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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

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

bel

beautiful; lovely; beautiful one 5 times

belle, belles

adjective, feminine, singular; adjective, feminine, plural

Belleau

Belleau once

Belleau

Rémy Belleau, 16th-c. Pléiade poet.

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

bête

beasts; beast; creature 12 times

bête, bêtes

noun, feminine, singular; noun, feminine, plural

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

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

bon

good; kind; good one 11 times

bon, bonnes, bonne

adjective, masculine, singular; adjective, feminine, plural; adjective, feminine, singular

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.

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').

bouger

moving; stirred; stirs 3 times

bouger, bougé, bouge

verb, infinitive; verb, past, participle, masculine, singular; verb, present, indicative, third-person, 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

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

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

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

The particulars

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).
Translation
Public-domain French (Baudelaire, d. 1867). English translation © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC.
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