The 100 most common french adjectives

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The 100 Most Common French Adjectives 🇫🇷✨

Adjectives are essential in French: they let you describe people, places, and things in detail.

If you want to sound natural in everyday conversations, you need to know the most common French adjectives.

This guide gives you the 100 most frequently used French adjectives with English translations and example sentences.

🔑 How to Use Adjectives in French

  • French adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun.

    • Un homme intelligent – an intelligent man

    • Une femme intelligente – an intelligent woman

    • Des enfants intelligents – intelligent children

  • Most adjectives come after the noun, but a few (like grand, petit, beau, jeune) usually come before.

📍 The 100 Most Common French Adjectives

👀 Describing People & Appearance

  1. grand / grande – tall, big

  2. petit / petite – small, short

  3. beau / belle – beautiful, handsome

  4. joli / jolie – pretty

  5. jeune – young

  6. vieux / vieille – old

  7. gros / grosse – fat, big

  8. mince – slim

  9. fort / forte – strong

  10. faible – weak

😊 Personality & Character

  1. sympa(thique) – nice, friendly

  2. gentil / gentille – kind

  3. méchant / méchante – mean

  4. drôle – funny

  5. sérieux / sérieuse – serious

  6. intelligent / intelligente – intelligent

  7. bête – silly, stupid

  8. créatif / créative – creative

  9. travailleur / travailleuse – hardworking

  10. paresseux / paresseuse – lazy

🎨 Colors

  1. blanc / blanche – white

  2. noir / noire – black

  3. rouge – red

  4. bleu / bleue – blue

  5. vert / verte – green

  6. jaune – yellow

  7. marron – brown

  8. gris / grise – grey

  9. rose – pink

  10. violet / violette – purple

🌍 General Qualities

  1. bon / bonne – good

  2. mauvais / mauvaise – bad

  3. meilleur / meilleure – better, best

  4. pire – worse

  5. nouveau / nouvelle – new

  6. ancien / ancienne – old, former

  7. jeune – young

  8. vieux / vieille – old

  9. moderne – modern

  10. simple – simple

🏠 Size & Shape

  1. long / longue – long

  2. court / courte – short

  3. large – wide

  4. étroit / étroite – narrow

  5. haut / haute – high, tall

  6. bas / basse – low

  7. rond / ronde – round

  8. carré / carrée – square

  9. gros / grosse – big, thick

  10. mince – thin

💭 Feelings & Emotions

  1. content / contente – happy

  2. heureux / heureuse – joyful

  3. triste – sad

  4. fatigué / fatiguée – tired

  5. fâché / fâchée – angry

  6. stressé / stressée – stressed

  7. calme – calm

  8. nerveux / nerveuse – nervous

  9. amoureux / amoureuse – in love

  10. jaloux / jalouse – jealous

📊 Opinions & Evaluations

  1. important / importante – important

  2. nécessaire – necessary

  3. utile – useful

  4. inutile – useless

  5. vrai / vraie – true

  6. faux / fausse – false

  7. possible – possible

  8. impossible – impossible

  9. sûr / sûre – sure, certain

  10. incertain / incertaine – uncertain

📍 Everyday Descriptions

  1. chaud / chaude – hot, warm

  2. froid / froide – cold

  3. sec / sèche – dry

  4. mouillé / mouillée – wet

  5. plein / pleine – full

  6. vide – empty

  7. propre – clean

  8. sale – dirty

  9. cher / chère – expensive, dear

  10. bon marché – cheap

🌟 Frequency & Quantity

  1. premier / première – first

  2. dernier / dernière – last

  3. seul / seule – alone, only

  4. tout / toute – all, whole

  5. chaque – each, every

  6. plusieurs – several

  7. quelques – some, a few

  8. beaucoup de – many, a lot of

  9. peu de – few, little

  10. autre – other

🕰️ Time & Order

  1. ancien / ancienne – old, ancient

  2. récent / récente – recent

  3. prochain / prochaine – next

  4. passé / passée – past

  5. actuel / actuelle – current

  6. futur / future – future

  7. quotidien / quotidienne – daily

  8. habituel / habituelle – usual

  9. spécial / spéciale – special

  10. différent / différente – different

💬 Example Sentences

  • Mon frère est grand et très gentil. – My brother is tall and very kind.

  • Elle a une robe rouge et des chaussures noires. – She has a red dress and black shoes.

  • Ce livre est intéressant mais un peu difficile. – This book is interesting but a little difficult.

  • Aujourd’hui, je suis fatigué mais heureux. – Today, I am tired but happy.

🎯 Practice Activity

👉 Choose 5 adjectives from the list and describe yourself or a friend. For example:

  • Je suis sympathique, créatif et un peu paresseux.

  • Ma sœur est petite, drôle et intelligente.

✅ Conclusion

These 100 most common French adjectives will help you describe people, objects, emotions, and situations. They’re essential for beginners and advanced learners alike. By mastering them, you’ll sound more natural and expressive in everyday French conversations.

If you liked this, check out our other French vocabulary lists to keep improving step by step!

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