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| B {n} /b/ (musical note) | :: si {m} |
| B {symbol} (byte) | :: o (octet) |
| baa {n} /bæ/ (bleating of sheep) | :: bêlement {m} |
| baa {v} (to make the cry of sheep) | :: bêler |
| Baalbek {prop} (a city in Lebanon) | :: Baalbeck |
| Ba'athism {n} /ˈbɑːθɪzəm/ (ideology) | :: Baathisme {m} |
| baba au rhum {n} (rum-soaked cake) | :: baba au rhum {m} |
| Baba Yaga {prop} (hag who flies through the air in a mortar) | :: Baba Yaga {f} |
| babbittry {n} (narrow minded materialism) | :: matérialisme petit-bourgeois {m} |
| babble {v} /ˈbæb.l̩/ (to utter words indistinctly) | :: marmonner, marmotter, jargonner |
| babble {v} (to talk much) | :: bavarder, papoter, caqueter, jaboter, jacasser, |
| babble {v} (to make a continuous murmuring noise) | :: babiller, murmurer, susurrer |
| babble {n} (idle talk) | :: babillage {m}, bavardage {m} |
| babble {n} (inarticulate speech) | :: jargon {m}, charabia {m}, galimatias {m} |
| babble {n} (the sound of flowing water) | :: babil {m}, murmure {m} |
| babbler {n} /ˈbæb(ə)lə(ɹ)/ (someone who babbles) | :: babillard {m}; babillarde {f} |
| babbling {n} (sounds produced by infant during the babbling period) | :: balbutiement {m} |
| babby {n} (baby) SEE: baby | :: |
| babe {n} (baby or infant) SEE: baby | :: |
| babe {n} (darling) SEE: baby | :: |
| Babelic {adj} | :: babélique |
| Bab el Mandeb {prop} (strait) | :: Bab-el-Mandeb |
| babesiosis {n} (parasitic disease) | :: babésiose, piroplasmose |
| babiroussa {n} (hoglike quadruped) | :: babiroussa {m} |
| babirusa {n} (a member of the genus Babyrousa) | :: babiroussa {m} |
| Babism {n} (19th-century Persian pantheistical religious sect) | :: babisme {m}, foi babie {f} |
| Babist {n} (a believer in Babism) | :: babi {m}, babie {f} |
| babka {n} (coffee cake) | :: babka {m} |
| baboon {n} /ˌbæˈbuːn/ (primate) | :: babouin {m} |
| baboonish {adj} (like a baboon) | :: babouinesque |
| babouche {n} (Turkish or oriental slipper) | :: babouche {f} |
| babushka {n} (matryoshka) SEE: Russian doll | :: |
| Babuza {prop} (language) | :: babuza {m} |
| baby {n} /ˈbeɪbi/ (very young human being) | :: bébé {m} |
| baby {n} (young animal) | :: petit {m}, bébé {m} |
| baby {n} (immature or infantile person) | :: bébé {m} |
| baby {n} (term of endearment) | :: chou {m}, bébé {m} |
| baby {n} (form of address to a man or a woman considered to be attractive) | :: mon beau {m} [to a man], ma belle {f} [to a woman] |
| baby {n} (pet project) | :: bébé {m} |
| baby {n} (lastborn of a family) | :: benjamin {m}, benjamine {f} |
| baby {adj} (of a child) | :: petit |
| baby {adj} (of an animal) | :: petit [additionally, as in English, there are special terms for the young of some animals] |
| baby {adj} (intended for babies) | :: pour bébé |
| baby boom {n} (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964)) | :: babyboom {m} |
| baby boom {n} (any increase in the birth rate) | :: babyboom {m} |
| baby boomer {n} (person born after Second World War) | :: bébé-boumeur {m}, bébé-boumeuse {f} |
| baby bottle {n} (bottle with a teat) | :: biberon {m} |
| baby boy {n} (very young male human being) | :: bébé {m} |
| baby buggy {n} (a wheeled chair for the transport of a baby) SEE: stroller | :: |
| baby carriage {n} (cart that is designed for moving a baby around in a lying position) SEE: pram | :: |
| baby doll {n} (doll) | :: poupon {m} |
| baby doll {n} (night-dress) | :: nuisette {f} |
| baby face {n} /ˈbeɪbɪ feɪs/ (headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits) | :: gentil {m}, héros {m} |
| baby food {n} (food designed for babies) | :: panade |
| baby grand {n} (small grand piano) | :: crapaud {m} |
| baby hatch {n} (hatch for abandoned children) | :: tour d'abandon {m} |
| babyish {adj} (like a baby) | :: bébête |
| Babylon {prop} /ˈbæbɪ.lɑn/ (capital of Babylonia) | :: Babylone {f} |
| Babylonia {prop} /ˌbæbɪˈləʊnɪə/ (ancient region and empire of southern Mesopotamia) | :: Babylonie {f}, Babylone |
| baby monitor {n} (Intercom system) | :: babyphone {m} |
| baby of the family {n} (youngest member of an immediate family) | :: benjamin {m} (for a male), benjamine {f} |
| baby powder {n} (astringent powder) | :: talc {m} |
| baby's breath {n} (Gypsophila) | :: gypsophile paniculée {f} |
| baby seat {n} (child safety seat) SEE: child safety seat | :: |
| baby shower {n} (party) | :: fête prénatale {f}, baby shower {m} |
| babysit {v} /ˈbeɪbiː.sɪt/ (To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money) | :: faire du baby-sitting |
| babysitter {n} /ˈbeɪbiˌsɪtɚ/ (baby or child caretaker) | :: baby-sitter {m} {f}, gardien d’enfant {f}, gardienne d’enfant {f}, bonne d’enfant {f} |
| babysitting {n} (work of a babysitter) | :: babysitting {m} |
| baby talk {n} (form of speech used when talking to babies) | :: langage enfantin {m}, mamanais {m} |
| baby tooth {n} (tooth which will be replaced) SEE: milk tooth | :: |
| baby walker {n} (baby walker, see also: walking frame) | :: youpala {m} |
| baby weight {n} (weight of a baby at birth) SEE: birth weight | :: |
| baccarat {n} /ˈbækəɹɑː/ (card game) | :: baccara |
| bacchic {adj} (of or relating to Bacchus) | :: bachique |
| Bach {prop} /bɑːx/ (German composer) | :: Bach |
| bachelor {n} /ˈbætʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/ (unmarried man) | :: célibataire {m} |
| bachelor {n} (bachelor's degree) | :: licence |
| bachelordom {n} (bachelorhood) SEE: bachelorhood | :: |
| bachelorette {n} /ˌbætʃləˈɹɛt/ (unmarried woman) | :: célibataire {f}, demoiselle {f} |
| bachelorette {n} (very small single room apartment) | :: chambre de bonne {f}, studio {m} |
| bachelorette party {n} (bachelorette party) | :: enterrement de vie de jeune fille {m} |
| bachelorhood {n} (the condition of being a bachelor) | :: célibat {m} |
| Bachelor of Arts {n} (collegiate degree) | :: baccalauréat universitaire ès lettres |
| bachelor party {n} (party) | :: enterrement de vie de garçon {m}, enterrement de vie de jeune garçon {m} |
| bachelorship {n} (bachelorhood) SEE: bachelorhood | :: |
| bacilliform {adj} (shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped) | :: bacilliforme |
| bacillophobia {n} (fear of microbes) | :: bacillophobie {f} |
| bacillus {n} /bæˈsɪl.əs/ (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus) | :: bacille {m} |
| back {adj} /bæk/ (near the rear) | :: de derrière |
| back {adj} (far from the main area) | :: écarté {m} |
| back {adj} (phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth) | :: postérieur |
| back {adv} (to or in a previous condition or place) | :: de retour |
| back {n} (the rear of body) | :: dos {m} |
| back {n} (the reverse side) | :: derrière {m}, revers {m} |
| back {n} (that which is farthest away from the front) | :: fond {m} |
| back {n} (the part of something that goes last) | :: fin {f} |
| back {n} (a position behind most players on the team) | :: arrière {m} |
| back {v} (to go in the reverse direction) | :: (person) reculer, (vehicle) faire marche arrière |
| back {v} (to support) | :: soutenir |
| backache {n} /ˈbækeɪk/ (any pain or ache in the back, see also: lumbago) | :: mal au dos {m} |
| back and forth {adv} (from one place to another and back again) | :: aller-retour {m}, va-et-vient {m} |
| back and forth {n} (movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position) | :: va-et-vient {m}, allées et venues {f-p} |
| back away {v} (to retreat, keeping the attention in front) | :: reculer, faire marche arrière |
| backbencher {n} (member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank) | :: député de l'arrière-ban {m}, député sans portefeuille {m}, députée sans portefeuille {f}, simple député {m} |
| backbite {v} (to make defamatory statements about another) | :: calomnier, salir, diffamer |
| backbone {n} /ˈbækˌboʊn/ (series of vertebrae that encloses the spinal cord) | :: colonne vertébrale {f}, rachis {m}, épine dorsale {f} |
| backbone {n} (any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure) | :: épine dorsale {f} |
| backbone {n} (courage, fortitude, or strength) | :: courage {m} |
| backbone {n} (backbone) SEE: spine | :: |
| back cover {n} (cover on the opposite side of the front cover) | :: quatrième de couverture {f}, quatrième de couv' {f}, dos {m} |
| backdate {v} (to backdate) SEE: antedate | :: |
| back down {v} (to take less aggressive position) | :: baisser d'un ton |
| backdrop {n} /ˈbæk.dɹɒp/ (a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage) | :: décor {m}, toile de fond {f} |
| backdrop {n} (background of a historical event) | :: contexte {m} |
| back end {n} (computing: part of a system that is farthest from the user) | :: back-end {m}, arrière-plan {m} |
| back fire {n} (controlled fire) | :: contre-feu {m} |
| backfire {v} /bækˈfaɪə(ɹ)/ (fail) | :: se retourner contre, avoir l'effet inverse |
| backflip {n} /ˈbæk.flɪp/ (an act of rotating your body) | :: salto arrière {m} |
| back-formation {n} (linguistic process) | :: dérivation régressive {f}, dérivation inverse {f}, rétroformation {f} |
| backgammon {n} /ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/ (board game) | :: backgammon {m} |
| background {n} /ˈbæk.ɡɹaʊnd/ (social heritage) | :: origine {f}, passé {m} |
| background {n} (part of picture) | :: arrière-plan {m} |
| background {n} (relevant information) | :: antécédents {m-p}, historique {m} |
| background {n} (less important feature) | :: fond {m} |
| background {n} (computer background) | :: fond d'écran {m} |
| background {n} (activity not visible to the user) | :: tâche de fond {f}, en arrière-plan |
| background music {n} (music played in a public space) | :: musique d'ambiance {f} |
| background music {n} (music in a film, video game or other medium) | :: musique de fond {f}, musique de fosse {f} |
| backhand {n} /ˈbækhænd/ (stroke in tennis) | :: revers {m} |
| backhanded {adj} /ˈbækˌhændəd/ (Of writing) | :: penché à gauche {m} |
| backheel {n} (soccer) | :: talonnade {f} |
| backhoe {n} /ˈbæk.həʊ/ (a piece of excavating equipment) | :: tractopelle {f}, rétrocaveuse {f} |
| backhoe {n} (a multi-purpose tractor) | :: pelleteuse {f}, rétrocaveuse {f} |
| back in day {adv} (back in the day) SEE: back in the day | :: |
| back in the day {prep} (in the distant past) | :: dans le temps, à l'époque |
| backlash {n} /ˈbækˌlæʃ/ (violent or abrubt reaction) | :: retour de bâton {m} |
| backlash {n} (mechanical: distance of free movement between connected parts) | :: jeu {m} |
| backlight {n} /ˈbæk.laɪt/ (spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind) | :: contrejour {m} |
| backlight {n} (light attached to an LCD display) | :: rétroéclairage {m} |
| backlight {n} (rear window of a motor car) | :: lunette arrière {f} |
| backlight {v} (illuminate something from behind) | :: éclairer par derrière, rétro-éclairer |
| backlink {n} (computing: a hyperlink to a webpage from an external website.) | :: lien retour {m} |
| backlit {adj} (illuminated from behind) | :: rétro-éclairé, éclairé par derrière |
| backlog {n} /ˈbæk.lɒɡ/ (an accumulation or buildup) | :: arriéré {m} [work] |
| back matter {n} (parts of a book that appear after the text) | :: posttexte |
| back off {v} (To move backwards away from something) | :: reculer |
| back off {v} (To become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act) | :: mettre de l'eau dans son vin |
| back off {v} (To lower the setting of) | :: baisser d'un ton |
| back office {n} | :: back office {m}, arrière-guichet {m} |
| back-of-the-envelope {adj} | :: dos d'une enveloppe, sur un coin de table, à l'arrache, vite fait |
| backorder {n} | :: réapprovisionnement {m} |
| backpack {n} /ˈbæk.pæk/ (worn on a person's back, e.g., for hiking) | :: sac à dos {m} |
| backpacker {n} (a traveler) | :: routard |
| backpackers {n} (hostel) SEE: hostel | :: |
| back page {n} (final page) SEE: back cover | :: |
| backpedal {v} /ˈbækˌpɛdəɫ/ (to pedal backwards on a bicycle) | :: rétropédaler |
| backpedal {v} (to step backwards) | :: reculer |
| backpedal {v} (to distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement) | :: rétropédaler, faire marche arrière |
| backpropagation {n} (in computing) | :: rétropropagation {f} |
| backrest {n} /ˈbækˌɹest/ (back piece of a chair) | :: dossier {n} |
| backronym {n} /ˈbæk.ɹəˌnɪm/ | :: rétro-acronyme {m} |
| back scrubber {n} (utensil for scrubbing the back while bathing) | :: lave-dos {m} |
| back seat {n} (seat) | :: siège arrière {m} |
| back-seat driver {n} (advising passenger) | :: mouche du coche |
| backside {n} /ˈbækˌsaɪd/ (buttocks) | :: arrière {m} |
| backslang {n} /ˈbækslæŋ/ | :: verlan |
| backslash {n} /ˈbækˌslæʃ/ (punctuation mark) | :: barre oblique inversée, contre-oblique, backslash, antislash |
| backspace {n} /ˈbækˌspeɪs/ (typewriter key) | :: retour arrière {m} |
| backspace {n} (computer key) | :: retour arrière {m} |
| backspace {n} | :: retour arrière |
| backstabber {n} /ˈbækˌstæbɚ/ (a traitor or hypocrite) | :: hypocrite |
| backstage {n} /bækˈsteɪdʒ/ (the area behind the stage) | :: coulisses {f-p} |
| backstory {n} (previous life and experiences of a fictional character) | :: toile de fond |
| backstroke {n} /ˈbækˌstɹoʊk/ (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) | :: dos crawlé {m}, dos {m} |
| back the wrong horse {v} (to support something or someone unsuccessful) | :: miser sur le mauvais cheval |
| back to back {adv} (with back facing somebody else's back) | :: dos à dos |
| back-to-back {adj} /ˌbæk.təˈbæk/ (with one's back facing somebody else's back) | :: dos à dos |
| back-to-back {adj} | :: dos à dos |
| back to nature {adj} (turning away from urban environs and attitudes) | :: retour à la nature |
| back to square one {adj} (located back at the start, as after a dead-end or failure) | :: de retour à la case départ |
| back to square one {adv} (back to the start, as after a dead-end or failure) | :: de retour à la case départ, Gros-Jean comme devant |
| back to the wall {n} (very difficult situation) | :: être dos au mur |
| back-translate {v} (to translate back to original language) | :: rétrotraduction {f} |
| back-translation {n} (activity) | :: rétrotraduction {f} |
| back-translation {n} (text) | :: rétrotraduction {f} |
| back up {v} (To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so) | :: reculer |
| back up {v} (To move a vehicle backwards) | :: reculer, faire marche arrière |
| back up {v} (To copy as a security measure) | :: sauvegarder, faire une sauvegarde |
| backup {n} /ˈbækˌʌp/ (reserve) | :: remplaçant {m} |
| backup {n} (copy of file or record) | :: sauvegarde {f} |
| backup {adj} (standby, reserve or extra) | :: remplaçant {m} |
| backup {adj} (intended as backup) | :: de sauvegarde |
| back vowel {n} (Any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth) | :: voyelle postérieure {f} |
| backward {adj} /ˈbækwɚd/ (reluctant to advance) | :: arriéré |
| backward {adj} (undeveloped) | :: sous-développé |
| backward {adv} (in the direction towards the back) | :: en arrière |
| backward compatibility {n} (compatibility with older systems) | :: compatibilité descendante {f}, rétrocompatibilité {f} |
| backward compatible {adj} (compatible with older systems) | :: rétrocompatible {m} {f} |
| backwardness {n} (state of being backward) | :: arriération {f}, retard |
| backwards {adj} /ˈbæk.wə(ɹ)dz/ (behind current trends) | :: arriéré |
| backwater {n} (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.) | :: patelin {m}, trou perdu {m} |
| backwater {v} (to vacillate on a long-held position) | :: lâcher prise |
| backwoods {n} /ˈbakˌwʊdz/ (uncleared forest) | :: sous-bois |
| backyard {n} /bækˈjɑːd/ (yard to the rear of a house) | :: arrière-cour |
| bacon {n} /ˈbeɪ.kən/ (cut of meat) | :: lard {m}, lardon {m} |
| bacon and eggs {n} (a dish consisting of bacon and eggs) | :: œufs au bacon {m-p} |
| Baconian {adj} /bəˈkəʊn.ɪən/ (of or pertaining to Francis Bacon and his philosophical system) | :: baconien {m} |
| bacon rind {n} (skin of pork) | :: couenne |
| bacteremically {adv} (by means of bacteremia) | :: bactériémiquement |
| bacteria {n} /bækˈtɪɹ.i.ə/ (bacteria) | :: bactéries {f-p} |
| bacterial {adj} /bækˈtɪəɹɪəɫ/ (of or caused by bacteria) | :: bactérien |
| bacteriochlorophyll {n} (photosynthetic pigment) | :: bactériochlorophylle {f} |
| bacteriological {adj} (of or pertaining to bacteriology) | :: bactériologique |
| bacteriologist {n} (microbiologist) | :: bactériologiste {m} {f} |
| bacteriology {n} /bækˌtɪəɹ.ɪˈɒlədʒi/ (scientific study of bacteria) | :: bactériologie {f} |
| bacteriolysis {n} | :: bactériolyse {f} |
| bacteriophage {n} /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌfeɪdʒ/ (a virus that infects bacteria) | :: bactériophage {m} |
| bacteriorhodopsin {n} | :: bactériorhodopsine {f} |
| bacteriostatic {adj} (of or relating to bacteriostasis or a bacteriostat) | :: bactériostatique |
| bacterium {n} /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəm/ (single celled organism with no nucleus or organelles) | :: bactérie {f} |
| Bactria {prop} /ˈbæktɹɪə/ (Greek name for ancient country) | :: Bactriane {f}, Bactrie {f} |
| Bactrian camel {n} /ˈbæktɹɪən ˈkæməl/ (Camelus bactrianus) | :: chameau de Bactriane {m} |
| bad {adj} /bæd/ (unfavorable; negative) | :: mauvais |
| bad {adj} (not suitable or fitting) | :: mauvais |
| bad {adj} (not appropriate, of manners etc.) | :: mauvais |
| bad {adj} (unhealthy; liable to cause health problems) | :: mauvais [with "pour la santé"] |
| bad {adj} (tricky; stressful; unpleasant) | :: mauvais |
| bad {adj} (evil, wicked) | :: mauvais, méchant |
| bad {adj} (faulty; not functional) | :: défectueux |
| bad {adj} (of breath: malodorous) | :: mauvaise {f} |
| bad {adj} (unskilled) | :: mauvais, nul |
| bad {adj} (bold and daring) | :: fonceur |
| bad {adj} (severe; urgent) | :: urgent |
| bad {n} (slang: error, mistake) | :: faute {f}, gaffe {f} |
| bad {adj} (spoilt, rotten, overripe) SEE: spoilt | :: |
| bad {adv} (badly) SEE: badly | :: |
| Badalona {prop} (city in Catalonia) | :: Badalone |
| bad apple {n} (a person who is not wholesome) | :: mauvaise graine {f} |
| badass {adj} (belligerent and troublesome) SEE: belligerent | :: |
| badass {n} /ˈbædæs/ (belligerent or mean person) | :: connard {m}, connasse {f} |
| badass {n} (person considered impressive) | :: tête {f}, warrior {m}, dur à cuire {m} |
| badass {adj} (having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable) | :: dur à cuire {m} |
| bad breath {n} (unpleasant breath) | :: mauvaise haleine |
| bad check {n} (bad check) SEE: bounced cheque | :: |
| baddie {n} /ˈbædi/ (a person of bad character in a work of fiction) | :: méchant {m} |
| bad egg {n} /ˈbæd ɛɡ/ (rogue) | :: délinquant, malfrat {m}, bandit {m} |
| Baden {prop} /ˈbɑːdən/ (former state) | :: Bade |
| Baden-Württemberg {prop} /ˌbɑːdən ˈvɜːtəmbɜːɡ/ (state of Germany) | :: Bade-Wurtemberg {m} |
| bad faith {n} (intent to deceive or mislead) | :: mauvaise foi {f} |
| badge {n} /bædʒ/ (distinctive mark) | :: plaque {f}, insigne {m}, décoration {f}, macaron {m} |
| badge {n} (nameplate) | :: porte-nom {m}, badge {m} |
| badge {n} (card to grant access) | :: carte d'accès {f} |
| badger {v} (fart) SEE: fart | :: |
| badger {n} /ˈbædʒɚ/ (mammal) | :: blaireau {m} |
| badger {v} (pester) | :: taper sur le système, casser les couilles, emmerder, les briser, beurrer la raie |
| badger {n} (native or resident of Wisconsin) SEE: Wisconsinite | :: |
| bad guy {n} (a villain) | :: mauvais garçon {m}, méchant {m} |
| badinage {v} /ˌbɑd.ɪˈnɑʒ/ (engage in badinage) | :: badiner |
| bad joke {n} (situation) | :: travail d'Arabe {m} |
| badlands {n} /ˈbæd.lændz/ (arid terrain with severely eroded sedimentary rocks) | :: Mauvaises Terres {f-p}, badlands {m} |
| bad luck {n} (misfortune) | :: malchance {f}, guigne {f} [informal], poisse {f} [informal], manque de bol {m} [informal], manque de cul {m} [vulgar] |
| badly {adv} /ˈbæd.li/ (in a bad manner) | :: mal, mauvaisement {m} [old] |
| badminton {n} /ˈbæd.mɪn.tən/ (a racquet sport) | :: badminton {m} |
| badminton player {n} (a person who plays badminton) | :: badiste {m} {f}, joueur de badminton {m}, joueuse de badminton {f} |
| badmouth {v} /ˈbæd.maʊθ/ (to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully) | :: dénigrer, déprécier, débiner |
| bad news {n} (news of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events) | :: mauvaises nouvelles {f-p} |
| bad news {n} (irritating person) | :: casse-pied, emmerdeur, emmerdement, fouteur de merde |
| bad press {n} | :: mauvaise presse |
| bad-tempered {adj} (having a bad temper) | :: de mauvaise humeur |
| bad trip {n} (psychedelic crisis) | :: mauvais délire, mauvais voyage, bad trip |
| badware {n} (malware) SEE: malware | :: |
| Baetic {adj} | :: bétique |
| Baffin Bay {prop} (sea between Greenland and Nunavut) | :: baie de Baffin, mer de Baffin |
| Baffin Island {prop} (island) | :: île de Baffin {f}, Terre de Baffin {f} |
| baffle {v} /ˈbæfl̩/ (to totally bewilder; confuse or perplex) | :: déconcerter, dérouter |
| baffled {adj} /ˈbæfl̩d/ (thoroughly confused, puzzled) | :: déconcerté, décontenancé, dérouté, perplexe |
| baffling {adj} (puzzling and frustrating) | :: déconcertant |
| Bafut {prop} (language) | :: bafut {m}, fut {m} |
| bag {n} /ˈbɛɡ/ (flexible container) | :: sac {m}, [regional] poche {f}, cornet {m} |
| bag {n} (paper (or plastic) container given or sold to shoppers) | :: sachet {m}, cornet {m} |
| bag {n} (preference) | :: tasse de thé {f}, truc {m} |
| bag {n} (ugly woman) | :: bique {f}, mégère {f} |
| bag {v} (to put into a bag) | :: ensacher |
| bag {v} (to catch) | :: attraper, choper |
| bag {v} (to gain possession of, or to make first claim on) | :: mettre la main, choper |
| bag {v} (to laugh uncontrollably) | :: éclater de rire |
| bag {v} (to swell or hang down like a full bag) | :: pendre |
| bag {v} (to hang like an empty bag) | :: pendre |
| bag {v} (to swell with arrogance) | :: se la péter |
| bag {n} (suitcase) SEE: suitcase | :: |
| bag {n} (backpack) SEE: backpack | :: |
| bag and baggage {adv} (with all one's possessions) | :: avec armes et bagages |
| bagasse {n} (the residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted) | :: bagasse {f} |
| bagatelle {n} /ˌbæɡəˈtɛl/ (trifle) | :: bagatelle {f}, broutille {f} |
| bagel {n} /ˈbeɪɡəl/ (toroidal bread roll that is boiled and then baked) | :: bagel {m}, baguel {m}, beguel {m} |
| baggage {n} (luggage) SEE: luggage | :: |
| baggage claim {n} (designated location for receiving checked luggage) | :: retrait des bagages {m} |
| baggage handler {n} | :: bagagiste {m} |
| baggage reclaim {n} (designated location for receiving checked luggage) SEE: baggage claim | :: |
| Baghdad {prop} /bæɡˈdæd/ (city) | :: Bagdad |
| Baghdadi {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Baghdad) | :: bagdadien, bagdadi, bagdadois |
| Baghdadi {n} (person from Baghdad) | :: Bagdadien {m} [recommended], Bagdadienne {f} [recommended], Bagdadi {m}, Bagdadie {f}, Bagdadois {m}, Bagdadoise {f} |
| Baghdadian {adj} (Baghdadi) SEE: Baghdadi | :: |
| Baghdadian {n} (Baghdadi) SEE: Baghdadi | :: |
| bagna cauda {n} /ˌbɑːnjə ˈkaʊdə/ (dip made from anchovies, olive oil and garlic) | :: bagna cauda {f}, bagna caoda {f}, bagna caôda {f} |
| bag of bones {n} (a skinny person) | :: sac d'os {m}, paquet d'os {m} |
| bagpipe {n} (bagpipes) SEE: bagpipes | :: |
| bagpiper {n} (one who plays the bagpipes) | :: cornemuseur {m} |
| bagpipes {n} /ˈbæɡ.pɑɪps/ (musical wind instrument) | :: cornemuse {f} |
| baguette {n} /bæˈɡɛt/ (a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape) | :: baguette {f} |
| bag valve mask {n} | :: ballon autoremplisseur à valve unidirectionnelle, BAVU |
| Bahá'í {n} (follower of the Bahá'í Faith / follower of Bahá'u'lláh) | :: bahaï {m}, bahaïe {f} |
| Bahamas {prop} /bəˈhɑː.məz/ (country in the Caribbean) | :: Bahamas {f-p} |
| Bahamian {adj} /bəˈheɪm.ɪən/ (pertaining to the Bahamas) | :: bahamien, bahaméen |
| Bahamian {n} (person from the Bahamas) | :: Bahaméen {m}, Bahamien {m} |
| Bahá'í Faith {prop} (religion) | :: bahaïsme {m}, foi bahá’íe {f} |
| Bahian {adj} | :: bahianais |
| Bahian {n} | :: Bahianais |
| Bahrain {prop} /bɑːˈɹeɪn/ (country in the Middle East) | :: Bahreïn {m}, Bahrayn {m} |
| Bahraini {n} (a person from Bahrain or of Bahraini descent) | :: Bahreïni {m}, Bahreïnie {f}, Bahreïnien {m}, Bahreïnienne {f}, Bahreïnite {m} {f} |
| Bahraini {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Bahrain or the Bahraini people) | :: bahreïni |
| baht {n} /bɑːt/ (unit of currency) | :: baht {m} |
| baiji {n} /ˈbaɪd͡ʒi/ (freshwater dolphin) | :: baiji {m}, dauphin de Chine {m}, dauphin du Yangzi {m} |
| Baikal {prop} /ˌbaɪˈkɑːl/ (a large lake in Russia) | :: Baïkal {m} |
| Baikonur {prop} /ˌbaɪ.kəˈnɪə(ɹ)/ (city and cosmodrome in Kazakhstan) | :: Baïkonour {m} |
| bail {n} /beɪ̯l/ (security) | :: caution {f} |
| bail {n} (release from imprisonment on payment of such money) | :: libération sous caution {f}, liberté sous caution {f} |
| bail {n} (person providing such payment.) | :: caution {f} |
| bail {n} (bucket or scoop) | :: écope {f} |
| bail {v} (to remove water) | :: écoper |
| bail {n} (hoop, ring or handle) | :: anse {f} |
| bail bond {n} (surety posted as bail) | :: caution {f} |
| bailer {n} (a utensil) | :: écope {f} |
| bailiff {n} (steward) SEE: steward | :: |
| bailiff {n} /ˈbeɪlɪf/ (equivalent officers of the court in foreign contexts) | :: huissier {m}, huissier de justice {m} |
| bailival {adj} | :: baillival |
| bailiwick {n} /ˈbeɪ.lɪ.wɪk/ (precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction) | :: bailliage {m} |
| bailiwick {n} (area or subject of authority or involvement) | :: bailliage {m}, compétence, autorité |
| baillie brushkie {n} (parakeet auklet) SEE: parakeet auklet | :: |
| bail out {v} (To secure the release of an arrested person) | :: cautionner |
| bail out {v} (To remove water from a boat by scooping it out) | :: écoper |
| bail out {v} (To exit an aircraft while in flight) | :: sauter |
| bail out {v} (To rescue, especially financially) | :: renflouer |
| bail out {v} (To leave or not attend) | :: [colloquial] se tailler, [informal] se barrer, [colloquial] se tirer, [informal] mettre les bouts, déguerpir |
| Baird's sandpiper {n} (Calidris bairdii) | :: bécasseau de Baird |
| bait {n} /beɪt/ (substance used in catching fish) | :: appât {m} |
| bait {n} (poisoned food to kill pests) | :: appât {m} |
| bait {n} (anything which allures) | :: leurre |
| bait {v} (to attract with bait) | :: appâter |
| baize {n} /beɪz/ (woollen cloth used for covering card tables etc.) | :: drap de billard {m}, serge {f} |
| Baja California Sur {prop} (state of Mexico) | :: Basse-Californie du Sud |
| Bajan {prop} (Barbadian) SEE: Barbadian | :: |
| Bajan {adj} (Barbadian) SEE: Barbadian | :: |
| Bajocian {prop} | :: Bajocien |
| Bačka {prop} /ˈbɑːtʃ.kə/ (historical region divided between Serbia and Hungary) | :: Bačka {f} |
| bake {v} /beɪk/ (to cook in an oven) | :: cuire [au four] |
| baked {adj} /beɪkt/ (cooked by baking) | :: cuit, cuit au four |
| baked Alaska {n} /beɪkt əˈlaskə/ (dessert of ice cream encased in cake and meringue and briefly baked) | :: omelette norvégienne {f} |
| baked beans {n} (food) | :: baked beans {m-p}, haricots blancs à la sauce tomate {m-p} |
| baked potato {n} (potato that has been baked) | :: pomme de terre au four {f}, pomme de terre en robe des champs {f} |
| bakehouse {n} /ˈbeɪkhaʊs/ (bakehouse) | :: fournil {m} |
| Bakelite {n} /ˈbeɪk.ə.laɪt/ (heat-resisting chemically inert resin) | :: Bakélite {f} |
| baker {n} /ˈbeɪ.kɚ/ (person who bakes and sells bread, etc) | :: boulanger {m}, boulangère {f} |
| Baker {prop} (Occupational surname) | :: Boulanger |
| baker's {n} (bakery) SEE: bakery | :: |
| baker's dozen {n} (cousin) SEE: cousin | :: |
| baker's dozen {n} /ˌbeɪkəz ˈdʌzən/ (group of thirteen) | :: treizaine {f} |
| bakery {n} /ˈbeɪ.kə.ɹi/ (a shop in which bread and such is baked and sold) | :: boulangerie {f} |
| baking {n} /ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)/ (action in which something is baked) | :: cuisson {f} |
| baking powder {n} (dry leavening agent used in baking) | :: levure chimique {f} |
| baking soda {n} (common name for sodium bicarbonate) | :: bicarbonate de soude {m} |
| baking tray {n} (oven-proof tray) | :: plaque à four {f} |
| baklava {n} /ˈbæk.lə.və/ (sweet pastry) | :: baklava |
| baksheesh {n} /bækˈʃiːʃ/ (bribe or tip) | :: bakchich {m} |
| Baku {prop} /bɑːˈkuː/ (the capital city of Azerbaijan) | :: Bakou |
| Bakuninist {adj} | :: bakouninien |
