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FEM NOUN

       bank

      le banquier MASC NOUN

      la banquière FEM NOUN

       banker

      le baptême MASC NOUN

       christening

      le bar MASC NOUN

       bar

      barbant MASC ADJECTIVE (FEM barbante)

       boring

      Il est vraiment barbant! He’s so boring!

      la barbe FEM NOUN

       beard

      Il porte la barbe. He’s got a beard. la barbe à papa candyfloss

      le barbecue MASC NOUN

       barbecue

      la barque FEM NOUN

       rowing boat

      la barrière FEM NOUN

       fence

      le bar-tabac MASC NOUN

       Did you know…?

      A bar-tabac is a café which also sells cigarettes and stamps. It has a red diamond-shaped sign outside it.

      le bas MASC NOUN

       bottom

      le bas de la page the bottom of the page en bas downstairs La salle de bains est en bas. The bathroom is downstairs.

      le basilic MASC NOUN

       basil

      le basket MASC NOUN

       basketball

      Je joue au basket. I play basketball.

      les baskets FEM PL NOUN

       trainers

      une paire de baskets a pair of trainers

      le bassin MASC NOUN

       pond

      le bateau MASC NOUN (PL les bateaux)

       boat

      Je vais en France en bateau. I’m going to France by boat.

      le bateau-mouche MASC NOUN

       pleasure boat

      le bâtiment MASC NOUN

       building

      la batterie FEM NOUN

       drums

      Je joue de la batterie. I play the drums.

      battre VERB

       to beat

      bavard MASC ADJECTIVE (FEM bavarde)

       talkative

      bavarder VERB

       to chat

      le bazar MASC NOUN

       mess

      Quel bazar! What a mess! Va ranger ton bazar! Go and tidy up your mess!

      la BD FEM NOUN

       comic strip

      Rose adore les BD. Rose loves comic strips.

      beau MASC ADJECTIVE (MASC bel, FEM belle)

       Language tip

      beau changes to bel before a vowel sound.

      1 lovely

      un beau cadeau a lovely present une belle journée a lovely day

      2 beautiful

      une belle femme a beautiful woman

      3 good-looking

      un beau garçon a good-looking boy

      4 handsome

      un bel homme a handsome man

      Il fait beau aujourd’hui. It’s a nice day today.

      beaucoup ADVERB

      1 a lot

      Il mange beaucoup. He eats a lot. beaucoup de a lot of J’ai beaucoup de devoirs. I have a lot of homework. J’ai beaucoup de chance. I am very lucky.

      2 much

      Je n’ai pas beaucoup d’argent. I haven’t got much money.

      le beau-fils MASC NOUN

      1 son-in-law

      2 stepson

      le beau-frère MASC NOUN

       brother-in-law

      le beau-père MASC NOUN

      1 father-in-law

      2 stepfather

      le bébé MASC NOUN

       baby

      beige ADJECTIVE, MASC NOUN

       beige

      le beignet MASC NOUN

       fritter

      des beignets aux pommes apple fritters

      bel MASC ADJECTIVE

see beau

      un bel été a beautiful summer

      belge ADJECTIVE

       Belgian

      le/la Belge MASC/FEM NOUN

       Belgian

      la