French

The English phrase “shrinking” translates to French as rétrécissement. rétrécissement refers to the process of becoming smaller in size or amount.

The English phrase ‘password’ is translated into French as mot de passe. In computing, a password is a string of characters known only to a user.

Montpellier is the French name for a city in France.

A turtle is a tortue in Cajun French, as in standard French. You say une tortue for one and des tortues for several.

The English phrase “hi class” is translated into French as salut la classe.

The English phrase “nails” is translated into French as ongles. The word ongles refers to the hard parts located at the ends of the fingers and toes.

The English phrase ‘onion rings’ is translated into French as beignets d’oignon.

The English phrase ‘minor’ is translated into French as mineur. As a noun, mineur refers to a person who is below the legal age of majority.

The French phrase for “good shot” is bien joué. The phrase bien joué is used to praise someone for a clever move or a successful action.

chut is the French way to say ‘hush’. The word chut is used as an interjection to command silence, similar to the English ‘shh’.