| Bakuvian {adj} (of or relating to Baku) | :: bakinois |
| Bakuvian {n} (inhabitant or native of Baku) | :: Bakinois {m}, Bakinoise {f} |
| Balachka {prop} (Russian regional dialect) | :: balatchka {m} |
| balaclava {n} /ˌbæl.əˈklɑː.və/ (headgear) | :: passe-montagne {m}, cagoule {f} |
| balalaika {n} /bæləˈlaɪkə/ (Russian instrument) | :: balalaïka {f} |
| balance {n} /ˈbæləns/ (equilibrium) | :: équilibre {m} |
| balance {n} (something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium) | :: contrepoids {m} |
| balance {n} (scales) | :: balance {f} |
| balance {n} (apparent harmony in art) | :: équilibre {m} |
| balance {n} (accounting: list of credits and debits) | :: solde {m} |
| balance {n} (device that regulates the speed of a watch) | :: balancier {m} |
| balance {v} (accounting: to make credits and debits correspond) | :: apurer |
| balance {v} (to estimate) SEE: estimate | :: |
| balance {n} (astrology: Libra) SEE: Libra | :: |
| balance beam {n} (gymnastics: narrow wooden rail) | :: poutre {f} |
| balanced {adj} /ˈbælənst/ (even) | :: équilibré |
| balance of power {n} (situation of equilibrium) | :: équilibre des puissances {m} |
| balance of probabilities {n} (legal standard) | :: prépondérance de la preuve {f} |
| balance sheet {n} (summary of assets, liabilities and equity) | :: bilan {m} |
| balanephagous {adj} /bæləˈniːfəɡəs/ | :: balanophage |
| balanitis {n} (inflammation of glans penis) | :: balanite {f} |
| balanoid {adj} | :: balanoïde |
| balconette bra {n} (balcony bra) SEE: balcony bra | :: |
| balcony {n} /ˈbælkəni/ (structure extending from a building) | :: balcon {m} |
| balcony {n} (structure overlooking a stage) | :: balcon {m} |
| balcony bra {n} (half-cup bra) | :: balconnet {m} |
| bald {adj} /bɑld/ (having no hair) | :: chauve |
| bald {adj} ((of tyre) whose surface is worn away) | :: lisse |
| baldacchin {n} /ˈbaldəkɪn/ (canopy suspended over an altar or throne) | :: baldaquin {m} |
| bald eagle {n} (species of eagle native to North America) | :: pygargue à tête blanche {m} |
| balderdash {n} /ˈbɔːldə.dæʃ/ (nonsense) | :: bêtises {f-p} |
| baldie {n} (somebody who is bald) | :: crâne d’œuf {m}, chauve {m} |
| baldmoney {n} /ˈbɔːldˌmʌni/ (Meum athamanticum) | :: baudremoine {f}, fenouil de montagne {m}, fenouil des Alpes {m}, cerfeuil des Alpes {m}, méum {m} |
| baldness {n} (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) | :: calvitie {f} |
| baldrick {n} (broad belt) | :: baudrier {m} |
| Baldwin {prop} /ˈbɔːldwɪn/ (given name) | :: Baudouin |
| bale {v} (to remove water from a boat) SEE: bail | :: |
| bale {n} /beɪ̯l/ (rounded bundle of goods) | :: ballot {m} |
| bale {n} (bundle of compressed wool or hay) | :: botte {f} |
| bale {n} (measurement of hay) | :: botte {f} |
| Balearic {adj} /bæliˈæɹɪk/ (of the Balearic Islands) | :: baléarique |
| Balearic Islands {prop} (group of Mediterranean islands) | :: îles Baléares {p}, Baléares {p} |
| baleen {n} /ˈbeɪliːn/ (plates in mouth of baleen whale) | :: fanon {m} |
| baleen whale {n} (whale of the Mysticeti suborder) | :: baleine à fanons {f} |
| baleful {adj} /ˈbeɪl.fəl/ (ominous) | :: sinistre |
| Bali {prop} /ˈbɑːli/ (island of Indonesia) | :: Bali {m} |
| Balinese {n} /ˈbɑːlɪniːz/ (language) | :: balinais {m} |
| Balinese {n} (inhabitant) | :: Balinais {m} |
| Balinese {n} (cat) | :: balinais |
| Balinese {adj} (of or relating to Bali, or its inhabitants, language or culture) | :: balinais |
| Balinesian {adj} (of Bali) | :: Balinais |
| balk {n} /bɔk/ (an unplowed strip of land) | :: raie {f} |
| balk {v} (to stop short and refuse to go on) | :: regimber |
| balk {v} (to refuse suddenly) | :: regimber |
| Balkan {adj} /ˈbɔːlkən/ (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula) | :: balkanique |
| Balkanian {adj} (Balkan) SEE: Balkan | :: |
| Balkanic {adj} (of or relating to Balkan peninsula) SEE: Balkan | :: |
| Balkanization {n} /ˌbɑl.kən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ (fragmentation of a region into several small states) | :: balkanisation {f} |
| Balkanize {v} (to break up) | :: balkaniser |
| Balkans {prop} /ˈbɑl.kənz/ (geographical region in the southeast of Europe, see also: Balkan Peninsula) | :: Balkans {m} |
| ball {n} /bɔːl/ (solid or hollow sphere) | :: balle {f}, boule {f} |
| ball {n} (object, generally spherical, used for playing games) | :: balle {f} [small, such as a cricket ball], ballon {m} [large, such as a football] |
| ball {n} (quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape) | :: pelote {f} |
| ball {n} (baseball: a pitch that falls outside the strike zone) | :: balle {f} |
| ball {n} (pinball: an opportunity to launch the ball into play) | :: bille {f} |
| ball {n} (ballistics: a solid nonexplosive missile) | :: balle {f}, boulet {m} |
| ball {n} (mathematics: set of points in a metric space lying within a given distance of a given point) | :: boule {f} |
| ball {n} (testicle) | :: couille {f} [vulgar], glaoui {m}, burne {f}, rouston {m} |
| ball {n} (in plural - mildly vulgar slang - nonsense) | :: [vulgar] conneries {f-p}, idioties {f-p} |
| ball {n} (in plural — slang — courage) | :: [vulgar] couilles {f-p} |
| ball {v} (vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with) | :: forniquer, tirer son coup, faire une partie de jambes en l’air, débroussailler la tranchée |
| ball {n} (formal dance) | :: bal {m} |
| ballad {n} /ˈbæləd/ (narrative poem) | :: ballade {f} |
| ball and chain {n} (means of restraint) | :: boulet {m} |
| ball-and-socket joint {n} (type of joint) | :: rotule {f} |
| ballast {n} /ˈbæl.əst/ (heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel) | :: lest {m} |
| ballast {n} (material laid to form a bed for a road) | :: remblai {m} |
| ballast {n} (electronics) | :: ballast {m} |
| ballast {v} (to stabilize a ship with ballast) | :: ballaster |
| ball bearing {n} (bearing assembly with spherical balls) | :: roulement mécanique {m}, roulement à billes {m} |
| ball boy {n} (A male person responsible for retrieving balls) | :: ramasseur {m} |
| ball-breaker {n} (Something or someone annoying) | :: [vulgar] casse-couilles {m} {f}, [vulgar] brise-burnes {m} {f}, orchidoclaste, [colloquial] enquiquineur |
| ballerina {n} /ˌbæləɹˈiːnə/ (female ballet dancer) | :: ballerine {f} |
| ballet {n} /ˈbæleɪ/ (form of dance) | :: ballet {m} |
| ballet {n} (theatrical presentation) | :: ballet {m} |
| ballet master {n} | :: maître de ballet |
| balletomane {n} /bæˈlɛt.əˌmeɪn/ (a ballet enthusiast) | :: balletomane {m} |
| ball game {n} /ˈbɔːl ˌɡeɪm/ (game played with a ball) | :: jeu de ballon {m} |
| ball game {n} (Mesoamerican ballgame) | :: jeu de balle {m} |
| ball game {n} (affair, issue) | :: sujet {m}, question {f}, problème {m} |
| ballgame {n} (ball game) SEE: ball game | :: |
| ball girl {n} (female who clears balls) | :: ramasseuse {f} |
| ball hockey {n} | :: hockey-balle |
| ballista {n} /bəˈlɪstə/ (crossbow-like military engine for hurling large missiles) | :: baliste {m} |
| ballistic {adj} /bəˈlɪs.tɪk/ (relating to ballistics) | :: balistique |
| ballistic missile {n} (missile) | :: missile balistique {m} |
| ballistics {n} /bəˈlɪst.ɪks/ (science of the study of falling objects) | :: balistique {f} |
| ballistic vest {n} (bulletproof vest) SEE: bulletproof vest | :: |
| ball lightning {n} (a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air) | :: foudre en boule {f} |
| balloon {n} (slang: woman’s breast) SEE: boob | :: |
| balloon {n} /bəˈluːn/ (inflatable and buoyant object) | :: ballon {m} |
| balloon {n} (child’s toy) | :: ballon {m}, ballon de baudruche {m}, ballon en baudruche {m}, ballon gonflable {m} |
| balloon {n} (inflatable object to transport people through the air) | :: montgolfière {f}, ballon {m} |
| balloon {n} (speech bubble) SEE: speech bubble | :: |
| balloonfish {n} (blowfish) SEE: blowfish | :: |
| balloonist {n} (a person who flies in a (hot-air) balloon, balloons) | :: ballonniste {m} {f} |
| ballot {n} /ˈbalət/ (paper used for vote-casting) | :: bulletin de vote {m}, bulletin {m} |
| ballot {v} (to vote) | :: voter |
| ballot box {n} (a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) | :: urne {f}, urne électorale {f} |
| ballot paper {n} (voting form) | :: bulletin de vote {m} |
| ballpark figure {n} (rough estimate) | :: évaluation {f} |
| ball pen {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen | :: |
| ball pit {n} (type of play area) | :: piscine à boules {f} |
| ballpoint pen {n} (pen) | :: bic {m}, stylo à bille {m} |
| ballroom {n} /ˈbɔːlɹuːm/ (large room used for dancing) | :: salle de bal {f} |
| ballroom {n} (type of elegant dance) | :: danse de salon {f} |
| balls {n} (follow the translations in the entry "ball") SEE: ball | :: |
| balls {n} /bɔːlz/ (testicles) | :: couilles {f-p}, burnes {f-p}, roustons {m-p} |
| balls {n} (bravery) | :: couilles {f-p} |
| balls {n} (rubbish) | :: conneries {f-p} |
| balls {adv} (intensifier: very) | :: putain de |
| ballsack {n} (scrotum) | :: scrotum {m}, bourses {f-p} |
| ballsiness {n} (courage) | :: courage {m}, hardiesse {f} |
| ballsy {adj} /ˈbɔlzi/ (having balls) | :: couillu {m} |
| ballyhoo {n} /bæliˈhuː/ (sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity) | :: battage {m} |
| ballyhoo {n} (species of needlefish) | :: aiguillette {f} |
| balm {n} (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants) SEE: balsam | :: |
| balm {n} (plant or tree yielding such substance) SEE: balsam | :: |
| balm {n} (soothing lotion) SEE: balsam | :: |
| balm {n} (figurative: something soothing) SEE: balsam | :: |
| balmy {adj} /ˈbɑː.mi/ (soothing or fragrant) | :: embaumant, suave |
| balmy {adj} (mild and pleasant) | :: doux, agréable |
| balmy {adj} (colloquial: foolish) | :: cintré, fou, bizarre |
| balneatory {adj} | :: balnéatoire |
| balneology {n} (study of baths and bathing) | :: balnéologie {f} |
| balneotherapy {n} (treatment of disease by bathing) | :: balnéothérapie {f} |
| Balochistan {prop} (region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia) | :: Baloutchistan {m} |
| Balochistan {prop} (province of Pakistan) | :: Baloutchistan {m} |
| balrog {n} /ˈbɔːɫ.ɹɒɡ/ (fiery demonic creature) | :: balrog {m} |
| balsa {n} /ˈbɑlsə/ (a tree) | :: balsa {m} |
| balsa {n} (wood) | :: balsa {m} |
| balsam {n} /ˈbɔːlsəm/ (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants) | :: pommade {f} |
| balsam {n} (soothing ointment) | :: baume {m} |
| balsam {n} (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens) | :: balsamine {f} |
| balsam {n} (balsam fir) SEE: balsam fir | :: |
| balsam fir {n} (Abies balsamea) | :: sapin baumier {m} |
| balsamic vinegar {n} (a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine) | :: vinaigre balsamique {m} |
| Balt {n} /bɔːlt/ (inhabitant of one of the modern Baltic states) | :: Balte {m} {f} |
| Balthazar {prop} /ˈbælθəˌzɔɹ/ (Babylonian king) | :: Balthazar |
| Baltic {prop} (Baltic Sea) SEE: Baltic Sea | :: |
| Baltic {adj} /ˈbɑl.tɪk/ (of the Baltic region or sea) | :: baltique |
| Baltic {adj} (pertaining to the Baltic languages) | :: baltique |
| Baltic {adj} (pertaining to the Balts) | :: baltique |
| Baltic herring {n} (Clupea harengus membras) | :: hareng de la Baltique |
| Baltic Sea {prop} (a sea) | :: mer Baltique {f} |
| Balto-Slavic {adj} (of or pertaining o the Balto-Slavic language, people or culture) | :: balto-slave |
| balun {n} (electronic device) | :: balun {m} |
| baluster {n} /ˈbæl.ʌ.stɹ/ (banister) | :: balustre {f} |
| balustrade {n} /ˈbæl.ə.stɹeɪd/ (row of balusters) | :: balustrade {f} |
| Balzac {prop} (surname) | :: Balzac |
| Balzacian {adj} /balˈzakɪ.ən/ (of or pertaining to Honoré de Balzac or his writings) | :: balzacien |
| Bambara {prop} (language) | :: bambara {m} |
| bamboo {n} /bæmˈbu/ (plant) | :: bambou {m} |
| bamboo {n} (wood) | :: bambou {m} |
| bamboo {adj} (made of bamboo) | :: de bambou |
| bamboo antshrike {n} (a passerine bird) | :: batara des bambous |
| Bamboo Curtain {prop} (political barrier between communist and capitalist in Asia) | :: Rideau de bambou |
| bamboolike {adj} | :: bambusacé |
| bamboo shoot {n} (edible part of some bamboo types) | :: pousses de bambou {p} |
| bamboozle {v} /bæm.ˈbuː.zəl/ (to con, defraud, trick) | :: embrouiller, moquer, enfumer |
| ban {v} /bæn/ (forbid) | :: interdire, proscrire |
| ban {n} (prohibition) | :: interdiction {f}, prohibition {f} |
| Banach space {n} (complete normed vector space) | :: espace de Banach {m} |
| banal {adj} /bəˈnɑːl/ (common) | :: banal |
| banality {n} /bəˈnælɨti/ (quality of being banal) | :: banalité {f} |
| banality {n} (something which is banal) | :: banalité {f} |
| banalize {v} (to make banal) | :: banaliser |
| banana {n} /bəˈnɑːnə/ (fruit) | :: banane {f} |
| banana {n} (plant) | :: bananier {m} |
| banana peel {n} (outermost layer of the banana) | :: peau de banane {f} |
| bananaquit {n} (Coereba flaveola) | :: sucrier à ventre jaune {m} |
| banana republic {n} (country) | :: république bananière {f} |
| banana skin {n} (banana skin) SEE: banana peel | :: |
| banana split {n} /bə.ˈnæ.nə splɪt/ (A dessert containing a banana cut in half) | :: banane Melba {f} |
| Banat {prop} | :: Banat |
| Banbury story of a cock and a bull {n} /ˈbænbɹi ˈstɔːɹi əv ə ˈkɒk ənd ə ˈbʊl/ (roundabout, nonsensical story) | :: une histoire sans queue ni tête |
| band {n} /bænd/ (group of musicians) | :: groupe {f} |
| band {n} (anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society) | :: bande {f} |
| band {n} (Canada: recognized group of aboriginals) | :: bande {f} |
| bandage {n} /ˈbændɪdʒ/ (medical binding) | :: bandage {m}, pansement {m} |
| bandage {v} (to apply a bandage to something) | :: panser |
| bandage {n} (adhesive bandage) SEE: band-aid | :: |
| band-aid {n} /ˈbændeɪd/ (adhesive bandage) | :: pansement {m}, sparadrap {m} |
| Bandar Seri Begawan {prop} /ˌbɑːndəɹ sɪˌɹiː bɪˈɡaʊ.ən/ (capital of Brunei) | :: Bandar Seri Begawan {m} |
| band chief {n} (chair of a band council) | :: chef de bande {m} |
| banded {adj} /ˈbændɪd/ (marked with bands of colour) | :: fascié |
| banded anteater {n} (numbat) SEE: numbat | :: |
| banded mongoose {n} (Mungos mungo) | :: mangouste rayée {f} |
| banderilla {n} /ˌbæn.də.ˈɹiː.jə/ (decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting) | :: banderille {f} |
| banderillero {n} /ˌbændəɹiːˈjeəɹəʊ/ (one who sticks the banderillas in the bull's neck) | :: banderillero {m}, bandérilléro {m} |
| bandicoot {n} /ˈbændiˌkut/ (small Australian marsupial with a long snout) | :: bandicoot {m}, péramélidé {m} |
| bandit {n} /ˈbændɪt/ (one who robs others) | :: voleur {m}, bandit {m} |
| banditry {n} (acts characteristic of a bandit) | :: banditisme {m} |
| bandog {n} (guard dog) SEE: guard dog | :: |
| bandoleer {n} (bandolier) SEE: bandolier | :: |
| bandolier {n} /ˌbændəˈlɪə(ɹ)/ (an ammunition belt) | :: bandoulière {f}, cartouchière {f}, ceinture à munitions {f} |
| bandsaw {n} (a saw whose blade is a continuous band) | :: scie à ruban |
| bandstand {n} /ˈbænd.stænd/ (platform for bands to play on) | :: kiosque {m}, kiosque à musique {m} |
| band-tailed antshrike {n} (bird) | :: batara de Cayenne |
| bandura {n} /bænˈdʊəɹə/ (Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument) | :: bandura {f}, bandoura {f} |
| bandurria {n} (plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body) | :: bandurria {f} |
| bandwidth {n} /ˈbændwɪdθ/ (width of a frequency band) | :: bande passante {f} |
| bandwidth {n} (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit) | :: bande passante {f} |
| bandwidth {n} (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) | :: débit {m}, bande passante {f} |
| bandy {n} /ˈbændi/ (winter sport played on ice) | :: bandy {m} |
| bane {v} (to (kill by) poison) SEE: poison | :: |
| bane {n} (killer) SEE: killer | :: |
| bane {n} /beɪn/ (source of harm or ruin; affliction) | :: fléau {m}, drame {m}, cauchemar {m} |
| baneful {adj} (Deadly) | :: funeste |
| baneful {adj} (Exceedingly harmful) | :: funeste |
| bang {n} /bæŋ(ɡ)/ (A sudden percussive noise) | :: coup {m}, détonation {f} |
| bang {n} (A strike upon an object causing such a noise) | :: coup {m} |
| bang {n} (An explosion) | :: détonation {f}, explosion {f} |
| bang {n} (The symbol !) | :: point d'exclamation {m} |
| bang {v} (to make sudden loud noises) | :: claquer, cogner |
| bang {v} (to hit hard) | :: cogner, frapper |
| bang {v} (slang: to engage in sexual intercourse) | :: baiser, niquer, tirer sa crampe |
| bang {v} (to hammer) | :: marteler |
| bang {interj} (verbal percussive sound) | :: pan |
| Bangalore {prop} /ˈbæŋɡəlɔːɹ/ (state capital of Karnataka, India) | :: Bangalore {m}, Bengaluru {m} |
| Bangalore {prop} | :: Bengaluru, Bangalore |
| bang away {v} (to strike or hit repeatedly) | :: matraquer |
| bang away {v} (to work tirelessly) | :: bûcher, marner, marner |
| bang away {v} (to talk about something constantly and irritatingly) | :: tanner, insister, insister |
| banger {n} (woman's breast) SEE: breast | :: |
| banger {n} /ˈbæŋ(ɡ)ə(ɹ)/ (worn-out car) | :: bagnole {f} |
| bangers and mash {n} (meal of sausages and mashed potato, usually with onions and gravy added) | :: bangers and mash |
| Bangkok {prop} /bæŋˈkɒk/ (the capital of Thailand) | :: Bangkok |
| Bangkokian {n} | :: Bangkokien |
| Bangkokian {adj} | :: bangkokien |
| Bangla {prop} (Bengali) SEE: Bengali | :: |
| Bangladesh {prop} /ˌbæŋ.ɡlə.ˈdɛʃ/ (country) | :: Bangladesh {m} |
| Bangladeshi {n} (person from Bangladesh or of Bangladeshi descent) | :: Bangladais {m}, Bangladeshi {m} |
| bang out {v} (to do something quickly) | :: bâcler, traiter par dessous la jambe, torcher |
| bangs {n} /bæŋz/ (hair that hangs down over the forehead) | :: frange {f} |
| Bangui {prop} (capital of the Central African Republic) | :: Bangui {m} |
| bang up {v} (to damage) | :: démolir, [formal] endommager, [colloquial] flinguer, abimer |
| banish {v} /ˈbænɪʃ/ (to send someone away and forbid that person from returning) | :: bannir |
| banister {n} /ˈbænɪstə(ɹ)/ (the handrail on the side of a staircase) | :: rampe |
| banister {n} (one of the vertical supports of a handrail) | :: balustre {m} |
| banjax {v} /ˈbæn.d͡ʒæks/ (To ruin or destroy) | :: ruiner, détruire |
| banjo {n} /ˈbæn.dʒoʊ/ (a musical instrument) | :: banjo {m} |
| banjoist {n} (person who plays the banjo) | :: banjoïste {m} {f} |
| bank {n} /bæŋk/ (institution) | :: banque {f} |
| bank {n} (branch office) | :: banque {f} |
| bank {n} (storage for important goods) | :: banque {f} |
| bank {n} (edge of river or lake) | :: rive {f} |
| bank {n} (an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank) | :: banc {m} |
| bank {n} (row or panel of items) | :: rang {m} |
| bankable {adj} (reliable) SEE: reliable | :: |
| bankable {adj} (certain to bring profit) | :: bancable {m} {f} |
| bank account {n} (fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank) | :: compte bancaire {m}, compte en banque {m} |
| bankbook {n} (booklet used to record bank transactions) | :: richesse {f}, opulence {f} |
| banked slalom {n} | :: banked slalom |
| banker {n} /ˈbæŋkɚ/ (one who conducts the business of banking) | :: banquier {m}, banquière {f} |
| bank holiday {n} (a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday) | :: jour férié |
| bank machine {n} (automated teller machine) SEE: automated teller machine | :: |
| banknote {n} (paper currency) | :: billet de banque {m}, billet {m}, biffeton {m} [slang] |
| Bank of England {prop} (central bank of the United Kingdom) | :: Banque d'Angleterre {f} |
| Bank of England {prop} (building in Threadneedle Street) | :: Banque d'Angleterre {f} |
| Bank of England {prop} (organisation which controls the bank of United Kingdom) | :: Banque d'Angleterre {f} |
| bankroll {n} (.A roll of banknotes.) | :: un rouleau de billets de banque |
| bankroll {n} (The monetary assets of a person or organization.) | :: fonds, capital,budget |
| bankroll {v} (to fund a project) | :: financer |
| bankrupt {adj} /ˈbæŋk.ɹəpt/ (having been legally declared insolvent) | :: en faillite, failli |
| bankruptcy {n} /ˈbæŋkɹʌptsɪ/ (legally declared or recognised condition of insolvency) | :: faillite {f}, banqueroute {f} |
| bank statement {n} (statement of transactions and balances) | :: relevé de compte {m}, relevé bancaire {m} |
| bankster {n} /ˈbæŋkstə/ | :: bankster {m} |
| banner {n} /ˈbænɚ/ (flag) | :: bannière {f} |
| banner {n} (large sign) | :: banderole {f} |
| banner {n} (large piece of cloth with a slogan or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession) | :: banderole {f} |
| banner {n} (cause or purpose; a campaign or movement) | :: bannière {f} |
| banner {n} (advertisement on a web page) | :: bannière {f} |
| banner {n} (principal standard of a knight) | :: banière {f} |
| banneret {n} /ˌbænəɹˈet/ (nobleman) | :: banneret {m} |
| bannerette {n} (banneret) SEE: banneret | :: |
| bannock {n} /ˈbæ.nək/ (English/Scottish bread) | :: bannique {f} |
| bannock {n} (Indigenous Canadian breads) | :: baigne {m-p}, gallette |
| banns {n} /bænz/ (the announcement of a forthcoming marriage) | :: bans {m-p} |
| banquet {n} /ˈbæŋkwɪt/ (a large celebratory meal; a feast) | :: banquet {m}, festin {m} |
| banshee {n} /bænˈʃiː/ (in Irish folklore, a female spirit) | :: banshee {f}, banshie {f} |
| bantam {n} (chicken) | :: poule naine {f} |
| bantam {n} (sports age division) | :: minime {m} {f} |
| bantamweight {n} (weight in sports) | :: poids coq {m} |
| banter {n} /ˈbæntɚ/ (good humoured conversation) | :: plaisanterie {f}, badinage {m} |
| banter {v} (to engage in banter) | :: badiner |
| banter {v} (to play or do something amusing) | :: s'amuser |
| banter {v} (to tease mildly) | :: taquiner |
| bantustan {n} /ˌbæntuˈstæn/ (territory defined as a homeland for black South Africans) | :: bantoustan {m} |
| banya {n} /ˈbɑːnjə/ (a Russian steam bath) | :: bania {f}, banya {f} |
| banyan {n} /ˈbæn.jən/ (Indian trader, merchant) | :: commerçant indien {m} |
| banyan {n} (tropical Indian fig tree) | :: banian {m} |
| banzai {interj} (hurrah) SEE: hurrah | :: |
| banzai {interj} /ˈbɑːnˈzaɪ/ (a celebratory cheer) | :: banzaï |
| baobab {n} /ˈbeɪoʊˌbæb/ (Adansonia digitata) | :: baobab {m} |
| Baphomet {prop} /ˈbæfɵmɛt/ (pagan deity) | :: Baphomet {m} |
| Baphometic {adj} | :: baphométique |
| baptise {v} (baptise) SEE: baptize | :: |
| baptism {n} /ˈbæptɪzəm/ (Christian sacrament) | :: baptême {m} |
| baptismal {adj} (relating to baptism) | :: baptismal |
| baptismal font {n} (a basin used for baptism) | :: fonts baptismaux {m-p} |
| baptismal name {n} (name given at christening) | :: nom de baptême {m} |
| baptism by fire {n} (baptism of fire) SEE: baptism of fire | :: |
| baptism of desire {n} (the grace given to a believer who ardently desires baptism, but dies before being able to receive it) | :: baptême de désir {m} |
| baptism of fire {n} (the first experience of a severe ordeal) | :: baptême du feu {m} |
| Baptist {n} (adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity) | :: baptiste {m} {f} |
| Baptist {adj} (of the Baptist religious denomination) | :: baptiste |
| baptistry {n} (space where a baptismal font is located) | :: baptistère {m} |
| baptize {v} /ˈbæptaɪz/ (To perform the Christian sacrament of baptism) | :: baptiser |
| baptize {v} (To dedicate or christen) | :: baptiser |
| baptize {v} (Of rum, brandy, or any other spirits, to dilute with water) | :: baptiser, couper |
| bar {n} (vertical bar mark) SEE: pipe | :: |
| bar {n} (music: section of a staff) SEE: measure | :: |
| bar {prep} (with the exception of) SEE: except | :: |
| bar {n} (heraldry: one of the ordinaries) SEE: fess | :: |
| bar {n} (soccer: crossbar) SEE: crossbar | :: |
| bar {n} (strikethrough) SEE: strikethrough | :: |
| bar {n} (music: vertical line across a staff) SEE: bar line | :: |
| bar {n} (solid object with uniform cross-section) | :: barre {f} |
| bar {n} (cuboid piece of any commodity) | :: barre {f} |
| bar {n} (business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages) | :: bar {m}, pub {m}, taverne {f} |
| bar {n} (counter of such a premises) | :: comptoir {m}, zinc {m} [informal] |
| bar {n} (collective term for lawyers) | :: barreau {m} |
| bar {n} (profession of lawyers) | :: barreau |
| bar {n} (nautical: sand formation) | :: barre {f} |
| bar {v} (to obstruct the passage of) | :: bloquer |
| bar {v} (to prohibit) | :: interdire |
| bar {v} (to lock or bolt with a bar) | :: barrer |
| bar {n} (unit of pressure) | :: bar {m} |
| bar association {n} (an organization of lawyers) | :: barreau {m} |
| barb {n} (bit for a horse) SEE: bit | :: |
| barb {n} (beard or something that resembles a beard) SEE: beard | :: |
| barb {n} /bɑː(ɹ)b/ (point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc) | :: ardillon {m} |
| barb {n} (kingfish) SEE: kingfish | :: |
| Barbadian {n} (person from Barbados) | :: Barbadien {m}, Barbadienne {f} |
| Barbadian {adj} (of or relating to Barbados) | :: barbadien {m} |
| Barbados {prop} /bɑɹˈbeɪ.doʊs/ (country in the Caribbean) | :: Barbade {f} |
| Barbara {prop} /ˈbɑɹb(ə)ɹə/ (cognates and transliterations of female given name) | :: Barbara {f}, Barbe {f} |
| barbarian {adj} /bɑɹ.ˈbɛəɹ.i.ən/ (uncivilized) | :: barbare |
| barbarian {n} (uncivilized person) | :: barbare |
| barbarian {n} (derogatory term for someone from a developing country) | :: barbare |
| barbarian {n} (warrior associated with Sword and Sorcery stories) | :: barbare |
| barbaric {adj} /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪk/ (uncivilised) | :: barbare |
| barbarism {n} /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹɪz(ə)m/ (barbaric act) | :: barbarisme {m} |
| barbarism {n} (error in language use) | :: barbarisme {m} |
| barbarity {n} /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪti/ (state of being barbarous) | :: barbarie {f} |
| barbarous {adj} (barbarian) SEE: barbarian | :: |
| barbarous {adj} (barbaric) SEE: barbaric | :: |
| Barbary {prop} /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹi/ (Mediterranean North Africa) | :: Berbérie {f} |
| Barbary dove {n} (Streptopelia risoria) SEE: ringneck dove | :: |
| Barbary lion {n} (Panthera leo leo) | :: lion de barbarie, lion de l'Atlas |
| barbecue {n} /ˈbɑːbɪˌkjuː/ (cooking instrument) | :: barbecue {m} |
| barbecue {v} (grill) SEE: grill | :: |
| barbecue sauce {n} /ˈbɑːbɪkjuː sɔːs/ (type of sauce) | :: sauce barbecue {f} |
| barbed wire {n} (twisted strands of steel wire) | :: fil de fer barbelé {m}, fil barbelé {m}, barbelé {m} |
| barbel {n} /ˈbɑːbəl/ (fish) | :: barbeau {m} |
| barbell {n} (wide steel bar with premeasured weights) | :: haltère {m} |
| barber {n} /ˈbɑː.bə/ (person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards) | :: coiffeur {m}, coiffeuse {f}, barbier {m} |
| barberry {n} /ˈbɑɹbɛɹi/ (Berberis) | :: épine-vinette {f} |
| barber shop {n} (business which offers haircuts to men) SEE: barbershop | :: |
| barbershop {n} (barber's shop) | :: salon de coiffure {m} |
| barber surgeon {n} (medical practitioner) | :: barbier chirurgien {m} |
| barbet {n} (dog) | :: barbet |
| barbetism {n} | :: barbétisme {m} |
| barbican {n} /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bɪkən/ (A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town) | :: barbacane {f} |
| barbiturate {n} /ˌbɑɹˈbɪtʃu.ɪt/ (derivative of barbituric acid that acts as a depressant of the central nervous system) | :: barbiturique |
| barbituric {adj} (barbituric) | :: barbiturique |
| barcarole {n} /ˈbɑːkəɹəʊl/ (Venetian folk song) | :: barcarolle |
| Barcelona {prop} /ˌbɑɹsəˈloʊnə/ (capital of Catalonia) | :: Barcelone |
| Barcelonan {adj} (from Barcelona) SEE: Barcelonian | :: |
| Barcelonan {n} (someone from Barcelona) SEE: Barcelonian | :: |
| Barcelonian {adj} (from Barcelona) | :: barcelonais |
| Barcelonian {n} (someone from Barcelona) | :: Barcelonais {m}, Barcelonaise {f} |
| barchan {n} /bɑː(ɹ)ˈkɑːn/ (arc-shaped sand ridge) | :: barkhane {f} |
| barcode {n} /ˈbɑː(ɹ)kəʊd/ (set of machine-readable parallel bars) | :: code-barres {m}, code à barres {m} |
| barcode reader {n} (electronic device) | :: lecteur de code-barres {m} |
| barcode scanner {n} (barcode reader) SEE: barcode reader | :: |
| bar-crested antshrike {n} (a passerine bird of the antbird family) | :: batara de Lafresnaye |
| bard {n} /bɑːd/ (professional poet and singer) | :: barde {m} |
| Bardet-Biedl syndrome {prop} | :: syndrome de Bardet-Biedl {m} |
| bardiche {n} /ˈbɑː(ɹ)diːʃ/ (weapon) | :: bardiche {f} |
| bardo {n} /ˈbɑːdəʊ/ (state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation) | :: bardo |
