpkin"
* poudingue "pudding"
* pouf "to puff"
    poufier
* poulie "pulley" ( < Gmc, cf OE pullian "to pull")
* prame (Naut.) "pram"
* punch "a punch" ( < Eng < Gmc)

## Q

* Quaker "a Quaker" ( < Eng < Gmc)
* quartz "quartz" ( < Germ Quarz)
    quartzeux
* quenotte "a child's tooth, baby-tooth" ( < OFr quenne < ON kenna < Gmc, cf Icel kenna)
* quiche "quiche" ( < Germ Küche "little cake" < Kuchen "cake" < Gmc)
* quille "keel" ( < ON kilir, pl of kjǫlr "keel" < Gmc, cf OE ċēol "ship")
    quillage
* quille "skittle" ( < MHG kegel < OHG kegil "stake, post" < Gmc, cf OE cǣġ "key")
    quillier
    quiller
    quilleter
* -quin adjective suffix
* quinquin "small child" ( < Flem kinken < kind "child" < Gmc + -ken "-kin" < Gmc)
* quincaille "ironmongery"
    quincaillier
    quincaillerie

## R

* rabâcher "to repeat over and over"
    rabâchage
    rabâcheur
* raboter "to plane"
    rabot
* rabougrir "to be stunted"
* rabrouer "to snub, scout"
* racaille "mob"
* raccrocher "to re-hook, hook again" ( < re- + Fr accrocher < Fr croc < ON krókr "hook" < Gmc)
    raccroc
* race "race, lineage" ( < It razza < Lomb raiza "line" < Gmc, cf OHG reiza "line")
    racer
* rade "road"; (Naval.) "roadstead" ( < ME rade, raid "road, journey" < OE rād < Gmc)
    rader
* rader "to travel"
    dérader
* radoter "to dote"
    radoteur
    radotage
    radoterie
* radoub "repair, refitting"
* radouber (Naut.) "to refit"
    radoub
* rafler "to carry off"
    rafle
* rafraîchir "to refresh, cool"
    rafraîchissant
    rafraîchissement
* ragaillardir "to cheer up"
* ragréer "to restore, finish"
* raguer (Naut.) "to chafe"
* râle (Med.) "a rattle"
* râler "to have a rattling in the throat"
    râle
    râlement
* ralingue "a bolt-rope"
    ralinguer
* ramequin "small cake with cheese"
* rampe "flight of stairs"
* ramper "to crawl"
    rampe
    rampant
    rampement
* ranche "wooden peg" ( < OFr < Frk *runka < hrunga "rung" < Gmc, infl by *hranka "vine shoot, gimlet" < Gmc, cf MDu ranke "branch")
* rancher "peg-ladder"
* randonner "to hike" ( < OFr randon < randir "to run" < rant "a run" < Frk *rand "a run" < Frk *rinnan "to run" < Gmc)
* rang "rank, row"
    ranger
    rangée
    déranger
    arranger
* ranz "ranz des vaches"
* râpe "a rasp, grater, grate"
* râpe "stalk (of grapes), stem"
* râper "to grate, rasp"
    râpe
* râpure "raspings"
* ras "fast ocean current" ( < ON rās "current, course, race" < Gmc)
* rat "rat"
    rate
    ratier
    ratière
    raton
    rater
* ratatiner "to shrivel up"
* rate "spleen, milt"
    ratelée
    rateleux
* rater "to misfire"
* ratine "cloth"
    ratiner
* raton "racoon"
* rattacher "to re-attach"
* rattraper "to recapture"
* rayon "honeycomb" ( < Frk *hrâta cf M.Dut "rata" )
* rebander "to retie, refasten"
* rebâtir "to rebuild"
* reblanchir "re-whiten"
* reborder "to re-edge, reborder"
* rebouteur "a bone-setter"
* reboutonner "to rebutton"
* rebrider "to rebridle"
* rebroder "to reimbroider"
* rebrousser "to turn back"
* rebuter "to repel"
    rebut
    rebutant
* receper "to cut down" ( < re- + cep "stock" < Lat cippus "stake, beam" < Gmc, cf OE cipp "beam, chip of wood", Dut kip "strip of wood")
    recepée
    recepage
* réche "rough"
    réchin
    réchigner
* réchigner "to look cross"
* recracher "to spit out again"
* redingote "frock-coat"
* refrapper "to strike again"
* regagner "to regain"
    regain
* regain "return"
* regain "aftermath"
* régal "treat, banquet"
* régaler "to regale"
    régal
    régalant
    régalement
* regarder "to look"
    regard
    regardant
* regarnir "to refurbish"
* regimber "to kick" ( < re- + gimber < gibier < Gmc)
* regratter "to re-scratch, rabate, bargain"
    regrat
    regrattier
    regratterie
* regretter "to regret"
    regret
    regrettable
* reître "rider, horseman" ( < Germ reiter < Gmc)
* relayer "to relieve" ( < re- + OFr layer "to stop, continue, leave" < LL latare < Gmc, cf Goth lātan)
* relai
