3 French words

[meow2222]

I need 3 French words, beginning with I, K & W, of things any toddler will recognise, and which can be drawn with geometric shapes/lines rather than actual art.

Any ideas?

[Nightjar]

Choose a different language? K and W are rare in French, generally only appearing in loan or imported words (like kilo from Greek). My French dictionary has 1098 pages of French words, of which two are for words starting with K and this is the complete list of those staring with W.

wagnérien wagon wagon-citerne wagon-couchettes wagon-foudre wagon-lits wagonnet wagon-poste wagon-réservoir wagon-restaurant wahhabisme wahhabite Walhalla Walkman walkyrie wallaby wallingant Wallis-et-Futuna wallon Wallonie wapiti warrant Washington wassingue water-closet waterproof waters waterzoi watt wattheure wattman WC Web webcam weber webmaster webzine week-end Weimar Wellington welter western Westphalia whisky whist white-spirit Wight (l'ile de) wigwam williams winch Winchester Windhoek Winsconsin wishbone wisigoth wisigothique witz wolfram wolof woofer www Wyoming wysiwyg

[meow2222]

thanks, that's K&W done. Just I to go now.

NT

[Nightjar]

I might be willing to type in 2/3 of a page, but there are 42 pages for I in my dictionary. If you found something useful in that list, I probably don't understand what you are trying to achieve. I wouldn't have thought any of them met your criteria.

[Chris Hogg]

île - island. Shouldn't be too difficult to draw.

[meow2222]

I searched a while but didn't find a French dictionary section online. Only several very short versions with 20 or 30 words, none of which really worked. It needs to be recognisable by every toddler everywhere... island many toddlers won't have seen before nurses vary too much in appearance around the world

thank you

NT

[David]

iPad??

[meow2222]

Huge numbers of toddlers have never seen one. And its a short lived product, if possible the thing should be recognisable by all for a very long time to come.

Don't make it easy do I!

NT

[Syd Rumpo]

,snip>

Ingénieur, naturellement!

Cheers

[Tim+]

Igloo.

[Nightjar]

On 02/04/2015 12:13, [e-mail] wrote: ...

Would it be overly radical to suggest a visit to the reference section of a public library? ;-)

There we run into a problem, as, although I have the largest French dictionary I could buy, I have very little idea about what toddlers are likely to recognise.

I suppose the rules out iceberg and ichtyosaure as well and I suspect that any illustration of idiot would be non-PC.

IME, they vary a lot on the same ward.

As an aside, if, as it appears, you are trying to create some sort of A is for Apple type of application, are you really doing the right thing by including K and W? I was taught that the French alphabet contained 24 letters, not including those two. OOI, what did you find useful in the W list?

It doesn't help that a lot of words beginning with I seem to refer to intangibles. Toddlers should know incontinence, but probably not by that name. Would today's toddlers recognise a fire, which would give you incendie?

A few other suggestions which may or may not be useful:

image imper (a raincoat - from imperméable) index (forefinger) indigo inscription inscrire iode (or isn't iodine used on scraped knees any more?) iris italique

[meow2222]

Only several very short versions with 20 or 30 words, none of which really worked.

I might have to :)

I did wonder about it but dont want to poke fun at some of the kids.

Not heard of that before.

I think wagon is the favourite.

fire would surely be recognised. like it

Well, I reckon I have 2 great Is there. Thank you!

NT

[meow2222]

Yes. Unfortunately I've no clue how to draw one based on geometric shapes. Unless I got cubist or Daliesque.

NT

[The Natural Philosopher]

Ingénue. A 'Lowry' picture of harry will suffice

[Nightjar]

I was taught French quite a long time ago, but I suspect l'Académie française would agree, although I don't have a copy of their definitive dictionary to check. Those two letters are used in France but SFAIK only in loan words, not in native French words. The ones in the list I gave are mostly English or German in origin, which means some are pronounced with a W sound and some with a V sound.

An English loan word. British engineers were influential in the early development of French railways, which is why their railways also run on the left of twin track lines.

[spuorgelgoog]

Stick man next to a stick bridge.

Owain

[JimK]

/Ingénue. A 'Lowry' picture of harry will suffice /q

Imbecile, vraiment?

Jim K

[Tim w]

it's a fool's errand that. French doesn't have a K or a W . someone is having a good laugh.

Tim w

[Fredxxx]

A good laugh - yes, but although K and W are rarely used, they still form part of their alphabet.

Kilometre is one word that springs to mind, although it wouldn't be easy to draw!

[Nightjar]

As I mentioned earlier in the thread, I was taught that the French alphabet only has 24 letters. They do use loan words with those letters in, but I doubt you will find them in the dictionnaire de l'Académie française.

Kilo is a loan word from Greek.