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Glossary
à pied
on foot
à bientôt
see you soon
accouchement
childbirth; labor and delivery
aérateurs
ventilators
allée
path, avenue, drive
allez
go
alors
then, at that time, in that case
amis
friends
arrondissement
a district or section of Paris
atelier
workshop, studio
au revoir
good-bye
auberge
inn, small hotel
aubergine
eggplant
auteur
author
autoroute
freeway
bain
bath, swim
baiser
a kiss
bal musette
dance with accordion accompaniment
bateau mouche
tour boat of the Seine in Paris
belle
beautiful
beur
French-born Arab
beurre noir
brown sauce
billets-doux
love letters
bis
The street number “9 bis” means 9a
bof
expression meaning “I don’t know” or “I don’t care”
bonbon
candy, sweet
bonhomme
fellow
boule
ball
bouquinistes
booksellers
brasserie
informal eating establishment
bricolage
do-it-yourself; patched-up job
bricoleur
handyman; do-it-yourselfer
brocanteur
dealer who sells used goods
butte
knoll, hillock
Ça va?
How are you?
cache-sexe
G-string
calme
calm
carrefours
crossroads
carte d’identité
identification card
chanteurs de charme
crooners
chanteuse
female singer
chaos
pile of boulders
chose
thing
choucroute
sauerkraut
cinémathèque
relating to the cinema
citron pressé
fresh lemonade
clochard
hobo, tramp
coifeuse
hairdresser
Comment?
What did you say?; How?
commerçant
shopkeeper, trader
conseiller
to advise, to recommend
coucher
to go to bed, put to bed
coulisse
behind the scenes
coup monté
put-up job
coups d’œil
glances
croustillant
crisp, crusty
cuisse
thigh
danseuses
female dancers
de riguer
compulsory; the rule
de trop
too many
désolé
desolate; sorry
déviation
detour; diversion
difficile
difficult
dossier
file
eau
water
eau-de-vie
brandy
écharpes
scarves
écorché
someone who is flayed alive
élan
style, flair, enthusiasm
entrepôt
warehouse
essai
try; attempt
extrêmement
extremely
faire les vitrines
to window shop
femmes fatales
women of seductive charm
fête
feast; festival, party
fin
done, finished, end
fin de siècle
end of the century
fine
brandy
fiston
son, lad
flâneur
stroller; street wanderer
fontaine
fountain, spring
frère
brother
fruits de mer
seafood
gendarmes
police officers
grand magasin
department store
gratteurs de guitare
guitar-scrapers
grenouille
frog
habitués
regular visitors
hammam
Turkish bath; spa
; haute couture
high fashion
immédiatement
immediately
impairs
odd numbers
indigènes
natives, indigenous people
je déteste le rouge
I detest red
je regarde
I am just looking
joie de vivre
joy of living
jouer
to play
légère
light, slight, weak
littéraires
literary people
loge
dressing room; concierge’s apartment; spectator’s box
louche
dubious, shady, fishy
lourde
heavy
luxe
luxury
maison
home
malade
sick
merde
shit
midinette
silly young townie
mon
my
mort
death
nacelle
basket
n’est-ce pas
isn’t it?, won’t you?
naturellement
naturally
noir
black
non
no
oui
yes
pairs
even numbers
Parisienne
female Parisian
péniche
barge
péridurale
epidural
périphérique
outlying, peripheral; expressway surrounding a city
pétanque
lawn bowling
petit peu
a little bit
peu
a little
pied-à-terre
secondary or temporary lodging
politesse
politeness, courtesy
pommes
apples
privée
private
procureaur général
attorney general
promenades
walks, promenades
quartier
district, quarter
quelque
some; a few
quincaillerie
hardware
quotidien
daily; ordinary; everyday
raie
skate; ray
relations
contacts, relations
rouge
red
sage-femme
midwife
salon de thé
tea room
sentier
path
sentinelle
(vulgar) turd; sentinel
societé
company, society
sous-sol
basement
spectacles
shows
sportive
athletic
steak frites
steak with French fried potatoes
terrain vague
empty lot
tout
all
tout de suite
immediately, right away
vendeuse
sales lady
vespasiennes
urinals
ville lumière
city of light
vite
quickly, fast
volupté
sensual delight, pleasure
votre
your
Voulez-vous quelque chose
Do you want something?