* reluquer "to ogle" ( < re- + OFr luquier "to look" < M.Dut loeken )
* remarquer "to remark"
    remarque
    remarquable
* remballer "to repack"
* remblayer "to embank"
    remblai
* rembrunir "to darken"
    rembrunissement
* rempocher "to repocket"
* rempoter "to repot"
    rempotage
* renard "fox"
    renarde
    renardeau
    renardière
* rengager "to re-engage"
    rengagement
* renifler "to sniff at"
* renne "reindeer"
* reps "rep (fabric)" ( < Eng ribs < Gmc)
* requinquer "to spruce up"
* ressac "surf"
* ressaisir "to re-seize"
* retaper "to comb the wrong way"
* retirer "to remove, withdraw"
    retiré
    retirement
* retomber "to fall again"
    retombée
* retoucher "to retouch"
* retouche
* rêvasser "to dream, muse"
    rêvasseur
    rêvasserie
* rêve "dream" ( < rêver "to dream" < OFr resver "to consider, reflect, be delirious" < Frk *rēswan, rāswjan "to counsel, reason, suggest" < Gmc, cf OE rǣswan "to think, suppose, consider, suspect, conjecture, reflect")
* rêver
* revêche "harsh, sharp" ( < OFr ruvesche "savage, without pity" < Frk *hreubisck "hard, rough" < Gmc, cf ON hriūfr "rough")
* rêver "to dream"
* rêveur
* rêverie
* rhum "rum" ( < Eng rum)
* ribote "drunkenness, debauchery"
    riboter
    riboteur
* ricaner "to sneer" ( < rec(h)aner "to bray" < Norm cane "tooth" < Frk *kinni "jaw, chin" < Gmc, cf OHG chinni "chin", OE cinn "chin")
    ricanerie
    ricaneur
    ricanement
* richard "a married man"
* riche "rich" ( < OFr < Frk *rīki "rich" < Gmc, cf OHG rīhhi, OE rīċe)
    richesse
    richard
    richement
    enrichir
* richesse "riches"
* ricocher "to ricochet"
    ricochet
* ride "wrinkle"
* rideau "screen, curtain"
* ridelle "side-panel" ( < OFr "amount of wood on each side of a cart to keep the load" < MHG reidel "log" < Gmc, cf Germ Reitel)
* rider "to wrinkle"
    ride
* rigodon "rigadoon" ( < earlier rigaudon < Rigaud (personal name) < Gmc)
* rigole "a trench" ( < It rigoro < Gmc, cf OHG riga "line", LG rige "creek")
    rigoler
* rimailler "rhymster" ( < OFr rime < Frk *rīm < Gmc *rīma-n "number, series" + -aille, cf OHG rīm, OE rīm)
    rimailleur
* rime "rhyme" ( < OFr rime < Frk *rīm < Gmc *rīma-n "number, series", cf OHG rīm, OE rīm)
    rimer
* rimer "to rhime, rime"
    rimeur
    rimailler
* rincer "to rinse" ( < OFr raïncer, raïncier < ON hreinsa "to rinse, clean, wipe" < Gmc *hraina-z "clean, pure", cf Goth hrains "clean")
    rinçure
* ringard "poker, fuddy-duddy" ( < Wallon ringuèle "lever" < Germ (dial.) rengel "log")
* riolé "striped" ( < rigolé < rigole < OHG rīga "line" < Gmc)
* rioter "riot" ( < OFr rihoter, riotter < Gmc, cf Flem revot, ravot "to rub, excite", OHG rīban "to rub")
    rioteur
* ripaille "good cheer, feasting"
* riper "to scrape, drag"
* ripe
* ris "sweetbread" ( < rides (de veau) < ride < Gmc)
* rissoler "to roast brown"
    rissole
* river "to clench, rivet"
    rivet
    rivure
    rivoir
* rix-dale "rix-dollar" ( < Germ reichsthaler < Gmc)
* rob "a rubber" (of whist) ( < Eng rubber < Gmc)
* robe "dress"
* robin
* robinet "cock, tap"
* robinier "robinia"
* rochet "ratchet"
* rochet "garment worn under a mantle"
* rogue "proud" ( < ON hrōkr < Gmc)
* roquet "a pug (dog)"
* roquette "rocket" ( < It rocchetto "rocket, bobbin" < rocca "distaff, spindle" < Gmc *rukka-, cf Goth *rukka, OHG rocco "distaff", ON rokkr)
* rosbif "roastbeef" ( < Eng)
* roseau "a reed"
* rosse "a nag, poor horse"
* rosser "to thrash"
* rôt "roast"
* rôtir "to roast"
    rôt
    rôti
    rôtie
    rôtisserie
    rôtisseur
    rôtissoire
* rôtisseur "cookshop master"
* rouan "roan horse" ( < MFr roan < Sp roano < OSp raudano < Goth raudan, obj case of rauda "red one" < rauðs "red", cf OE rēad "red")
* rouf "cuddy"
* rouf "deckhouse" ( < Dut roef, cf Eng "roof" )
* rouffe "scabies"
* rouir "to ret"
    rouissage
    rouissoir
* roussin "a hack, stallion"
* rouvieux "mangy"
* ruban "ribbon"
    rubanerie
    rubanier
* rustine "rubber repair patch" ( < Germ Rück "back" + Stein "stone" )

