Crossword puzzle : Registers of language in French

How well do you know the different levels of language in French? From formal administrative prose to the most colourful argot, French is rich in stylistic variation. This crossword will challenge your knowledge of linguistic registers — soutenu, courant and familier — and the vocabulary used to describe and analyse them.

Horizontalement

1. 3. To be able to
2. 3. To be able to or can
3. 3. To be able to do something
4. 3. To be able to, modal verb
5. 3. To be able to do something
6. 5. Twilight, dusk at day's end
7. 7. Common speech of working-class people
8. 8. Language used in literary works
9. 10. Official formal administrative language
10. 11. Art of speaking with great skill

Verticalement

1. 1. To want, irregular French verb
2. 1. To want
3. 1. To want or wish something
4. 1. To want, triggers subjunctive
5. 1. Verb meaning 'to want'
6. 1. To want or to wish something
7. 1. To want
8. 1. Verb meaning 'to want'
9. 2. Work or effort put into a project
10. 4. Language used in scientific contexts
11. 6. A phrase conveying an idea or feeling
12. 9. Sometimes, occasionally
13. 9. sometimes or occasionally
14. 9. Sometimes
15. 9. Sometimes, indicating occasional occurrence