| bardolator {n} /bɑɹˈdɑlətɚ/ (One who loves or worships the works of William Shakespeare) | :: bardolâtre |
| bardolatry {n} /ˈbɑː(ɹ).dɒlətɹɪi/ (excessive worship of William Shakespeare) | :: bardolâtrie |
| bare {adj} /bɛəɹ/ (minimal) | :: minimal |
| bare {adj} (naked, uncovered) | :: nu {m}, nue {f} |
| bare {adv} (barely) SEE: barely | :: |
| bare-arse {adj} (with the buttocks exposed) | :: cul-nu, nu-le-cul |
| bareback {adv} /ˈbɛəbæk/ (without a saddle) | :: à cru |
| bare-bottomed {adj} (having an unclothed rear) | :: cul-nu |
| bare-bum {adj} (with the bum exposed) | :: cul-nu, nu-le-cul |
| bare-butt {adj} (with the butt exposed) | :: cul-nu, nu-le-cul |
| barechested {adj} (shirtless) | :: torse nu |
| barefoot {adj} /ˈbɛɹfʊt/ (wearing nothing on the feet) | :: pieds nus |
| barefoot {adv} (wearing nothing on the feet) | :: pieds nus |
| barefoot doctor {n} (farmer with basic medical training) | :: médecin aux pieds nus {m} |
| barefooted {adj} (barefoot) SEE: barefoot | :: |
| barefooted {adv} (barefoot) SEE: barefoot | :: |
| bareheaded {adj} (having no covering on the head) | :: nu-tête |
| bareheaded {adv} (with no covering on the head) | :: nu-tête |
| barely {adv} /ˈbɛɹ.li/ (by a small margin) | :: à peine |
| barely {adv} (merely) SEE: merely | :: |
| Barents Sea {prop} (part of the Arctic Ocean) | :: mer de Barents {f} |
| bare one's teeth {v} ((figuratively) to show aggression) | :: montrer les dents |
| barf {n} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| barf {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| barfly {n} /bɑɹflaɪ/ (person who spends much time in a bar) | :: pilier de bar, pilier de comptoir {m} |
| bargain {n} /ˈbɑːɡən/ (agreement or contract concerning sale of property) | :: accord {m} |
| bargain {n} (item bought at a low price) | :: affaire {f}, bonne affaire {f} |
| bargain {v} (to make a bargain) | :: marchander |
| bargaining chip {n} (leverage at negotiations) | :: monnaie d'échange {f} |
| barge {n} /bɑːdʒ/ (flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters) | :: chaland {m} |
| barge in {v} (to intrude) | :: faire irruption, s'imposer, débouler [colloquial] |
| Bari {prop} (area of Italy) | :: Bari {m} |
| Bari {prop} (town in Italy) | :: Bari {m} |
| barista {n} /baˈɹista/ (person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers) | :: barista {m} {f} |
| barite {n} (mineral) | :: barite, baryte {f}, barote {f}, barytine {f} |
| baritone {n} /ˈbɛɹ.ɪ.toʊn/ (male voice) | :: baryton {m} |
| baritone horn {n} (baritone horn) SEE: baritone | :: |
| barium {n} /ˈbɛəɹɪəm/ (chemical element) | :: baryum {m} |
| bark {v} /bɑːk/ (to make a loud noise (dogs)) | :: aboyer, japper |
| bark {v} (to make a clamor) | :: aboyer |
| bark {n} (short, loud, explosive utterance) | :: aboiement {m} |
| bark {n} (exterior covering of a tree) | :: écorce {f} |
| bark {v} (to strip the bark from, to peel) | :: écorcer |
| bark {n} (three-masted vessel, foremast and mainmast square-rigged, mizzenmast schooner-rigged) | :: barque {f} |
| bark {v} (to girdle) SEE: girdle | :: |
| barker {n} (person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby) | :: aboyeur {m} |
| barking {n} | :: aboiement {m} |
| barking deer {n} (muntjac) SEE: muntjac | :: |
| barking dogs seldom bite {proverb} (people who make threats rarely carry them out) | :: chien qui aboie ne mord pas |
| Barksian {adj} /ˈbɑɹksi.ən/ | :: barksien |
| bark up the wrong tree {v} (bark up the wrong tree) | :: faire fausse route, se mettre le doigt dans l'œil (to put one's finger into the eye), miser sur le mauvais cheval (to bet on the wrong horse) |
| barley {n} /ˈbɑɹli/ (Hordeum vulgare or its grains) | :: orge {f} |
| barley sugar {n} (sweet) | :: sucre d’orge {m} |
| bar line {n} (vertical line across a staff) | :: barre de mesure {f} |
| barmaid {n} /ˈbɑː(ɹ)meɪd/ (woman who serves in a bar) | :: barmaid {f} |
| barman {n} (bartender) SEE: bartender | :: |
| bar mitzvah {n} /ˌbɑː(ɹ)ˈmɪts.və/ (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys) | :: bar-mitsva {f}, bar-mitsvah {f}, Bar Mitzva {f}, Bar Mitzvah {f} |
| barn {n} (child) SEE: child | :: |
| barn {n} /bɑɹn/ (building) | :: grange {f}, fenil {m} |
| barn {n} (unit) | :: barn {m} |
| Béarn {prop} (former viscounty) | :: Béarn |
| Barnabas {prop} /ˈbɑɹnəbəs/ (An early Christian) | :: Barnabé |
| barnacle {n} (instrument to fix on the nose of a vicious horse) SEE: twitch | :: |
| barnacle {n} (barnacle goose) SEE: barnacle goose | :: |
| barnacle {n} /ˈbɑːnəkl̩/ (marine crustacean) | :: pouce-pied {m} |
| barnacle goose {n} (Branta leucopsis) | :: bernache nonnette {f} |
| béarnaise sauce {n} (sauce) | :: béarnaise {f} |
| Barnaul {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Barnaoul {m} |
| bar none {adv} (without exception) | :: sans exception |
| barn owl {n} /ˈbɑːn ˌaʊl/ (Tyto alba) | :: chouette effraie {f} |
| barn swallow {n} (species of swallow) | :: hirondelle rustique {f}, hirondelle de cheminée {f}, hirondelle des granges {f} |
| barochory {n} (The dispersal of seeds, spores, or fruit by gravity alone.) | :: barochorie {f} |
| bar of chocolate {n} (chocolate bar) SEE: chocolate bar | :: |
| bar of chocolate {n} (slab of chocolate) | :: tablette de chocolat {f} |
| Barolo {n} /bəˈɹoʊloʊ/ (wine made from Nebbiolo grapes) | :: barolo {m} |
| barometer {n} /bəˈɹɑməɾɚ/ (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure) | :: baromètre {m} |
| barometric {adj} /ˌbæɹəˈmetɹɪk/ (of or pertaining to atmospheric pressure) | :: barométrique |
| barometz {n} /ˈbæɹəmɛts/ (half-animal and half-plant said to grow in the form of a sheep, see also: vegetable lamb) | :: barometz {m} |
| baron {n} /ˈbæɹən/ (male ruler of a barony) | :: baron {m} |
| baroness {n} /ˌbæ.ɹəˈnɛs/ (female ruler of a barony) | :: baronne {f} |
| baronial {adj} /bəˈɹəʊnɪəɫ/ (belonging or relating to a baron) | :: baronnial |
| barony {n} /ˈbæ.ɹə.ni/ (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) | :: baronnie {f} |
| barophily {n} | :: barophilie {f} |
| Baroque guitar {n} (archaic form of guitar from the Baroque era) | :: guitare baroque {f}, guitare à cinq chœurs {f} |
| baroscope {n} (barometer) SEE: barometer | :: |
| barotrauma {n} (tissue damage caused by air pressure difference) | :: barotraumatisme {m} |
| barque {n} /bɑɹk/ (sailing vessel, all masts but sternmost square-rigged) | :: barque {f} |
| barrack {n} /ˈbæ.ɹək/ (a building for soldiers) | :: caserne {f}, chambrée {f}, quartier {m} |
| barracks {n} (buildings used by military personnel) SEE: barrack | :: |
| barracuda {n} (predatory competitor) SEE: shark | :: |
| barrage {n} /bəˈɹɑːʒ/ (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river) | :: barrage {m} |
| barramundi {n} (species of diadromous fish) | :: barramundi {m} |
| barrator {n} /ˈbæɹətə(ɹ)/ (who vexes others with frequent and needless lawsuits) | :: quérulent {m}, procédurier {m} |
| barre {n} (a handrail fixed to a wall) | :: barre {f} |
| barred antshrike {n} (a passerine bird) | :: batara rayé |
| barred owl {n} | :: chouette rayée {f} |
| barrel {n} (tube) SEE: tube | :: |
| barrel {n} (jar) SEE: jar | :: |
| barrel {n} /ˈbæɹəl/ (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop) | :: tonneau, barrique {f} |
| barrel {n} (quantity) | :: baril {m} |
| barrel {n} (metallic tube of a gun) | :: canon {m} |
| barrel {n} (part of a clarinet) | :: barillet {m} |
| barrel {v} (o put or to pack in a barrel or barrels) | :: embariller |
| barrel bomb {n} | :: bombe baril |
| barrel organ {n} (pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel) | :: orgue de Barbarie {m} |
| barrel roll {n} (aerobatic maneuver) | :: tonneau {m} |
| barrel roll {n} (full 360° horizontal rotation by a car) | :: tonneau {m} |
| barren {adj} /ˈbæɹən/ (unable to bear children; sterile) | :: stérile |
| barricade {n} /ˌbæɹɪˈkeɪd/ (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence) | :: barricade {f} |
| barricade {v} (to close or block a road etc., using a barricade) | :: barricader |
| barrier {n} /ˈbæɹi.əɹ/ (structure that bars passage) | :: barrière |
| barrier {n} (obstacle or impediment) | :: barrière |
| barrier {n} (boundary or limit) | :: limite, frontière |
| barrister {n} /ˈbæ.ɹɪst.ə(ɹ)/ (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts) | :: bâtonnier {m} |
| barrow {n} /ˈbæɹoʊ/ (mound of earth and stones raised over a grave) | :: tumulus {m} |
| barrow {n} (small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand) | :: brouette |
| barrow {n} (castrated boar) | :: castrat {m} |
| Barrèsian {adj} | :: barrésien |
| bars {n} /ˈbɑː(ɹ)z/ (grating, grill, grid) | :: grille {f} |
| barse {n} /bɑːs/ (fish) | :: loup {m} |
| bar shot {n} (double-headed shot connected by a bar) | :: boulet ramé {m} |
| bar-tailed godwit {n} (bar-tailed godwit) | :: barge rousse {f} |
| bartender {n} /ˈbɑːˌtɛndə(ɹ)/ (person who works in a bar) | :: barman {m} |
| barter {n} /ˈbɑɹtɚ/ (exchange of goods or services) | :: troc {m} |
| barter {v} (exchange goods or services without involving money) | :: troquer |
| Bartholomew {prop} /bɑɹˈθɑləmju/ (the Apostle) | :: Barthélemy {m} |
| Bartholomew {prop} (male given name) | :: Barthélemy |
| Bartonian {prop} | :: Bartonien |
| Baruch {prop} /ˈbɛərək/ (given name) | :: Baruch {m} |
| barycenter {n} (physics: center of a mass) | :: barycentre {m} |
| barycentre {n} (barycenter) SEE: barycenter | :: |
| barycentric {adj} (of or pertaining to a center of gravity) | :: barycentrique |
| baryon {n} /ˈbɛəɹiɒn/ (heavy subatomic particle) | :: baryon {m} |
| baryonic {adj} (of or pertaining to baryons) | :: baryonique |
| barysphere {n} | :: barysphère {f} |
| barytes {n} (barite) SEE: barite | :: |
| basal layer {n} (the deepest layer of the epidermis) | :: stratum germinativum {m}, stratum basale {m} |
| basal metabolic rate {n} (amount of energy expended while at rest) | :: taux métabolique de base |
| basalt {n} /bəˈsɑlt/ (hard rock) | :: basalte |
| bascinet {n} /ˌbæsɪˈnet/ (light helmet) | :: bassinet {m} |
| bascule bridge {n} (type of movable bridge) | :: pont basculant {m} |
| base {n} /beɪs/ (something from which other things extend) | :: base |
| base {n} (starting point of thought) | :: base |
| base {n} (permanent structure for housing military) | :: base, caserne {f} |
| base {n} (chemical compound that will neutralize an acid) | :: base |
| base {n} (baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety) | :: base {f}, but {m}, coussin {m} |
| base {n} (electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor) | :: base {f} |
| base {n} (geometry: lowest side or face) | :: base |
| base {n} (heraldic charge: lowest third of a shield or escutcheon) | :: champagne {f} |
| base {n} (heraldry: lower part of the field) | :: champagne {f} |
| base {v} (have as its foundation or starting point) | :: baser |
| base {adj} (low) | :: bas, abject, indigne, ignoble |
| base {adj} (of inferior quality) | :: indigne, ignoble |
| base {n} (bass) SEE: bass | :: |
| base {n} (apron) SEE: apron | :: |
| base {n} (radix) SEE: radix | :: |
| base {n} (housing of a horse) SEE: housing | :: |
| baseball {n} /ˈbeɪs.bɔl/ (ball game) | :: baseball {m}, base-ball {m} |
| baseball {n} (ball used in baseball-game) | :: balle de baseball {f} |
| baseball bat {n} (device which is swung to try to make contact with baseballs) | :: batte de base-ball {f} |
| baseball cap {n} /ˈbeɪs.bɔl ˌkæp/ (cap) | :: casquette de baseball {f} |
| baseball player {n} (a person who plays baseball) | :: joueur de baseball {m} |
| baseboard {n} (panel or molding between floor and interior wall) SEE: skirting board | :: |
| base class {n} | :: classe de base {f} |
| base hit {n} ((baseball) a successful hit) | :: coup sûr {m} |
| Basel {prop} (city in Switzerland) | :: Bâle {f} |
| Basel-Country {prop} (canton) | :: Bâle-Campagne |
| baseless {adj} (based on something that is not true) SEE: unfounded | :: |
| baseline {n} /ˈbeɪslaɪn/ (datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison) | :: référence |
| baseline {n} (tennis: chalk line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play) | :: ligne de fond de court {f}, ligne de fond {f} |
| Basel-Stadt {prop} (canton) | :: Bâle-Ville |
| basement {n} /ˈbeɪsmənt/ (floor below ground level) | :: sous-sol {m}, cave {f} |
| basement {n} (mass of rock) | :: socle {m} |
| Basenji {n} /bəˈsɛndʒi/ (Basenji) | :: basenji {m} |
| base note {n} (The heavily volatile and thus most-lasting parts of a perfume, often of ligneous, resinous or animalic nature) | :: fond {m}, note de fond {f}, note de base {f}, fixateur {m} |
| base station subsystem {n} ((telecommunications)) | :: sous-système radio |
| bash {v} (collide) SEE: collide | :: |
| basha {n} /ˈbæʃə/ (tarpaulin) | :: bâche |
| bashful {adj} /ˈbæʃfəɫ/ (inclined to avoid notice) | :: timide |
| Bashkir {prop} /bɑːʃˈkɪəɹ/ (language) | :: bachkir, bashkir |
| Bashkiria {prop} (Bashkortostan) SEE: Bashkortostan | :: |
| Bashkortostan {prop} /bɑʃˈkɔɹtoə̯stɛən/ (federal subject of Russia) | :: Bachkirie {f} |
| Bashkortostani {adj} (Bashkir) SEE: Bashkir | :: |
| Bashkortostani {n} (Bashkir) SEE: Bashkir | :: |
| bashlyk {n} /ˈbæʃ.lɪk/ (protective cone-shaped hood) | :: bachlyk {m} |
| bash the bishop {v} (slang for masturbate (male)) | :: étrangler le borgne, s'astiquer le manche, se tutoyer, s'astiquer le poireau, se crosser [Quebec], se taper une queue |
| bash up {v} (assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury) | :: cogner |
| basic {adj} /ˈbeɪsɪk/ (necessary, essential for life or some process) | :: basique |
| basic {adj} (elementary, simple, merely functional) | :: basique |
| basic {adj} (chemistry: of a base) | :: basique |
| basically {adv} /ˈbeɪsɪk(ə)li/ (in a fundamental or basic manner) | :: foncièrement, sommairement, à la base |
| basic income {n} (basic income) | :: revenu de base {m} |
| basic research {n} (type of research) | :: recherche fondamentale {f} |
| basidiomycete {n} (fungus of phylum Basidiomycota) | :: basidiomycète {m} |
| basidium {n} /bəˈsɪdɪəm/ (small club shaped structure) | :: baside {f} |
| basifixed {adj} | :: basifixe |
| basil {n} /ˈbæz.əl/ (plant) | :: basilic {m} |
| basil {n} (herb) | :: basilic {m} |
| Basil {prop} /ˈbæz.əl/ (male given name) | :: Basile {m} |
| basilean {n} (partisan of a king) SEE: royalist | :: |
| basilect {n} /ˈbæsɪlekt/ (variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form) | :: basilecte |
| basilica {n} /bəˈsɪlɪkə/ (Christian church building having a nave) | :: basilique {f} |
| Basilicata {prop} (region of southern Italy) | :: Basilicate |
| basilisk {n} /ˈbæs.ɪ.lɪsk/ (snake-like dragon type) | :: basilic {m} |
| basilisk {n} (type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)) | :: basilic {m} |
| basilisk {n} (type of large brass cannon) | :: basilic {m} |
| basin {n} /ˈbeɪsɪn/ (wide bowl for washing) | :: cuvette {f}, bassine {f}, lavabo {m} |
| basin {n} (area of land that drains into a common outlet) | :: bassin {m} |
| basin {n} (rock formation scooped out by water erosion) | :: bassin {m} |
| basion {n} ((anatomy) middle of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum of the skull) | :: basion {m} |
| basipodium {n} | :: basipode {m} |
| basis {n} /ˈbeɪsɪs/ (starting point for an argument) | :: base {f} |
| basis {n} (underlying condition) | :: base {f} |
| basis {n} (linearly independent, spanning set of vectors) | :: base {f} |
| basis point {n} (one hundredth of one percentage point) | :: point de base {m} |
| bask {v} /bɑːsk/ (to bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat) | :: (colloquial) lézarder |
| basket {n} /ˈbɑːskɪt/ (container) | :: panier {m} |
| basket {n} (wire or plastic container for carrying articles for purchase) SEE: shopping basket | :: |
| basketball {n} /ˈbæs.kɪt.bɔːl/ (the sport) | :: basket-ball {m}, basketball {m}, ballon-panier {m} [Canada, rare] |
| basketball court {n} (area) | :: terrain de basketball {m} |
| basketball player {n} (person who plays basketball) | :: basketteur {m}, basketteuse {f} |
| basket case {n} (one made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic or stress) | :: loque {f}, épave {f} |
| basketful {n} (the amount that will fit into a basket) | :: hottée {f} |
| basketmaker {n} (person who weaves baskets) | :: vannier {m}, vannière {f}, tresseur de paniers {m}, tresseuse de paniers {f} |
| basketweaver {n} (one who takes part in the craft of basketweaving) | :: tresseur de paniers {m}, tresseuse de paniers {f} |
| basking shark {n} (Cetorhinus maximus) | :: requin pèlerin {m} |
| Basler {n} /ˈbɑːzlə(ɹ)/ (someone from Basel) | :: Bâlois {m}, Bâloise {f} |
| Basmachi {prop} (a rebel against the Russian or Soviet rule in Central Asia) | :: basmatchi {m} |
| basophil {n} /ˈbeɪsəfɪl/ (cell) | :: basophile {m} |
| basque {n} /bæsk/ (part of waistcoat) | :: basque {f} |
| basque {n} (corset) | :: guêpière {f} |
| Basque {n} /bɑːsk/ (language) | :: basque {m} |
| Basque {n} (member of a people) | :: Basque {m} {f}, Basquais {m}, Basquaise {f} |
| Basque {adj} (relative to the Basque people or their language) | :: basque {m} {f}, basquaise {f} |
| Basque Country {prop} (geographical region in Spain and France) | :: Pays basque |
| Basque Country {prop} (autonomous community within Spain) | :: Pays basque {m} |
| Basque Shepherd Dog {n} (Basque Shepherd Dog) | :: berger basque {m} |
| Basra {prop} (city in Iraq) | :: Bassorah |
| Bas-Rhin {prop} (département) | :: Bas-Rhin {m} |
| bass {adj} /beɪs/ (low in pitch) | :: bas, grave |
| bass {n} (low spectrum of sound) | :: basse {f} |
| bass {n} (singer) | :: basse {f} |
| bass {n} (musical instrument) | :: basse {f} |
| bass {n} /bæs/ (perch) | :: bar {m}, perche {m} |
| bass bar {n} (long wooden strip) | :: barre d'harmonie {f} |
| bass clarinet {n} (bass instrument in the clarinet family) | :: clarinette basse {f} |
| bass clef {n} /ˈbeɪsklɛf/ (music symbol) | :: clé de fa {f} |
| bass drum {n} /ˈbeɪsˌdɹʌm/ (large drum with a low pitch) | :: grosse caisse {f} |
| Basseterre {prop} (capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis) | :: Basseterre {f} |
| Basse-Terre {prop} (capital city of Guadeloupe) | :: Basse-Terre |
| basset horn {n} (alto instrument of the clarinet family) | :: cor de basset {m} |
| bass fiddle {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| bass guitar {n} /ˈbeɪsɡɪˈtɑːɹ/ (stringed musical instrument) | :: guitare basse {f} |
| bassinet {n} /ˌbæsɪnˈet/ (a newborn baby's bed, typically made of woven reeds or straw) | :: bercelonnette {f} |
| bassist {n} /ˈbeɪs.ɪst/ (musician) | :: bassiste {m} |
| basso continuo {n} (continuous realization of harmony) | :: basse continue {f} |
| bassoon {n} /bəˈsuːn/ (musical instrument in the woodwind family) | :: basson {m} |
| bassoonist {n} (person who plays the bassoon) | :: basson {m} [person], bassoniste {m} {f} |
| bass viol {n} (musical instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| bass violin {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| bastard {n} /ˈbɑːs.təd/ (person born to unmarried parents) | :: bâtard {m}, bâtarde {f} |
| bastard {n} (mongrel) | :: bâtard {m}, croisé {m} |
| bastard {n} (contemptible etc. person) | :: fils de pute {m}, salopard {m}, salaud, enfoiré {m} |
| bastard {n} (humorously: man, fellow) | :: enculé {m}, enfoiré {m}, salopard {m} |
| bastard {n} (informal: child that does not know his father) | :: bâtard {m} |
| bastard {n} (informal: something extremely difficult or unpleasant) | :: saloperie {f}, saleté {f} |
| bastard {n} | :: bâtard {m} |
| bastard {adj} (of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)) | :: bâtard |
| bastard {adj} (of or like a bastard (bad person)) | :: bâtard |
| bastard {adj} (of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross) | :: croisé |
| bastard {adj} (of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc.)) | :: simili |
| bastard {adj} (spurious, lacking genuinity of authenticity) | :: faux |
| bastard {interj} (exclamation of dismay) | :: enculé, merde, bordel de merde, vingt dieux, rogntudju, scrogneugneu |
| bastard sugar {n} (type of sugar) | :: cassonade blanche, sucre bâtard |
| baste {v} /beɪst/ (sew with long or loose stitches) | :: bâtir, faufiler |
| Bastia {prop} (town) | :: Bastia |
| Bastian {prop} /ˈbæsti.ən/ (Cognates to Bastian) | :: Bastien |
| bastide {n} (mansion in Provence) | :: bastide {f} |
| bastide {n} (new town in Provence) | :: bastide {f} |
| bastille {n} (prison) SEE: prison | :: |
| bastille {n} (fortress) SEE: fortress | :: |
| bastille {n} (citadel) SEE: citadel | :: |
| bastille {n} /bæˈstɪəɫ/ (castle tower, or fortified building; small citadel or fortress) | :: bastion {m} |
| Bastille {prop} /bæˈstɪəɫ/ (a prison in France) | :: Bastille {f} |
| Bastille Day {prop} (French national holiday) | :: Fête Nationale |
| bat {n} /bæt/ (small flying mammal) | :: chauve-souris {f}, chauvesouris {f} |
| bat {n} (club used for striking the ball in sports) | :: batte {f}, bâton {m} [baseball, softball, Canada] |
| Batavophone {n} (Dutch speaker) | :: néerlandophone |
| batch {n} /bæt͡ʃ/ (quantity of baked goods made at one time) | :: fournée {f} |
| batch {n} (quantity of anything produced in one operation) | :: lot {m} |
| batch {n} (group or collection of things of the same kind) | :: jeu {m} |
| batch {n} (computing) | :: lot {m} |
| batch file {n} (file containing instructions for OS) | :: fichier batch {m} |
| bate {v} (simple past of beat) SEE: beat | :: |
| bate {v} (masturbate) SEE: masturbate | :: |
| bat-eared fox {n} (Otocyon megalotis) | :: renard à oreilles de chauve-souris {m}, chien oreillard {m}, otocyon {m} |
| bateleur {n} /ˌbætəˈlɜː/ (Terathopius ecaudatus) | :: bateleur des savanes {m} |
| Batesian mimicry {n} (resemblance of a non-poisonous species to a poisonous one) | :: mimétisme de Bates {m} |
| bath {n} /bæθ⁓bɛəθ⁓beəθ/ (tub) | :: bain {m}, baignoire {f} |
| bath {n} (room) | :: salle de bains {f} |
| bath {n} (act of bathing) | :: bain {m} |
| bath {v} (To wash a person or animal in a bath) | :: baigner |
| bathe {v} /beɪð/ (to clean oneself with water) | :: prendre un bain |
| bathe {v} (to immerse oneself in water) | :: se baigner |
| bathe {v} (to clean a person by immersion in water) | :: faire prendre un bain, baigner |
| bathe {v} (to apply water to) | :: baigner |
| bathe {v} (to cover or surround) | :: baigner |
| bathe {n} (act of bathing) | :: baignade {f}, [in compound words or expressions] bain {m} |
| bathe {v} (to sunbathe) SEE: sunbathe | :: |
| bather {n} /ˈbeɪðə(ɹ)/ (One who bathes or swims) | :: baigneur {m}, baigneuse {f}, nageur {m}, nageuse {f} |
| bathhouse {n} (a building with baths for communal use) | :: bains {m-p} |
| bathing {n} /ˈbeɪˌðɪŋ(ɡ)/ (act of bathing) | :: baignade {f} |
| bathing cap {n} (cap worn by swimmers) SEE: swim cap | :: |
| bathing suit {n} (tight fitting garment for swimming) SEE: swimsuit | :: |
| bathing trunks {n} (pair of shorts or briefs) SEE: swimming trunks | :: |
| bathmology {n} (bathmology) | :: bathmologie {f} |
| bathmotropic {adj} | :: bathmotrope |
| bathochromic {adj} | :: bathochrome |
| bathometer {n} (instrument) | :: bathymètre, bathomètre |
| Bathonian {prop} | :: Bathonien |
| bathos {n} (depth) SEE: depth | :: |
| bathos {n} (nadir) SEE: nadir | :: |
| bathos {n} /ˈbeɪθɒs/ (unintentional failure at artistic effect) | :: bathos |
| bathos {n} (overdone pathos) | :: mauvais pathos |
| bathrobe {n} /ˈbæθɹoʊb/ (terrycloth robe) | :: peignoir {m}, sortie de bain {f} |
| bathroom {n} /ˈbɑːθ.ɹuːm/ (a room with a bathtub) | :: salle de bains {f} |
| bathroom {n} (room with a toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| bathroom scales {n} (flat floor-mounted scales) | :: pèse-personne {m} |
| Bathsheba {prop} /bæθˈʃiːbə/ (biblical character) | :: Bethsabée |
| Bathsheba {prop} (female given name) | :: Bethsabée |
| bath towel {n} (towel for drying the body) | :: serviette de bain {f} |
| bathtub {n} /ˈbæθtʌb/ (large container in which a person may bathe) | :: baignoire |
| bathydemersal {n} (a demersed fish) | :: bathydémersal |
| bathymeter {n} (bathometer) SEE: bathometer | :: |
| bathymetric {adj} (of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry) | :: bathymétrique |
| bathymetry {n} (the measurement of the depths of the seas) | :: bathymétrie {f} |
| bathyscaphe {n} /ˈbæθɪˌskeɪv/ (self-propelled deep-sea submersible) | :: bathyscaphe {m} |
| bathysphere {n} /ˈbæθɪˌsfɪə(ɹ)/ (diving chamber) | :: bathysphère {f} |
| batik {n} /bəˈtiːk/ (A method of dyeing fabric) | :: batik |
| batman {n} /ˈbætmən/ (servant to an army officer) | :: ordonnance {m} {f} |
| Batman {prop} /ˈbætmæn/ (the bat-themed hero) | :: Batman |
| baton {n} /bəˈtɑn/ (music: conductor's stick) | :: baguette {f} |
| baton {n} (sports: object transferred by relay runners) | :: relai {m}, relais {m}, témoin {m} |
| baton {n} (club of the police) | :: matraque {f} |
| baton {v} (to strike with a baton) | :: frapper avec un bâton |
| bat one's eyelashes {v} (bat one's eyes) SEE: bat one's eyes | :: |
| bat one's eyes {v} (to flutter one's eyelashes, romantically) | :: faire les yeux doux |
| Bats {prop} (language) | :: Bats |
| Bats {prop} (a commune in France) | :: Bats |
| batshit {adj} /ˈbæt.ʃɪt/ (insane) | :: cintré, cinglé, zoné, gelé, pété par la gelée |
| battalion {n} /bəˈtælɪən/ (army unit) | :: bataillon {m} |
| battalion {n} (any large body of troops) | :: bataillon {m} |
| batter {n} /ˈbætəɹ/ (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) | :: pâte {f} |
| batter {n} (player attempting to hit the ball) | :: batteur {m}, frappeur {m} |
| battered {adj} (beaten up through a lot of use) | :: usé |
| battering ram {n} (type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls) | :: bélier {m} |
| battery {n} /ˈbætəɹi/ (device storing electricity) | :: pile {f}, batterie {f} |
| battery {n} (legal: act of unlawful violence) | :: coups et blessures |
| battery {n} (coordinated group of artillery) | :: batterie {f} |
| battery {n} (array of similar things) | :: batterie {f} |
| battery {n} (set of cages for hens) | :: batterie {f} |
| battery electric vehicle {n} (electric vehicle that uses chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs) | :: véhicules électriques à batterie {f} |
| batting {n} /ˈbætɪŋ/ (material used to stuff) | :: bourre {f}, rembourrage {m} |
| batting {n} (cotton for surgery) | :: ouate {f} |
| batting {n} | :: ouate {f} |
| batting average {n} (cricket, baseball) | :: moyenne au bâton {f}, moyenne à la batte {f} |
| batting order {n} (the order in which players go to bat) | :: ordre de frappe {m} |
| battle {n} /ˈbætl̩/ (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat) | :: lutte {f}, bataille {f} |
| battle {n} (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life) | :: lutte {f} |
| battle {v} ((intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight) | :: lutter |
| battle axe {n} (electric guitar) SEE: electric guitar | :: |
| battle-cruiser {n} (type of warship) | :: croiseur de bataille {m} |
| battle cry {n} (something the troops yell out when going to war or battle) | :: cri de guerre {m} |
| battlefield {n} (field of a land battle) | :: champ de bataille {m} |
| battleground {n} (location) SEE: battlefield | :: |
| battleground {n} /ˈbætəlˌɡɹaʊnd/ (subject of dispute) | :: champ de bataille |
| battlement {n} /ˈbætəɫmənt/ (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) | :: rempart {m} |
| Battle of Britain {prop} (series of air engagements between the British Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe during World War II) | :: bataille d'Angleterre {f} |
| battleship {n} (warship) | :: cuirassé {m} |
| battleship {n} (guessing game) | :: bataille navale {f} |
| battleship {n} | :: cuirassé {m} |
| battology {n} /bæˈtɑː.lə.dʒi/ | :: battologie {f} |
| battue {n} /bəˈt(j)uː/ (form of hunting) | :: battue {f} |
| bauble {n} /ˈbɔbəl/ (cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery) | :: babiole {f} |
| bauble {n} (small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees) | :: boule de Noël {f} |
| baud {n} /bɔːd/ (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second) | :: baud {m} |
| Baudelairean {adj} /ˌboʊdəˈlɛɹi.ən/ (of or pertaining to Baudelaire or his works) | :: baudelairien |
| Baumé {n} (type of densimeter) | :: baumé {m} |
| bauxite {n} /ˈbɔːksaɪt/ (ore) | :: bauxite {f} |
| Bavaria {prop} /bəˈveəɹɪə/ (state) | :: Bavière {f} |
| Bavarian {adj} /bəˈvɛəɹɪən/ (of or pertaining to Bavaria) | :: bavarois |
| Bavarian {n} (person from Bavaria or of Bavarian descent) | :: Bavarois {m}, Bavaroise {f} |
| bavarois {n} /ˌbɑvɚˈwɑ/ (pudding) | :: bavarois {m} |