## S

* sabord "port-hole"
* sabot "wooden shoe"
    saboter
    sabotier
    sabotière
* sabre "sabre"
    sabrer
    sabreur
* sabretache "sabretache"
* sac "plunder, sack"
    saquer
* saccade "shake, jerk"
* saccager "to pillage"
    saccage
    saccagement
* safre "greedy, gluttonous" ( < Gmc, cf OHG seifar "mouth-watering, salivating", Goth safjan "to savour, enjoy")
* saisie "legal execution"
* saisir "to seize" ( OFr < Lat sacire < Frk *sakjan "to claim" and *satjan "to place, establish", both < Gmc, cf OE sēcan "to seek" & OHG sazjan "to place")
    saisie
    saisine
    saisissable
    saisissant
    saisissement
* saisissable "seizable"
    insaisissable
* sale "dirty" ( < Gmc, cf OHG salo "dull, sallow, dirty")
    saleté
    salir
    salaud
    saligaud
* saleté "dirtiness"
* salir "to dirty"
    salissant
    salissure
* salle "hall"
    salon
* sarrau "frock, smock" ( < MHG sarroc "military garment" < Gmc)
* saule "willow"
* saur "dried"
    saurer
    sauret
* savon "soap" ( < Lat saponem < Gmc saipō, saipōn-, cf OHG seifa "soap", OE sāpe "soap")
    savonner
    savonnette
* savonner "to soap"
    savonnage
    savonnerie
    savonnier
    savonneux
* schelling "shilling" ( < Eng < Gmc)
* schlague "military flogging" ( < Germ schlag < Gmc)
* scion
* scruter
    scrutateur
    scrutation
    scrutatrice
    scrutement
    scruteur
    scrutin
* scrutin
    scrutiner
* sénau (Naut.) "a two-masted vessel" ( < Dut snaauw < Gmc)
* sénéchal "seneschal"
    sénéchaussée
* sénéchaussée "a seneschal's court"
* sens "sense, reason"
* sens "side of an object considered according to its orientation"
* siller (Naut.) "to trail ahead, make a wake" ( < ON sila < Gmc)
    sillon
    sillage
    sillée
* sillon "furrow"
    sillonner
* sillonner "to trace"
* sloop "sloop" ( < Eng < Gmc)
* snob
* sobriquet "nickname" ( < OFr sot + briquet < Gmc)
* soigner "to attend to"
    soigneux
* soin "care" ( < OFr soing < Frk *sunnia "concern" < Gmc)
    soigner
* sonde "fathom line"
* sonder "to sound" ( < OFr sonder < sonde "sounding line" < Gmc, cf ON & OE sund "water, sea")
    sonde
    sondage
    sondeur
* sondeur "leadsman"
* souhait "a wish"
* souhaiter "to wish"
    souhait
    souhaitable
* souille ( < OFr souil "quagmire, marsh" < Frk *saulja "wallow, mire" < Gmc, cf OE syle "wallow, miry-place")
* souiller "to sully" ( < OFr soillier, souillier "to wallow in mire" < Frk *sulljan, *sauljan < Gmc, cf OE solian, sylian "to soil", Dan søle "to soil")
* soupe "soup"
    souper
    soupière
* souper "to sup"
    souper
    soupé
    soupeur
* soupière "tureen"
* spalt "spalt"
* spath "spar"
* spirite
* stalle "stall"
    installer
* stathouder "statholder"
    stathouderat
* stockfisch "stockfish" ( < Dut stocvisch )
* stop
    stopper
* stras "strass"
* stribord "starboard"
* stuc "stucco"
* sud "south"
* suie "soot" ( < Gmc, cf OE sōtig "sooty")
* suint "grease"
* suinter "to ooze" ( < OFr suiter < Frk *switan "to sweat" < Gmc, cf OHG suizan "to sweat", Dut sweeten "to sweat")
    suint
    suintement
* sur "sour"
    suret
    surelle
    surin
* surin "young apple tree"
* surlonge "sirloin"

