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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
nature
nature; Nature; being 13 times
nature, Nature
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.
neigeux
snowy 3 times
neigeuses, neigeux
adjective, feminine, plural; adjective, masculine, singular
neuf
new; nine 4 times
neuf, neuve, neufs
adjective, masculine, singular; adjective, feminine, singular; adjective, masculine, plural
nez
nose; nostril 3 times
nez
néant
void; nothingness; Void 5 times
néant, Néant
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."
noble
noble 7 times
noble, nobles
adjective, singular; adjective, plural
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.
nom
name; names 7 times
nom, noms
noun, masculine, singular; noun, masculine, plural
nombreux
many; manifold; sonorous 4 times
nombreux
adjective, masculine, plural; adjective, masculine; adjective, masculine, singular
non
no; not 6 times
non, Non
adverb; interjection
nonchaloir
languor twice
nonchaloir
archaic noun meaning 'languor, nonchalance'.
note
note 3 times
note
notre
our; Our 60 times
nos, notre, Nos, Notre
determiner, plural; determiner, singular
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
nudité
nakedness 3 times
nudité
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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