16/01/2026
Polysemy is when one single word has multiple meanings...
Doesn't exist in English you say?
Which man do you think will man the ship?
GLACE can mean ice cream, but also mirror
Y A UNE GLACE QUI FOND SUR UNE GLACE
(there's an ice cream melting on a mirror)
15/01/2026
Polysemy is when one single word has multiple meanings...
Doesn't exist in English you say?
Did that crane just fly into that crane?
GRUE is an industrial crane, but also the feathered variety
UNE GRUE PIVOTE TANDIS QUE L'AUTRE VOLE
(one crane swivels whilst the other flies)
12/01/2026
Polysemy is when one single word has multiple meanings...
Doesn't exist in English you say?
Does spring not put a spring in your step?
ENCEINTE can mean pregnant, but also a (music) speaker
LA FEMME ENCEINTE S'ÉLOIGNE DE L'ENCEINTE
(the pregnant lady moves away from the speaker)
08/01/2026
Polysemy is when one single word has multiple meanings...
Doesn't exist in English you say?
Does the girl with the red bow own a bow and arrow?
FEUILLE can mean sheet of paper, or leaf
UNE FEUILLE EN PAPIER N'EST PAS UNE FEUILLE MORTE
(a sheet of paper is not a dead leaf)
05/01/2026
Polysemy is when one single word has multiple meanings...
Doesn't exist in English you say?
Is it truly possible for a duck to duck?
CANARD can mean duck, but also rag (bad newspaper)
C'EST UN CANARD QUI LIT DES CANARDS
(it's a duck that reads rags)
01/01/2026
Polysemy is when one single word has multiple meanings...
Doesn't exist in English you say?
Have you ever seen a bank by a river bank?
AVOCAT can mean lawyer, but also avocado
C'EST UN AVOCAT QUI DÉTESTE LES AVOCATS
(he's a lawyer who hates avocadoes)
29/12/2025
Polysemy is when one single word has multiple meanings...
Doesn't exist in English you say?
Do you not feel well after drinking water from the well?
AMPOULE can mean light bulb, but is also a blister
MARCHER SUR DES AMPOULES CASSÉES DONNE DES AMPOULES
(walking on broken light bulbs gives blisters)
25/12/2025
Polysemy is when one single word has multiple meanings...
Doesn't exist in English you say?
Can you fit a palm tree in your palm?
BOUTON is a shirt button, but also a pimple
SES BOUTONS ONT LA MÊME COULEUR QUE SES BOUTONS
(his buttons are the same colour as his pimples)
22/12/2025
Polysemy is when one single word has multiple meanings...
Doesn't exist in English you say?
Should we run before he runs for president?
OPÉRA in French is the opera but also a chocolate layer cake
ON MANGERA UNE OPÉRA À L'OPÉRA (we'll eat an opera at the opera)
18/12/2025
Polysemy is when one single word has multiple meanings...
Doesn't exist in English you say ?
Have you ever seen a bat bat for England?
SOURIS in French can mean smiling or mouse
TU SOURIS À LA SOURIS? (are you smiling at the mouse?)
27/10/2025
It's not often that French idioms are IDENTICAL to English ones.
Here's one... More on the way...
"En avant et vers le haut"
(Onwards and upwards)
22/10/2025
It's not often that French idioms are IDENTICAL to English ones.
Here's one... More on the way...
"Là où le soleil ne brille pas"
(Where the sun don't shine)