## T

* tache "spot"
    tacher
* tacher "to stain"
    tacheter
    entacher
* taisson "badger" ( < OFr tais < LL taxus < Gmc, cf OHG þahs "badger")
* talk-show "talk show"
* taler "to hurt someone" ( < taler, taller "to bruise" < Gmc *talōn "to snatch", cf OHG zālōn "to tear, remove")
    taloche
* taloche "thump on the head"
* tamis "sieve" ( < LL *tamisium < Frk *tamisa < Gmc, cf MDu temse, teemse "sifter")
    tamiser
* tampon "plug"
    tamponner
* tan "tan"
    tanner
    tanneur
    tannerie
    tanin
* tangage (Naut.) "pitching"
* tanguer (Naut.) "to pitch"
    tangage
* tanière "lair"
* tanin "tannin"
* tanner "to tan"
    tannage
    tanneur
    tannerie
* tapage "uproar"
    tapageur
* tape "tap, slap"
* taper "to slap"
    tape
    tapage
* tapinois (en) "stealthily"
* tapir "to crouch"
    tapiner
    tapinois
* tapon "bundle"
    taponner
* tapoter "to slap"
* taquer "to jolt"
* tarabuster "to pester"
* targe "target"
    target
    targette
    targuer
* tarir "to dry up"
    tarissable
    tarissement
    intarissable
* tas "heap"
    tasser
    entasser
    tassement
* tassement "a sinking, subsidence"
* tasser "to subside"
* taud "rain awning"
    taude
    tauder
* taudis "slum"
* terne (Bot.) "ternal"
    ternir
    ternissure
* teter "to suckle"
* tétin "nipple"
* tetine "an udder"
* teton "a teat"
* tette "a nipple, teat"
    teter
    tétin
    tetine
    teton
* Thiois
* tic "tic, twitch" ( < Gmc, cf Germ dial zecken, Germ zucken)
* tillac "a deck"
* tique "tick"
* tir "a shooting"
* tirailler "to pull, pester"
    tirailleur
* tirer "to draw"
    tir
    tire
    tiré
    tirade
    tireur
    tirage
    tiret
    tiroir
    attirer
    détirer
    étirer
    retirer
    soutirer
    tirailler
* tocsin "tocsin, bell" ( < toquesin < toque < Gmc + sin "bell)
* tomber "to fall" ( < MFr tumber < OFr tumer < Frk *tumōn < Gmc, cf OHG tūmōn "to reel, turn", ON tumba "to dance", OE tumbian "to dance, tumble")
    tombée
    tombereau
* tonne "tun"
    tonneau
    tonnelle
    tonnelier
    tonneler
    tonnage
* tonneau "cask"
* tonneler "to tunnel"
* tonnelier "a cooper"
    tonnellerie
* tonnelle "a vault, arbour"
* toper "to hold the suggested stake (at dice)"
* toque "a cap" ( < It tocca < Lomb tōh "pack" < Gmc)
    toquet
* toquer "to offend" ( < LL *toccare "to knock" < Gmc, cf OHG zuchōn "to strike, jerk", OE tucian "to offend, mistreat")
    toc
    tocsin
* touaille "towel, tablecloth" ( < OFr toaille < ML toacula < Frk *þwahlja < Gmc, cf OHG dwahilla)
* toucher "to touch" ( < OFr touchier, tochier < LL *toccare "to knock, strike" < Gmc, OHG zucchōn "to jerk, tug", OE tucian "to mistreat, abuse")
    touche
    toucher
    attoucher
    retoucher
* touer "to tow"
    toue
    touage
    touée
* touffe "tuft" ( < OFr toffe < Frk *topp- < Gmc, cf Germ Zopf "braid", LG topp)
    touffu