| bavette {n} (flank steak) SEE: flank steak | :: |
| bawdy {adj} /ˈbɔdi/ (obscene) | :: grivois, paillard |
| bawl {v} /bɔl/ ((intransitive) To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner) | :: hurler |
| bawl {v} ((intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry) | :: hurler |
| bay {n} /beɪ/ (shrub) | :: laurier {m} |
| bay {n} (herb) | :: laurier {m} |
| bay {n} (body of water) | :: baie {f} |
| bay {n} (compartment) | :: compartiment {m}, baie {f} |
| bay {v} (to howl) | :: aboyer |
| bay {adj} (of reddish-brown color) | :: bai |
| Bay {prop} | :: La Baie |
| bayan {n} (a Russian accordion) | :: bayan {m} |
| bayard {adj} (reddish brown) | :: bai (more specific) |
| bay cat {n} (Catopuma badia) | :: chat bai {m} |
| Bayesian {adj} /ˈbeɪzɪən/ (of or pertaining to Thomas Bayes) | :: bayésien |
| Bayeux {prop} /baɪˈjɜː/ (town in Normandy) | :: Bayeux |
| bay leaf {n} (herb) | :: feuille de laurier {f} |
| Bay of Bengal {prop} (Large bay in the northeastern Indian Ocean) | :: golfe du Bengale {m} |
| Bay of Biscay {prop} (gulf) | :: golfe de Gascogne {m} |
| Bay of Fundy {prop} | :: Baie de Fundy, baie de Fundy |
| bayonet {n} /ˈbeɪə(ʊ)nɨt/ (weapon) | :: baïonnette {f} |
| Bayonne {prop} (city and commune of southwest France) | :: Bayonne {m} |
| bayou {n} /ˈbaɪ.uː/ (slow-moving creek or swamp) | :: bayou {m}, marécages {m-p} |
| bazaar {n} /bəˈzɑɹ/ (marketplace) | :: bazar {m}, foire {f}, marché {m} |
| bazooka {n} /bəˈzuːkə/ (American shoulder fired rocket grenade launcher) | :: bazooka {m} |
| bazooka {n} (any shoulder fired rocket grenade launcher) | :: lance-roquette {m} |
| BB {phrase} (best before) | :: MA |
| BBC {prop} (British Broadcasting Corporation) | :: BBC {f} |
| BBS {n} (bulletin board system) | :: SBE {m} (Systeme Babillard Electronique {m}) |
| BC {adv} (before Christ) | :: av. J.-C., av. JC (avant Jésus-Christ) |
| BCE {adv} (before the common era) | :: av.n.è. (avant notre ère); AEC, AÈC, aèc (avant l'ère commune) |
| BCG {n} (Bacillus of Calmette and Guérin) | :: BCG {m} |
| béchamel sauce {n} (white sauce made with butter, flour and milk) | :: sauce béchamel {f} |
| Béchamp {prop} (Francophone surname) | :: Béchamp |
| bdelloid {adj} | :: bdelloïde |
| bdelloid {n} | :: bdelloïde {m} |
| BDSM {n} (sexual practice) | :: BDSM {m} |
| be {v} (occupy a place) | :: être |
| be {v} (occur, take place) | :: être |
| be {v} (exist) | :: être |
| be {v} (have a certain age) | :: avoir |
| be {v} (elliptical form of "be here", or similar) | :: aller, venir |
| be {v} (used to indicate that the subject and object are the same) | :: être |
| be {v} (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same) | :: faire |
| be {v} (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal) | :: être |
| be {v} (used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it) | :: être |
| be {v} (used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase) | :: être |
| be {v} (used to form the passive voice) | :: être |
| be {v} (used to form the continuous forms of various tenses) | :: [not translated; use the equivalent simple tense, or the imperfect in the past] |
| be {v} ((archaic) used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs) | :: avoir |
| be {v} (used to form future tenses, especially the future subjunctive) | :: Not used in French |
| be {v} (used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like) | :: faire |
| Bea {prop} /biː/ (diminutive of Beatrice) | :: Béa |
| be able to {v} (have ability to) | :: pouvoir, savoir (for a skill), être capable de |
| beach {n} /bit͡ʃ/ (sandy shore) | :: plage {f} |
| beach ball {n} (a large light inflatable ball used in beach games) | :: ballon de plage {m} |
| beachcomber {n} (seaman who hangs around port areas living off the charity of others) | :: batteur de grève {m} |
| beachgoer {n} (someone who goes to the beach) | :: plagiste |
| beachline {n} (shoreline) SEE: shoreline | :: |
| beach soccer {n} (variant of soccer) | :: football de plage {m}, soccer de plage {m} [Canada] |
| beach towel {n} (towel used at the beach) | :: serviette de plage {f} |
| beach volleyball {n} (sport) | :: beach-volley {m}, volleyball de plage {m} |
| beacon {n} /ˈbiːkən/ (signal fire) | :: balise |
| beacon {n} (signaling or guiding mark erected as guide to mariners) | :: phare {m} |
| beacon {n} (high hill or similar) | :: amer {m} |
| bead {n} /biːd/ (rosary ball) | :: grain {m} |
| bead {n} (pierced small round object) | :: perle {f} |
| bead {n} (small drop of liquid) | :: gouttelette {f} |
| beadle {n} /ˈbiːdəɫ/ (a parish constable) | :: bedeau {m}, suisse {m} |
| bead tree {n} (Melia azedarach) | :: margousier {m}, lilas de Perse {m}, azédarach {m} |
| beagle {n} /biːɡəɫ/ (dog) | :: briquet {m} |
| beak {n} /biːk/ (structure projecting from a bird's face) | :: bec {m} |
| beak {n} (similar structure in an octopus) | :: bec {m} |
| beak {n} (metal point fixed on the bows of a war galley, used as a ram) | :: éperon {m} |
| beak {n} (slang: human nose) SEE: schnozzle | :: |
| beaked whale {n} (whales in the family Ziphiidae) | :: baleine à bec {f} |
| beaker {n} /ˈbiːkɚ/ (flat-bottomed vessel) | :: bécher {m} |
| beaker {n} (drinking vessel without a handle) | :: gobelet {m} |
| beakhead {n} (protruding part at the bow of a sailing ship) | :: poulaine, éperon, guibre |
| beak-iron {n} | :: bigorne {f} |
| be all about {v} (deal with) | :: s'agir de |
| be-all and end-all {n} (Something considered to be of the utmost importance) | :: raison d'être {f} |
| be all ears {v} (to listen carefully or eagerly; to anticipate) | :: être tout ouïe |
| beam {n} /biːm/ (large piece of timber or iron) | :: madrier {m} |
| beam {n} (principal horizontal beam in a building) | :: poutre {f} |
| beam {n} (pole of a carriage) | :: limon {m}, timon {m} |
| beam {n} (bar of a plow) | :: age {m} |
| beam {n} (ray) | :: faisceau {m} |
| beam {n} (connector of notes) | :: lien {m}, ligature {f} |
| beam {v} (to emit light) | :: rayonner, briller |
| beam {v} (to smile broadly) | :: rayonner |
| beam {v} (scifi: to transmit over high-tech wireless mechanism) | :: téléporter |
| bean {n} /biːn/ (seed) | :: haricot {m} |
| bean {n} (guinea coin) SEE: guinea | :: |
| beanbag {n} /ˈbiːnbæɡ/ (piece of furniture) | :: fauteuil-sac {m} |
| bean curd {n} (tofu) SEE: tofu | :: |
| beanie {n} /ˈbiː.ni/ (cap that fits the head closely) | :: bonnet {m}; tuque {f} [Canada] |
| beanpole {n} (tall, thin person) | :: [can be applied only to a man] escogriffe {m}, [can be applied to either a man or a woman] asperge {f}, échalas {m}, croquette |
| bean sprout {n} (a sprout grown out of a bean) | :: graine germée {f} |
| bean sprout {n} (the vegetarian food) | :: graine germée {f} |
| beanstalk {n} (the stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast growing and tall) | :: haricot magique {m} |
| bear {v} (to give birth) SEE: give birth | :: |
| bear {v} /bɛə(ɹ)/ (to carry) | :: porter |
| bear {v} (to be equipped with) | :: porter |
| bear {v} (to support or sustain) | :: supporter, soutenir |
| bear {v} (to endure with patience; to be patient) | :: supporter |
| bear {v} (to tolerate, to put up with) | :: supporter, tolérer |
| bear {n} (large mammal of family Ursidae) | :: ours {m}, ourse {f} |
| bear {n} (rough, unmannerly, uncouth person) | :: ours {m} |
| bear {n} (investor who sells in anticipation of falling prices) | :: baissier {m} |
| bear {n} (large hairy man) | :: ours {m} |
| bearable {adj} /ˈbɛəɹəbəɫ/ (able to be borne) | :: vivable, supportable |
| bearberry {n} /ˈbɛəb(ə)ɹi/ (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) | :: bearberry |
| bearcat {n} (red panda) SEE: red panda | :: |
| bearcat {n} (giant panda) SEE: giant panda | :: |
| bear cub {n} (young bear) | :: ourson {m}, oursonne {f} |
| beard {n} /bɪɹd/ (facial hair) | :: barbe {f} |
| bearded {adj} /ˈbɪɹdəd/ (having a beard) | :: barbu |
| bearded clam {n} (vulva) | :: moule {f}, chatte {f}, abricot {m}, foufoune {f}, salle de jeu {f} |
| bearded seal {n} /ˈbɪɹdəd siːl/ (Erignathus barbatus) | :: phoque barbu {m} |
| bearded vulture {n} (vulture) SEE: lammergeier | :: |
| beardless {adj} (without a beard) | :: imberbe |
| beardlessness {n} (state or quality of being beardless) | :: imberbité |
| bearer {n} /ˈbɛəɹə/ (one who bears) | :: porteur |
| bearer {n} (possessor of a cheque, bond, etc.) | :: porteur {m} |
| bear fruit {v} (succeed in some task) | :: porter ses fruits |
| bear garlic {n} (ramsons) SEE: ramsons | :: |
| bearing {adj} /ˈbɛɹɪŋ/ (carrying weight or load) | :: porteur |
| bearing {n} (mechanical device) | :: roulement {m}, coussinet {m}, palier {m} |
| bearing {n} (nautical sense) | :: azimut {m} |
| bearing {n} (relevance) | :: portée |
| bear in mind {v} (remember, consider) | :: garder à l’esprit, se rappeler |
| bear meat {n} (meat from a bear) | :: viande d'ours {f} |
| bear oneself {v} (behave and conduct oneself) SEE: carry oneself | :: |
| bear out {v} (corroborate, prove, or confirm) | :: confirmer, corroborer |
| bear the brunt {v} (to endure the worst part of something) | :: faire les frais |
| bearwort {n} (meum athamanticum) SEE: baldmoney | :: |
| be ashamed {v} (feel ashamed) | :: avoir honte |
| beast {n} /biːst/ (non-human animal) | :: bête {f}, bête sauvage {f} |
| beast {n} (domestic animal) | :: bête {f} |
| beastie {n} /ˈbiːsti/ (beast, animal) | :: bestiole {f} |
| beastliness {n} | :: bestialité |
| beastmaster {n} | :: belluaire {m} |
| beast of burden {n} (animal that carries or pulls a load) | :: bête de somme {f}, animal de trait {m}, bête de charge {f} |
| beast of prey {n} (animal) | :: bête de proie {f} |
| beat {n} /biːt/ (pulsation) | :: battement {m} |
| beat {n} (patrolled route) | :: ronde {f} |
| beat {n} (area of a person's responsibility) | :: secteur {m} |
| beat {n} (primary focus of a reporter's stories) | :: domaine {m} |
| beat {n} (hunting: act of scouring, or ranging over) | :: battue {f} |
| beat {v} (to hit, to knock, to pound, to strike) | :: battre |
| beat {v} (to strike or pound repeatedly) | :: battre |
| beat {v} (intransitive: to strike repeatedly) | :: battre |
| beat {v} (to win against) | :: vaincre, battre |
| beat {v} (nautical - to sail to windward) | :: remonter au vent |
| beat {v} (to mix food) | :: battre, fouetter |
| beat {v} (to indicate by beating or drumming) | :: battre |
| beat {v} (to exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble) | :: se mettre martel en tête |
| beat {v} (to arrive before someone) | :: battre, griller |
| beat {adj} (exhausted) | :: claqué, crevé, épuisé |
| beat {n} (act of reporting before a rival) SEE: scoop | :: |
| beat a dead horse {v} (continue far beyond reason) SEE: flog a dead horse | :: |
| beat around the bush {v} (to treat a topic but omit its main points) | :: tourner autour du pot (circle around the pot) |
| beat around the bush {v} (to delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant) | :: tourner autour du pot (circle around the pot) |
| beater {n} /ˈbitɚ/ (stick to play a percussion instrument) | :: baguette de tambour, batteur {m} |
| beater {n} (an automobile in poor operating condition) | :: bazou |
| beater {n} | :: batteur {m} |
| beatify {v} /biːˈætɪfaɪ/ (to take step in declaring a person a saint) | :: béatifier |
| beating {n} /ˈbiːtɪŋ/ (action of the verb to beat) | :: battage {m} |
| beating {n} (the pulsation of the heart) | :: battement {m} |
| beat it {v} /ˈbiˌdɪt/ (to go away) | :: dégager, décamper, ficher le camp, décaniller, se tirer, se barrer, se tailler, se casser |
| beat it {v} (vulgar: to masturbate) | :: se branler, se pignoler, se taper une queue, se polir le chinois |
| Beatles {prop} /ˈbiːtl̩z/ (rock music quartet) | :: Beatles {m-p} |
| beatmaker {n} | :: beatmaker {m}, concepteur rythmique |
| beatnik {n} /ˈbiːtnɪk/ (beatnik) | :: beatnik {m} |
| beat one's brains out {v} (rack one's brain) SEE: rack one's brain | :: |
| beat one's breast {v} | :: battre sa coulpe |
| beat one's head against a stone wall {v} (to waste effort on a futile project) | :: perdre son temps |
| Beatrice {prop} /ˈbiː(ə)tɹɪs/ (female given name) | :: Béatrice |
| beat time {v} (to measure or regulate time) | :: battre la mesure |
| beat to a pulp {v} (beat up) | :: passer à tabac, tabasser |
| beat to a pulp {v} (defeat severely) | :: battre à plate couture, mettre la pâtée |
| beat to the punch {v} (to do something before somebody else can) | :: devancer, prendre de vitesse, couper l'herbe sous le pied |
| beat up {v} (to give a beating to) | :: tabasser |
| beau {n} (boyfriend) SEE: boyfriend | :: |
| Beauceron {n} /ˈboʊsəˌɹɑn/ (Beauceron) | :: berger de Beauce {m}, berger beauceron {m} |
| Beaudoin {prop} | :: Beaudoin |
| Beaufort scale {prop} (measure for the intensity of the wind) | :: échelle de Beaufort {f} |
| beau monde {n} (fashionable part of society) | :: beau monde {m} |
| Beaumont {prop} /ˈboʊmɑnt/ (placename) | :: Beaumont |
| Beaumont {prop} (surname) | :: Beaumont |
| Beauregard {prop} /ˈboʊɹəɡɑɹd/ (Placename) | :: Beauregard |
| Beauregard {prop} (Surname) | :: Beauregard |
| beautician {n} /bjuːˈtɪʃən/ (one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments) | :: esthéticien {m}, esthéticienne {f} |
| beautifier {n} (someone or something which makes beautiful) | :: embellisseur {m}, embellisseuse {f} |
| beautiful {adj} /ˈbjuːtɪfəl/ (possessing charm and attractive) | :: beau {m}, belle {f} |
| beautiful {adj} (of weather: pleasant, clear) | :: beau {m} |
| beautifully {adv} /ˈbjuːtɪf(ə)li/ (In a beautiful manner) | :: joliment |
| beautify {v} /ˈbjuː.tɪ.faɪ/ (to make beautiful or more beautiful) | :: embellir |
| beauty {n} /ˈbjuɾi/ (quality of pleasing appearance) | :: beauté {f} |
| beauty {n} (someone beautiful: female) | :: beauté {f} |
| beauty {n} | :: beauté {f} |
| beauty {n} (beauty quark) SEE: bottom quark | :: |
| beauty contest {n} (beauty pageant) SEE: beauty pageant | :: |
| beauty is in the eye of the beholder {proverb} /ˈbjuːti ɪz ɪn ðiː aɪ əv ðiː bɪˈhəʊldə/ (people have different ideas of what is beautiful) | :: il n’y a point de laides amours |
| beauty mark {n} (dark spot on face) | :: grain de beauté {m} |
| beauty pageant {n} (competition on attractiveness) | :: concours de beauté {m} |
| beauty parlor {n} (salon with hairdressers and beauticians) | :: salon de beauté |
| beauty quark {n} (beauty quark) | :: quark beauty {m}, quark beauté {m} |
| beauty queen {n} (winner of a beauty contest) | :: miss {f}, reine de beauté {f} |
| beauty salon {n} (beauty salon) SEE: beauty parlor | :: |
| beauty sleep {n} (Extra sleep or a special nap) | :: sommeil réparateur {m} ("refreshing sleep"), roupillon |
| beauty spot {n} (birthmark) SEE: mole | :: |
| beaver {n} /ˈbiːvə/ (semiaquatic rodent) | :: castor {m}, bièvre {m} [archaic] |
| beaver {n} (coarse slang: pubic hair/vulva of a woman) | :: chatte {f}, (fou)foune {f}, minou {m} |
| beaver away {v} (to busily undertake) | :: bûcher |
| beavertail {n} (fried pastry) | :: queue de castor |
| be awake {v} (awake) SEE: awake | :: |
| be awake {v} (wake up) SEE: wake up | :: |
| be awake {v} (to not sleep) | :: veiller |
| beazle {n} (bezel) SEE: bezel | :: |
| Bebel {prop} /ˈbeɪbəl/ (A German surname) | :: Bebel |
| bebop {n} /ˈbiːbɒp/ (early form of modern jazz) | :: be-bop |
| be bored {v} (suffer from boredom) | :: s'ennuyer |
| be born {v} (to come into existence through birth) | :: naître |
| be born yesterday {v} (to be inexperienced) | :: ne pas être né de la dernière pluie |
| becak {n} (cycle rickshaw) SEE: cycle rickshaw | :: |
| be called {v} (to have a specific name) | :: s'appeler, se nommer |
| be careful {interj} (proceed with caution) | :: soyez prudent [formal, to a man], soyez prudente [formal, to a woman], sois prudent [informal, to a man], sois prudente [informal, to a woman] |
| because {adv} /biˈkɔz/ (on account) | :: à cause de, parce que, à cause que |
| because {conj} (by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that) | :: parce que, car, à cause que |
| because of {prep} (on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of) | :: à cause de [negative implications], grâce à [positive implications], en raison de |
| Bechuanaland {prop} /ˌbɛtʃuˈɑːnəlænd/ (former name for Botswana) | :: Protectorat du Bechuanaland |
| Beckettian {adj} (of or pertaining to Beckett) | :: beckettien |
| beckon {v} /ˈbɛkən/ (to wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer) | :: faire signe |
| becloud {v} (cause to become obscure or muddled) | :: s'ennuager, se couvrir, s'assombrir |
| become {v} /bəˈkʌm/ (to begin to be) | :: devenir |
| become {v} (to begin to be) | :: aller bien |
| becoming {n} /bəˈkʌmɪŋ/ (The act or process by which something becomes) | :: devenir |
| becquerel {n} /bɛkəˈɹɛɫ/ (unit of radioactive activity) | :: becquerel {m} |
| bed {n} (shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear) SEE: pallet | :: |
| bed {n} (piece of furniture) | :: lit {m}, couche {f} |
| bed {n} (prepared spot to spend the night in) | :: lit {m} |
| bed {n} (the bottom of a lake or other body of water) | :: lit {m} |
| bed {n} (garden plot) | :: lit {m} |
| bed {n} (deposit of ore, coal etc.) | :: gisement {m} |
| bed and breakfast {n} (guesthouse providing breakfast) | :: bed and breakfast {m}, bed-and-breakfast {m}, gîte touristique {m}, chambre d'hôte {f}, maison d'hôte {f}, chambre d'hôtes {f}, maison d'hôtes {f} |
| bedbound {adj} (unable to leave one's bed) SEE: bedridden | :: |
| bedbug {n} (small nocturnal insect) | :: punaise des lits {f} |
| bedcover {n} (decorative cover for a bed) SEE: bedspread | :: |
| beddable {adj} (sexually attractive) | :: baisable, pinocumettable |
| bedding {n} /ˈbɛdɪŋ/ (material for animals to lie on) | :: litière {f} |
| beddy-bye {n} (bedtime for a toddler) | :: dodo {m} |
| bedevil {v} /bɪˈdɛvəɫ/ (to harass) | :: tourmenter, harceler |
| bedfast {adj} (unable to leave one's bed) SEE: bedridden | :: |
| bedframe {n} (frame of a bed) SEE: bedstead | :: |
| bedhead {n} /ˈbɛd.hɛd/ (unkempt hair) | :: tête de lit {f}, têtes de lit {f-p} |
| bedjacket {n} (a short jacket worn when sitting up in bed) | :: liseuse {f} |
| bedlam {n} /ˈbɛdləm/ (place or situation of chaos) | :: cour du roi Pétaud, pétaudière |
| bedlinen {n} (cloth items used to make up a bed) | :: linge de lit {m} |
| bed of roses {n} /bɛd ʌv ˈɹəʊzəz/ | :: partie de plaisir, long fleuve tranquille |
| bedouin {n} /ˈbɛd.wɪn/ (desert-dweller) | :: Bédouin {m}, Bédouine {f} |
| bedpan {n} (chamber pot used while still in bed) | :: bassin hygiénique {m} |
| bedridden {adj} /ˈbɛdɹɪdən/ (confined to bed) | :: alité, cloué au lit, grabataire |
| bedrock {n} (underground solid rock) | :: roche mère {f}, soubassement {m} |
| bedroll {n} (roll of bedding) | :: sac de couchage {m} |
| bedroom {n} /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ (room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping) | :: chambre {f}, chambre à coucher {f}, dortoir {m}, piaule {f} [slang] |
| bedroom community {n} (residential urban community of a nearby metropolis) | :: cité-dortoir {f}, ville-dortoir {f}, village-dortoir {m} |
| bed sheet {n} (sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen) | :: drap {m} |
| bedsheet {n} /ˈbɛdʃiːt/ (a sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen) | :: drap {m}, drap de lit {m} |
| bedside table {n} (nightstand) SEE: nightstand | :: |
| bedsit {n} /ˈbɛdˌsɪt/ (rented room) | :: studio |
| bedsore {n} (Lesion caused by pressure) | :: escarre {f}, plaie de pression [Québec] |
| bedspread {n} (coverlet) SEE: coverlet | :: |
| bedspread {n} (topmost covering of a bed) | :: dessus-de-lit {m}, couvre-lit {m} |
| bedstead {n} (bed framework) | :: châlit |
| bedtime {n} /ˈbɛdtaɪm/ (time when one goes to bed to sleep) | :: heure du coucher {f} |
| bedtime story {n} /ˈbɛdtaɪm ˈstɔːɹi/ (story read to children before they sleep) | :: histoire du soir {f} |
| bedwetter {n} /ˈbɛdwɛtɚ/ (person who (habitually) urinates in his bed (during sleep)) | :: pisse-au-lit {m} {f} |
| bedwetter {n} (coward (pejorative)) | :: trouillard {m}, péteux {m} |
| bedwetting {n} (involuntary urination while asleep) | :: énurésie nocturne {f}, faire pipi au lit |
| bee {n} /ˈbiː/ (insect) | :: abeille {f} |
| bee {n} (name of the letter B, b) | :: bé {m} |
| beech {n} /biːt͡ʃ/ (tree of genus Fagus) | :: hêtre {m} |
| beech marten {n} (Martes foina) | :: fouine {f} |
| beechnut {n} /ˈbiːtʃˌnʌt/ (nut of the beech tree) | :: faine {f}, faîne {f} |
| bee-eater {n} /ˈbiː iːtəɹ/ (bird in the family Meropidae) | :: guêpier {m} |
| beef {n} /bif/ (meat) | :: bœuf {m} |
| beef {n} (cow, bull) SEE: cow | :: |
| beef bourguignon {n} (beef dish) | :: bœuf bourguignon {m}, bœuf à la bourguignonne {m} |
| beefcake {n} /ˈbiːfˌkeɪk/ (muscular, desirable man) | :: bellâtre {m} |
| bee fly {n} (bee fly) | :: bombyle {f} |
| beefsteak {n} /ˈbiːfsteɪk/ (steak) | :: bifteck {m} |
| beef up {v} (to strengthen or reinforce) SEE: strengthen | :: |
| beefy {adj} (robust) SEE: robust | :: |
| beefy {adj} (muscular) SEE: muscular | :: |
| beehive {n} /ˈbiːhaɪv/ (home of bees) | :: ruche {f} |
| beehive {n} (man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey) | :: ruche {f} |
| beehive {n} (figurative: any place in which people are very busy) | :: ruche {f}, fourmilière {f} |
| beehive {n} (hairstyle) | :: [informal] choucroute {f} |
| bee hummingbird {n} (hummingbird) | :: colibri d'Elena {m}, colibri-abeille {m} |
| bee in one's bonnet {n} (something of particular interest or concern) | :: [colloquial] marotte, idée fixe, [informal] manie, [colloquial] fixette |
| beekeeper {n} /ˈbiˌkipɚ/ (someone who keeps bees) | :: apiculteur, apicultrice {f} |
| beekeeping {n} (raising bees) | :: apiculture {f}, industrie abeillère {f} |
| beeline {n} /ˈbiːlaɪn/ (straight course, ignoring established paths of travel) | :: à vol d'oiseau |
| Beelzebub {prop} /biːˈɛlzɪbʌb/ (a Semitic deity, another name for the Devil) | :: Belzébuth {m} |
| beemer {n} (slang term for a BMW car or motorcycle) | :: [colloquial] BM {f} |
| been there, done that {phrase} (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) | :: déjà vu, déjà fait |
| beep {n} /biːp/ (electronically produced tone) | :: bip |
| beer {n} /bɪɹ/ (alcoholic drink made of malt) | :: bière {f} |
| beer {n} (glass of beer) | :: bière {f}, demi {m} |
| beer and skittles {n} (fun times) | :: bon temps {m} |
| beer bar {n} (beer parlour) SEE: beer parlour | :: |
| beer belly {n} (protruding abdomen) | :: sac à bière {m}, panse à bière {f} |
| beer gut {n} (beer belly) SEE: beer belly | :: |
| beer mat {n} (mat, often with an advertisement for a brewery on it, to rest one's glass) | :: sous-bock {m} |
| beer muscles {n} (protruding stomach) | :: panse à bière {f} |
| beer parlor {n} (beer parlour) SEE: beer parlour | :: |
| beer parlour {n} (a bar, selling beers, that has tables) | :: taverne {f}, brasserie {f} |
| beerstone {n} (precipitate) | :: bierstein {m} |
| beestings {n} (first milk drawn from an animal) SEE: colostrum | :: |
| beeswax {n} /ˈbizwæks/ (wax secreted by bees) | :: cire d'abeille {f} |
| beet {n} /biːt/ (Beta vulgaris) | :: betterave {f}, bette {f} |
| Beetewk {n} (a type of Russian heavy draft horse) | :: bitugue {m}, cheval de Voronej {m} |
| Beethovenian {adj} /ˌbeɪtoʊˈvini.ən/ (of or pertaining to Ludwig van Beethoven) | :: beethovénien, beethovenien |
| beetle {n} /ˈbiːtəl/ (insect) | :: scarabée {m} |
| beetle {n} (mallet) | :: mailloche {f} |
| Beetle {n} (Volkswagen car) | :: Coccinelle {f} |
| beetle-browed {adj} (making an unfriendly or sullen face) | :: sourcilleux |
| beetroot {n} /ˈbitɹut/ (normally deep red coloured root vegetable) | :: betterave {f} |
| befit {v} (be fit for) | :: convenir à, être inapproprié pour |
| before {prep} /bəˈfɔɹ/ (earlier than) | :: avant, avant que [+ clause] |
| before {prep} (in front of in space) | :: devant |
| before {prep} (in front of according to an ordering system) | :: avant |
| before {adv} (at an earlier time) | :: avant |
| before {conj} | :: avant que |
| before dark {prep} (before night begins to fall) | :: avant la tombée de la nuit |
| beforehand {adv} /bɪˈfɔɹhænd/ (at an earlier time) | :: préalablement, auparavant, au préalable, à l'avance |
| before long {prep} (soon) SEE: soon | :: |
| beforesaid {adj} (previously said) SEE: aforesaid | :: |
| before you can say knife {phrase} | :: en moins de temps qu'il ne faut pour le dire |
| befriend {v} (make friends) SEE: make friends | :: |
| beg {v} /bɛɡ/ (to request the help of someone, often in the form of money) | :: mendier, quêter, quémander |
| beg {v} (to plead with someone for help) | :: implorer, supplier |
| beget {v} (to beget) SEE: procreate | :: |
| beget {v} /biˈɡɛt/ (to cause, to produce) | :: engendrer |
| beget {v} (to procreate) | :: procréer, engendrer |
| begetter {n} (a procreator) | :: géniteur, procréateur |
| beggar {n} /ˈbɛɡɚ/ (person who begs) | :: gueux {m}, mendiant {m}, mendiante {f} |
| beggar belief {v} | :: dépasser l'entendement |
| beggars can't be choosers {proverb} (when resources are limited, one must accept even substandard gifts) | :: faute de grives, on mange des merles |
| beggar-ticks {n} (Bidens) | :: bident {m} |
| Beghard {n} /bəˈɡɑːɹd/ (one of an association of religious laymen) | :: bégard {m} |
| begin {v} /bɪˈɡɪn/ (to start, to initiate or take the first step into something.) | :: commencer, démarrer, se mettre |
| beginner {n} /bəˈɡɪnɚ/ (someone who just recently started) | :: débutant {m}, débutante {f} |
| beginning {n} /bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/ (act of doing that which begins anything) | :: début {m}, commencement {m} |
| beginning {n} (that which is begun) | :: début {m}, ébauche {f} |
| beginning {n} (that which begins or originates something) | :: début {m}, commencement {m} |
| beginning {n} (initial portion of some extended thing) | :: début {m} |
| begone {v} ((expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away)) | :: ouste |
| begonia {n} /ˈbəɡəʊniː.ə/ (plants of the genus Begonia) | :: bégonia {m} |
| beguile {v} /bɪˈɡaɪl/ (to deceive or delude (using guile)) | :: duper, tromper, induire en erreur |
| beguile {v} (charm, delight) | :: exalter, emporter, ravir |
| beguiling {adj} (that beguiles) | :: séduisant |
| beguinage {n} (walled community of Beguines) | :: béguinage {m} |
| beguine {n} /bə.ˈɡiːn/ (ballroom dance) | :: beguine |
| beguine {n} (music) | :: beguine |
| Beguine {n} /beɪˈɡiːn/ | :: béguin {m}, béguine {f} |
| behalf {n} (stead) SEE: stead | :: |
| behave {v} /bɪˈheɪv/ (to act in a specific manner) | :: se comporter |
| behave {v} | :: se conduire, se comporter, se tenir |
| behave oneself {v} (to act in a polite or proper way) SEE: behave | :: |
| behavior {n} /bɪˈheɪvjɚ/ (way an animal or human behaves or acts) | :: comportement {m} |
| behavior {n} (way matter or systems behave) | :: comportement {m}, conduite {f} |
| behavior {n} | :: comportement {m} |
| behavioral {adj} (of or relating to behavior) | :: comportemental |
| behaviorism {n} (approach to psychology focusing on behavior) | :: béhaviorisme {m}, comportementalisme {m} |
| behaviour {n} (behavior) SEE: behavior | :: |
| behavioural {adj} (of or pertaining to behaviour) | :: comportemental |
| behavioural science {n} (analysis and investigation of human and animal behaviour) | :: science comportementale {f} |
| behead {v} /bɪˈhɛd/ (to remove the head) | :: décapiter |
| beheadal {n} (beheading) SEE: beheading | :: |
| beheader {n} (one who beheads or decapitates) | :: décapiteur {m} |
| beheading {n} (an instance of beheading) | :: décapitation |
| behemoth {n} /bəˈhi(ː)məθ/ (mighty beast in the Book of Job) | :: Béhémoth |
| behemoth {n} (mighty monster) | :: béhémoth {m}, béhémot {m} |
| behest {n} (vow) SEE: vow | :: |
| behest {n} (promise) SEE: promise | :: |
| behest {n} /biˈhɛst/ (command, bidding) | :: demande {f} |
| behind {prep} /bɪˈhaɪnd/ (at the back of) | :: derrière |
| behind {prep} (to the back of) | :: derrière |
| behind {prep} (after, time- or motion-wise) | :: après |
| behind {prep} (in support of) | :: derrière |
| behind {n} (rear, back-end) | :: revers {m} |
| behind {n} (buttocks) | :: derrière {m} |
| behind bars {prep} (in jail or prison) | :: derrière les barreaux, au violon |
| behind closed doors {prep} (in private) | :: à huis clos, en privé |
| behind every successful man there stands a woman {proverb} /bɪˈhaɪnd ˌɛvɹi səkˈsɛsfl̩ ˈmæn ðɛə ˈstændz ə ˈwʊmən/ (men's success often depends on the support and work and support of their wives for female partners) | :: tout homme qui réussit a une femme derrière lui. |
