In English it’s cash, money, dough, moolah, bill, bucks, bread, fund, and so many other words, yet it all means the same thing.
No matter what we do or where we go, money talk can’t escape us (or the other way around). So if you find yourself walking on French soil, you’ll invariably come across talk about money. You might as well arm yourself with these French money vocabulary and slang to help you get your thoughts across and vice versa.
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French Money Vocabulary (Slang)
| English | French |
| money | Le fric Le pognon Le pèze La galette La braise L’oseille (f) Les ronds (m) Le flouse La thune |
| Loose change | La ferraille (literally, scrapiron) |
| Francs/ Euros | Les balles (f) (as in “ca coute quinze balles” = it costs fifteen euros) |
| 10,000 francs/ euros | Une brique |
| To be broke | Etre fauché, être a sec |
| To not have a bean | Ne pas avoir un radis,e (le radis = radish) Ne pas avoir un rond |
| Filthy rich | Rupin,e* |
| A spiled daddy’s boy | Un fils à papa |
| To be loaded | Etre plein aux as |
| cheapskate | Radin,e |
| A skin-flint | Un grippe-sous |
| To fork out | Casquer |
| To blow | Claquer (la thune) |
| To be had | Se faire avoir |
| To con, to rip off | Se faire Rouler / couillonner** |
| It’s a fake, it’s imitation | C’est du toc |
| Junk, rubbish | De la camelote |
| Expensive | Chéro |
| Free | A l’œil |
| profit | Le bénef (short for “le benefice” = the gain, profit) |
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