If you get 10/10 on this test, your vocabulary is excellent. “Brontophobia”, “vultueux’… Do you know these rare words in the French language? Le Figaro invites you to test your knowledge of these words.
It is difficult to quantify the exact number of words a speaker may have. We often distinguish between the vocabulary that we use daily, everyday language, and then “passive” vocabulary, made up of words that we understand without using them spontaneously.