* toupet "tuft of hair" ( < OFr toupe < Frk *topp- < Gmc)
* toupie "spinning top" ( < OFr topie < Gmc, cf Eng top)
* tourbe "peat, turf"
    tourbeux
    tourbière
* trac "track"
* tracasser "to torment"
    tracas
    tracassier
    tracasserie
* transborder "to tranship"
* trappe "trap door, trap"
    attrapper
* trapu "squat, stubby" ( < OFr trape < Gmc, cf OHG taphar, tapar "heavy")
* traquenard "trap"
* traquer "to track"
    trac
    traque
    traqueur
    traquet
    traquenard
    tracasser
* trébucher "to stumble" ( < OFr tresbucher < Lat transbuccare < trans- + buccare < buccus < Frk *būk "belly, trunk" < Gmc, cf OHG būh "stomache", OE būc "belly")
    trébuchet
* trépigner "to stomp"
    trépignement
* trêve "truce"
* tribord "starboard" ( < OFr estribord < Gmc)
* tricher "to trick, cheat" ( < OFr trecher < MHG trechen "to shoot at, play a trick on", Dut trek "trick")
    tricheur
    tricherie
* trick
* tricoter "to knit"
    tricot
    tricoteur
    tricoteuse
    tricotage
* trier ( < OFr trier "to pull out from among others, choose, cull", variant of tirer "to pull out, snatch" < Goth. tiran "to pull away, remove" < Gmc., cf OE teran "to tear away")
    triage
    trial
    trialisme
    trialiste
    trié sur le volet
    trieur
    trieuse
* trille "trill" ( < It trillo < Gmc, cf Dut trillen, ME trillen)
* trimballer "to drag about" ( < earlier trinque-baller, alt. of treque-baller < MDu trekken "to drag" < Gmc)
* trimer "to run about" ( < OFr trumer < trum "calf, leg" < Frk *þrum "stub" < Gmc, cf OHG drum "end")
* tringle "line out, curtain-rod"
    tringler
    tringlette
* trinquer "to clink glasses" ( < Germ trinken "to drink" < Gmc)
* tripatouiller ″to tamper″
* tripe "tripe" ( < OFr estripe < Gmc, cf OHG striepe, strippe "belt, thin strap")
    tripaille
    tripette
    tripier
    tripière
* tripoter "to grope"
    tripot
    tripoter
    tripotage
* trique "club, cudgel"
    triquer
    triquet
* troche "cluster" ( < LL *drupea, trupea < Gmc, cf OHG drupo, Germ Traube "grape")
* troène (also *truèle) "privet" ( < OFr < Frk *trugil "little trough; hard wood" < Gmc *trūgoz, cf OHG trugilboum, harttrugil "dogwood; privet", OE trōg "trough")
* trôler "to drag or lounge about"
* trombe "waterspout"
* trombone "trombone"
* trompe "trumpet, horn"
    tromper
* tromper "to deceive"
    trompeur
    tromperie
    détromper
* trompette "trumpet"
    trompeter
* trop "too much"
    par trop
* trotter "to trot"
    trot
    trotteur
    trottoir
* trouille "fear"
    trouillard
* troupe "troop"
    troupeau
    troupier
    attrouper
* troupeau "flock"
* troupier "trooper"
* truisme "truism"
* trumeau "leg of beef"
* tunnel "tunnel" ( < Eng < Fr < Gmc)
* turf "turf" ( < Eng < Gmc)
* tuyau "pipe, tube, hose" ( < MFr tuyel < OFr tuiel, tuel < Frk *þūta < Gmc, cf OHG tuda, MDu tūte "pipe")

