La Cité de Vice

Words from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

 

Word or phrase / Mot ou expression

Pronunciation / Prononciation

Type of word

Meaning / Sens

corruption

[coroop-seeyon]

nf

bribery

activé  / désactivé

[acteevay] / [days-acteevay]

adj

activated / deactivated

affichage

[affeesharzh]

nm

display

attendre le cible

[aton-druh luh seebluh]

verb, nm

to hit the target

audio

[od-yo]

adj inv

audio

avions

[av-ee-on]

nmpl

planes

balles

[bal]

nfpl

bullets

bateaux

[ba-toh]

nmpl

boats

carte

[cart]

nf

map

cascade

[caskad]

nf

waterfall, stunt (in films)

charger

[sharzhay]

verb

to load

clochard

[closh-ar]

nm

man: tramp, down-and-out

clocharde

[closh-ard]

nf

woman: tramp (not as an insult)

commandes

[com-ond]

nfpl

controls

crever

[cray-vay]

verb

to puncture, to burst

dépenses quotidiennes

[day-ponse]

nfpl, adj

daily spending, daily expenditure

écran large

[ecran larzh]

nf, adj

widescreen

entrepôt

[on-truh-poh]

nm

police custody (slang), warehouse (literally)

étoiles

[et-wa-luh]

nfpl

stars

explosifs

[explo-zeef]

nmpl

explosives

flingue

[flan-guh]

nm

gun

gang

[gang]

nm

gang

hélicoptères

 

nmpl

helicopters

hosto

[osto]

nm

hospital (slang)

langue

[lon-guh]

nf

language

luminosité

[loom-een-os-itay]

nf

brightness

musique

[myooz-eek]

nf

music

ouais

[uh-way]

 

yeah

planque

[plonk]

nf

safe house, hiding place

pneus

[nur]

nmpl

tyres

pote

[pot]

nm

mate, pal

pour l’instant

[por lan-ston]

phrase

for now

pourcentage

[poor-son-tarzh]

nm

percentage

précision

[pray-seez-yon]

nf

accuracy

quincaillerie

[cank-aii!-ree]

nf

ironmongers, hardware store

radar

[ra-dar]

nm

radar

sons

[son]

nmpl

ambient sound (SFX cf. music)

sortie

[sortee]

nf

exit

sortons de

[sorton duh la]

phrase

let’s get out of here

sous-titres

[soo tee-truh]

nmpl

subtitles

station de radio

[sta-seeon duh ra-dyo]

nf, nf

radio station

stéréo

[stay-ray-oh]

adj

stereo (two channels of sound)

tentatives

[tonta-teev]

nfpl 

attempts

tirer

[tee-ray]

verb

to shoot

tirs

[teer]

nmpl

shots

touche

[toosh]

nf

button (on a keyboard or control pad)

tuer

[tyoo-ay]

verb

to kill

 

 

Key to colours

pale blue

a word that must change into its masculine form to reflect the gender of the thing or person it relates to

strong blue

a noun or pronoun whose gender is masculine (either it is a male person or an arbitrarily masculine-named object)

strong pink

a noun or pronoun whose gender is feminine (either it is a female person or an arbitrarily feminine-named object)

pale pink

a word that must change into its feminine form to reflect the gender of the thing or person it relates to

grey

a word that has no specific gender and can’t be forced to change into a gender-specific form or a noun that I don’t know the gender of