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Genealogical Word List
   

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Numbers
Dates And Time

U


un, une a, an, one
unième first
unis en mariage united in marriage


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V


valet servant
vallée valley
varie various
variole smallpox
veille previous evening or day
vendémiaire See “Months”
vendeur seller, salesman
vendeuse seller, saleslady
vendredi Friday
ventôse See “Months”
vérole venereal disease, syphilis
vérole, petite smallpox
verrier glassmaker
vers toward
vert green
veuf widowed, widower
veuve widowed, widow
vie life
vieillesse old age
vierge virgin, unmarried woman
vieux (vielle) old
vieux garçon bachelor
vigneron grape grower
village hamlet, village
ville village or town, city
vingt twenty
vingt-cinq twenty-five
vingt-cinquième twenty-fifth
vingt-deux twenty-two
vingt-deuxième twenty-second
vingt-et-un twenty-one
vingt-et-unième twenty-first
vingt-huit twenty-eight
vingt-huitième twenty-eighth
vingtième twentieth
vingt-neuf twenty-nine
vingt-neuvième twenty-ninth
vingt-quatre twenty-four
vingt-quatrième twenty-fourth
vingt-sept twenty-seven
vingt-septième twenty-seventh
vingt-six twenty-six
vingt-sixième twenty-sixth
vingt-trois twenty-three
vingt-troisième twenty-third
vivant living, lifetime
vivant, de son during his (her) life
vivre to live
voir see
voisin(e) neighbor
vouloir to wish, to want

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