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Words of the Flowers of Evil · 75 headwords

Each word with its meanings, its forms, and the lines it stands in.

nager

swim; swims; swimming 10 times

nage, nagent, Nagent, nagera, nageant, Nageant

verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural; verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present, participle

naître

born; coming to birth; may be born 5 times

naître, nés, naisse, né

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

ne

not; only; [negation] 167 times

n', ne, Ne, N'

adverb; adverb, negation; adverb, negative

ne...que together mean 'only, nothing but' — not a plain negation.

neige

snow; snows 7 times

neige, neiges

noun, feminine, singular; noun, feminine, plural

sentir + noun + infinitive: neiges is the logical subject of égoutter, not its object.

neuf

new; nine 4 times

neuf, neuve, neufs

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

négresse

black woman once

négresse

a period term for a Black woman, in the poem referring to a servant far from her homeland; dated and now considered offensive outside the historical text.

ni

nor; neither; or 23 times

ni, Ni

conjunction; conjunction (correlative ne...ni...ni)

ni...ni...ni...ni is a correlative negation, "neither...nor...nor...nor."

nocturne

nocturnal; of night; night-time 4 times

nocturnes, nocturne

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

noir

black; dark; blacks 55 times

noir, noirs, noire, noires, Noir

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

"Vos noirs" refers to enslaved Black people on colonial plantations — dated, now-offensive usage typical of Baudelaire's era.

nombreux

many; manifold; sonorous 4 times

nombreux

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

nonchaloir

languor twice

nonchaloir

archaic noun meaning 'languor, nonchalance'.

nourrir

nourish; feeds; fed 5 times

nourrit, nourrissent, nourrir, nourri

verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural; verb, infinitive

nous

we; us; We 91 times

nous, Nous, -nous

pronoun, plural; pronoun, first-person, plural; pronoun, plural, reflexive

Reciprocal use: "aimons-nous" = "let us love each other".

nouveau

new 7 times

nouveau, nouvelles

adjective, masculine, singular; adjective, feminine, plural; adjective used as noun, masculine, singular

"Du nouveau" is idiomatic for "something new" — nouveau here works as a noun, not a modifier of another noun.

noyer

drowned; shall drown; drowns 9 times

noyé, noyée, noyait, noya, Noierons, noie, noyer, noyés

verb, past, participle, masculine, singular; verb, past, participle, feminine, singular; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular

nu

naked; bare 11 times

nu, nus, nues, nue

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

nuage

clouds; cloud 7 times

nuages, nuage

noun, masculine, plural; noun, masculine, singular

nuit

night; nights; Night 39 times

nuit, nuits, Nuit

noun, feminine, singular; noun, feminine, plural

Capitalized as a personification, like Death two lines below.

Nuits

Nuits once

nuits

'Nuits' refers to the Nuits-Saint-Georges wine.

nul

no; no one 11 times

nul, Nul, nuls, nulle

pronoun, masculine, singular; pronoun, indefinite, masculine, singular; adjective, masculine, singular

Seen once or twice

nacré

pearl-sheened once

Nadar

Nadar once

nageur

swimmer twice

naguère

lately once

nain

dwarves once

naïade

naiads once

nappe

tablecloth; sheets twice

nard

spikenard once

narguer

flouts once

narine

nostril once

naseau

nostrils once

natal

native twice

natif

native; inborn twice

nation

nations; nation twice

naufragium

shipwrecks once

nausée

nausea once

nectar

nectar once

nerf

nerves twice

nerveusement

nervously once

net

clear once

nébuleux

clouded once

nécessaire

necessary once

niche

niche once

noblement

nobly once

noblesse

nobility once

noeud

knot; ribbons twice

noircir

blackened once

nommer

named once

nonchalamment

idly once

nonchalance

nonchalance once

nonchalant

nonchalant twice

nonpareil

peerless once

noter

may note down once

nourricier

foster once

nouveauté

novelty once

novelletum

young sapling once

novice

novice once

novus

new once

nox

night once

nôtre

our own once

nue

clouds once

nuée

clouds; storm-cloud twice

nunc

now once

nymphe

nymph 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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