B.D.
abbr. bande dessinée: comic strip, cartoon, comics
bâfrer
v. wolf down; gobble up, snarf
bagage intellectuel
idiom. fund of knowledge (lit.: knowledge baggage; n.b.: can be used with other words, e.g.: littéraire)
bagarre
n.f. fight, fist-fight
bagnole
n.f. car
baguettes
n.f.pl. thin legs
baiser
v. fuck; have sex with; kiss (n.b.: vulgar)
baisser les bras
idiom. give up; throw in the towel (lit.: lower the arms)
balèse
adj. hard
balle
n.f. money, cash; franc (old)
barda
n.m. gear; kit; equipment
barge
adj. nuts
barjot
n./adj. nuts
barouf
n.
racket
bas de gamme
idiom. low-end, low quality
bateau
adj. old; hackneyed
bâtir des châteaux en Espagne
idiom. build castles in the air (lit.: to build castles in Spain)
bâton de maréchal
idiom. the highest level one can rise to; one’s limit (lit.: one’s field marshal’s baton)
battre comme plâtre
idiom. beat the living daylights out of someone (lit.: beat someone flat)
battre froid à qqn
idiom. give someone the cold shoulder (lit.: beat cold to someone)
bavardage
n.m. chatting, talking, prattling
bavarder
v. chat; talk
beau linge
idiom. everyone; a long line of people. 1. Il y avait du beau linge à leur marriage.
beauf
n.m. oaf, fool
bec et ongle
idiom. tooth and nail
bec fin
idiom. gourmet
bécane
n.f. motorcycle; computer
bécasse
n.f. silly girl; twit
becqueter
v. eat
bel et bien
idiom. well and truly; definitively; completely; altogether (lit.: beautiful and good)
benêt
n.m. simpleton, ninny
beuârk
idiom. yuck
beur
n.m. Arab; Arab person (n.b.: verlan for the word Arabe)
bide
n.m. belly; gut
bidon
n.m. gut; belly (lit.: can, tin)
bidon
adj. phony; fake; rigged; sham
bien conduire sa barque
idiom. handle oneself well; do all right (lit.: drive one’s boat well)
bien en chair
idiom. well padded; plump (lit.: good in flesh)
bien mener sa barque
idiom. handle oneself well; do all right (lit.: manage one’s boat well)
bien roulée
idiom. well endowed, stacked
bijou
n.m. pet, love
biz
n.m. business
blague
idiom. joke. 1. Ce n’est pas une blague!
blaireau
n.m. loser; nerd (lit.: badger; shaving brush)
blairer
v. stand; tolerate (always used in the negative)
blé
n.m. cash; money
bled
n.m. remote place, hinterlands, small village; boonies, boondocks
bobard
n.m. lie; fib; tall story; yarn
bobo
n.
booboo; cut; injury (n.b.: child talk)
boire comme un trou
idiom. drink like a fish
boire comme une éponge
idiom. drink like a fish
boire sec
idiom. be a heavy drinker
bombe
n.f. sexually appealing woman; hot woman; bombshell
bomber le torse
idiom. swagger; puff out one’s chest
bomber le torse
idiom. swagger; throw out one’s chest; strut
bon plan
idiom. good idea
bonbec
n.m. candy; sweets
bordel
n.m. holy shit
bordélique
adj. messy, disorganized
bouboule
n.m. fatso, fatty
bouche bée
idiom. agape, stunned
bouche cousue
idiom. not a word; mum’s the word
bouchon
n.m. traffic jam; bottleneck
boudin
n.m. ugly and fat woman
bouffe
n.f. food, grub
bouffer
v. eat; wolf down; gobble up
bougnoul
n.
arab (n.b.: very pejorative)
bougnoul(e)
n.m/f. Arab person; any dark-skinned foreigner (n.b.: highly pejorative, likely to result in a fight if you use it)
boui-boui
n.m. low dive, grubby little restaurant
boules
n.f.pl.
hatred; aversion; loathing
boulot
n.m. job, work
bouquin
n.m. book
bourge
adj., n.f. bourgeois(e)
bourré
adj. drunk
bourrelet
n.m. roll of fat (on a person)
bourrer le crâne
idiom. brainwash; stuff someone’s head with ideas; cram
bourrer le mou
idiom. take somebody in; have somebody on
bourricot
n.m. donkey
bourses
n.f.pl.
scrotom; testicles
boute-en-train
n.m. life of the party; live wire
brancher
v. connect; put in touch (n.b.: se brancher means to like; e.g.: ça me branche)
branler dans le manche
idiom. be shaky; totter
braque
adj. crazy
braquer
v. commit armed robbery; commit armed robbery
bras dessus, bras dessous
idiom. arm in arm
bras droit
idiom. right-hand man
brasser les affaires
idiom. wheel and deal
briller par son absence
idiom. be conspicuous by one’s absence
brioche
n.f. belly, gut
broncher
v. move a muscle; make a move
brouiller les cartes
idiom. cloud an issue
broyer du noir
idiom. be down in the dumps; have the blues
brûler (d’envie) de
idiom. be eager to; be spoiling for
brûler les étapes
idiom. go without stopping; go faster than expected
brûler une étape
idiom. skip a stage; skip a step
brûler une feu rouge
idiom. run a red light
burkini
n.f. burkini; combination of a burqa and bikini for traditional Muslims to wear at the beach (from bikini and burqa)