| behind someone's back {prep} (secretly) | :: dans le dos de quelqu'un, à l'insu de quelqu'un, à son insu, [informal] en douce, [formal] subrepticement |
| behind the scenes {prep} /bɪˈhaɪnd ðə siːnz/ (in secret; out of public view) | :: en coulisse, de l'autre côté du décor, dans les coulisses |
| behind the times {prep} (out of date, old-fashioned) | :: hors d'âge, passé de mode, vieillot, [formal] désuet |
| behind the wheel {prep} (in control of a vehicle) | :: au volant |
| behind time {prep} (arriving late) | :: [colloquial] à la bourre, en retard |
| behold {v} /bɪˈhoʊld/ (to see, to look at) | :: regarder, voir, observer |
| behold {interj} | :: voici, voilà |
| beholden {adj} /bɨˈhoʊldən/ (obligated, bound by moral obligation) | :: redevable |
| beholder {n} /bɪˈhəʊldə/ (someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator) | :: regardeur {m}, observateur {m} |
| behove {v} /bɪˈhəʊv/ (to be necessary) | :: incomber |
| beige {n} /ˈbeɪʒ/ (colour) | :: beige |
| beige {adj} (having a slightly yellowish gray colour) | :: beige |
| beignet {n} /ˈbɛn.jeɪ/ (fritter) | :: beignet {m} |
| beignet {n} (donut) | :: beignet {m} |
| Beijing {prop} /beɪˈdʒɪŋ/ (capital of China) | :: Pékin {m} |
| Beijinger {n} (Pekingese) SEE: Pekingese | :: |
| Beijingese {n} (Pekingese) SEE: Pekingese | :: |
| Beijingese {adj} (Pekingese) SEE: Pekingese | :: |
| Beijing opera {n} (Peking opera) SEE: Peking opera | :: |
| be in for {v} (able to expect) | :: en avoir pour |
| being {n} /ˈbiɪŋ/ (a living creature) | :: être {m}, créature {f} |
| being {n} (the state or fact of existence) | :: existence |
| Beirut {prop} /beɪˈɹuːt/ (capital of Lebanon) | :: Beyrouth {m} |
| Beiruti {adj} /beɪˈɹuːti/ (of or pertaining to Beirut) | :: beyrouthin |
| Beiruti {n} (a person from, or an inhabitant of, Beirut) | :: Beyrouthin {m}, Beyrouthine {f} |
| bejel {n} (Endemic syphilis) | :: pian de Nérac {m}, lépre du nord {f}, maladie de Scherlievo {f} |
| bejeweled {adj} (covered in jewels, especially as decoration) | :: bijouté |
| bel {n} /bɛl/ (measure of relative power) | :: bel {m} |
| Belainsky {prop} ( surname) | :: Belainsky |
| Beland {prop} ( surname) | :: Beland |
| Belansky {prop} | :: Belansky |
| Belarus {prop} /ˌbɛləˈɹus/ (country) | :: Biélorussie {f}, Bélarus {m} |
| Belarusian {n} /ˌbɛləˈɹuːsi.ən/ (language) | :: biélorusse {m} |
| Belarusian {n} (person from Belarus or of Belarusian descent) | :: Biélorusse {m} {f} |
| be late {v} (arrive late) | :: être en retard |
| belated {adj} (later in relation to the proper time) | :: tardif |
| belatedly {adv} (in a belated manner) | :: tardivement, avec du retard, en retard |
| belay {v} /bɪˈleɪ/ (to secure (a climber or rope) to) | :: assurer |
| belch {v} /ˈbɛltʃ/ (expel gas from the stomach through the mouth) | :: roter, éructer |
| belch {n} (sound one makes when belching) | :: rot {m} |
| beleaguer {v} /bɪˈliː.ɡə/ (to besiege; to surround with troops) | :: investir, assiéger |
| beleaguered {adj} /bɪˈliːɡəd/ (beset by trouble or difficulty) | :: en difficulté, mal en point, éprouvé, assiégé, à bout de souffle |
| Belfast {prop} /ˈbɛl.fæst/ (capital of Northern Ireland) | :: Belfast {m} |
| belfry {n} /ˈbɛlfɹi/ (moveable tower used in sieges) | :: beffroi {m} |
| belfry {n} (watchtower containing an alarm-bell) | :: beffroi {m} |
| belfry {n} (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church) | :: beffroi {m} |
| Belgian {n} /ˈbɛl.dʒən/ (Belgian, person from Belgium) | :: Belge {m} {f} |
| Belgian {adj} (of or pertaining to Belgium) | :: belge {m} {f} |
| Belgian {adj} (of or pertaining to Belgians or Belgian people) | :: belge |
| Belgian Congo {prop} (Belgian colony) | :: Congo belge {m} |
| Belgian Groenendael {n} (Belgian Groenendael) | :: chien de berger belge groenendael |
| Belgian Laekenois {n} (Belgian Laekenois) | :: chien de berger belge laekenois |
| Belgian Limburg {prop} | :: Limbourg belge {m} |
| Belgian Malinois {n} (Belgian Malinois) | :: chien de berger belge malinois |
| Belgian Sheepdog {n} (Umbrella term for the four Belgian sheepdog variants) | :: berger belge {m} |
| Belgian Sheepdog {n} (Belgian Groenendael) SEE: Belgian Groenendael | :: |
| Belgian Tervuren {n} (Belgian Tervuren) | :: chien de berger belge tervueren |
| Belgium {prop} /ˈbɛldʒəm/ (country in Europe) | :: Belgique {f} |
| Belgo- {prefix} (Belgium) | :: belgo- |
| Belgorod {prop} (a city in Russia) | :: Belgorod {m} |
| Belgrade {prop} /ˈbɛlɡɹeɪd/ (capital of Serbia) | :: Belgrade {f} |
| Belgradian {n} (someone from Belgrade) | :: Belgradois {m}, Belgradoise {f} |
| Belial {prop} (a wicked demon in Christian and Jewish apocrypha) | :: Bélial |
| belie {v} /bɪˈlʌɪ/ (to contradict or show to be false) | :: démentir |
| belief {n} /bɪˈliːf/ (mental acceptance of a claim as truth) | :: croyance {f} |
| belief {n} (the quality or state of believing) | :: conviction {f} |
| belief {n} (religious faith) | :: foi {f}, croyance {f} |
| belief {n} | :: croyance {f} |
| believability {n} (state or quality of being believable) | :: crédibilité {f} |
| believable {adj} (capable of being believed; credible) | :: croyable |
| believe {v} /bɪˈliːv/ (to accept that someone is telling the truth (object: person)) | :: croire |
| believe {v} (to accept as true) | :: croire |
| believe {v} (to consider likely) | :: croire |
| believe {v} (to have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth) | :: croire |
| believe it or not {adv} (you may not believe the following, but it is true) | :: croyez-le ou non |
| believe one's ears {v} (to believe that something which one hears is truly the case) | :: ne pas en croire ses oreilles |
| believe one's eyes {v} (to believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case) | :: ne pas en croire ses yeux |
| believer {n} (person who believes) | :: croyant {m}, |
| Belisarius {prop} (a general of the Byzantine Empire) | :: Bélisaire |
| belittle {v} /bɨˈlɪt.əl/ (to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is) | :: déprécier, rabaisser |
| Beliveau {prop} (surname) | :: Béliveau |
| Belize {prop} /bəˈliːz/ (country) | :: Belize {m} |
| Belizean {n} (person from Belize) | :: Bélizien |
| Belizean {adj} (Pertaining to Belize) | :: bélizien |
| Belizian {n} (Belizean) SEE: Belizean | :: |
| Belizian {adj} (Belizean) SEE: Belizean | :: |
| bell {n} /bɛl/ (percussive instrument) | :: cloche {f} |
| bell {n} (sounding of a bell as a signal) | :: sonnerie {f} |
| bell {n} (informal: telephone call) | :: coup de fil {m} |
| bell {n} (signal at a school) | :: sonnerie {f} |
| bell {n} (the flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument) | :: pavillon |
| bell {n} (an instrument situated on a bicycle's handlebar) | :: sonnette {f} |
| belladonna {n} (a plant, Atropa belladonna) SEE: deadly nightshade | :: |
| bell-bottoms {n} (pants that are flared from the knee downwards) | :: pattes d'éléphant |
| bellboy {n} /ˈbɛlˌbɔɪ/ (A male worker, usually at a hotel, who carries luggage and runs errands) | :: chasseur |
| bell curve {n} (bell shaped curve typical of the normal distribution) | :: courbe de Gauss {f} |
| belle {n} /bɛl/ (beautiful woman) | :: belle {f}, beauté {f} |
| Bellefontaine {prop} /ˌbɛl.fɒnˈtɛn/ (French commune) | :: Bellefontaine {f} |
| Bellefontaine {prop} (city in Ohio) | :: Bellefontaine {f} |
| bell-end {n} | :: gland {m}, nœud {m} |
| belles-lettres {n} (humanities) SEE: humanities | :: |
| belles-lettres {n} /ˌbɛlˈlɛtɹ/ (light literary compositions valued for their aesthetic properties) | :: belles-lettres {f-p} |
| bellflower {n} (plant of genus Campanula) | :: campanule {f} |
| bell-gable {n} (an architectural element) | :: clocher-mur {m} |
| bellgirl {n} (a female bellhop) | :: chasseuse {f} |
| bell housing {n} (cover) | :: carter {m} |
| bellicism {n} /ˈbɛlɪsɪzm̩/ (an inclination to war) | :: bellicisme |
| bellicist {n} (warmonger) SEE: warmonger | :: |
| bellicist {adj} (of or relating to bellicism, bellicists) | :: belliciste |
| bellicose {adj} /ˈbɛlɪkoʊs/ (warlike in nature) | :: belliqueux |
| bellicose {adj} (having the impulse to be combative) | :: belliqueux |
| belligerent {adj} /bəˈlɪdʒ.ə.ɹənt/ (engaged in warfare) | :: belligérant |
| belligerent {adj} | :: belligérant |
| belligerent {n} (state or other armed participant in warfare) | :: belligérant {m} |
| bellmaker {n} (bellmaker) | :: fondeur de cloches {m} |
| bellow {v} /ˈbɛloʊ/ (to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal) | :: mugir |
| bellow {v} (to shout in a deep voice) | :: beugler |
| bellows {n} /ˈbɛl.oʊz/ (air blower) | :: soufflet {m} |
| bell pepper {n} (spicy-sweet vegetable) | :: poivron {m} |
| bells and whistles {n} (extra features added for show rather than function) | :: fioritures {f-p}, futilités {f-p}, frivolités {f-p}, tralala {m}, fanfreluche {f} |
| bell the cat {v} (to undertake a dangerous action in the service of a group) | :: attacher le grelot |
| bell tower {n} (tower in which a bell (or set of bells) is hung; a belfry) | :: beffroi {m}, clocher {m} |
| Belluno {prop} (province of Italy) | :: Belluno |
| Belluno {prop} (town and capital of Belluno) | :: Belluno |
| bellwether {n} /ˈbɛlwɛðɚ/ (the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck) | :: mouton meneur du troupeau {m}, meneur du troupeau {m} |
| belly {n} /bɛli/ (abdomen) | :: ventre {m} |
| bellyache {n} /ˈbɛliˌeɪk/ (pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen) | :: mal au ventre {m} |
| bellybutton {n} (the navel or umbilicus) SEE: navel | :: |
| belly dance {n} (form of dance) | :: danse du ventre {f} |
| belly flop {n} (style of diving) | :: plat {m} |
| Belmopan {prop} (Belmopan) | :: Belmopan {m} |
| belong {v} /bɪˈlɒŋ/ (have its proper place) | :: avoir sa place |
| belong {v} (be accepted in a group) | :: trouver sa place, faire partie |
| belong {v} (be the property of) | :: appartenir à |
| belong {v} (set theory: be an element of) | :: appartenir à |
| belonging {n} /bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ/ (the action of the verb to belong) | :: appartenance {f} |
| belonging {n} (something physical that is owned) | :: affaire {f}, possession {f}, bien {m} |
| belongings {n} (plural form of belonging) | :: effets {m-p}, affaires {f-p} |
| beloved {adj} /bɪˈlʌvd/ (loved) | :: bien-aimé, chéri |
| beloved {n} (someone who is loved) | :: amant {m}, amante {f} |
| below {prep} /bəˈloʊ/ (lower in spatial position than) | :: au-dessous de, sous |
| below {adv} (in a lower place) | :: en bas |
| below {adv} (on a lower storey) | :: en dessous, en bas [downstairs] |
| below {adv} (farther down) | :: ci-dessous |
| below {adv} (nautical: on a lower deck) | :: en bas |
| belowstairs {adv} (downstairs) SEE: downstairs | :: |
| below the belt {prep} (unfair; not according to the rules) | :: déloyal, en dessous de la ceinture |
| Bel Paese {n} /ˌbɛl pɑˈeɪzi/ (mild creamy Italian cheese) | :: Bel Paese {m} |
| belt {n} /bɛlt/ (band worn around the waist) | :: ceinture {f} |
| belt {n} (band used for safety purposes) | :: ceinture {f} |
| belt {n} (band used in a machine to help transfer motion or power) | :: courroie {f} |
| belt {n} (geographical region) | :: région {f} |
| beltway {n} (a freeway that encircles a city) SEE: ring road | :: |
| beluga {n} /bəˈluː.ɡə/ (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas) | :: béluga {m}, bélouga {m} |
| belvedere {n} /ˈbɛl.vəˌdɪɹ/ (raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area) | :: belvédère {m}, belveder {m} |
| bemoan {v} /bɪˈmoʊn/ (to complain about) | :: déplorer |
| bemock {v} (mock) SEE: mock | :: |
| bemol {n} (bemol) | :: bémol {m} |
| be mother {v} (To pour out tea for others) | :: servir le thé |
| bemuse {v} /bɪˈmjuːz/ (to confuse or bewilder) | :: déconcerter, stupéfier |
| bemusement {n} (state of being bemused) | :: préoccupation {f} |
| be my guest {v} (do as you wish) | :: [formal] servez-vous, je vous en prie, [informal] sers-toi, je t'en prie, vas-y, allez-y |
| bename {v} (to give a name, call) | :: appeler |
| bench {n} /bɛntʃ/ (long seat) | :: banc {m} |
| bench {n} (workbench) SEE: workbench | :: |
| bench grinder {n} (workbench-mounte grinder) | :: touret à meuler {m} |
| benchlet {n} (stool) SEE: stool | :: |
| benchmark {n} (standard) | :: critère {m} |
| benchmark {n} (surveyor's mark) | :: point de référence {m}, repère {m} |
| bench press {n} /ˈbɛntʃ.pɹɛs/ (exercise) | :: développé couché {m} |
| bend {v} /bɛnd/ (to cause to shape into a curve) | :: courber |
| bend {v} (to become curved) | :: courber |
| bend {v} (to change direction) | :: tourner |
| bend {v} (to stoop) | :: se baisser |
| bend {v} (to force to submit) | :: soumettre |
| bend {v} (to submit) | :: soumettre |
| bend {v} | :: courber |
| bend {n} (curve) | :: virage {m} |
| bend {n} (knot) | :: nœud {m} |
| bend {n} (decompression sickness) | :: accident de décompression {m}, maladie des caissons {f} |
| bend {n} (heraldry: one of the ordinaries) | :: bande {f} |
| bend down {v} (to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position) | :: se baisser |
| bender {n} /ˈbɛndɚ/ (slang: bout of heavy drinking) | :: soûlerie {f}, beuverie {f}, murge {f} [slang], biture {f} [slang], cuite [slang], muflée {f} [slang] |
| bender {n} (slang: homosexual man) | :: tarlouze {f}, pédale {f} |
| bend over {v} (to bend one's upper body forward) | :: se pencher, se replier |
| bend over backwards {v} (make a great effort) | :: se mettre en quatre, se plier en quatre, se couper en quatre |
| bend sinister {n} (diagonal band on coat of arms going from top right to bottom left) | :: barre {f} |
| bend someone's ear {v} (talk too long) | :: rebattre les oreilles |
| bend the knee {v} (submit to another's authority) | :: courber l'échine |
| bend the truth {v} (change or leave out certain facts of a story) | :: déformer la vérité |
| beneath {adv} /bɪˈniːθ/ (below or underneath) | :: dessous |
| beneath {prep} (below) | :: sous |
| Benedict {prop} /ˈbɛnədɪkt/ (male given name) | :: Benoît |
| Benedicta {prop} (feminine form of Benedict) | :: Bénédicte |
| Benedictine {n} (monk or nun) | :: bénédictin {m}, bénédictine {f} |
| Benedictine {n} (liqueur) | :: bénédictine |
| Benedictine {adj} (of or pertaining to St. Benedict of Nursia) | :: bénédictin |
| benediction {n} (a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service) | :: bénédiction {f} |
| benedictional {n} (book of benedictions) | :: bénédictionnaire |
| benefactive case {n} (case used to indicate beneficiary) | :: bénéfactif {m} |
| benefactor {n} /ˈbɛnəˌfæktɚ/ (on who gives gifts or help) | :: bienfaiteur {m}, bienfaitrice {f} |
| beneficent {adj} /bəˈnɛf.ə.sənt/ (beneficent) | :: miséricordieux {m}, bienfaisant |
| beneficial {adj} /ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃəl/ (helpful or good to something or someone) | :: bienfaisante, bénéfique |
| beneficial {adj} (relating to a benefice) | :: bénéficial |
| beneficiary {n} /ˌbɛn.ɨˈfɪʃ.ɚ.i/ (one who benefits from the distribution, especially of an estate) | :: bénéficiaire {m} {f} |
| benefit {n} /ˈbɛn.ə.fɪt/ (advantage, help or aid) | :: avantage {m}, bénéfice {m} |
| benefit {n} (profit, use) | :: bénéfice {m} |
| benefit {n} (payment, subsidy) | :: subvention {f} |
| benefit {v} (to receive a benefit) | :: profiter |
| benefit of the doubt {n} (a favorable judgement given in the absence of full evidence) | :: bénéfice du doute {m} |
| benefit tourism {n} | :: tourisme social {m} |
| Benelux {prop} (an economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) | :: Bénélux {m} |
| Benevento {prop} (province of Italy) | :: Bénévent {m} |
| Benevento {prop} (capital of Benevento province) | :: Bénévent {m} |
| benevolence {n} /bəˈnɛvələns/ (disposition to do good) | :: bienveillance {f}, bénévolence |
| benevolent {adj} /bəˈnɛvələnt/ (having a disposition to do good) | :: bienveillant |
| Bengal {prop} /bɛŋˈɡɑl/ (region in South Asia) | :: Bengale {m} |
| Bengalese {adj} (person) | :: bengalais {m}, bengalaise {f} |
| Bengalese {n} (person) | :: Bengalais {m}, Bengalaise {f} |
| Bengal fox {n} (Vulpes bengalensis) | :: renard du Bengale {m} |
| Bengali {adj} /bɛŋˈɡɔːli/ (of or pertaining to Bengal) | :: bengali |
| Bengali {n} (language) | :: bengali {m} |
| Bengal tiger {n} (Panthera tigris tigris) | :: tigre du Bengale {m} |
| Benghazi {prop} (Benghazi, Libya) | :: Benghazi |
| benign {adj} /bɪˈnaɪn/ (kind, gentle, mild) | :: bénin |
| benign {adj} ((medicine) not posing any serious threat to health) | :: bénin |
| benign tumor {n} (tumor which can usually be removed without serious complications) | :: tumeur bénigne {f} |
| Benin {prop} /bəˈnin/ (country) | :: Bénin {m} |
| Beninese {n} (person) | :: Béninois {m}, Béninoise {f} |
| Beninese {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Benin) | :: béninois |
| Benjamin {prop} /ˈbɛndʒəmɪn/ (the youngest son of Jacob) | :: Benjamin {m} |
| Benjamin {prop} (male given name) | :: Benjamin {m} |
| bent {adj} /bɛnt/ (folded) | :: courbé |
| benthic {adj} /ˈbɛnθɪk/ (of the benthos on the seafloor) | :: benthique {m} {f} |
| benthos {n} /ˈbɛnθɒs/ (flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water) | :: benthos {m} |
| bentonite {n} | :: bentonite {f} |
| Benue {prop} (river in Cameroon and Nigeria) | :: Bénoué {f} |
| benumb {v} (make numb) SEE: numb | :: |
| benumb {v} (deaden) SEE: deaden | :: |
| Ben Wa ball {n} (pair of balls used for vaginal stimulation) | :: boule de geisha {f} |
| benzaldehyde {n} (C6H5CHO) | :: benzaldéhyde {m} |
| benzene {n} /ˈbɛnziːn/ (aromatic compound C6H6) | :: benzène {m} |
| benzidinic {adj} | :: benzidinique |
| benzine {n} (benzene) SEE: benzene | :: |
| Benzion {prop} (given name) | :: Bension {m} |
| benzoate {n} (salt or ester of benzoic acid) | :: benzoate {m} |
| benzodiazepine {n} /ˌbɛnzoʊdaɪˈæzɨpiːn/ (any of a class of psychoactive drugs) | :: benzodiazépine {m} |
| benzoic {adj} (pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin) | :: benzoïque |
| benzoic acid {n} (white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH) | :: acide benzoïque |
| benzoin {n} /ˈbɛnzəʊɪn/ (resinous substance from tree) | :: benjoin {m} |
| benzoin {n} (white crystalline substance) | :: benzoïne {f} |
| benzol {n} (an impure benzene) | :: benzol {m} |
| benzoyl {n} (univalent radical) | :: benzoyle {m} |
| benzylic {adj} | :: benzylique |
| be off with you {phrase} (go away; get out) | :: va-t'en, allez-vous-en |
| Beograd {prop} (Belgrade) SEE: Belgrade | :: |
| be oneself {v} (to act naturally) | :: [infinitive] être soi-même |
| Beothuk {prop} /biːˈɒtək/ (language) | :: béothuk {m} |
| Beowulf {prop} /ˈbeɪoʊwʊlf/ (Epic poem) | :: Beowulf {m} |
| be prepared {phrase} (motto) | :: sois prêt {m}, sois prête {f} |
| bequeath {v} /bɪˈkwiːθ/ (to give or leave by will) | :: léguer, transmettre |
| bequeath {v} (to hand down; to transmit) | :: transmettre, passer |
| bequeath {v} (to give; to offer; to commit) | :: donner, offrir |
| bequest {n} /bɪˈkwɛst/ (will of the deceased) | :: testament {m} |
| bequest {n} (a person's inheritance) | :: héritage {m}, legs {m} {m-p} |
| be quiet {interj} (remain silent) SEE: silence | :: |
| berate {v} /bɪˈɹeɪt/ (chide vehemently) | :: réprimander, admonester, fustiger |
| Berber {n} (Member of northwest African ethnic group) | :: Berbère {m} {f} |
| Berber {prop} (a group of closely related languages) | :: berbère {m} |
| Berber {adj} (of the Berber people) | :: berbère |
| Berberophone {n} | :: berbérophone {m} {f} |
| berceuse {n} /bɛɹˈsuz/ (specific type of lullaby) | :: berceuse {f} |
| Berdichev {prop} (city in Ukraine) | :: Berditchev |
| bere {n} /bɪə/ (six-rowed barley) | :: escourgeon {m} |
| bereave {v} /bɪˈɹiːv/ (To take away someone or something important or close) | :: arracher |
| bereavement {n} (The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death) | :: privation {f}, deuil {m} |
| Berengar {prop} /ˈbɛɹɪŋɡəɹ/ (a male given name of historical usage) | :: Bérenger |
| Berenice {prop} (female given name) | :: Bérénice |
| beret {n} /bəˈɹeɪ/ (type of brimless cap) | :: béret {m} |
| Bergamasco {n} (Bergamasco Shepherd Dog) | :: berger de Bergame {m}, berger bergamasque |
| Bergamo {prop} /ˈbɝɡəˌmoʊ/ (province of Italy) | :: Bergame |
| Bergamo {prop} (city and capital of Bergamo) | :: Bergame |
| bergamot {n} /ˈbɝɡəˌmɑt/ | :: bergamote |
| bergamot {n} (Mentha × piperita) SEE: peppermint | :: |
| Bergen {prop} (city in Norway) | :: Bergen |
| Bergerac {prop} (city in France) | :: Bergerac |
| Bergerac {prop} (surname) | :: Bergerac {m} {f} |
| bergshrund {n} (a large crack in a glacier) | :: rimaye {f} |
| beriberi {n} (pathology: ailment caused by deficiency of vitamin B) | :: béribéri {m} |
| be riding for a fall {v} | :: aller droit dans le mur, courir à sa perte |
| be right {v} (be correct in one's judgement or statement about something) | :: avoir raison |
| Bering Sea {prop} /ˈbɛɹɪŋ ˈsiː/ (sea) | :: mer de Béring {f} |
| Bering Strait {prop} (strait between Russia and Alaska) | :: détroit de Béring {m} |
| berkelium {n} /ˈbɜːɹkliəm/ (transuranic chemical element) | :: berkélium {m} |
| Berlin {prop} /bɚ.ˈlɪn/ (capital city of Germany) | :: Berlin {m} |
| Berliner {n} /bɚˈlɪnɚ/ (native or inhabitant of Berlin) | :: Berlinois {m}, Berlinoise {f} |
| Berlinese {n} /bɜː(ɹ).lɪn.iːz/ (an inhabitant or a resident of the city of Berlin, Germany) | :: Berlinois |
| Berlin Wall {prop} (wall that parted Berlin) | :: mur de Berlin {m} |
| Berlusconism {n} (Silvio Berlusconi's policies) | :: berlusconisme {m} |
| Bermuda {prop} /bɚˈmjuːdə/ (island group) | :: Bermudes {f-p} |
| Bermuda Triangle {prop} (area in Atlantic Ocean) | :: Triangle des Bermudes {m} |
| Bermuda Triangle {n} (any area where things mysteriously disappear) | :: Triangle des Bermudes |
| Bermudian {adj} (of, from or pertaining to Bermuda) | :: bermudien, bermudais, bermudois |
| Bermudian {adj} (personal legal status equivalent) | :: bermudien, bermudais, bermudois |
| Bermudian {n} (person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent) | :: Bermudien, Bermudais, Bermudois |
| Bern {prop} /bɜː(ɹ)n/ (city) | :: Berne {m} |
| Bern {prop} (canton) | :: Berne {m} |
| Bernadette {prop} (female given name) | :: Bernadette {f} |
| Bernard {prop} /bəɹˈnɑɹd/ (male given name) | :: Bernard |
| Bernese {adj} /ˌbɜːˈniːz/ (of, from, or pertaining to Bern) | :: bernois |
| Bernese Alps {prop} (group of mountain ranges) | :: Alpes bernoises {p} |
| Bernice {prop} (female given name) SEE: Berenice | :: |
| Bernoulli's principle {prop} (principle) | :: principe de Bernoulli {m} |
| Bernstein {prop} (German surname) | :: Bernstein |
| Beroea {prop} (the ancient city of Aleppo) | :: Bérée {f} |
| Beroea {prop} (the ancient city of Veria) | :: Bérée {f} |
| Beroea {prop} (city of ancient Thrace) | :: Bérée {f} |
| berry {n} /ˈbɛɹi/ (small fruit) | :: baie {f} |
| berry {n} (soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) | :: baie {f} |
| berry sugar {n} (caster sugar) SEE: caster sugar | :: |
| bersagliere {n} (marksman or rifleman in Italian regiments) | :: bersaglier {m}, bersallier {m} |
| berserk {adj} /bə(ɹ)ˈzɜː(ɹ)k/ (injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control) | :: fou furieux {m} |
| berserker {n} (Norse warrior) SEE: berserk | :: |
| berth {n} /bɝθ/ (bunk) | :: couchette |
| berth {n} (maneuvering room) | :: marge de manœuvre {f} |
| Bertha {prop} /ˈbɝθə/ (female given name) | :: Berthe |
| Bertram {prop} /ˈbɜːtɹəm/ (male given name) | :: Bertrand |
| beryl {n} /ˈbɛɹəl/ (gem) | :: béryl {m} |
| beryllium {n} /bəˈɹɪli.əm/ (chemical element) | :: béryllium {m} |
| Berytian {adj} /bəˈɹɪʃən/ (of or pertaining to Berytus) | :: bérytien |
| Berytian {n} (native or inhabitant of Berytus) | :: Bérytien {m}, Bérytienne {f} |
| Berytus {prop} /ˈbɛɹɪtəs/ (the ancient city of Beirut) | :: Béryte {f} |
| beseech {v} /bɪˈsiːt͡ʃ/ (to beg) | :: prier, implorer, supplier |
| beshrew {v} (to invoke or wish evil upon; to curse) | :: maudire |
| be sick {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| beside {prep} /bɪˈsaɪd/ (next to) | :: auprès de, à côté de |
| beside {prep} (not relevant to) | :: outre |
| beside oneself {prep} (consumed by an emotion) | :: dépassé, [en, because of joy] ne plus se sentir |
| besides {prep} /bəˈsaɪdz/ (in addition to) | :: de plus, en plus en outre, de surcroît, par surcroît par ailleurs, d'un autre côté, d'autre part, au reste, du reste, |
| besides {prep} (other than; except for) | :: excepté, sauf |
| besides {adv} (also; in addition) | :: de plus, en plus en outre, de surcroît, par surcroît par ailleurs, d'un autre côté, d'autre part, au reste, du reste |
| besides {adv} (moreover; furthermore) | :: de plus, en plus en outre, de surcroît, par surcroît par ailleurs, d'un autre côté, d'autre part, au reste, du reste, d'ailleurs |
| besides {adv} (otherwise; else) | :: sinon |
| besiege {v} /bəˈsiːd͡ʒ/ (to surround with armed forces) | :: assiéger |
| besiege {v} (to assail or ply) | :: assaillir |
| be silent {v} (refrain from speaking) | :: se taire |
| besmirch {v} /bɪˈsmɝːtʃ/ (make dirty) | :: salir |
| besmirch {v} (tarnish; debase) | :: salir, avilir |
| bespectacled {adj} /bɪˈspɛktəkəld/ (wearing spectacles (glasses)) | :: à lunettes, binoclard {m}, bésiclard {m} |
| bespoke {adj} /bəˈspoʊk/ (individually or custom made) | :: taillé à sa mesure, fait sur mesure, personnalisé |
| Bessarabia {prop} (region) | :: Bessarabie {f} |
| Besson {prop} | :: Besson |
| best {adj} /ˈbɛst/ (superlative of the adjective good) | :: [+ le] meilleur |
| best {adv} (superlative of the adverb well) | :: [+ le] mieux |
| best {n} (effort) | :: mieux {m} |
| best {n} (person) | :: élite, fleur, crème, dessus du panier, meilleur |
| best {v} (to beat) | :: battre, vaincre, surpasser, enfoncer, écraser, aplatir, dominer, défaire |
| best case scenario {n} (Situation which could not be any better) | :: meilleur des cas |
| best friend {n} (an especially close and trusted friend) | :: meilleur ami {m}, meilleure amie {f} |
| bestiality {n} /ˌbɛstʃiˈælɪti/ (status of animal) | :: bestialité {f} |
| bestiality {n} (sexual activity) | :: zoophilie {f}, bestialité {f} |
| bestiary {n} (A medieval treatise of animals) | :: bestiaire {m} |
| best man {n} (primary attendant to the groom) | :: témoin {m}, garçon d’honneur {m} |
| bestow {v} /bɪˈstoʊ/ (to present a thing as a gift or honour) | :: accorder, remettre, conférer (in some formulations only) |
| bestow {v} (to give in marriage) | :: donner en mariage |
| best practice {n} (procedure for best results) | :: bonne pratique {f} |
| best regards {n} (polite closing of a letter) | :: cordialement, amicalement |
| bestride {v} (dominate) SEE: dominate | :: |
| bestride {v} /bəˈstɹaɪd/ (to sit with legs on both sides of something) | :: chevaucher |
| bestseller {n} (book or thing sold in large numbers) | :: bestseller {m} |
| bet {n} /ˈbɛt/ (a wager) | :: pari |
| bet {v} (to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event) | :: parier |
| beta {n} /ˈbeɪtə/ (letter of the Greek alphabet) | :: bêta {m} |
| beta {adj} (beta) | :: bêta |
| beta blocker {n} /ˈbeɪ.tə ˈblɔk.ɚ/ (blocking agent) | :: bêta-bloquant {m} |
| beta-carotene {n} (class of plant pigments) | :: bêta-carotène |
| be taken ill {v} (to become ill) SEE: take sick | :: |
| betamethasone {n} | :: betaméthasone / β-méthasone / bêta-méthasone |
| betatron {n} (a form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed) | :: bêtatron {m} |
| beta version {n} (software in an early status) | :: version bêta {f} |
| betel {n} (either of two plants: the betel pepper or betel nut) | :: bétel {m} |
| betel bag {n} (small bag) | :: sac à bétel {m} |
| Betelgeuse {prop} /ˈbiːtəldʒuːz/ (supergiant) | :: Bételgeuse {f} |
| betel nut {n} (An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm) | :: noix d’arec {f} |
| betel pepper {n} (Piper betle) | :: bétel {m} |
| be that as it may {adv} (nevertheless) | :: quoi qu'il en soit, en tout cas, de toute façon |
| be the case {v} | :: être le cas |
| be there {v} | :: être là |
| Bethesda {prop} /bə.θɛz.də/ (pool in Jerusalem) | :: Bethesda {f} |
| Bethlehem {prop} /ˈbɛθləhɛm/ (City) | :: Bethléem {m} |
| Bethsaida {prop} /ˌbɛθ.ˈseɪ.ɪ.də/ (either of two towns) | :: Bethsaïda, Bethsaïde |
| bet one's boots {v} | :: mettre sa main au feu, mettre sa main à couper |
| bet one's bottom dollar {v} (bet one's boots) SEE: bet one's boots | :: |
| betony {n} (Stachys officinalis) | :: bétoine {f}, épiaire {f} |
| betray {v} /bəˈtɹeɪ/ (to deliver into the hands of an enemy) | :: trahir, livrer |
