Examples of Acadian words

achaler: to bother (Fr:ennuyer)

al, a: she (subject case)(Fr: elle)

ajeter: to buy (Fr: acheter)

ajeuve: just now (Fr: récemment, tout juste)

amanchure: thing, thingy (Fr: chose, truc, machin)

amarrer: (literally, to moor) to tie (Fr: attacher)

amoureux: (lit. lover) burdock (Fr: (capitule de la) bardane; Quebec: toque, grakia)

arien(or erien): nothing (Fr: rien)

asteure: now  (Fr: maintenant, à cette heure, désormais)

attoquer: to lean (Fr: appuyer)

avoir de la misère: to have difficulty (Fr: avoir de la difficulté)

bailler: to give (Fr: donner)

barachois: sand bar (Fr: barachoix)

bargou: oatmeal porridge

bec: high ground (Fr: élévation)

boloxer: to confuse, disrupt, unsettle (Fr: causer une confusion, déranger l'ordre régulier et établi)

boucane: smoke, steam (Fr: fumée, vapeur)

bouchure: fence (Fr: clôture)

boyart: wheelbarrow (Fr: brancard)

brâiller: to cry, weep (Fr: pleurer)

brogane: work shoe, old or used shoe (Fr: chaussure de travail, chaussure d'occasion)

brosse: drinking binge (Fr: beuverie)

caler: to sink (Fr: sombrer, couler)

charcher: to go get (Fr: chercher)

charette: cart

chavirer: to go crazy (Fr: devenir fou, folle)

coqemar: kettle

cotchiner: to cheat (Fr: tricher)

de service: proper, properly (Fr: adéquat, comme il faut)

ej: I (Fr: je)

élan: moment, while (Fr: instant, moment)

épeurer: to scare (Fr: faire peur, apeurer)

espèrer: to wait (Fr: attendre)

faire zire: to gross out (Fr: dégouter)

faît: top, peak (Fr: faîte, sommet, haut)

farlaque: loose, wild, of easy virtue (Fr: dévergondée, au moeurs légères)

frette: cold (Fr: froid)

fricot: traditional Acadian stew prepared with chicken, potatoes, onions, carrots, dumplings (lumps of dough), and seasoned with savoury

friloux: sensitive to cold (Fr: frileux)

garrocher: to throw, chuck (Fr: lancer)

gouêland: seagull (Fr: goéland)

hardes: clothes, clothing (Fr: vêtements)

horler: to bawl (Fr: pleurer en criant, hurler)

hucher: to cry out (Fr: appeler (qqn) à haute voix)

icitte: here (Fr: ici)

ielle: her (object case) (Fr: elle)

innocent: simple, foolish or stupid (Fr: simple d'esprit, bête, qui manque de jugement)

itou: also, too (Fr: aussi, de même, également)

maganer: to overwork, wear out, tire, weaken (Fr: traiter durement, malmener, fatiguer, affaiblier, endommager, détériorer)

mais que: when + future tense (Fr: suivi d'un futur)

mitan: middle, centre (Fr: milieu, centre)

mécordi: Wednesday (Fr: mercredi)

ouâille: yeah (Fr: ouais)

ouère: to see (Fr: voir)

païen: (lit. pagan) hick, uneducated person, peasant

pire à yaller/au pire à yaller: at worst (au pire)

pis: and (Fr: et, et puis)

ploye: buckwheat pancake, a tradition of Edmundston, New Brunswick (Fr: crêpe au sarassin)

pomme de pré: (lit. meadow apple) American cranberry (Vaccinium macroarpon) (Fr: canneberg; Quebec: atoca)

postillon: postman (Fr: facteur, Qu: postier

poutine râpée: a ball made of grated potato with pork in the centre, a traditional Acadian dish

qu'ri: (from cueillir) to fetch, go get (Fr: chercher)

sciau: bucket, pail (Fr: seau)

se haler: (lit. to haul oneself) to hurry (Fr: se dépêcher)

se badgeuler: to argue (Fr: se disputer)

tawielle: Native American woman, traditionally associated with sorcery (Fr: Amérindienne)

tchequ'affaire, tchequ'chouse, quètchose, quotchose: something (Fr: quelque chose)

tchorieux: funny

tête de violon: ostrich fern fiddlehead (Matteuccia struthiopteris)

tétine-de-souris: (lit. mouse tit) slender glasswort, an edible green plant that grows in salt marshes (Salicornia europaea) (Fr: salicorne d'Europe)

timber: to fall (Fr: tomber)

vaillant, vaillante: active, hard-working, brave (Fr: actif, laborieux, courageux)

zeux: them (Fr: eux)

                           many words from Lucie LeBlanc Consentino

                        Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home

                                           1998 - Present

Source: http://www.acadian-home.org/acadian-words.html

Date: 2010 B Feb 17

By: David Cole (davidcole3_at_aol.com)

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