A-level French vocabulary list

Every word our GCSE and A-level French courses teach: the vocabulary an A-level candidate is expected to know. The GCSE course's words come first, in course order and marked Foundation or Higher, then the words the A-level course adds, by AQA A-level theme: the 5,000 most common French words and our topic vocabulary. AQA prescribes no A-level word list, so this one is ours, not the exam board's. The locked strong-language chapter is left out.

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5433 words

#	Freq	Word	Translation	Part of speech	Tier	Theme	Qualifications
1	1	êtreto be	to be	verb	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
2	2	avoirto have	to have	verb	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
3	3	deof, from	of, from	preposition	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
4	4	jeI	I	pronoun	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
5	5	pasnot (in ne...pas negation)	not (in ne...pas negation)	adverb	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
6	6	àto, at, in	to, at, in	preposition	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
7	7	lethe (masculine singular)	the (masculine singular)	definite-article	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
8	8	quethat, which, what	that, which, what	conjunction	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
9	9	lathe (feminine singular)	the (feminine singular)	definite-article	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
10	10	vousyou (formal or plural)	you (formal or plural)	pronoun	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
11	11	tuyou (informal singular)	you (informal singular)	pronoun	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
12	12	una, an (masculine); one (masculine)	a, an (masculine); one (masculine)	indefinite-article	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
13	13	etand	and	conjunction	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
14	14	ilhe, it (masculine)	he, it (masculine)	pronoun	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
15	15	cethis, that, it (demonstrative)	this, that, it (demonstrative)	determiner	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
16	16	nenot (first part of negation)	not (first part of negation)	particle	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
17	17	lesthe (plural)	the (plural)	definite-article	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
18	18	faireto do, to make	to do, to make	verb	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
19	19	çathat, it (informal demonstrative pronoun)	that, it (informal demonstrative pronoun)	pronoun	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
20	20	allerto go	to go	verb	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
21	21	enin, to (preposition); of it, some (pronoun)	in, to (preposition); of it, some (pronoun)	preposition	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
22	22	onone, we, people (informal)	one, we, people (informal)	pronoun	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
23	23	unea, an (feminine); one (feminine)	a, an (feminine); one (feminine)	indefinite-article	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
24	24	pourfor, in order to	for, in order to	preposition	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
25	25	toutall, every, quite, everything	all, every, quite, everything	determiner	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
26	26	pouvoirto be able to, can	to be able to, can	verb	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
27	27	direto say, to tell	to say, to tell	verb	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
28	28	dessome, of the (plural indefinite and partitive article; also contraction of de + les)	some, of the (plural indefinite and partitive article; also contraction of de + les)	indefinite-article	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
29	29	quiwho, which, that (relative pronoun); who? (interrogative)	who, which, that (relative pronoun); who? (interrogative)	pronoun	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
30	30	maisbut	but	conjunction	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
31	31	vouloirto want	to want	verb	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
32	32	savoirto know (facts, how to)	to know (facts, how to)	verb	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
33	33	dansin, inside	in, inside	preposition	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
34	34	nouswe, us	we, us	pronoun	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
35	35	elleshe, her, it (feminine)	she, her, it (feminine)	pronoun	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
36	36	meme, to me, myself (first-person singular object pronoun)	me, to me, myself (first-person singular object pronoun)	pronoun	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
37	37	bienwell, good, very	well, good, very	adverb	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
38	38	siif; so (intensifier); yes (contradicting a negative statement)	if; so (intensifier); yes (contradicting a negative statement)	conjunction	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
39	39	dusome, any (masculine); of the	some, any (masculine); of the	partitive-article	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
40	40	ythere, to it, about it (adverbial pronoun)	there, to it, about it (adverbial pronoun)	pronoun	Higher	GCSE Higher	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-higher
41	41	nonno, not	no, not	adverb	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
42	42	avecwith	with	preposition	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
43	43	devoirto have to, must; duty; homework (les devoirs)	to have to, must; duty; homework (les devoirs)	verb	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
44	44	plusmore; no more (in negation ne...plus)	more; no more (in negation ne...plus)	adverb	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
45	45	monmy (masculine singular possessive)	my (masculine singular possessive)	determiner	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
46	46	voirto see	to see	verb	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
47	47	teyou, to you, yourself (second-person singular object pronoun)	you, to you, yourself (second-person singular object pronoun)	pronoun	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
48	48	moime, I (stressed tonic first-person pronoun)	me, I (stressed tonic first-person pronoun)	pronoun	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
49	49	ouiyes	yes	adverb	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
50	50	ilsthey (masculine or mixed group)	they (masculine or mixed group)	pronoun	Foundation	GCSE Foundation	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation