Le Petit Prince Chapter 1 Vocabulary
Across
- 1. "To chew." Sounds like "marcher."-Er verb.
- 2. "Arithmetic." Sounds like the beginning for the word "calculator."
- 3. "Prey." Sounds like the French word for "king." Noun is feminine.
- 4. "Wild beast." Spelling is similar to the word "mauve."
- 7. "Eye/eyeball." Singular noun is completely different from the plural form. Sounds like "oil" from the English language.
- 8. "To come down to the level of." Sounds similarly to words "port" and "porter."
- 12. "To improve/get better." -ER verb. Sounds almost like "Amelio."
- 16. "Virgin." Often is referred to the name of the Forest in "le Petit Prince." Sounds similar to the English word "verge"
- 17. "To advice." Sounds like English word "counsellor." The French word "conseille" means "advice."
Down
- 1. "Trade." Also means "job." Think of the vocab from the story "Le Petit Poucet" and the job le Petit Poucet got at the end of the story.
- 2. "Masterpiece." Literal translation is "Chief of artwork."
- 3. "Painter." Sounds similar to and shares similar spelling to French verb "peindre" which means "to paint."
- 5. "To move/budge/stir." Sounds like English word for "budget." -Er verb.
- 6. "To fly." -Er word. Also means "to steal?
- 9. "Pile/ a lot." Sounds almost like English word "task."
- 10. "Star." Feminine word. Pronunciation sounds similar to "et trois."
- 11. "Glance." Sounds like the french word for "to cut."
- 13. "To get lost/wander." A reflexive -ER verb. Spelling is similar to the English word "Eager."
- 14. "So." Sounds like French word "fin."
- 15. "To swallow." Sounds like the word "avalanche." -Er verb.