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Essential French Adjectives You Should Know

Lalo Team·Updated April 17, 2026·3 min read

The most common French adjectives ranked by frequency. Describe people, places, and things with confidence.

157 adjectives found

WordTranslation
toutall, everything, every
grandbig, tall, great
autreother, another
premierfirst
petitsmall, little
mêmesame, even, self
bongood
nouveaunew
seulalone, only
dernierlast
ancienold, former
possiblepossible
rapidefast, quick
lentslow
fortstrong, loud
chaudhot, warm
froidcold
blancwhite
noirblack
rougered
vertgreen
bleublue
beaubeautiful, handsome
jolipretty
heureuxhappy
tristesad
facileeasy
difficiledifficult
importantimportant
vraitrue, real
fauxfalse, wrong
librefree
pleinfull
videempty
légerlight (weight)
lourdheavy
propreclean, own
saledirty
secdry
mouilléwet
sombredark
clairclear, bright
douxsoft, sweet, gentle
durhard, tough
profonddeep
étroitnarrow
largewide, broad
épaisthick
mincethin, slim
rondround
carrésquare
entierwhole, entire
doubledouble
simplesimple
impossibleimpossible
nécessairenecessary
principalmain, principal
généralgeneral
particulierparticular, private
normalnormal
étrangestrange
habituelusual, habitual
rarerare
communcommon, shared
publicpublic
privéprivate
occupébusy, occupied
prêtready
absentabsent
présentpresent
vivantalive, living
mortdead, death
réelreal
exactexact, correct
pareilsame, similar
différentdifferent
contraireopposite, contrary
supérieurupper, superior
inférieurlower, inferior
moyenaverage, medium
prochainnext
suivantfollowing, next
précédentprevious
actuelcurrent, present
modernemodern
traditionneltraditional
naturelnatural
humainhuman
socialsocial
politiquepolitical, politics
économiqueeconomic
internationalinternational
nationalnational
locallocal
étrangerforeign, stranger
intérieurinterior, inner
extérieurexterior, outer
centralcentral
officielofficial
militairemilitary
religieuxreligious
scientifiquescientific
techniquetechnical, technique
médicalmedical
scolaireschool (adj.)
professionnelprofessional
personnelpersonal, staff
familialfamily (adj.)
amoureuxin love
inquietworried, anxious
surprissurprised
déçudisappointed
fierproud
jalouxjealous
foucrazy, mad
sagewise, well-behaved
courageuxbrave, courageous
timideshy, timid
paresseuxlazy
curieuxcurious
patientpatient
responsableresponsible
capablecapable, able
disponibleavailable
satisfaitsatisfied
efficaceeffective, efficient
agréablepleasant, nice
désagréableunpleasant
confortablecomfortable
pratiquepractical, convenient
utileuseful
inutileuseless
évidentobvious, evident
certaincertain, sure
sûrsure, safe
parfaitperfect
excellentexcellent
terribleterrible, terrific
affreuxawful, dreadful
magnifiquemagnificent, gorgeous
formidabletremendous, great
énormeenormous, huge
immenseimmense, vast
minusculetiny, minuscule
telsuch, like
longlong
calmecalm, quiet
grosbig, fat, large
solairesolar
nucléairenuclear
désolésorry
quelwhich, what (adjective)
chaqueeach, every
quelquessome, a few
ultimeultimate, last
multiplemultiple
tripletriple

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