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Words of the Flowers of Evil · 178 headwords
Each word with its meanings, its forms, and the lines it stands in.
baigner
bathed; was bathing; bathe 3 times
Baignait, baignait, baigner
verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, infinitive
baiser
kisses; kiss; kissed 21 times
baisers, baiser, baise, baisé, baisions
noun, masculine, plural; noun, masculine, singular; noun, feminine, plural
'baiser' here means 'to kiss' (an older sense of the verb)
balancer
sways; swaying; swayed 4 times
balance, balançant, balancés
verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present, participle; verb, past, participle, masculine, plural
banal
humdrum; banal; routine 5 times
banal
bas
low; stockings; down 13 times
bas
adverb; adjective, masculine, singular; noun, masculine, singular
"Là-bas" (over there) is split into two tokens by the tokenizer.
battre
beating; beats 7 times
battant, bat, battre
verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present, participle; verb, infinitive
bâtir
to build; build; builds 5 times
bâtir, bâtit, bâtis
verb, infinitive; verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular
bâton
stick; wands; staff 5 times
bâton, bâtons, Bâton
noun, masculine, singular; noun, masculine, plural
beau
beautiful; fair; lovely 51 times
beau, belle, beaux, Belle, belles, Beau, Beaux
adjective, masculine, singular; adjective, feminine, singular; adjective, masculine, plural
beauté
beauty; beauties; Beauty 38 times
beauté, beautés, Beauté
noun, feminine, singular; noun, feminine, plural
bec
beak; beaks 5 times
bec, becs
noun, masculine, singular; noun, masculine, plural
bel
beautiful; lovely; beautiful one 5 times
belle, belles
adjective, feminine, singular; adjective, feminine, plural
berceau
cradle; cradles 3 times
berceau, berceaux
noun, masculine, singular; noun, masculine, plural
bercer
cradle; lulls; lulled 6 times
berce, bercé, bercent, bercer, Berçant
verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, participle, masculine, singular; verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular
bétail
cattle; herd 3 times
bétail
bête
beasts; beast; creature 12 times
bête, bêtes
noun, feminine, singular; noun, feminine, plural
bien
well; very; else 33 times
bien, Bien
'bien des' is an idiom meaning 'many a/many.'
bientôt
soon; Soon 4 times
bientôt, Bientôt
bijou
jewels; trinkets 7 times
bijoux
bizarre
strange; bizarre 5 times
bizarre, Bizarre
adjective, singular; adjective, masculine, singular; adjective, feminine, singular
blafard
wan; pallid 3 times
blafard, blafardes, blafarde
adjective, masculine, singular; adjective, feminine, plural; adjective, feminine, singular
blanc
white; white one; wan 16 times
blanc, blanches, blanche, blancs, Blanche
adjective, masculine, singular; adjective, feminine, singular; adjective, feminine, plural
blasphème
blasphemies; blasphemy 6 times
blasphèmes, blasphème
noun, masculine, plural; noun, masculine, singular
blessé
wounded; wounded man 3 times
blessés, blessé
noun, masculine, plural; noun, masculine, singular; adjective, masculine, plural
blessure
wounds; wound 3 times
blessures, blessure
noun, feminine, plural; noun, feminine, singular
bleu
blue; blue-tinged 12 times
bleu, bleus, bleues, Bleu, bleue
adjective, masculine, singular; adjective, masculine, plural; adjective, feminine, plural
bloc
blocks; block 3 times
blocs, bloc
noun, masculine, plural; noun, masculine, singular
boire
drink; drank; drinks 11 times
boire, bois, buvais, boit, boivent, burent
verb, infinitive; verb, imperative, second-person, singular; verb, imperfect, indicative, first-person, singular
bois
woods; wood 10 times
bois
noun, masculine, plural; noun, masculine, singular
bon
good; kind; good one 11 times
bon, bonnes, bonne
adjective, masculine, singular; adjective, feminine, plural; adjective, feminine, singular
bonheur
happiness; bliss 4 times
bonheur
bord
edge; side; shores 13 times
bord, bords
noun, masculine, singular; noun, masculine, plural
borée
north winds once
Borées
"Borées" here is a common-noun plural (from Boreas, the north wind), not literally a proper name.
bosquet
groves; thicket 3 times
bosquets, bosquet
noun, masculine, plural; noun, masculine, singular
bouche
mouth; mouths 10 times
bouche, Bouche, bouches
noun, feminine, singular; noun, feminine, plural
Distributive singular, like 'la paupière' above.
