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French C2 — Regional Variation & Nuance Official

250 mastery-level French words for regional variation and nuance (CEFR C2). Dialectal differences, Canadian/Belgian/Swiss usage, sociolects, and stylistic subtleties with example sentences.

CEFR C2 — Mastery
At this level you can understand virtually everything, express yourself precisely. Vocabulary: ~8,000+ words (cumulative).
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une tuque a winter hat / beanie (Canadian French) Oublie pas ta tuque, il fait moins trente dehors à matin.
Don't forget your winter hat, it's minus thirty outside this morning.
un dépanneur a convenience store (Canadian French; in France: une supérette) Je vais faire un saut au dépanneur chercher du lait avant que ça ferme.
I'm going to pop by the convenience store to get milk before it closes.
septante seventy (Belgian/Swiss French; in France: soixante-dix) Mon grand-père a fêté ses septante ans dans son village en Wallonie.
My grandfather celebrated his seventieth birthday in his village in Wallonia.
nonante ninety (Belgian/Swiss French; in France: quatre-vingt-dix) Le thermomètre affichait nonante degrés Fahrenheit cet après-midi à Genève.
The thermometer read ninety degrees Fahrenheit this afternoon in Geneva.
huitante eighty (Swiss French, mainly Vaud; in France: quatre-vingts) Dans le canton de Vaud, on dit huitante plutôt que quatre-vingts.
In the canton of Vaud, they say huitante rather than quatre-vingts.
une blonde a girlfriend (Canadian French; in France: une copine) Il a amené sa blonde au chalet pour la fin de semaine.
He brought his girlfriend to the cottage for the weekend.
un char a car (Canadian French; in France: une voiture) Mon char est au garage, faut que je prenne l'autobus aujourd'hui.
My car is at the garage, I have to take the bus today.
jaser to chat / to gossip (Canadian French; in France: bavarder) Les voisines aiment bien jaser sur le perron le dimanche après-midi.
The neighbors like to chat on the porch on Sunday afternoons.
magasiner to go shopping (Canadian French; in France: faire du shopping / des courses) On va magasiner au centre d'achats pour trouver une robe de bal.
We're going shopping at the mall to find a prom dress.
achaler to annoy / to bother (Canadian French; in France: agacer, embêter) Arrête de m'achaler avec tes questions, je suis occupé!
Stop bothering me with your questions, I'm busy!
une chaussette à balle a tennis sock (Belgian French; in France: chaussette de sport) En Belgique, on porte des chaussettes à balle pour jouer au tennis.
In Belgium, they wear tennis socks to play tennis.
tantôt a little while ago / soon (Belgian French: this afternoon; varies by region) Je l'ai croisé tantôt au marché, il avait l'air pressé.
I ran into him a little while ago at the market; he looked like he was in a hurry.
à valoir to be worth / on account (Belgian French commercial usage) Le montant versé reste à valoir sur la prochaine facture.
The amount paid remains on account toward the next invoice.
gosser to whittle / to fiddle around (Canadian French) Il passe ses soirées à gosser du bois sur la galerie.
He spends his evenings whittling wood on the porch.
pantoute not at all (Canadian French; from 'pas en tout') — Tu es fâché ? — Pantoute, ça me dérange pas une miette.
— Are you angry? — Not at all, it doesn't bother me one bit.
une bobette underwear (Canadian French; in France: un slip / un sous-vêtement) Range tes bobettes, ta mère va arriver d'une minute à l'autre.
Put your underwear away, your mother is about to arrive any minute.
barrer la porte to lock the door (Canadian French; in France: fermer à clé) N'oublie pas de barrer la porte avant de te coucher.
Don't forget to lock the door before going to bed.
une débarbouillette a washcloth (Canadian French; in France: un gant de toilette) Passe-moi la débarbouillette, le petit s'est sali le visage.
Pass me the washcloth, the little one got his face dirty.
un natel a mobile phone (Swiss French; in France: un portable) Appelle-moi sur mon natel si tu as besoin de quoi que ce soit.
Call me on my mobile if you need anything.
une poutine fries with cheese curds and gravy (Canadian French dish) Après le match de hockey, on s'est arrêtés manger une poutine au casse-croûte.
After the hockey game, we stopped to eat a poutine at the snack bar.

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