Index
arrondissements 43, 82
4th 232
5th 25, 232, 233
6th 16, 25, 232
7th 25, 232
8th 12
9th 45
12th 268
14th 12, 25
19th 12
20th 13
Balzac Honoré de 25, 27
Baker, Jo 192
Baudelaire 2, 139
Bazar de l’Hôtel de Ville 122
Beauvoir, Simone de 4, 25, 50, 51, 54
bookstores
Libella 111
Shakespeare and Compapny 34
buskers, busking 35
cafés, restaurants 26, 28, 35, 246
Auberge Inn 26
Brasserie Lipp 29, 31
Café Beaubourg 109
Café de Flore 20, 29, 50
Coupole 29
Deux Magots 29, 50
Roger’s 240
camping 170
Camus, Albert 25, 50, 51
catacombs 89
cemetaries
Cimetière des Innocents 90
Père Lachaise 13, 89
Champs Elysées 9, 10
Chartres 196
chateaux
Azay-le-Rideau 200
Chambord 199
Chenonceau 197
d’Esclimont 201
Châtillon-sur-Seine 136
churches
Notre Dame 45, 140
Saint-Séverin 299
Sainte-Chapelle 105
St-Julian the Poor 25, 298
Ste-Trinité 45, 46
communism, Communist Party 53
concierge 30, 58
Douix River 137
driving 9
Étoile 9
executions 269
Existentialism 52, 57
fashion 178
film, movies 25
food, cuisine 100, 174, 228, 244
Fountainbleau 117, 149
Fouquet, Nicolas 150
Ginsberg, Allen 26, 27
guillotine 25, 270, 277
hammams 210
Chope des Artistes 221
Bains et Hydrothérpie 221
Goutte d’Or (El-Baraka) 217
Paris Mosque 218
Haussmann, Baron 5, 92, 262
Hemingway, Ernest 25
homosexuals 185
hotels
Deux-Iles 113
Lutece 113
St-Louis 113
Hôtel de Invalides 164
Ile de la Cité 131
Ile St-Louis 107
Institut Géographique National (IGN) 134
La Bohème 5
La Coupole 4
Latin Quarter 25
Left Bank 24
Loire Valley 194
Louis XIV 149, 227, 287
medical assistance 75, 225
Métro 47, 48
Montmartre 45, 202
Montreuil-sous-Bois 231
Morrison, Jim 13
museums
Delacoix 30
Fragonard museum 143
Gustave Moreau 46
Louvre 5, 6, 11, 63, 162, 225, 227
Musée de Cluny 90
Musée du Pain 283
Museum of the Sewers 98
Rodin 6, 24
parks
Buttes Chaumont 12
Monceau 12
Montsouris 12
Pei, I. M. 64, 67
périphérique 79
photography 260, 284
Place de Clinchy 47
Place de Fürstemberg 30, 32
Place Pigalle 45, 47
Place St-Georges 47
poor 260
prostitution 216
Rive Gauche (see Left Bank)
romance 3, 19, 185
running 223
Sacré-Coeur 202
Sartre, Jean-Paul 4, 25, 50, 51
Seine River 128
Sequana 129, 133
shopping 37, 122, 179
Sorbonne 25, 28
St-Germain-des-Prés 25, 28, 30, 227
St. Sulpice 28
train 48
transsexuals 284
Vaux-le-Vicomte 149
Versailles 149, 290
Vie et Historie 42
Vix 138
walking 14, 42
World War II 249
Index of Contri
butors
Apollinaire, Guillaume 23
Applefield, David 54–55, 212, 231–239
Ardagh, John 294
Baldwin, James 265
Balzac, Honoré de 20, 239
Barry, Joseph 267
Baudelaire 139
Bernstein, Richard 10, 189
Boyle, Cailín 178–184
Bradfield, Bob 194–201
Briand, Baptiste 118, 121
Bronston, Jack E. 42–48
Brooks, Carole 7
Brown, Tish Carnes 240–245
Buzzi, Aldo 230
Camus, Albert 53
Caro, Ina 149–165, 287–294
Colton, Ann Davis 48–49
Daley, Robert 268–283
Diedrich, Joseph 16–22
Dudar, Helen 63–73
Dunne, John Gregory 8–14
Durrell, Lawrence 176–177
Ebensten, Hanns 185–192
Economist, The 182
Elkjer, Thom 3–7
Euser, Barbara J. 223
Feldkamp, Fred 184
Feldkamp, Phyllis 184
Flaubert, Gustave 39, 91, 216
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