Boucher
Bouchers once
Boucher
Refers to paintings by the artist Boucher, used as a plural noun ('the Bouchers').
boue
mud 6 times
boue, boues
noun, feminine, singular; noun, feminine, plural
bouger
moving; stirred; stirs 3 times
bouger, bougé, bouge
verb, infinitive; verb, past, participle, masculine, singular; verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular
bouquet
bouquets; bouquet 3 times
bouquets, bouquet
noun, masculine, plural; noun, masculine, singular
bourbeux
miry; muddy 4 times
bourbeux
adjective, masculine; adjective, masculine, singular
bourreau
executioner; an executioner; torturers 5 times
bourreau, bourreaux, Bourreau
noun, masculine, singular; noun, masculine, plural
bout
end; tip; shred 4 times
bout, bouts
noun, masculine, singular; noun, masculine, plural
bouteille
bottle; bottles 3 times
bouteille, bouteilles
noun, feminine, singular; noun, feminine, plural
bras
arms; arm 19 times
bras
noun, masculine, plural; noun, masculine, singular
brillant
brilliant; blazing; bright 4 times
brillants
briller
might shine; gleams; shine 7 times
brille, brillât, brillez, Brillant, brillant, brillaient
verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present, participle; verb, imperfect, subjunctive, third-person, singular
briser
broken; break; shattered 8 times
brisés, brisé, briser, brise, brisait
verb, past, participle, masculine, plural; verb, infinitive; verb, past, passive, participle, masculine, plural
singular verb shows 'qui' refers back to 'chant', not the plural 'instruments'.
broder
embroidered 3 times
brodé
verb, past, participle, masculine, singular; verb, past, participle
brouillard
fog; mists; fogs 4 times
brouillards, brouillard
noun, masculine, plural; noun, masculine, singular
bruit
sound; noise 8 times
bruit, bruits
noun, masculine, singular; noun, masculine, plural
brume
mist; mists; fog 4 times
brume, brumes
noun, feminine, singular; noun, feminine, plural
brumeux
misty 5 times
brumeux, brumeuse, brumeuses
adjective, masculine, singular; adjective, feminine, singular; adjective, feminine, plural
brun
brown; dark; brown-haired 7 times
brune, bruns, brunes, brun
adjective, feminine, singular; adjective, masculine, plural; adjective, feminine, plural
brûlant
burning 4 times
brûlants, brûlante, Brûlante
adjective, feminine, singular; adjective, masculine, plural
brûler
burns; burning 5 times
brûle, brûlant, brûlé
verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present participle; verb, past, participle, masculine, singular
but
goal; target 4 times
but
butte
target once
butte
"Être en butte à" is an idiom meaning "to be exposed to / a target of."
Seen once or twice
Babel
a Babel once
Bacchus
Bacchus once
bain
baths once
bal
ball twice
balayer
sweeping twice
balcon
balcony twice
ballade
ballad once
ballon
balloons once
balneum
bath once
banc
bench once
bander
draws once
bannière
banners once
bannir
banished twice
banquier
bankers once
baraque
shacks once
barbare
barbaric once
barbarie
barbarity once
barbe
beard twice
baroque
grotesque once
barre
helm twice
barreau
bars once
basaltique
basalt once
base
base once
bassin
basins once
bataille
battles once
bataillon
battalions once
baume
balms once
bavard
garrulous once
bavarder
chatters once
baver
drools once
bayadère
dancing-girl once
bâillement
yawn once
bâtiment
building once
Beau
Beautiful once
Beauté
Beauty twice
belle
beloved once
Belzébuth
Beelzebub once
beneficus
kindly once
benjoin
benzoin; Benzoin twice
bercement
rockings once
berceuse
lullaby-singer; lullaby twice
besogne
labor once
besoin
need twice
beugler
bellow once
béant
gaping twice
bélier
battering-ram once
bénir
blessed; let us bless twice
béquille
crutches once
bêche
spade once
bêcher
digging once
bêtise
stupidity once
bicéphale
two-headed once
bienfait
blessing once
bienheureux
blessed; Blessed twice
bière
biers; coffin twice
bilan
balance-sheets once
billet
note; letters twice
bise
north winds once
bizarrement
strangely once
blancheur
whiteness once
blanchir
grown white once
blesser
wounded once
bleuâtre
bluish once
blé
wheat fields once
blond
fair once
blottir
huddled; nestled twice
boa
boas once
bocager
woodland once
Bohême
Bohemia once
boiter
limping once
boiteux
limping once
boîte
box once
bombé
bulging once
bond
surges; bounds twice
bonté
kindness twice
bordure
border once
borne
bounds once
bossu
hunchbacked once
boucher
butcher once
boucle
curls once
bouclier
shields twice
boudeur
sulking once
boudoir
boudoir twice
bouffon
jester once
bouge
hovel once
bougie
candles twice
bouillir
boil once
boule
ball once
bourdon
great bell once
bourdonner
were buzzing once
bourse
purse twice
boutique
shop-fronts once
bouton
buds once
boxeur
boxer once
branche
arms; branches twice
branle
reel once
breloque
trinkets once
bric-à-brac
jumble of junk once
bride
bridle once
brise
breezes twice
brisé
broken once
broc
jugs once
brodequin
laced boots once
brouillé
overcast; clouded twice
brouter
graze once
broyer
grinds down once
brune
dark-haired one twice
bruni
burnished once
brusque
abrupt once
brusquement
abruptly once
brutalement
brutally once
brute
brute twice
bruyant
rustling once
brûle
burn once
bulle
bubbles; bubble twice
bulletin
report once
buter
stumbles; lurching twice
buveur
drinker; drinkers twice
bûcher
pyres once
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- The words
- Every word of the text, parsed: its headword, its form and its meaning in the line. Source text: public domain (Charles Baudelaire, d. 1867).
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