| betray {v} (to prove faithless or treacherous) | :: trahir |
| betray {v} (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret) | :: trahir |
| betrayal {n} (treason) SEE: treason | :: |
| betrayer {n} (someone who betrays) | :: dénonciateur, indicateur, traître |
| betroth {v} /bəˈtɹoʊð/ (to promise to give in marriage) | :: fiancer |
| betroth {v} (to promise to take as a future spouse) | :: se fiancer |
| betrothal {n} (mutual promise) | :: accordailles {f-p}, fiançailles {f-p} |
| betrothed {n} /bɪˈtɹəʊðd/ (fiancé or fiancée) | :: fiancé {m}, fiancée {f} |
| betrothment {n} (betrothal) SEE: betrothal | :: |
| better {adj} /ˈbɛtə/ (comparative of the adjectives good or well) | :: meilleur |
| better {adv} (comparative form of the adverb well) | :: mieux |
| better {v} (to improve) | :: améliorer |
| better an egg today than a hen tomorrow {proverb} (a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush) SEE: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush | :: |
| betterer {n} (one who makes something better) | :: améliorateur |
| better half {n} (spouse or lover) | :: meilleure moitié {f}, moitié {f} |
| better late than never {adv} (it’s better to do something late, than to never do it at all) | :: mieux vaut tard que jamais |
| betterment {n} (an improvement) | :: amélioration |
| better safe than sorry {proverb} (it is preferable to be cautious) | :: mieux vaut prévenir que guérir |
| better than nothing {adj} (almost worthless) | :: mieux que rien |
| bet the farm {v} (bet one's boots) SEE: bet one's boots | :: |
| betting shop {n} | :: boutique de paris |
| Betti number {n} (number that characterises a topological space with respect to a given dimension) | :: nombre de Betti {m} |
| between {prep} /bɪˈtwiːn/ (in the position or interval that separates two things) | :: entre |
| between {prep} (shared in confidence by) | :: entre |
| between {prep} (one of, representing a choice) | :: entre |
| between a rock and a hard place {prep} (in a difficult and inescapable position) | :: entre le marteau et l'enclume (between the hammer and the anvil), entre l'arbre et l'écorce (between the wood and the bark) |
| between a rock and a hard place {prep} (having the choice between two unpleasant options) | :: entre la peste et le choléra (between the plague and cholera) |
| between jobs {prep} ((euphemistic) unemployed) | :: sans emploi {m}, chômeur {m}, chômeuse {f} |
| between Scylla and Charybdis {prep} /bəˈtwiːn.ˈsɪlə.ænd.kəˈɹɪbdɪs/ (idiomatic) | :: de Charybde en Scylla |
| between the devil and the deep blue sea {prep} (choice between two undesirable options) | :: entre le marteau et l'enclume |
| between the hammer and the anvil {prep} (with the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options) | :: entre le marteau et l'enclume, la peste ou le choléra |
| betwixt {prep} /bɪˈtwɪkst/ (between, specifically between two things) | :: entre |
| bevel {v} /ˈbɛvəl/ (give a canted edge to a surface) | :: aiguiser, biseauter, chanfreiner |
| beverage {n} /ˈbevəɹɪdʒ/ (drink) | :: boisson {f}, breuvage {m} |
| Beverly Hills {prop} (city in California) | :: Beverly Hills |
| bevy {n} /ˈbɛvi/ (large group of birds) | :: vol, passée |
| bewail {v} /bɪˈweɪl/ (to wail over) | :: pleurer, déplorer |
| beware {v} /ˌbəˈwɛəɹ/ (use caution, pay attention (to)) | :: faire attention |
| beware of the dog {phrase} (beware of the dog) | :: attention au chien |
| bewhiskered {adj} (having whiskers) | :: barbu |
| Bewick's swan {n} (Bewick's swan) | :: cygne siffleur |
| bewilder {v} /bɪˈwɪldə(ɹ)/ (to confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone) | :: abasourdir, confondre, déconcerter, dérouter, désorienter |
| bewildered {adj} /bəˈwɪldɚd/ (confused) | :: confusionné, déconcerté, dérouter |
| bewilderment {n} /bɪˈwɪldəɹmənt/ (state of being bewildered) | :: ahurissement {m}, confusion {f}, perplexité {f} |
| bewitch {v} /bəˈwɪtʃ/ (to cast a spell) | :: ensorceler, envoûter |
| bewitched {adj} /bɪˈwɪtʃt/ (Under a spell; entranced) | :: ensorcelé |
| bewitching {adj} /bəˈwɪtʃɪŋ/ (enchanting) | :: envoûtement {m}, envoutement |
| be wrong {v} (have an incorrect belief, be mistaken) | :: avoir tort, se tromper, méprendre |
| bey {n} /beɪ/ (governor of a Turkish dominion) | :: bey {m} |
| beyond {prep} (beyond) SEE: above | :: |
| beyond {n} (unknown) SEE: unknown | :: |
| beyond {prep} /biˈjɑnd/ (further away than) | :: par-delà |
| beyond {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife | :: |
| beyond a reasonable doubt {prep} (legal standard) | :: au-delà de tout doute raisonnable |
| beyond a shadow of a doubt {prep} (without any doubt or hesitation) | :: sans l'ombre d'un doute |
| beyond the grave {prep} (after death) | :: d'outre-tombe |
| beyond the pale {prep} (behaviour) | :: inacceptable, inadmissible, (to be beyond the pale) dépasser les bornes |
| bezant {n} /ˈbɛzənt/ (coin minted at Byzantium) | :: besant {m} |
| bezel {n} /ˈbɛz.əl/ (the rim and flange which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object) | :: chaton {m}, monture {f} |
| bezoar {n} /ˈbi.zɔɹ/ (mass of undigested matter) | :: bézoard {m} |
| B-flat {n} (musical note) | :: si bémol |
| B-flat major {n} (major key with B-flat as its tonic) | :: si bémol majeur |
| Bharat {prop} (India) SEE: India | :: |
| bhikkhu {n} /ˈbɪkuː/ (Buddhist monk) | :: bhikshu {m} |
| Bhutan {prop} /buːˈtɑːn/ (Himalayan country) | :: Bhoutan |
| Bhutanese {n} /bu.təˈniːz/ (person from Bhutan) | :: Bhoutanais {m}, Bhoutanaise {f} |
| Bhutanese {adj} (pertaining to Bhutan) | :: bhoutanais |
| bhut jolokia {n} | :: jolokia, piment jolokia |
| bi {adj} /baɪ/ (bisexual) | :: bi |
| bi- {prefix} /baɪ-/ (two-) | :: bi- |
| Biafra {prop} /biˈɑfɹə/ (a short-lived secessionist state in southern Nigeria in the late 1960s) | :: Biafra {m} |
| Biafran {n} (a person from Biafra) | :: Biafrais {m} |
| biangbiang noodles {n} (type of noodle) | :: nouilles biang biang |
| biannual {adj} (occurring every two years) SEE: biennial | :: |
| biarchy {n} (rule by 2 people) SEE: diarchy | :: |
| bias {n} /ˈbaɪəs/ (inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality) | :: préjugé {m}, parti-pris {m} |
| bias {n} (statistics: difference between expectation and true value) | :: biais |
| bias {n} | :: préjugé {m}, parti-pris {m} |
| biased {adj} /ˈbaɪəst/ (exhibiting bias; prejudiced) | :: partial, qui n'est pas impartial, qui a du parti pris |
| biathlete {n} (athlete in biathlon) | :: biathlète {m} {f} |
| biathlon {n} (winter sport) | :: biathlon {m} |
| biaxial {adj} (having two axes) | :: biaxial, biaxe |
| bib {n} /bɪb/ (item of clothing for protecting other clothes while eating) | :: bavoir {m}, bavette {f} |
| bib {n} (sports: piece of material carrying the bib number) | :: dossard {m} |
| bib {n} (sports: colourful vest) | :: chasuble {f} |
| bib {n} (upper part of an apron or overalls) | :: bavette {f} |
| bib {v} (to drink heavily) SEE: tipple | :: |
| bib {n} (Trisopterus luscus) SEE: pouting | :: |
| bibimbap {n} (Korean dish of white rice topped with vegetables, beef, a whole egg, and gochujang) | :: bibimbap {m} |
| bible {n} /ˈbaɪbəl/ (comprehensive manual) | :: Bible {f} |
| bible {n} (omasum) SEE: omasum | :: |
| Bible {prop} /ˈbaɪbəl/ (Christian holy book) | :: Bible {f} |
| Bible basher {n} (fundamentalist Christian preacher) | :: punaise de sacristie, grenouille de bénitier |
| biblical {adj} /ˈbɪblɪkəl/ (of or relating to the Bible) | :: biblique |
| biblical {adj} (in accordance with the teachings of the Bible) | :: biblique |
| biblically {adv} (in a biblical manner) | :: bibliquement |
| biblically {adv} (carnally) | :: bibliquement |
| biblio- {prefix} (relating to books) | :: biblio- |
| bibliographic {adj} (of or pertaining to bibliography) | :: bibliographique |
| bibliography {n} /bɪbliɒɡɹəfi/ (section of a written work) | :: bibliographie {f} |
| bibliography {n} (list of books or documents) | :: bibliographie {f} |
| bibliography {n} (study of the history of books) | :: habbo |
| bibliology {n} (the study of the history of books and the art of printing) | :: bibliologie {f} |
| bibliomancy {n} (divination by interpreting a passage from a book) | :: bibliomancie {f} |
| bibliomania {n} (passion for owning valuable books) | :: bibliomanie {f} |
| bibliometric {adj} (of or pertaining to bibliometrics) | :: bibliométrique |
| bibliometrics {n} (analysis of texts) | :: bibliométrie {f} |
| bibliopegy {n} | :: bibliopégie |
| bibliophage {n} (person who loves books) SEE: bookworm | :: |
| bibliophile {n} (person who loves books) | :: bibliophile {m} {f} |
| bibliophobia {n} (fear or dislike of books) | :: bibliophobie {f} |
| biblist {n} /ˈbɪblɪst/ (one who holds the Bible as the sole rule of faith) | :: bibliste {m} {f} |
| biblist {n} (a biblical scholar) | :: bibliste {m} {f} |
| bicameral {adj} /bʌɪˈkaməɹəl/ (having two separate legislative chambers) | :: bicaméral |
| bicameral {adj} ((typography, of a typeface or script) Having two cases: uppercase and lowercase) | :: bicaméral |
| bicameralism {n} (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups) | :: bicaméralisme {m} |
| bicarbonate {n} (chemistry) | :: bicarbonate {m} |
| bicarbonate {n} (of soda) | :: bicarbonate {m} |
| bicarbonate of soda {n} (sodium bicarbonate) SEE: sodium bicarbonate | :: |
| bicaudal {adj} | :: bicaudé |
| biccy {n} (slang: biscuit) | :: biscuit {m} |
| bicephalous {adj} (Having two heads) | :: bicéphale {m} {f} |
| biceps {n} /ˈbaɪ.sɛps/ (any muscle having two heads) | :: biceps {m} |
| biceps {n} (biceps brachii) SEE: biceps brachii | :: |
| biceps brachii {n} (biceps brachii) | :: muscle biceps brachial {m} |
| biceps femoris {n} (the flexor of the knee) | :: biceps fémoral {m} |
| bichon {n} /biʃɔn/ (bichon) | :: bichon {m}, bichonne {f} |
| bichon {n} (Bichon Frisé) SEE: Bichon Frisé | :: |
| Bichon Frisé {n} /ˈbiːʃɒn fɹiːˈzeɪ/ (Bichon Frisé) | :: bichon à poil frisé {m} |
| bichrome {adj} (having two colours) SEE: bicolour | :: |
| bicipital {adj} /baɪˈsɪp.ɪ.təl/ (of or pertaining to a biceps) | :: bicipital |
| bicker {v} /ˈbɪkə/ (quarrel in a tiresome manner) | :: se chamailler |
| bickering {n} (petty quarreling) | :: chamaillerie {f} |
| bickern {n} /ˈbɪkən/ (type of anvil) | :: bigorne {f} |
| Bicol {prop} /ˈbikɔl/ (language) | :: Langues bicol |
| Bicolano {prop} (Bicol) SEE: Bicol | :: |
| bicolour {adj} (having two colours) | :: bichrome, bicolore |
| bicoloured {adj} (of two colours) SEE: bicolour | :: |
| Bicol Peninsula {prop} (Bicol Peninsula) | :: Péninsule de Bicol |
| Bicol Region {prop} (Bicol Region) | :: Région de Bicol |
| biculturalism {n} (state or quality of being bicultural) | :: biculturalisme {m} |
| bi-curious {adj} /bʌɪˈkjʊəɹɪəs/ (Curious about one's bisexuality) | :: bi-curieux {m} |
| bicycle {n} /ˈbaɪsɪkl̩/ (vehicle) | :: vélo {m}, bicyclette {f}, vélocipède {m} [dated] |
| bicycle {v} (to ride a bicycle) | :: faire du vélo, faire de la bicyclette, rouler à vélo, pédaler |
| bicycle helmet {n} (helmet worn while riding a bicycle) | :: casque de vélo {m}, casque vélo {m} |
| bicycle kick {n} (kick) | :: bicyclette {f} |
| bicycle lane {n} (lane of a roadway designated for use by cyclists) | :: bande cyclable {f} |
| bicycle path {n} (segregated path for the use of bicycles) | :: piste cyclable {f} |
| bicycle pump {n} (bicycle pump) | :: pompe à vélo {f} |
| bicycle rack {n} (rack in which bicycles may be parked) SEE: bicycle stand | :: |
| bicycle stand {n} (device to which bicycles may be securely attached) | :: arceau à vélo {m} |
| bicycle touring {n} (touring on a bicycle) | :: cyclotourisme {m} |
| bicycle tourist {n} (person who travels for fun on a bicycle) | :: cyclotouriste {m} |
| bicyclist {n} (rider of bicycle) SEE: cyclist | :: |
| bid {v} /bɪd/ (to issue a command) | :: demander, ordonner |
| bid {v} (to invite) | :: demander, inviter, proposer |
| bid {v} (to utter a greeting or salutation) | :: dire, exprimer |
| bid {v} (intransitive: to make an offer) | :: faire une enchère (at auction) |
| bid {v} (transitive: to offer as a price) | :: soumissionner (for contract) |
| bid {v} (transitive: to announce goal) | :: annoncer |
| bid {n} (offer at an auction) | :: enchère {f} |
| bidder {n} /ˈbɪdɚ/ (someone who bids) | :: enchérisseur {m}, enchérisseuse {f} |
| biddy {n} /ˈbɪdi/ (a name used in calling a hen or chicken) | :: petit |
| bide one's time {v} (to wait, especially for a suitable opportunity) | :: attendre son heure |
| bidet {n} /bɨˈdeɪ/ (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus) | :: bidet {m} |
| bidimensional {adj} (two-dimensional) SEE: two-dimensional | :: |
| bidirectional {adj} /ˌbaɪdɪˈɹɛkʃənəl/ (moving in two directions) | :: bidirectionnel |
| bidirectional {adj} (operating in two directions) | :: bidirectionnel |
| bidual {n} | :: bidual |
| Biella {prop} (province of Italy) | :: Biella |
| Biella {prop} (city and capital of Biella) | :: Biella |
| biennale {n} (a biennial celebration or exhibition) | :: biennale {f} |
| biennial {adj} /baɪˈɛnɪəl/ (happening every two years) | :: bisannuel |
| biennial {n} (plant) | :: bisannuelle {f} |
| bier {n} /biɚ/ (litter to transport the corpse of a dead person) | :: civière |
| bier {n} (platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed) | :: catafalque, lit mortuaire |
| biface {n} (tool) | :: biface {m} |
| bifurcate {v} /ˈbʌɪ.fək.eɪt/ (divide into two) | :: bifurquer |
| bifurcation {n} /ˌbaɪfɚˈkeɪʃən/ (a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet) | :: bifurcation {f} |
| big {adj} /bɪɡ/ (of a great size, see also: large) | :: grand, gros |
| big {adj} (adult) | :: grand |
| big air {n} | :: grand saut, big air |
| bigamist {n} /ˈbɪɡəmɪst/ (someone who practices bigamy) | :: bigame {m} |
| bigamy {n} /ˈbɪɡəmi/ (state of having two spouses simultaneously) | :: bigamie {f} |
| Big Apple {prop} (nickname for New York City) | :: Grosse Pomme {f}, Big Apple {f} |
| big baby {n} /bɪɡ ˈbeɪbi/ (Adult or youth prone to immature behavior associated with babies.) | :: gros bébé {m} |
| Big Bad Wolf {n} /bɪɡ bæd ˈwʊlf/ (fictional evil wolf) | :: grand méchant loup {m} |
| Big Bang {prop} (cosmic event) | :: Bigbang {m} |
| big boy {n} (An independent adult male) | :: grand garçon |
| big break {n} ((entertainment) A breakthrough, especially the first big hit of a previously unknown performer or performers) | :: percée {f} |
| big brother {n} (a sibling's older brother) SEE: older brother | :: |
| Big Brother {prop} (unwarranted and invasive government surveillance) | :: Big Brother |
| big cat {n} (any large feline animal) | :: fauve {m} |
| big cheese {n} (very important figure) | :: big boss {m}, grand chef {m}, [colloquial] grosse légume {f}, [informal] gros bonnet, huile {f}, [derogatory] bonze |
| Big Crunch {prop} (hypothetic eventual collapse of the universe) | :: Big Crunch {m} |
| big data {n} /ˌbɪɡ ˈdeɪtə/ (collection of data sets) | :: mégadonnées {f-p} |
| big deal {n} (something very important) | :: problème {m}, drame {m} [concern], toute une affaire {f} [important, affirmative form], montagne {f} [difficult], en faire tout un plat |
| big deal {n} (someone very important) | :: ponte, huile {f}, grosse légume {f} |
| big deal {interj} (so what) | :: la belle affaire ! {f}, et puis ?, et alors ? |
| Big Dipper {prop} (bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky) | :: Grande Casserole {f}, Grand Chariot {m} |
| big eater {n} (glutton) SEE: glutton | :: |
| big enough and ugly enough {adj} | :: majeur et vacciné |
| big fat {adj} /ˈbɪɡ.fæt/ (complete) | :: gros, sacré, intégral |
| big fat {adj} (huge) | :: bon gros, énorme |
| big final {n} | :: grande finale |
| bigger {adj} /ˈbɪɡɚ/ (comparative of big) | :: plus grand |
| bigger fish to fry {n} (more pressing issues to attend to) | :: avoir d'autres chats à fouetter (verb: literally to have other cats to whip) |
| bighorn sheep {n} (a North American wild sheep) | :: mouflon du Canada {m} |
| Big Mac {n} /bɪɡ mæk/ (burger) | :: Big Mac {m} |
| big mouth {n} (mouth of someone who talks too much) | :: grande gueule {f} |
| big mouth {n} (person who has such a "big mouth") | :: grande gueule {f} |
| bigmouth {n} (one who talks too much) | :: grande gueule {f} |
| bigophone {n} | :: bigophone {m}, bigotphone {m} |
| bigot {n} /ˈbɪɡət/ (one who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups and intolerant of others) | :: sectaire, intolérant, fanatique {m} intolérant, fanatique {f} intolérante |
| bigoted {adj} (being a bigot) | :: intolérant, sectaire |
| bigotedness {n} (bigotry) SEE: bigotry | :: |
| bigotry {n} /ˈbɪɡ.ə.tɹi/ (intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance) | :: bigoterie {f} |
| big screen {n} (surface) | :: grand écran {m} |
| big shot {n} (person with reputation or importance) SEE: big cheese | :: |
| big sister {n} (a sibling's older sister) SEE: older sister | :: |
| big spender {n} (one who makes large purchases) | :: flambeur |
| big-time {adj} (bigtime) SEE: bigtime | :: |
| big-time {adv} (bigtime) SEE: bigtime | :: |
| bigtime {adj} (of major significance) | :: sacré, de première, magistral |
| bigtime {adv} (to a significant degree) | :: sacrément, vachement, carrément, magistralement |
| big toe {n} (largest of the toes of the foot of a human) | :: gros orteil, pouce du pied {m}, hallux {m} [anatomy] |
| big wheel {n} (big cheese) SEE: big cheese | :: |
| big wheel {n} (Ferris wheel) SEE: Ferris wheel | :: |
| bigwig {n} (A person of importance) | :: grosse légume {f}, huile {f}, gros bonnet {m} |
| bijection {n} /baɪ.dʒɛk.ʃən/ (function that is both a surjection and an injection) | :: bijection {f} |
| bijective {adj} (both injective and surjective) | :: bijectif |
| bike {n} /bɐɪk/ (bicycle) | :: vélo {m} |
| bike {n} (motorcycle) | :: moto {f} |
| bike {n} (promiscuous woman) | :: pute {f}, traînée {f} |
| bike cab {n} (cycle rickshaw used as taxi) SEE: pedicab | :: |
| bike lane {n} (bicycle lane) SEE: bicycle lane | :: |
| bike path {n} (bicycle path) SEE: bicycle path | :: |
| biker {n} /ˈbaɪkɚ/ (person whose lifestyle is centered on motorcycles) | :: motocycliste {m} {f}, motard {m}, motarde {f},, biker {m}, bikeur {m}, bikeuse {f} |
| biker {n} (person who rides a bicycle) SEE: cyclist | :: |
| bike rack {n} (bicycle stand) SEE: bicycle stand | :: |
| bikini {n} /bɪˈkiːni/ (bathing suit) | :: bikini {m} |
| bikini bottom {n} (bottom part of a bikini) | :: culotte de bain {f} |
| bikini line {n} (part of a woman's pubic region not covered by a swimsuit) | :: maillot {m} |
| bikini panties {n} (bottom part of a bikini) SEE: bikini bottom | :: |
| bilabial {adj} (articulated with both lips) | :: bilabial |
| bilateral {adj} /baɪˈlætəɹəl/ (having two sides) | :: bilatéral |
| bilaterian {n} (any animal that has bilateral symmetry, collectively grouped in the clade Bilateria) | :: bilatérien {m} |
| bilayer {n} (any structure consisting of two layers of molecules) | :: bicouche {f} |
| Bilbao {prop} /bɪlˈbaʊ/ (city of northern Spain) | :: Bilbao |
| bilberry {n} /ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/ (type of blueberry from the cowberry family, see also: blueberry) | :: myrtille {f} |
| bildungsroman {n} /ˈbɪl.dʊŋzˌɹoʊ.mən/ (a type of novel) | :: roman d'apprentissage {m}, bildungsroman {m} |
| bile {n} /baɪl/ (secretion produced by the liver) | :: bile {f}, fiel {m} |
| bile {n} (bitterness of temper; ill humour) | :: bile {f} |
| bile duct {n} (structure carrying bile) | :: voies biliaires {p} |
| bilge {n} /bɪldʒ/ (lowest inner part of a ship's hull) | :: fond de cale, sentine {f} |
| bilin {n} (pigment formed as a metabolic product of certain porphyrins) | :: biline {f} |
| bilinear {adj} ((mathematics) linear in each of two variables) | :: bilinéaire |
| bilingual {adj} /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ (speaking two languages) | :: bilingue |
| bilingualism {n} (condition of being bilingual) | :: bilinguisme {m} |
| bilious {adj} /ˈbɪl.jəs/ (suffering from real or supposed liver disorder) | :: bilieux, insuffisant hépatique |
| bilious {adj} (of or pertaining to bile) | :: bilieux {m}, bilieuse {f}, biliaire |
| bilious {adj} (irritable, irascible) | :: atrabilaire, bileux, colérique, coléreux |
| bilirubin {n} /bɪlɪˈɹuːbɪn/ (bile pigment) | :: bilirubine {f} |
| biliteral {adj} (composed of two letters) | :: bilitère |
| biliverdin {n} (a green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment) | :: biliverdine {f} |
| bilk {v} /bɪlk/ (defraud, cheat) | :: laisser tomber (quelqu'un) |
| bill {n} /bɪl/ (weapon of infantry) | :: hallebarde {f} |
| bill {n} (cutting instrument) | :: serpe {f}, serpette {f} |
| bill {n} (somebody armed with a bill) | :: hallebardier {m} |
| bill {n} (extremity of the arm of an anchor) | :: bec |
| bill {v} (to work with a bill) | :: piocher |
| bill {n} (bird's beak) | :: bec {m} |
| bill {n} (beaklike projection) | :: promontoire {m} |
| bill {v} (to stroke bill against bill) | :: se battre bec et ongles |
| bill {n} (official statement) | :: note {f}, acte {m} |
| bill {n} (draft of a law) | :: projet de loi {m} |
| bill {n} (law: declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant) | :: greffe {m} |
| bill {n} (invoice) | :: facture {f}, addition {f} [Québec] |
| bill {n} (advertisement) | :: tract {m} |
| bill {n} (bill of exchange) | :: facture {f} |
| bill {n} (piece of paper money) SEE: banknote | :: |
| billboard {n} (large advertisement along side of highway) | :: panneau d'affichage {m} |
| billet-doux {n} (love letter) SEE: love letter | :: |
| billeting {n} (The lodging of soldiers) | :: cantonnement {m} |
| billfold {n} (wallet) SEE: wallet | :: |
| Bill Gates' flower fly {n} (a species of fly) | :: éristale de Gates |
| billhook {n} (agricultural implement) | :: serpe {f}, serpette {f} |
| billiard {n} /ˈbɪl.i.ə(ɹ)d/ (a shot in billiards or snooker) | :: carambole {f} (only in french billiard, a.k.a. carambole) |
| billiard {num} /ˈbɪl.i.ɑː(ɹ)d/ (a million milliards, see also: quadrillion) | :: billiard {m} |
| billiards {n} /ˈbɪlɪədz/ (a cue sport) | :: billards {m-p} |
| billion {n} /ˈbɪljən/ (a thousand million; 1,000,000,000; a milliard) | :: milliard {m}, [obsolete] billion {m} |
| billion {n} (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000, see also: trillion) | :: billion |
| billion {n} ((plural) a very large number) | :: milliards {m-p}, millions {m-p} |
| billionaire {n} /ˌbɪl.jəˈnɛɚ/ (wealth exceeding one billion (109)) | :: milliardaire {m} {f} |
| bill of exchange {n} (document demanding payment from another party) | :: lettre de change {f} |
| bill of fare {n} (enumeration of dishes in writing) | :: carte {f}, menu {m} |
| bill of lading {n} (waybill for transport by boat) | :: connaissement {m} |
| bill of rights {n} (a formal statement of the rights of a specified group of people) | :: déclaration de droits |
| billow {n} /ˈbɪloʊ/ (large wave) | :: flot {m} |
| billow {v} (to surge in billows) | :: ondoyer |
| billposting {n} (sticking of posters) | :: placardage {m}, affichage {m} |
| Billy {prop} (William) SEE: William | :: |
| billycan {n} (lightweight pot) | :: gamelle {f} |
| billy goat {n} (male goat) | :: bouc {m} |
| Billy Wix {prop} (Tyto alba) SEE: western barn owl | :: |
| bilocation {n} /baɪləʊˈkeɪʃən/ (paranormal ability) | :: bilocation {f} |
| bilocular {adj} (having two chambers, cells or compartments) | :: biloculaire |
| bimbo {n} /ˈbɪmboʊ/ (physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence) | :: ravissante idiote {f}, gourde sexy {f}, pitoune {f} [Quebec] |
| bimbo {n} (stupid or foolish person) | :: idiot {m}, andouille {m}, couillon {m}, neuneu {m} |
| bimetallism {n} (a monetary standard) | :: bimétallisme {m} |
| bimillenary {adj} | :: bimillénaire |
| bimillenary {n} | :: bimillénaire {m} |
| bimillennial {adj} /baɪˈmɪlɛn.i.əl/ (occurring every 2,000 years) | :: bimillénaire |
| bimonthly {adv} (once every two months) | :: bimestriel |
| bimonthly {adv} (two times per month) | :: bimensuel |
| bin {n} /bɪn/ (container used for storage) | :: boîte {f}, conteneur {m} |
| bin {n} (container for rubbish) | :: poubelle {f} |
| bin {v} (informal: dispose of in a bin or as if in a bin) | :: benner |
| binary {adj} /ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹi/ (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions such as on or off) | :: binaire |
| binary {adj} (logic states) | :: binaire |
| binary {adj} (using binary number system) | :: binaire |
| binary {adj} (equal importance) | :: binaire |
| binary {adj} (having two parts) | :: binaire |
| binary {adj} (not ASCII) | :: binaire |
| binary {n} (number system) | :: binarité {f} |
| binary {n} (executable computer file) | :: exécutable {m} |
| binary distribution {n} (a distribution of software containing executable binaries, without source code) | :: paquet binaire {m} |
| binary number {n} | :: nombre binaire {m} |
| binary operator {n} (operator taking two operands) | :: opérateur binaire {m} |
| binary relation {n} (order theory) | :: relation binaire {f} |
| binary star {n} (stellar system in which two stars orbit their center of mass) | :: étoile binaire |
| binary star system {n} (binary star) SEE: binary star | :: |
| binary system {n} (astronomy: system of two celestial objects) SEE: binary star | :: |
| binary tree {n} (a data structure) | :: arbre binaire {m} |
| binbag {n} /ˈbɪnbaɡ/ (bin bag) | :: sac poubelle {m} |
| bind {v} /baɪnd/ (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.) | :: lier, attacher, nouer |
| bind {v} (transitive connect) | :: lier, connecter |
| bind {v} (transitive couple) | :: coupler, lier |
| bind {v} (transitive put together in a cover, as of books) | :: relier |
| binder {n} /ˈbaɪndɚ/ (a bookbinder) | :: relieur {m} |
| binder {n} (cover or holder for unbound papers, pages etc.) | :: reliure {f} |
| binder {n} (dossier) | :: dossier {m} |
| binding {adj} /ˈbaɪndɪŋ/ (imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured) | :: contraignant |
| binding {n} (spine of a book) | :: reliure {f} |
| binding {n} ((chemistry) the sticking together) | :: liaison |
| bindle {n} /ˈbɪndl/ (tramp's or itinerant's bundle) | :: balluchon |
| Bindslev {prop} (the town) | :: Bindslev {m} |
| bindweed {n} /ˈbaɪndwiːd/ (Convolvulaceae) | :: liseron {m} |
| binge drinking {n} (consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol) | :: beuverie express {f} |
| binge eating disorder {n} (medical disorder) | :: syndrome d'hyperphagie incontrôlée |
| binge-watch {v} (watch multiple episodes of a television programme) | :: visionner boulimiquement, visionnage en rafale, visionnement en rafale, écoute en rafale (Quebec) |
| binge watching {n} (The viewing of numerous episodes of a TV show) | :: binge watching {m} |
| binge-watching {n} (watching multiple episodes of a TV programme in a short period of time) SEE: binge watching | :: |
| bingo {n} /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoʊ/ (game of chance) | :: bingo {m} |
| bingo {n} (scrabble play) | :: scrabble {m} |
| bingo {interj} (when finding something) | :: ça y est |
| binky {n} (pacifier) SEE: pacifier | :: |
| bin man {n} (garbage collector) SEE: garbage collector | :: |
| bino {n} (superpartner of gauge boson) | :: bino {m} |
| binoculars {n} /ˈbɪnˌɒk.jʊ.lə(ɹ)z/ (hand-held device for looking at a distance) | :: jumelles {f-p}, jumelle {f} |
| binomial {n} /baɪˈnəʊ.mi.əl/ (algebra: polynomial with two terms) | :: binôme {m} |
| binomial {n} (scientific two-terms name) SEE: binomial name | :: |
| binomial coefficient {n} (binomial coefficient) | :: coefficient binomial {m} |
| binomial name {n} (a scientific name at the rank of species) | :: nom binomial {f} |
| binomial nomenclature {n} (The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts) | :: nom binominal {m} |
| bio- {prefix} (life) | :: bio- |
| bioaccumulation {n} (the process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms) | :: bioaccumulation {f} |
| bioaccumulative {adj} (tending to accumulate in organisms) | :: bioaccumulatif |
| bioaerosol {n} (aerosol containing biologically active...) | :: bioaérosol {m} |
| biocatalysis {n} (catalysis using biological catalysts) | :: biocatalyse {f} |
| biocatalyst {n} (biochemical catalyst) | :: biocatalyseur {m} |
| biocatalytic {adj} (Relating to, or employing biocatalysis) | :: biocatalytique |
| biocenosis {n} (biocoenosis) SEE: biocoenosis | :: |
| biochemical {adj} (of or relating to biochemistry) | :: biochimique |
| biochemical {adj} (involving chemical processes in living organisms) | :: biochimique |
