French Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

<br>ban (le) the territory <br>bans marriage banns, announcement(s) <br>baptême baptism <br>baptême d’urgence emergency baptism <br>baptisé baptized <br>baptisé sous condition conditionally baptized <br>Baptiste Baptist <br>bas low, lower <br>batisseur builder <br>beau-fils son-in-law, stepson <br>beau-frère brother-in-law, stepbrother <br>beau-père father-in-law, stepfather <br>bêcheur field worker <br>Belge Belgian <br>belle-fille daughter-in-law, stepdaughter <br>belle-mère mother-in-law, stepmother <br>belle-soeur sister-in-law, stepsister <br>berger shepherd <br>bien well <br>biens goods, property <br>biographie biography <br>blanc (blanche) white <br>bon (bonne) good <br>bonne maid, female servant <br>boucher butcher <br>boulanger baker <br>bourgeois citizen, member of the middle class <br>bourguignon Burgundian <br>bouvier herdsman, cowherd <br>brasseur brewer <br>brassier farmworker, laborer (old word) <br>Bretagne Brittany <br>[oncle à la mode de Bretagne] [first cousin of one’s parent] <br>briquetier brick maker <br>bru daughter-in-law <br>brumaire See “Months” <br>bureau office