## U

* ulster "ulster coat, overcoat"
* ulster-coat "ulster coat"
* ultra-chic "ultra-chic"
* ultra-gauche (also ultragauche) "far-left"
    ultra-gauchisme (also ultragauchisme)
* ultra-gaullisme "ultra-gallic"
* ultra-gaulliste "an ultra-gallic"
* ultra-hertzien (also ultrahertzien) "ultra-hertzien"
* ultra-snob "super conceited"
* umlaut "umlaut"
* up to date "modern"
* uppercut (Sports) "uppercut"
* ure (also urus) "aurochs" ( < MHG ūr < Gmc)
* urf "turf"

## V

* vacarme "uproar" ( < Dut wacharmer)
* vagon "wagon"
* vague "wave" ( < ON vagr "water in motion, billow, wave" < Gmc, cf OHG wag, Goth wegs, ME waw "wave")
* vaguemestre "baggage handler"
* valser "to waltz"
* vandale "vandal"
    vandalisme
* varangue "floor of a ship"
* varech "kelp, sea-wrack"
* varlope "a jointer, plane"
    varloper
* vase "slime, mud"
    vaseux
* vasistas "casement window" ( < Germ "Was ist das?" < Gmc)
* verbiage "verbiage" ( < OFr werbloier < Frk *werbilôn, cf English "warble" "whirl" and "twirl" )
* vindas "windlass"
* voguer "to row"
    vogue
* vrac "in a jumble" ( < Dut wrac, cf Eng "wreck", "wrack", "varec", "wreak", "wretch" )

## W

* W.C. (also W.C) "toilette" ( < Eng water closet)
* wad
* wading
* wagage
* wagnérien
    wagnérienne
    wagnériser
    wagnérisme
* wagnerolâtre
* wagnéromane
* wagnéromanie
* wagon "wagon"
    wagon-lit
    wagon-restaurant
    wagon-salon
    wagonnage
    wagonnée
    wagonnet
    wagonnier
* walhalla
* walk-over
* walkie-talkie
* walkyrie
* wallingant
    wallingante
* wallon
    wallonisme
    walloniste
    wallonne
* warrant "warrant"
    warrantage
    warranter
* washingtonia
* wassingue
* water
    water-closet
    water-closets
    water-jacket
    water-polo
    watergang
    wateringue
    waterproof
    waters
    watringue
* watt
    watt-heure
    watté
    wattman
    wattmètre
* wavellite
* weber
* webstérite
* week-end "weekend" ( < Eng < Gmc)
* welche
* wellingtonia
* weltanschauung
* welter
* wergeld
* wernérite
* werthérien
* western
    western-macaroni
    western-soja
    western-spaghetti
* westphalien
* westphalienne
* wharf
* whig
    whiggisme
    whigisme
* whipcord
* whist "whist" ( < Eng < Gmc)
    whisteur
* white spirit
* whitérite
* wili
* willémite
* willemite
* willi
* williams
* winch
* winchester
* wintergreen
* wisigoth
    wisigothe
    wisigothique
* withérite
* witloof
* wolfram
    wolframite
* wollastonite
* würmien
* würtzite ( also wurtzite)

## Y

* yacht "yacht" ( < Eng < Dut < Gmc)
    yacht-club
    yachting
    yachtman
    yachtsman
    yachtwoman
* yankee
* yard
* yass
* yawl
* yé-yé (also yéyé)
* yearling
* yeoman
    yeomanry
* yo-yo (also yoyo)
    yoyoter (also yoyotter)
* yole "yawl" ( < Dut jol or LG jolle, a type of small boat < Gmc)

## Z

* zapper
* zappeur
* zapping
* zeppelin
* zig (also zigue)
* zigzag "zigzag" ( < Germ Zickzack < Zacke "tack, cog, tooth" < Gmc)
    zigzaguer
    zigzagant
    zigzagueur
    zigzagure
* zinc "zinc" ( < Germ Zink < Zinke "prong, tine" < Gmc)
    zinguer
    zincage (also zingage)
    zincifère
    zincite
    zinckénite
    zincographie
    zincogravure
    zincosite
* zinguer
    zinguerie
    zingueur
* zinnia
* zip
    zipper
    zippé
* zoom