| biochemist {n} (A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry) | :: biochimiste {m} {f} |
| biochemistry {n} (the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism) | :: biochimie {f} |
| biocide {n} /ˈbaɪəʊsaɪd/ (any substance that can destroy living organisms) | :: biocide {m} |
| bioclimatology {n} (science that studies interaction between biosphere and atmosphere) | :: bioclimatologie |
| biocoenosis {n} (community of organisms) | :: biocénose {f} |
| biodegradable {adj} /baɪoʊdəˈɡɹeɪdəbl̩/ (capable of being decomposed by biological activity) | :: biodégradable |
| biodegradation {n} (decomposition of any material by microorganisms) | :: biodégradation {f} |
| biodiversity {n} /ˌbaɪoʊdɑɪˈvɚsəti/ (diversity of flora and fauna) | :: biodiversité {f} |
| bioecology {n} | :: bioécologie {f} |
| bioelectricity {n} (Electricity generated within an organism) | :: bioélectricité {f} |
| bioenergetic {adj} (related to bioenergetics) | :: bioénergétique {m} {f} |
| bioenergetics {n} (study of the energy transformations) | :: bioénergétique {f} |
| biofact {n} | :: biofact, écofact |
| biofilm {n} (aggregation of microorganisms) | :: biopellicule {m} |
| biogas {n} (gas produced by organic waste matter, used as a fuel) | :: biogaz {m} |
| biogenesis {n} /bʌɪə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnəsɪs/ (principle) | :: biogenèse {f} |
| biogenesis {n} (biosynthesis) SEE: biosynthesis | :: |
| biogenic {adj} (produced by living organisms, or by a biological process) | :: biogène |
| biogeography {n} (study of geographical distribution of living things) | :: biogéographie {f} |
| biographer {n} (the writer of a biography) | :: biographe |
| biographic {adj} (biographical) SEE: biographical | :: |
| biographical {adj} (relating to an account of a person's life) | :: biographique |
| biography {n} /baɪˈɑːɡɹəfi/ (personal life story) | :: biographie {f} |
| biohazard {n} (biological risk) | :: risque biologique |
| bioindicator {n} (indicator of environmental health) | :: bioindicateur {m}, biorévélateur {m} |
| bioindustry {n} (industry associated with biotechnology) | :: bioindustrie {f} |
| bioinformatics {n} /ˌbaɪoʊˌɪnfɚˈmætɪks/ (field of science) | :: bioinformatique {f} |
| bioinspired {adj} (bio-inspired) SEE: bio-inspired | :: |
| bio-inspired {adj} (biologically inspired) | :: bio-inspiré, bioinspiré, inspiré du vivant |
| biolistic {adj} | :: biolistique |
| biolistics {n} | :: biolistique {f} |
| biologic {adj} (biological) SEE: biological | :: |
| biological {n} /ˌbaɪəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/ (of biology) | :: biologique |
| biological {n} (consanguine) | :: biologique |
| biological clock {n} (mechanism) | :: horloge biologique {f} |
| biological clock {n} | :: horloge biologique {f} |
| biological father {n} (man from whom one inherits DNA) | :: père biologique {m} |
| biological immortality {n} (phenomenon) | :: immortalité biologique {f} |
| biologically {adv} (with regard to biology) | :: biologiquement |
| biological mother {n} (woman from whom one inherits DNA) | :: mère biologique {f} |
| biological parent {n} (biological parent) | :: parent biologique {m} |
| biological warfare {n} (use of an organism as a weapon of war) | :: guerre biologique {f} |
| biological weapon {n} (biological pathogen) | :: arme biologique {f} |
| biologist {n} (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) | :: biologiste {m} {f}, biologue {m} {f} [obsolete] |
| biology {n} /baɪˈɑlədʒi/ (study of living matter) | :: biologie {f} |
| bioluminescence {n} /ˌbaɪ̯oʊ̯ˌluməˈnɛsəns/ (emission of light by a living organism) | :: bioluminescence {f} |
| bioluminescent {adj} (exhibiting bioluminescence) | :: bioluminescent |
| biomagnetism {n} (production or detection of a magnetic field) | :: biomagnétisme {m} |
| biomarker {n} /ˈbaɪoʊˌmɑɹkɚ/ (indicator of a biological state) | :: biomarqueur {m} |
| biomass {n} /ˈbaɪ.ə(ʊ)ˌmæs/ (total mass of living things) | :: biomasse {f} |
| biomass {n} (vegetation used as fuel) | :: biomasse {f} |
| biomaterial {n} (material) | :: biomatériau {m} |
| biomathematics {n} (application of mathematics to the study of biological systems) | :: biomathématiques {f-p} |
| biome {n} /ˈbaɪoʊm/ (biological community) | :: biome {m} |
| biomechanical {adj} (of or pertaining to biomechanics) | :: biomécanique {f} |
| biomechanics {n} | :: biomécanique {f} |
| biomedical {adj} /ˌbaɪoʊˈmedɪkl/ (pertaining to biomedicine) | :: biomédical {m} |
| biomedicine {n} (a branch of medical science) | :: biomédecine {f} |
| biometrics {n} (measurement of biological data) | :: biométrie {f} |
| biometrics {n} (measurement of physical characteristics for use in personal identification) | :: biométrie {f} |
| biomimetic {adj} (related to biomimetics) | :: biomimétique {m} {f} |
| biomolecular {adj} | :: biomoléculaire |
| biomolecule {n} (molecules) | :: biomolécule |
| bionic {adj} /ˈbɪˌɒn.ɪk/ (related to bionics) | :: bionique |
| bionics {n} /ˈbaɪˌɒnɪks/ (engineering based on biological systems) | :: bionique {f} |
| biophilia {n} /ˈbaɪəʊˌfɪil.i.ə/ (love of nature and all living things) | :: biophilie |
| biophysical {adj} /ˈbaɪəʊˌfɪzɪkəl/ (relating to biophysics) | :: biophysique {f} |
| biophysics {n} (science) | :: biophysique {f} |
| biopower {n} (political technology) | :: biopouvoir |
| biopsy {n} /ˈbaɪɑpsi/ (removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes) | :: biopsie |
| biorefinery {n} (a facility that carries out such production) | :: bioraffinerie {f} |
| bioremediation {n} (use of biological organisms to remove contaminants) | :: bioremédiation {f} |
| bioresource {n} (resource of biological origin) | :: bioressource {f} |
| bioscience {n} (sciences dealing with living organisms) | :: bioscience {f} |
| biospeleology {n} | :: biospéléologie {f} |
| biosphere {n} (part of Earth capable of supporting life) | :: biosphère {f} |
| biostasis {n} (the ability of an organism to tolerate environmental changes without actively adapting to them) | :: biostasie {f} |
| biostratigraphic {adj} | :: biostratigraphique |
| biostrome {n} (a horizontally bedded stratum of fossilized remains of sedentary organisms) | :: biostrome |
| biosynthesis {n} (synthesis of organic compounds) | :: biosynthèse |
| biota {n} /baɪˈəʊtə/ (the living organisms of a region) | :: biote {m} |
| biotechnological {adj} /ˈbaɪəʊˌtɛk.nə.lɒdʒ.ɪk.əl/ (of or pertaining to biotechnology) | :: biotechnologique |
| biotechnology {n} /ˈbaɪəʊˌtɛk.nɒl.əʊ.dʒi/ (use of living organisms in industrial, agricultural, medical applications) | :: biotechnologie {f} |
| biotechnology {n} (application of the principles and practices of engineering and technology to the life sciences) | :: biotechnologie {f} |
| biotherapy {n} (any of several unrelated therapies that use natural biological processes) | :: biothérapie {f} |
| biotherapy {n} (the use of living organisms in the control of disease) | :: biothérapie {f} |
| biotic {adj} /baɪˈɑ.tɪk/ (of, pertaining to, or produced by life or living organisms) | :: biotique |
| biotin {n} /ˈbaɪətɪn/ (sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex) | :: biotine {f} |
| biotite {n} /ˈbaɪəˌtaɪt/ (dark brown mica) | :: biotite {f} |
| biotope {n} (geographical area) | :: biotope |
| bioweapon {n} /ˈbaɪ.oʊˌwɛ.pən/ (weapon designed for use in biological warfare) | :: arme biologique {f} |
| BIP {n} (blunt impact projectile) | :: BIP |
| bipartisan {adj} /ˈbaɪˌpɑː(ɹ)t.ɪ.zæn/ (relating to, or supported by two groups, especially by two political parties) | :: bipartisan |
| bipartite {adj} | :: biparti |
| biped {n} /ˈbaɪpɛd/ (a two-footed (or two-legged) animal) | :: bipède |
| bipedal {adj} (having two feet or two legs) | :: bipède |
| bipedalism {n} (habit of standing and walking on two feet) | :: bipédie {f} |
| biphasic {adj} (having two phases) | :: biphasique |
| biphenyl {n} (organic compound) | :: biphényle {m} |
| biplane {n} (airplane that has two pairs of wings) | :: biplan {m} |
| bipod {n} /ˈbaɪpɒd/ (two-legged stand) | :: bipied {m} |
| bipolar {adj} (involving both poles) | :: bipolaire {m} {f} |
| bipolar {adj} (relating to or having bipolar disorder) | :: bipolaire {m} {f}, maniaco-dépressif {m} |
| bipolar disorder {n} (psychiatric diagnostic category) | :: trouble bipolaire {m} |
| bipolarization {n} | :: bipolarisation {f} |
| bipolaron {n} ((chemistry) doubly-charged polaron) | :: bipolaron {m} |
| bipolaron {n} ((physics) bound pair of polarons) | :: bipolaron {m} |
| birational geometry {n} (field of algebraic geometry) | :: géométrie birationnelle {f} |
| birch {n} /bɝtʃ/ (tree) | :: bouleau {m} |
| birch {n} (punishment device) | :: badine {f}, baguette {f} |
| birch {v} (to punish with a birch) | :: verger |
| Bircher muesli {n} (breakfast dish) | :: bircher {m} |
| birch sap {n} (the sap extracted from a birch tree) | :: eau de bouleau {f} |
| bird {n} /bɝd/ (animal) | :: oiseau {m}, oiselle {f} [female, poetic], oiselet {m} [diminutive, literary], oisillon {m} [diminutive] |
| bird {n} (person) | :: oiseau {m} |
| bird {n} (woman) | :: nana {f}, minette {f}, gonzesse {f} |
| bird {n} (girlfriend) | :: nana {f}, gonzesse {f}, poule {f} |
| bird {v} (to bring into prison, to roof) | :: tôle {f}, taule {f} |
| bird {n} (vulgar hand gesture) | :: doigt d'honneur {m} |
| birdbath {n} (basin for wild birds) | :: bain d’oiseaux |
| birdbrain {n} /ˈbɚd.bɹeɪn/ (someone who is not intelligent) | :: étourneau {m} |
| birdcage {n} (cage to keep birds in) | :: panier {m}, volière {f} |
| birdcall {n} (device used to imitate the cry of a bird) | :: appeau {m} |
| birdcatcher {n} (a person who catches or snares birds, wildfowl) | :: oiseleur {m}, oiseleuse {f} |
| birdcatching {n} (the catching of birds, wildfowl) | :: oisellerie {f} |
| bird cherry {n} (Prunus padus) | :: merisier à grappes {m} |
| bird dog {n} (tout) SEE: tout | :: |
| bird dog {n} (gun dog) SEE: gun dog | :: |
| bird flu {n} (avian influenza) SEE: avian influenza | :: |
| birdhouse {n} (aviary) SEE: aviary | :: |
| birdhouse {n} (small house for birds) | :: nichoir {m} |
| birdie {n} (badminton: shuttlecock) SEE: shuttlecock | :: |
| birdie {n} /ˈbɝdi/ (bird, birdling) | :: oiselet {m}, oisillon {m} |
| birdlime {n} (serving of a prison sentence) SEE: time | :: |
| birdlime {n} /ˈbɜːdlaɪm/ (sticky substance to catch birds) | :: glu {f} |
| birdlime {v} (add birdlime) | :: engluer |
| birdling {n} /ˈbɜɹd.lɪŋ/ (small bird; birdie; nestling (young bird, baby bird)) | :: oisillon {m} |
| bird of ill omen {n} | :: oiseau de mauvais augure {m} |
| bird of paradise {n} (bird) | :: paradisier {m}, oiseau de paradis {m} |
| bird of passage {n} (bird) SEE: migrant | :: |
| bird of prey {n} (carnivorous bird) | :: oiseau de proie {m}, rapace {m} |
| bird's-eye view {n} (view from directly or high above) | :: plongée {f} |
| birdshit {n} (vulgar: avian excreta) | :: guano {m} |
| bird's nest {n} (A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.) | :: nid d'oiseau {m} |
| birds of a feather {n} (people having similar characters) | :: bonnet blanc, blanc bonnet, kif-kif |
| birds of a feather flock together {proverb} (people of similar character, etc. tend to associate) | :: qui se ressemble s'assemble [who resemble each other, assemble together] |
| birds of the feather flock together {proverb} (birds of a feather flock together) SEE: birds of a feather flock together | :: |
| birdsong {n} (musical sound made by a bird) | :: chant {m}, chant d’oiseau |
| birdwatching {n} /ˈbɜː(ɹ)dˌwɒtʃ.ɪŋ/ (observing wild birds) | :: observation des oiseaux {f} |
| birefringence {n} /baɪɹɪˈfɹɪndʒəns/ (the splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium) | :: biréfringence {f} |
| biretta {n} (square cap) | :: barrette {f} |
| Birks {n} (Surname) | :: Birks |
| biro {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen | :: |
| Birobidzhan {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Birobidjan {m} |
| birth {n} /bɝθ/ (process of childbearing; beginning of life) | :: naissance {f} |
| birth {n} (instance of childbirth) | :: accouchement {m} |
| birth {v} (to give birth (to)) | :: accoucher |
| birth certificate {n} (official document certifying the details of a person's birth) | :: acte de naissance {m} |
| birth control {n} (voluntary control of the number of children conceived) | :: contrôle des naissances {m} |
| birthdate {n} (date of birth) SEE: date of birth | :: |
| birthday {n} /ˈbɝθˌdeɪ/ (anniversary) | :: anniversaire {m}, [Canada] fête {f} |
| birthday {n} (date of birth) | :: date de naissance {f} |
| birthday cake {n} (a cake made to celebrate a birthday) | :: gâteau d'anniversaire {m}, [Canada, Switzerland] gâteau de fête {m} |
| birthday card {n} (greeting card) | :: carte d'anniversaire {f} |
| birthday party {n} (a party held to celebrate a birthday) | :: fête d'anniversaire {f} |
| birthday suit {n} (nakedness) | :: tenue d’Adam {f}, tenue d’Ève {f} |
| birth defect {n} (any of several medical disorders that are present at birth) | :: anomalie congénitale {f} |
| birther {n} /ˈbɝθɚ/ (one who gives birth) | :: parturiente {f} |
| birthmark {n} (a mark on the skin formed before birth) | :: tache de naissance {f}, tache de vin {f} |
| birthplace {n} /ˈbɝθˌpleɪs/ (location where a person is born) | :: lieu de naissance {m} |
| birthrate {n} (rate of live births to population) | :: taux de natalité {m} |
| birth weight {n} (weight of a baby at birth) | :: poids à la naissance {m} |
| birthweight {n} (birthweight) SEE: birth weight | :: |
| birthwort {n} (Aristolochia) | :: aristoloche {f} |
| biryani {n} (dish of spiced rice) | :: biryani {m}, biriani {m}, beriani {m} |
| Biscay {prop} (Bay of Biscay) SEE: Bay of Biscay | :: |
| Biscay {prop} (province of Spain) | :: Biscaye {f} |
| biscuit {n} (cracker) SEE: cracker | :: |
| biscuit {n} /ˈbɪskɪt/ (small, flat baked good, see also: cookie; cracker) | :: biscuit {m} |
| biscuit {n} (ship's "bread") | :: biscuit {m} |
| biscuit {n} (form of earthenware) | :: biscuit {m} |
| bisector {n} /ˈbaɪˌsɛktɚ/ (A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts) | :: bissectrice {f} |
| bisexual {adj} /baɪˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/ (sexually attracted to both men and women) | :: bisexuel |
| bisexual {adj} (botany: having both male and female organs) | :: bisexué |
| bisexual {n} (bisexual person) | :: bisexuel {m}, bisexuelle {f} |
| bisexual {adj} (hermaphrodite) SEE: hermaphrodite | :: |
| bisexuality {n} (psychology) | :: bisexualité {f} |
| Bishkek {prop} /bɪʃˈkɛk/ (capital of Kyrgyzstan) | :: Bichkek {m} |
| Bishnupriya Manipuri {prop} (language) | :: bishnupriya manipuri |
| bishop {n} /ˈbɪʃəp/ (church official, supervisor of priests and congregations) | :: évêque {m} |
| bishop {n} (chess piece) | :: fou {m} |
| bishopric {n} /ˈbɪʃ.ə.pɹɪk/ (diocese) | :: évêché {m} |
| bishopric {n} (function of being bishop) | :: épiscopat {m} |
| Bislama {prop} /ˈbɪʃləmɑː/ (a creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu) | :: bichelamar {m} |
| bismuth {n} /ˈbɪz.məθ/ (chemical element) | :: bismuth {m} |
| bison {n} /ˈbaɪ̯sən/ (wild ox, Bison bonasus) | :: bison, bison d'Europe {m} |
| bison {n} (North American animal, Bison bison) | :: bison {m}, bison d'Amérique du Nord {m} |
| bisphenol A {n} (4,4'-dihydroxy-2,2-diphenylpropane) | :: bisphénol A |
| bisque {n} /bɪsk/ (thick creamy soup) | :: bisque {f} |
| bisque {n} (form of unglazed earthenware) | :: biscuit {m} |
| Bissau-Guinean {n} (person from Guinea-Bissau) | :: bissau-guinéen {m} |
| bissextile {n} (leap year) SEE: leap year | :: |
| bissextile {adj} /bɪˈsɛks.taɪəl/ (having an extra day) | :: bissextil |
| bissextile year {n} (year with an extra day) SEE: leap year | :: |
| Bisson {prop} | :: Bisson |
| Bissonnet {prop} (surname) | :: Bissonnet |
| Bissonnette {prop} (surname) | :: Bissonnette |
| bistable {adj} (having two stable states) | :: bistable |
| bistort {n} (any of several perennial herbs, classified in genera Bistorta, Persicaria, or Polygonum, having spikes of pink flowers) | :: bistorte {f} |
| bistro {n} /ˈbiːstɹoʊ/ (small restaurant) | :: bistro {m} |
| bistro {n} (small bar) | :: bistro {m} |
| bistronomic {adj} | :: bistronomique |
| bisulfate {n} (Univalent anion HSO4-) | :: bisulfate {f} |
| bisyllabic {adj} (comprising two syllables) SEE: disyllabic | :: |
| bit {n} /bɪt/ (metal in horse's mouth) | :: mors {m} |
| bit {n} (rotary cutting tool) | :: foret {m} |
| bit {n} (small amount of something, see also: a little) | :: petit morceau {m}, peu {m} |
| bit {n} (small amount of time) | :: instant {m}, minute {f}, seconde {f} |
| bit {n} (portion) | :: part {f} |
| bit {n} (math: binary digit) | :: bit {m} |
| bit {n} (coin of a specified value) SEE: coin | :: |
| bit by bit {adv} (small amount at a time) | :: petit à petit, peu à peu |
| bitch {n} /bɪt͡ʃ/ (female canine) | :: chienne {f} [dog], louve {f} [wolf], renarde {f} [fox] |
| bitch {n} (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female) | :: garce {f}, rosse {f}, salope {f} |
| bitch {n} (submissive person) | :: pute {f} |
| bitch {n} (difficult or confounding problem) | :: saleté {f}, saloperie {f} [vulgar], couille {f} |
| bitch {n} (colloquial: playing card queen) | :: dame {f} |
| bitch {v} (complain (about something) spitefully) | :: chialer, pester, râler, rouspéter |
| bitch {n} (complaint) SEE: complaint | :: |
| bitch {n} (playful variation on dog (sense "man")) SEE: dog | :: |
| bitch out {v} (to complain) SEE: bitch | :: |
| bitch out {v} (to fear from something) SEE: chicken out | :: |
| bitch slap {n} | :: gifle {f}, baffe {f}, tartine de doigts {f} |
| bite {v} /baɪt/ (to cut into by clamping the teeth) | :: mordre |
| bite {v} (to hold something by clamping one’s teeth) | :: mordre |
| bite {v} (to attack with the teeth) | :: mordre |
| bite {v} (to take hold) | :: maintenir, garder |
| bite {v} (to bite a baited hook or other lure) | :: mordre |
| bite {v} (to fall for a deception) | :: mordre, tomber dans le panneau, marcher |
| bite {v} (to sting) | :: mordre, piquer |
| bite {n} (act of biting) | :: morsure {f} |
| bite {n} (wound left behind after having been bitten) | :: morsure {f} |
| bite {n} (swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting) | :: piqûre {f} |
| bite {n} (mouthful) | :: bouchée {f} |
| bite me {interj} (expression of discontent or aggravation) | :: [vulgar] va te faire foutre, [vulgar] va te faire enculer, va au diable, [vulgar] va chier dans ta caisse, [vulgar] va chier |
| bite off {v} (To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility) | :: se dévouer, [vulgar] se casser le cul, [informal] se décarcasser |
| bite off {v} (To acquire, especially in an abrupt or forceful manner.) | :: saisir, s'emparer |
| bite off more than one can chew {v} (To try to do too much) | :: avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre |
| bite one's tongue {v} (prevent oneself from uttering a word) | :: rabattre le caquet, réduire au silence |
| bite the bullet {v} (endure punishment with dignity or accept a negative aspect of a situation) | :: serrer les dents [clench the teeth], encaisser |
| bite the dust {v} (to die) | :: avaler son extrait de naissance, [colloquial] claquer, [colloquial] crever, [informal] calancher |
| bite the dust {v} (to quit or fail) | :: mordre la poussière, lâcher |
| bite the hand that feeds one {v} (cause harm to a benefactor) | :: mordre la main qui nourrit, mordre la main nourricière |
| Bithynia {prop} /bɪˈθɪni.ə/ (ancient region) | :: Bithynie {f} |
| bitmap {n} (a series of bits) | :: image matricielle {f} |
| bitness {n} | :: largeur {f} |
| Bitola {prop} (city) | :: Bitola |
| bit player {n} (actor with a minor role) | :: utilité {f} |
| bit player {n} (insignificant person) | :: petit joueur {m}, petite joueuse {f} |
| bitrate {n} (frequency of bits at passing point) | :: débit binaire {m} |
| bitstock {n} (drill bit-carrying crank for boring holes) | :: vilebrequin {m}, chignole {f} |
| bitter {adj} /ˈbɪtə/ (having an acrid taste) | :: amer |
| bitter {adj} (harsh, piercing or stinging) | :: dur, sévère |
| bitter {adj} (hateful or hostile) | :: haineux, haïssable, odieux, [hostile] hostile |
| bitter {adj} (cynical and resentful) | :: amer |
| bitter end {n} (that part of an anchor cable which is abaft the bitts and thus remains inboard when a ship is riding at anchor) | :: étalingure |
| bitterling {n} (fish of the genus Rhodeus) | :: bouvière {f} |
| bitterling {n} (Rhodeus amarus) SEE: European bitterling | :: |
| bitterly {adv} /ˈbɪtəɹli/ (in a bitter manner) | :: amèrement |
| bitter melon {n} /ˈbɪtəɹ ˈmɛlən/ (fruit of Momordica charantia) | :: margose {f}, momordique {f}, pomme de merveille {f}, melon amer {m}, poire balsamique {f} |
| bittern {n} /ˈbɪtəɹn/ (bird of the subfamily Botaurinae) | :: butor {m} |
| bitterness {n} /ˈbɪtənəs/ (quality of being bitter in taste) | :: amertume {f} |
| bitterness {n} (quality of feeling bitter) | :: amertume {f} |
| bitter orange {n} (tree) | :: bigaradier {m} |
| bitter orange {n} (fruit) | :: bigarade {f}, orange amère {f} |
| bittersweet {adj} /ˈbɪtɚˌswit/ (both bitter and sweet) | :: doux-amer, aigre-doux |
| bittersweet {adj} (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure) | :: mi-figue mi-raisin {n}, doux-amer |
| bittersweet {n} (the bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara) | :: douce-amère {f} |
| bitter vetch {n} (Vicia ervilia) | :: ers {m} |
| bitumen {n} /bɪˈtumən/ (Mineral pitch) | :: bitume {m} |
| bivalence {n} (state or quality of being bivalent) | :: bivalence {f} |
| bivalve {n} /ˈbaɪvælv/ (Any mollusc of taxonomic class Bivalvia) | :: bivalve {m} |
| bivector {n} (an antisymmetric tensor) | :: biveteur {m} |
| bivouac {n} /ˈbɪv.u.æk/ (encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering) | :: bivouac {m} |
| biweekly {adj} /baɪˈwiːkli/ (occurring every two weeks) | :: bimensuel |
| biweekly {adj} (occurring twice a week) | :: bihebdomadaire |
| biweekly {adv} (every two weeks) | :: toutes les deux semaines, tous les quinze jours |
| biweekly {adv} (twice a week) | :: bihebdomadairement, deux fois par semaine |
| biweekly {n} (something published or released once every two weeks) | :: bimensuel {m}, quinzomadaire {m} |
| bixin {n} (an apocarotenoid that is the active ingredient of annatto) | :: bixine {f} |
| bizarre {adj} /bɪˈzɑɹ/ (strangely unconventional) | :: bizarre |
| Bizet sheep {n} (variety of sheep) | :: bizet {m} |
| blab {n} (gossip) SEE: gossip | :: |
| blabbermouth {n} (chatterbox) SEE: chatterbox | :: |
| black {v} (to blacken) SEE: blacken | :: |
| black {adj} (absorbing all light) | :: noir |
| black {adj} (relating to people with dark skin) | :: noir |
| black {adj} (illegitimate, illegal or disgraced) | :: noir |
| black {adj} (overcrowded) | :: noir de monde |
| black {adj} (of coffee or tea, without milk or other whitener) | :: noir |
| black {adj} (chess, checkers etc.: color opposing "white") | :: noir |
| black {n} (colour/color) | :: noir |
| black {n} (dark-skinned person) | :: Noir {m}, Noire {f} |
| black Africa {prop} (roughly sub-Saharan Africa) | :: Afrique noire |
| black alder {n} (Alnus glutinosa tree) | :: aulne glutineux {m}, aulne noir {m}, aulne poisseux {m} |
| black alder {n} (American winterberry) SEE: American winterberry | :: |
| black alder winterberry {n} (American winterberry) SEE: American winterberry | :: |
| black and white {adj} (black-and-white) SEE: black-and-white | :: |
| black-and-white {adj} (using shades of grey/gray) | :: noir et blanc |
| black-and-white {adj} (displaying images in shades of grey/gray) | :: noir et blanc |
| black antshrike {n} (bird) | :: batara noir |
| black-arched moth {n} (species of moth) | :: bombyx moine |
| black-backed jackal {n} (Canis mesomelas) | :: chacal à chabraque {m} |
| black bag {n} (plastic bag for the disposal of household waste) SEE: garbage bag | :: |
| blackballing {n} (an instance of a person being blackballed) | :: blackboulage {m} |
| black bear {n} (American black bear) | :: ours noir {m}, baribal {m} |
| black bear {n} (Asiatic black bear) | :: ours noir d'Asie {m}, ours à collier du Tibet {m} |
| Blackbeard {prop} (pirate's name) | :: Barbe Noire |
| black-bellied plover {n} (An arctic bird) | :: pluvier argenté {m} |
| black belt {n} (highest belt color in various martial arts) | :: ceinture noire {f} |
| black belt {n} (person who has attained the black belt) | :: ceinture noire {f} |
| blackberry {n} /ˈblækbeɹi/ (shrub) | :: ronce {f}, roncier {m}, mûrier {m}, |
| blackberry {n} (fruit) | :: mûre {f}, mûre sauvage {f} |
| blackberry winter {n} (period of cold weather around March, April or May) | :: saints de glace [in May] |
| black bile {n} (one of the four humours) | :: atrabile {f} |
| black-billed capercaillie {n} (Tetrao parvirostris) | :: tétras à bec noir {m} |
| blackbird {n} /ˈblækˌbɚd/ (Turdus merula: blackbird) | :: merle {m}, merlesse {f} |
| blackbird {n} (Turdus merula: blackbird) | :: Louisiana French: tchoc |
| blackboard {n} /ˈblækbɔɹd/ (a surface that can be written upon with chalk) | :: tableau noir {m}, tableau {m} [any colour] |
| blackbody {n} (an idealized object that absorbs all electromagnetic radiation that falls on it) | :: corps noir {m} |
| black box {n} (recorders in an aircraft) | :: boîte noire {f} |
| black box {n} (theoretical construct or device) | :: boîte noire {f} |
| black caiman {n} (caiman) | :: caïman noir {m} |
| blackcap {n} (Sylvia atricapilla) | :: fauvette à tête noire {f} |
| black-capped chickadee {n} (Poecile atricapillus) | :: mésange à tête noire {f} |
| black caraway {n} (Nigella sativa, see also: nigella) | :: nigelle cultivée {f}, cumin noir {m} |
| black caraway {n} (spice) | :: cumin noir {m}, graine de nigelle {f}, poivrette {f} |
| black cat {n} (Martes pennanti) SEE: fisher | :: |
| black cat {n} (black-furred cat) | :: chat noir {m} |
| black chanterelle {n} (mushroom) | :: trompette de la mort {f}, trompette des morts {f}, corne d’abondance {f}, craterelle {f} |
| black child {n} (black child, see also: pickaninny) | :: enfant noir {m}, négrillon {m} [can be offensive] |
| black coal {n} (high quality coal) | :: charbon bitumineux {m}, houille grasse {f} |
| black coffee {n} (coffee served without cream or milk) | :: café noir {m} |
| black-crested antshrike {n} (bird) | :: Batara huppé |
| black-crowned night heron {n} (Nycticorax nycticorax) | :: bihoreau gris {m}, héron bihoreau {m}, corbeau de nuit {m} |
| black cumin {n} (Nigella sativa) SEE: nigella | :: |
| black currant {n} /ˈblækˌkɜɹənt/ (shrub) | :: cassissier {m}, groseillier noir {m} |
| black currant {n} (berry) | :: cassis {m} |
| Black Death {prop} (14th century pandemic outbreak) | :: peste noire {f} |
| black dwarf {n} (cooled white dwarf) | :: naine noire {f} |
| black earth {n} (chernozem) SEE: chernozem | :: |
| black elder {n} (Sambucus nigra) SEE: elder | :: |
| blacken {v} /ˈblækən/ (make black) | :: noircir |
| blacken {v} (make dirty) | :: souiller |
| blacken {v} (defame, sully) | :: noircir, salir |
| blacken {v} (become black) | :: noircir |
| black eye {n} (bruised eye) | :: cocard {m}, mélanobutyrophtalmie {f}, œil au beurre noir {m}, œil poché {m} |
| black-eyed pea {n} (cowpea bean, the produce of the aforementioned plant) | :: cornille {f}, dolique à œil noir, pois à vache, niébé |
| black flag {n} (flag used as a symbol of anarchism) | :: drapeau noir {m} |
| Blackfoot {prop} (a North American confederacy) | :: Pieds-Noirs {m-p} |
| black-footed cat {n} (Felis nigripes) | :: chat à pattes noires {m} |
| Black Forest {prop} (German forest and mountain range) | :: Forêt-Noire {f}, Forêt Noire {f} |
| Black Forest gâteau {n} (type of gâteau originating in the Black Forest region of Germany) | :: forêt noire {f} |
| black francolin {n} (Francolinus francolinus) | :: francolin noir {m} |
| Black Friday {prop} (day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day) | :: vendredi fou {m}; vendredi noir {m}; Black Friday {m} |
| black gold {n} (petroleum) | :: or noir {m} |
| black goose {n} (goose of the genus Branta) SEE: brant | :: |
| black gram {n} (Bean from the seed of Vigna mungo) SEE: urad | :: |
| black grouse {n} /ˈblæk ɡɹɑʊs/ (Lyrurus tetrix) | :: tétras lyre {m} |
| blackguard {n} (scoundrel) SEE: scoundrel | :: |
| black guillemot {n} (black guillemot) | :: guillemot à miroir {m} |
| blackhead {n} (skin blemish) | :: point noir {m}, comédon {m} |
| black-headed gull {n} (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) | :: mouette rieuse {f} |
| black hole {n} /blæk ˈhoʊl/ (celestial body) | :: trou noir {m} |
