| Term | Definition |
| couverture | cover |
| évasion | escape |
| rocher | rock |
| coutumier | customary |
| singulier | strange |
| faire enrager | to enrage, to make furious |
| s'indentifier avec | to identify with |
| accueillier | to welcome |
| agacer | to irritate |
| acien | war veteran |
| anomalie | abnormality |
| casque colonial | tropical helmet |
| se coiffer | to put on a hat |
| curieux | funny |
| émerveillé | in awe |
| équipée | joy ride |
| fauve | wild animal |
| fossé | ditch |
| inversement | vice versa |
| jaser | to gossip |
| pavilllon | building |
| pieds nus | bare feet |
| se prolonger | to continue |
| rencontrer | to fall upon |
| retenir | to remember |
| rouquin | red-haired |
| se sentir une parenté avec | to feel related to |
| singe | monkey |
| sinon | except |
| témoigner | to be a testimony |
| se tenir | to take place |
| trompe | trunk |
| cajun | french from Louisiana |
| créole | person of french descent born in a former French colony |
| métis | of mixed race |
| mulâtre | mulatto |
| basané | swarthy |
| bridés | slit |
| bronzé | tanned |
| busqué | hooked |
| carré | square |
| chauve | bald |
| crepue | frizzy |
| épaté | round and flat |
| frisé | curly |
| joufflu | fat cheeked |
| lisse | smooth |
| peau | skin |
| raide | straight |
| taches de rousseur | freckles |