Many of these words came into English via Norman French.
| Word | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ambassador | drive around | |
| basin | ||
| beak | ||
| Bohemia | Central European Region. | |
| briar, brier | Prickly wild rose. | |
| bulge | hold-all | |
| bushel | A unit of volume (= 3.637 x 10-2 m3 in UK; = 3.531 x 10-2 m3 in USA). | |
| car | ||
| carpenter | wheel maker | |
| carriage | ||
| cat | ||
| cream | ||
| Druid | A Celtic religious sect. | |
| furore | From a Celtic battle cry. | |
| garter | leg | |
| lawn | open space between woods | |
| league | A distance of three miles (7.4 km). | |
| leaven | ||
| muzzle | ||
| Paris | French city named after a Celtic tribe. | |
| quay | ||
| truant | beggar | In UK used to denote missing school or work ('playing hookey' in USA). |
| warren | fenced area |