| black-hooded antshrike {n} (passerine bird) | :: batara capucin |
| black humor {n} (subgenre of comedy) | :: humour noir {m} |
| black ice {n} (invisible film of ice) | :: verglas {m}, glace noire {f} |
| blacking {n} (shoe polish) SEE: shoe polish | :: |
| blackish {adj} /ˈblækɪʃ/ (somewhat black) | :: noirâtre |
| blackish-gray antshrike {n} (passerine bird) | :: batara demi-deuil |
| blackjack {n} /ˈblækdʒæk/ (card game) | :: vingt-et-un {m} |
| blackjack {n} (flag) | :: pavillon de pirates {m} |
| blackjack {n} (weapon) | :: matraque {f} |
| black kite {n} (species of kite) | :: milan noir {m} |
| black knight {n} (evil character) | :: chevalier noir {m} |
| black lead {n} (graphite) SEE: graphite | :: |
| blackleg {n} (fatal cattle disease) | :: charbon symptomatique {m} |
| blackleg {n} (strikebreaker) SEE: strikebreaker | :: |
| black-legged kittiwake {n} (Rissa tridactyla) | :: mouette tridactyle {f} |
| black letter {n} (a Northern-European style of type) | :: Fraktur |
| black light {n} (light bulb that emits ultraviolet light) | :: lumière noire {f} |
| black liquor {n} (a waste product in pulp and paper industry) | :: liqueur noire {f} |
| blacklist {n} /ˈblæklɪst/ (list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned) | :: liste noire {f}, [computing] blacklist {f} |
| blacklist {v} (to place on a blacklist) | :: blacklister |
| black lives matter {phrase} (statement of protest) | :: les vies noires comptent |
| black lung {n} (coal dust pneumoconiosis) | :: silicose {f} |
| black magic {n} (magic derived from evil forces) | :: magie noire {f} |
| black magick {n} (evil magic) | :: magie noire |
| blackmail {n} (extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure) | :: chantage {m} |
| blackmail {v} (to extort money) | :: faire du chantage, faire chanter |
| blackmailer {n} (someone who blackmails) | :: maître-chanteur {m}, maitre-chanteur {m}, maître chanteur {m} |
| black mamba {n} (A large venomous snake) | :: mamba noir {m} |
| black market {n} (trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing or price controls) | :: marché noir {m}, économie souterraine |
| black marketeer {n} (trader on the black market) | :: trafiquant {m} trafiquante {f} |
| black mulberry {n} (tree) | :: mûrier noir {m} |
| black mulberry {n} (fruit) | :: mûre noire {f} |
| black-necked grebe {n} (black-necked grebe) | :: grèbe à cou noir {m} |
| blackness {n} /ˈblæknəs/ (state or quality of being black) | :: noirceur {f} |
| black nightshade {n} (Solanum nigrum) | :: morelle noire {f} |
| black olive {n} (olive picked after it has ripened) | :: olive noire {f} |
| black out {v} (to cover with black ink) | :: noircir, caviarder |
| black out {v} (lose consciousness) | :: perdre connaissance, s'évanouir, [informal] tourner de l'œil, [colloquial] tomber dans les pommes |
| black out {v} (make dark) | :: assombrir, obscurcir |
| blackout {n} /ˈblækaʊt/ (a temporary loss of consciousness) | :: blackout {m} |
| blackout {n} (a temporary loss of memory) | :: blackout {m}, trou de mémoire {m} |
| blackout {n} (a large-scale power failure) | :: blackout {m}, coupure de courant {f} |
| blackout {n} (the mandatory blinding of all light) | :: blackout {m} |
| blackout curtain {n} (A current which blocks light) | :: rideau occultant {m} |
| black pepper {n} (spice) | :: poivre noir {m} |
| black pudding {n} | :: boudin noir {m} à l'avoine ou à l'orge |
| black radish {n} (Raphanus sativus var. niger) | :: radis noir {m} |
| black rhinoceros {n} (Diceros bicornis) | :: rhinocéros noir {m} |
| black salsify {n} (Scorzonera hispanica) | :: scorsonère {f} |
| black scabbardfish {n} (Aphanopus carbo) | :: sabre noir {m} |
| Black Sea {prop} (an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor) | :: mer Noire {f} |
| blackseed {n} (Nigella sativa) SEE: nigella | :: |
| black sheep {n} (nonconformist) | :: original, excentrique {m} {f} |
| black sheep {n} (disliked person) | :: mouton noir {m}, brebis galeuse {f} |
| blackshirt {n} (member of a fascist party) SEE: fascist | :: |
| blackshirt {n} (uniformed Italian fascist, member of a paramilitary wing of the party) | :: chemise noire {f}, squadriste {m} {f} |
| black skimmer {n} (bird) | :: bec-en-ciseaux noir {m} |
| blacksmith {n} /ˈblæk.smɪθ/ (iron forger, see also: smith) | :: forgeron {m}, forgeronne {f}, sidérurgiste {m} {f} |
| blacksmith {n} (iron forger, see also: smith) | :: maréchal-ferrant {m}, maréchale-ferrante {f} |
| black stork {n} (Ciconia nigra) | :: cigogne noire {f} |
| black swan {n} (Cygnus atratus) | :: cygne noir {m} |
| black tea {n} (tea leaves which have been "fermented") | :: thé noir {m} |
| black tea {n} (cup of tea served without milk) | :: thé noir {m} |
| black tern {n} (black tern) | :: guifette noire {f} |
| blackthorn {n} /ˈblækˌθɔɹn/ (Prunus spinosa) | :: prunellier {m} |
| blackthorn winter {n} (blackberry winter) SEE: blackberry winter | :: |
| black-throated antshrike {n} (passerine bird) | :: batara à gorge noire |
| black-throated diver {n} (Gavia arctica) | :: plongeon arctique {m} |
| black-throated loon {n} (black-throated diver) SEE: black-throated diver | :: |
| black vulture {n} (Coragyps atratus) | :: vautour moine {m} |
| black vulture {n} (Aegypius monachus) SEE: Eurasian black vulture | :: |
| black walnut {n} (Juglans nigra tree) | :: noyer noir {m} |
| blackwater {n} (contaminated waste water) | :: eaux noires |
| black widow {n} (species of venomous spider) | :: veuve noire {f} |
| black widow {n} (a murderous woman) | :: veuve noire {f} |
| black-winged kite {n} (Elanus caeruleus) | :: élanion blac {m} |
| black-winged pratincole {n} (Glareola nordmanni) | :: glaréole à ailes noires {f} |
| black woodpecker {n} /ˈblækˈwʊdpɛkə(ɹ)/ (Dryocopus martius) | :: pic noir |
| bladder {n} /ˈblædə/ (flexible sac in zoology) | :: vésicule {f} |
| bladder {n} (hollow inflatable organ in botany) | :: vésicule {f} |
| bladder {n} (inflatable bag inside a ball) | :: vessie {f} |
| bladder {n} (sealed plastic wine bag) | :: cubi |
| bladder {n} (urinary bladder) SEE: urinary bladder | :: |
| bladder cherry {n} (Physalis alkekengi) | :: alkékenge {m}, coccigrole {f}, amour-en-cage {m}, cerise d'hiver {f}, lanterne japonaise {f} |
| bladderpod {n} (Lobelia inflata, indian tobacco, Puke weed) | :: tabac indien |
| bladderwort {n} (Utricularia) | :: utriculaire {f} |
| blade {n} /bleɪd/ (sharp-edged or pointed working end of a tool or utensil) | :: lame {f} |
| blade {n} (slang term for a weapon such as a dagger) | :: lame {f} |
| blag {adj} /blæɡ/ (an armed robbery) | :: braquage {m} |
| blagger {n} (a persuasive person) | :: baratineur {m} [informal] |
| blagger {n} (a thief or robber) | :: braqueur {m} |
| Blagoveshchensk {prop} (city in Siberia) | :: Blagovechtchensk {m} |
| blah {n} /blɑː/ (nonsense talk) | :: bla-bla {m}, blabla {m} |
| Blairism {n} | :: blairisme {m} |
| Blais {prop} | :: Blais |
| Blaise {prop} (male given name) | :: Blaise {m} |
| blame {n} /bleɪm/ (state of having caused a bad event) | :: coupabilité {f}, blâme {f} |
| blame {v} (place blame upon) | :: reprocher, blâmer |
| blame {n} (censure) SEE: censure | :: |
| blame {n} (responsibility) SEE: responsibility | :: |
| blameworthy {adj} /ˈbleɪmˌwɚ.ði/ (deserving blame of censure) | :: blâmable |
| blanch {v} /blɑːntʃ/ (to grow or become white) | :: blanchir |
| blanch {v} (to make white) | :: blanchir |
| blanch {v} (to cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water) | :: blanchir, monder |
| Blanche {prop} (female given name) | :: Blanche |
| Blanchet {prop} | :: Blanchet |
| Blanchett {prop} | :: Blanchett |
| Blanchette {prop} | :: Blanchette |
| blancmange {n} /bləˈmɑn(d)ʒ/ (dessert) | :: blanc-manger {m} |
| bland {adj} /blænd/ (Mild; dull; soft; gentle; smooth in manner; suave) | :: doux {m}, douce {f} |
| bland {adj} (Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating) | :: doux {m}, douce {f} |
| bland {adj} (Lacking in taste or vigor) | :: fade {m} {f} |
| blank {adj} /blæŋk/ (free from writing, printing or marks) | :: blanc, vierge |
| blank {n} (void space on a paper) | :: blanc {m} |
| blank {n} (piece of metal) | :: préforme |
| blank {n} (piece or division of a piece) | :: préforme |
| blank {n} (space character) | :: espace |
| blank {n} (simulation cartridge) | :: balle à blanc {f}, cartouche à blanc {f} |
| blank check {n} (signed check) | :: chèque en blanc {m} |
| blank check {n} (grant of complete authority) | :: chèque en blanc {m}, carte blanche {f} |
| blanket {n} /ˈblæŋkɪt/ (fabric) | :: couverture {f} |
| blanket {adj} (covering or encompassing everything) | :: général |
| blanket {v} (to cover) | :: recouvrir, couvrir |
| blanket term {n} (word or phrase used to describe multiple groups of related things) SEE: umbrella term | :: |
| blanquette {n} /blɑ̃ˈkɛt/ (white meat stew which is not browned) | :: blanquette {f} |
| blare {n} /blɛə(ɹ)/ (dazzling often garish brilliance) | :: éclat {m}, brillance {f} |
| blasé {adj} /ˈblɑːzeɪ/ (unimpressed with something because of over-familiarity) | :: blasé |
| Blasius {prop} (male given name) | :: Blaise |
| blaspheme {v} /ˈblæs.fim/ (to speak against God or religious doctrine) | :: blasphémer |
| blasphemer {n} (One who commits blasphemy) | :: blasphémateur {m}, blasphématrice {f} |
| blasphemous {adj} /ˈblæs.fəm.əs/ (lacking piety or respect for the sacred) | :: blasphématoire |
| blasphemy {n} /ˈblæs.fə.mi/ (Irreverence toward something sacred) | :: blasphème {m} |
| blast {n} /blæst/ (violent gust of wind) | :: rafale {f} |
| blast {n} (explosion) | :: explosion {f}, souffle {m} |
| blast {n} | :: [1] bourrasque {f}, [2] souffle {m}, [3] explosion {f} |
| blast {n} (an immature or precursor cell) | :: blaste {m} |
| -blast {suffix} (an immature cell or tissue) | :: -blaste {m} |
| blasted {adj} /ˈblæst.ɪd/ (cursed) | :: fichu |
| blasted {adj} (heraldry, of a tree whose branches bear no leaves) | :: effeuillé, sec, mort |
| blastema {n} (a clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts from which an organ or body part will develop) | :: blastème {m} |
| blast from the past {n} (something long unseen evoking nostalgic feelings) | :: madeleine de Proust {f} |
| blast furnace {n} (furnace where iron ore is smelted) | :: haut fourneau {m} |
| blasto- {prefix} (bud, budding, germination) | :: blasto- |
| blastocoel {n} (the fluid-filled cavity in a blastula) | :: blastocèle {f} |
| blastocyst {n} (mammalian blastula) | :: blastocyste {m} |
| blastoderm {n} /ˈblæstəˌdɚm/ (point from which the embryo develops) | :: blastoderme {m} |
| blastodisk {n} (a round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk) | :: blastodisque {m} |
| blastoma {n} /blæstˈoʊmə/ (type of tumour) | :: blastome {m} |
| blastomere {n} (any cell that results from division of a fertilized egg) | :: blastomère {m} |
| blastoporal {adj} (pertaining to a blastopore; blastoporic) | :: blastoporale |
| blastopore {n} (the opening into the archenteron) | :: blastopore {m} |
| blastula {n} (an early form in the development of an embryo) | :: blastula {f} |
| blatant {adj} /ˈbleɪtənt/ (obvious, on show) | :: flagrant, clair |
| blather {v} /blæðə(ɹ)/ (to talk rapidly without making much sense) | :: déblatérer |
| blaxploitation {n} (genre of exploitation films of the 1970s that starred black actors.) | :: blaxploitation {f}, blacksploitation {f} |
| blay {n} (bleak) SEE: bleak | :: |
| blaze {n} /bleɪz/ (fast-burning fire) | :: feu {m}, flambée {f}, embrasement {m} |
| blaze {v} (to be on fire) | :: brûler, flamber |
| blaze {v} (to shine like a flame) | :: briller |
| blaze {v} (to mark or cut a route) | :: baliser |
| blazer {n} /ˈbleɪzɚ/ (a jacket) | :: blazer {m} |
| blazon {n} /ˈbleɪzən/ (a description of a coat of arms) | :: blason, blasonnement |
| blazon {v} (to describe of a coat of arms) | :: blasonner, armorier |
| bleach {v} (to treat with bleach) | :: blanchir |
| bleach {n} (chemical) | :: eau de Javel {f}, javel {f} |
| bleacher {n} (seating for spectators) | :: place de tribune non-couverte, gradin {m} |
| bleaching agent {n} (whitening substance) | :: agent blanchissant {m} |
| bleak {adj} /bliːk/ (without color) | :: morne, terne |
| bleak {adj} (cheerless) | :: morne |
| bleak {n} (small European river fish) | :: ablette {f} |
| bleat {n} /ˈbliːt/ (cry of a sheep or a goat) | :: [sheep's cry] bêlement {m}, [goat's cry] bêlement {m}, béguètement {m} |
| bleat {v} (to make the cry of a sheep or goat) | :: [sheep or goat] bêler, [goat] bégueter, chevroter |
| bleat {v} (informal: to complain) | :: rouspéter |
| bleed {v} /ˈbliːd/ (lose blood) | :: saigner |
| bleed dry {v} (to bleed white) SEE: bleed white | :: |
| bleeding {adj} /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ (losing blood) | :: saignant |
| bleeding {n} (the flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel) | :: saignement, hémorragie |
| bleeding heart {n} (a person who is overly sympathetic to the plight of the underprivileged) | :: défenseur de la veuve et de l'orphelin {m}, ami du peuple {m} |
| bleed white {v} (cause hardship by cutting supplies off) | :: saigner à blanc |
| bleep {n} (high-pitched sound) | :: bip |
| bleep censor {n} (software module) | :: censeur de bip {m} |
| blemish {n} /ˈblɛmɪʃ/ (small flaw which spoils the appearance of something) | :: tache {f}, imperfection {f} |
| blemish {n} (moral defect) | :: tache {f}, défaut |
| blend {n} (in linguistics) SEE: portmanteau word | :: |
| blend {n} /blɛnd/ (mixture) | :: mélange {m} |
| blend {v} (to mix) | :: mélanger, mêler, mixer |
| blende {n} (sphalerite) SEE: sphalerite | :: |
| blended family {n} (a stepfamily in which both new mates have one or more living children from prior partners) | :: famille recomposée |
| blender {n} /ˈblɛndɚ/ (machine) | :: mixeur {m} |
| blennorrhea {n} (an inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus) | :: blennorrhée {f} |
| blenny {n} (fish of Blenniodei) | :: blennie {f} |
| blepharitis {n} /blɛfəɹˈaɪtɪs/ (inflammation of the eyelid) | :: blépharite {f} |
| blepharoplasty {n} (plastic surgery on the eyelid) | :: blépharoplastie {f} |
| blepharospasm {n} /ˈblɛfəɹəʊˌspæzəm/ (spasm of eyelid) | :: blépharospasme {m} |
| bless {v} /blɛs/ (confer blessing on) | :: bénir |
| blessed {adj} /ˈblɛsɪd/ (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) | :: bienheureux, béni |
| blessedness {n} /ˈblɛsɪdnɪs/ (state of being blessed) | :: béatitude |
| blessing {n} /ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/ (divine or supernatural aid or reward) | :: bénédiction {f}, grâce {f} |
| blessing {n} (act of declaring, seeking or bestowing favor) | :: bénédiction {f} |
| blessing {n} (thing one is glad of) | :: bénédiction {f} |
| blessing {n} (group of unicorns) | :: troupeau {m}, harde {f}, horde {f}, groupe {m} |
| blessing {n} (prayer before a meal) SEE: grace | :: |
| blessing in disguise {n} (A seeming misfortune that turns out to be for the best) | :: un mal pour un bien |
| bless you {interj} (said to somebody who has sneezed) | :: à vos souhaits ! [formal], à tes souhaits ! [informal], à vos amours !, à tes amours ! [after a second sneeze] |
| bless you {interj} (short for "God bless you") SEE: God bless you | :: |
| blet {v} /blɛt/ (To undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening) | :: blettir |
| bleuatre {adj} (bluish) SEE: bluish | :: |
| blight {n} /blaɪt/ (plant disease) | :: fléau {m}, rouille {f}, cloque {f} |
| blight {n} (anything that impedes growth or spoils something) | :: fléau |
| blight {v} (to cause to suffer blight) | :: abîmer |
| blight {v} (to suffer blight) | :: être abîmé |
| blight {v} (to spoil or ruin (something)) | :: abîmer |
| blighter {n} (person) | :: tête à claques {f} |
| blimey {interj} /ˈblaɪmi/ (used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.) | :: bon sang, diantre, fichtre, mazette, mince |
| blimp {n} /blɪmp/ (airship) | :: ballon dirigeable {m}, dirigeable {m} |
| blind {adj} /blaɪnd/ (unable to see) | :: aveugle {m} {f}, mal-voyant {m}, mal-voyante {f} |
| blind {n} (covering for a window) | :: store {m} |
| blind {n} (forced bet in poker) | :: blind {m} |
| blind {v} (make temporarily or permanently blind) | :: aveugler |
| blind alley {n} (street that leads nowhere) SEE: dead end | :: |
| blind as a bat {adj} (nearly totally blind) | :: myope comme une taupe {m} {f} |
| blind carbon copy {n} (copy of an email message) | :: copie carbone invisible |
| blind date {n} (romantic meeting between two people who have never met before, see also: miai) | :: rencontre à l'aveugle {f}, rendez-vous surprise {m} |
| blinder {n} /ˈblaɪndɚ/ (horse's eye shield) | :: œillère {f} |
| blindfold {n} (a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes) | :: bandeau {m} [sur les yeux] |
| blindfold {n} (something that obscures vision (literally or metaphorically)) | :: voile {m}, bandeau {m} |
| blindfold {v} (To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see) | :: bander les yeux |
| blindfolded {adj} (wearing a blindfold) | :: aux yeux bandés |
| blind gut {n} (caecum) SEE: caecum | :: |
| blindingly {adv} (extremely) SEE: extremely | :: |
| blindly {adv} /ˈblaɪndli/ (sightlessly) | :: à l’aveuglette |
| blind man's buff {n} (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) | :: colin-maillard {m} |
| blindness {n} /ˈblaɪndnəs/ (condition of being blind) | :: cécité {f} |
| blind spot {n} (place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina) | :: point aveugle {m}, tache aveugle {f} |
| blind spot {n} (part of the road that cannot be seen) | :: angle mort {m} |
| blind spot {n} (inability to recognize a fact or think clearly) | :: aveuglement {m} |
| blind spot {n} (subject beyond one’s certain knowledge) | :: inconnu {m} |
| blind spot {n} (location with poor radio service) | :: zone blanche {f} |
| blind test {n} (testing method) | :: blind test {m}, test en aveugle {m} |
| blindworm {n} (slowworm) SEE: slowworm | :: |
| blini {n} (buckwheat pancakes) | :: blini {m} |
| blink {v} /blɪŋk/ (to close and reopen both eyes quickly) | :: ciller, cligner des yeux, clignoter |
| blink {v} (to flash headlights) | :: faire un appel de phares |
| blink {v} (to flash on and off at regular intervals) | :: clignoter |
| blink {n} (a quick view) | :: coup d’œil {m} |
| blink {n} (The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again) | :: clignement {m} |
| blink {n} (The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes) | :: clin d’œil {m} |
| blinker {n} /ˈblɪŋkə(ɹ)/ (eye shield) | :: œillère {f} |
| blinker {n} (eyelid) | :: paupière {f} |
| blink of an eye {n} (very short period of time) | :: clin d'œil {m} |
| bliss {n} /blɪs/ (perfect happiness) | :: béatitude {f}, félicité {f} |
| blissful {adj} (full of joy) | :: bienheureux |
| blister {n} /ˈblɪstɚ/ (bubble on the skin) | :: ampoule {f}, cloque {f}, boursouflure {f} |
| blister {n} (bubble on a painted surface) | :: cloque {f} |
| blister {v} (cause blisters to form) | :: cloquer, se couvrir d'ampoules |
| blister {v} (criticise severely) | :: critiquer, blâmer |
| blithe {adj} /blaɪð/ (happy, cheerful) | :: joyeux, gai, allègre, content |
| blithe {adj} (indifferent, careless, showing a lack of concern) | :: indifférent, négligent |
| Blitzen {prop} (reindeer of Santa Claus) | :: Éclair {m} |
| blitzkrieg {n} (fast military offensive) | :: blitzkrieg {m}, guerre éclair {f} |
| blizzard {n} /ˈblɪ.zəd/ (severe snowstorm) | :: blizzard {m} |
| BL Lac object {n} (type of galaxy with AGN) | :: objet BL Lacertae |
| bloat {v} /bloʊt/ (to get an overdistended rumen) | :: gonfler, météoriser |
| bloat {v} (to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc) | :: gonfler, bouffir, boursoufler |
| bloat {n} (overdistension of rumen) | :: météorisme, tympanisme |
| bloated {adj} /ˈbloʊtɪd/ (swollen with fluid or gas) | :: gonflé |
| bloated {adj} (excessively or extremely large or wealthy) | :: gigantesque, fortuné |
| bloatware {n} (software that is overpacked with features) | :: obésiciel {m}, obésitiel {m} [less common], boufficiel {m} [less common], inflagiciel {m} [less common] |
| blob {n} /blɑb/ (shapeless or amorphous mass) | :: pâte, goutte, tache |
| bloc {n} /blɑk/ (group of countries) | :: bloc {m} |
| Bloc {prop} (Bloc Québécois) | :: Bloc |
| block {n} /blɑk/ (substantial often approximately cuboid piece) | :: bloc {m} |
| block {n} (chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading) | :: billot {m} |
| block {n} (group of buildings demarcated by streets) | :: pâté (de maisons) {m} |
| block {n} (residential building consisting of flats) | :: immeuble {m} |
| block {n} (distance from one street to another) | :: rue {f}, pâté de maison {m} |
| block {n} (slang: human head) | :: tronche {f}, ciboulot {m} |
| block {n} (set of paper sheets) | :: bloc {m} |
| block {n} (computing: logical data storage unit) | :: bloc {m} |
| block {n} (chemistry: portion of macromolecule) | :: bloc |
| block {n} (something that prevents passing) | :: blocage {m}, obstruction {f} |
| block {n} (volleyball: defensive play) | :: blocage {m} |
| block {v} (to fill, making it impossible to pass) | :: boucher |
| block {v} (to prevent passing) | :: bloquer |
| block {v} (to prevent an action) | :: contrer, bloquer |
| block {n} (stupid fellow) SEE: blockhead | :: |
| block {n} (solitary confinement) SEE: solitary confinement | :: |
| blockade {n} /blɑˈkeɪd/ (the isolation of something) | :: blocus {m} |
| block and tackle {n} (system of several pulleys) | :: polyspaste {m}, moufle {f} |
| blockbuster {n} /ˈblɒkˌbʌstə(ɹ)/ (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales) | :: blockbuster {m} |
| blockchain {n} (shared record) | :: chaine de blocs {f} |
| block comment {n} (comment that occupies several lines) | :: commentaire en bloc {m} |
| blockhead {n} (stupid person) | :: imbécile, cancre {m} {f} |
| blockhouse {n} (a sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports) | :: casemate {f} |
| block of flats {n} (apartment building) SEE: apartment building | :: |
| blockquote {n} /ˈblɑk.kwoʊt/ (quotation as block of text) | :: bloc de citation {m} |
| Bloc Québécois {prop} (federal political party in Canada) | :: Bloc québécois |
| Bloemen {prop} | :: Bloemen |
| Bloemfontein {prop} /ˈbluːmfɒnˌteɪn/ (city) | :: Bloemfontein {m} |
| blog {n} /blɑɡ/ (a personal or corporate website) | :: blog {m}, blogue {m} |
| blog {v} (to contribute to a blog) | :: bloguer |
| blogger {n} /ˈblɔ.ɡɚ/ (contributor to a blog) | :: blogueur {m}, blogueuse {f} |
| blogosphere {n} (the totality of blogs) | :: blogosphère {f} |
| blogpost {n} | :: billet {m} |
| Blois {prop} /blwɑː/ (city in Centre Region, France) | :: Blois |
| bloke {n} /bləʊk/ (man) | :: gars {m}, type {m}, mec {m} |
| blond {adj} /blɒnd/ (of a pale golden colour) | :: blond {m} |
| blond {adj} (having blond hair) | :: blond |
| blond {n} (a pale yellowish color) | :: blond {m} |
| blond {n} (fair-haired person) | :: blond {m}, blonde {f} |
| blonde {n} (blond) SEE: blond | :: |
| blonde {adj} (blond) SEE: blond | :: |
| blood {n} (vital liquid flowing in animal bodies) | :: sang {m} |
| blood {n} (family relationship due to birth, e.g. between siblings) | :: sang {m} |
| bloodbath {n} /ˈblʌdˌbæθ/ (indiscriminate killing or slaughter) | :: bain de sang |
| bloodbath {n} (upset) | :: massacre {m}, bain de sang {m}, boucherie {f} |
| blood blister {n} (blister filled with blood) | :: pinçon {m} |
| blood brother {n} (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) | :: frère de sang {m} |
| blood cell {n} (any of the cells normally found in the blood) | :: cellule sanguine {f}, globule {f} |
| blood clot {n} | :: thrombus {m}, caillot sanguin |
| blood corpuscle {n} (blood cell) SEE: blood cell | :: |
| blood donor {n} (person who donates blood) | :: donneur de sang {m}, donneuse de sang {f} |
| blood feud {n} (feud between clans or families) SEE: vendetta | :: |
| blood group {n} (blood type) SEE: blood type | :: |
| bloodhound {n} /ˈblʌd.haʊnd/ (dog) | :: limier {m}, chien de Saint-Hubert {m} |
| bloodhound {n} (informal: detective) | :: limier {m}, détective {m} |
| blood is thicker than water {proverb} (relationships are stronger within the family) | :: bon sang ne peut mentir; bon sang ne saurait mentir; la voix du sang est la plus forte |
| bloodletter {n} | :: saigneur {m} |
| bloodletting {n} (ancient medical practice) | :: saignée {f} |
| bloodlust {n} /ˈblʌdˌlʌst/ (the desire for bloodshed) | :: soif de sang {f} |
| blood money {n} (money paid to the family of someone killed) SEE: wergeld | :: |
| blood moon {n} (moon as it appears during a total lunar eclipse) | :: lune cuivrée {f} |
| bloodnut {n} (person with red hair, informal) | :: rouquin {m}, rouquine {f} |
| blood orange {n} (type of orange) | :: orange sanguine {f} |
| blood plasma {n} (clear fluid portion of blood) | :: plasma sanguin |
| blood poisoning {n} (presence of micro-organisms in bloodstream) | :: toxémie {f}, empoisonnement du sang {m}, septicémie {f} |
| blood pressure {n} (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) | :: tension artérielle {f} |
| blood pudding {n} (blood sausage) SEE: blood sausage | :: |
| blood red {adj} (of a deep vivid red colour) | :: rouge sang |
| bloodroot {n} (plant) | :: sanguinaire {f} [du Canada] |
| blood sausage {n} (type of sausage) | :: boudin {m}, boudin noir {m} |
| bloodshed {n} /ˈblʌdˌʃɛd/ (shedding or spilling of blood) | :: effusion de sang {f} |
| bloodshed {n} (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter) | :: carnage {m} |
| bloodshot {adj} (reddened and inflamed) | :: injecté |
| blood sister {n} (a female bound to another one in commitment and friendship by a ceremonial mingling of blood) | :: sœur de sang {f} |
| bloodstained {adj} (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) | :: taché de sang |
| bloodstone {n} (type of green chalcedony) | :: pierre de sang {f}, héliotrope {f} |
| bloodstream {n} /ˈblʌd.stɹɪim/ (flow of blood through the circulatory system of an animal) | :: afflux sanguin {m} |
| bloodsucker {n} (vampire) SEE: vampire | :: |
| bloodsucker {n} (parasite) SEE: parasite | :: |
| bloodsucker {n} (animal that drinks the blood of others) | :: suceur de sang {m}, suceuse de sang {f} |
| bloodsucker {n} (one who attempts to take as much from others as possible) | :: sangsue {f} (a leech) |
| blood tax {n} | :: impôt du sang |
| blood test {n} (a serologic analysis of a sample of blood) | :: bilan sanguin {m} |
| bloodthirsty {adj} /ˈblʌdθəːsti/ (thirsty for blood) | :: sanguinaire |
| blood transfusion {n} (taking blood from one and giving it to another individual) | :: transfusion sanguine {f}, transfusion {f} |
| blood type {n} (blood classification) | :: groupe sanguin {m} |
| blood vessel {n} (component of the circulatory system that carries blood) | :: vaisseau sanguin {m} |
| blood volume {n} | :: volémie {f} |
| blood work {n} (blood test) SEE: blood test | :: |
| bloody {adj} /ˈblʌ.di/ (covered in blood) | :: sanglant {m}, sanglante {f}, sanguinaire {m} {f}, sanguinaire {m} {f}, ensanglanté, ensanglanté |
| bloody {adj} (characterised by great bloodshed) | :: sanglant {m}, sanglante {f} |
| bloody {adj} (intensifier) | :: foutu {m}, foutue {f}, maudit {m}, maudite {f} |
| bloody hell {interj} (expression of dismay) | :: bon sang, purée |
| bloody mary {n} (cocktail made from vodka and tomato juice) | :: bloody mary {m} |
| bloody-minded {adj} (obstinate, stubborn) | :: de mauvaise foi |
| bloom {n} (flower) SEE: flower | :: |
| bloom {n} (blossom) SEE: blossom | :: |
| bloom {v} (open its blooms) SEE: blossom | :: |
| bloom {n} /bluːm/ (the state of blossoming) | :: floraison {f}, en fleurs, efflorescence {f} |
| bloom {n} (state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor) | :: fleur {f} |
| bloom {n} (delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves) | :: pruine {f}, velours {m}, duvet {m} |
| bloom {n} (mineralogy: a popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals) | :: fleur {f} |
| bloom {n} (white area of cocoa butter) | :: voile {m} |
| bloomers {n} (Women’s underpants with short legs.) | :: bloomer {m} |
| blooming {adj} /ˈblʊ.mɪŋ/ (opening in blossoms) | :: en fleur |
| blooming {adj} (thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour) | :: florissant {m}, florissante {f} |
| blooming {adj} (euphemism for "bloody") | :: sacré {m}, sacrée {f} |
| blooming {n} (blooming) | :: fleurissement |
| blooper {n} (gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail) SEE: spanker | :: |
| blooper {n} /ˈbluːpə/ (blunder, error, see also: error) | :: perle {f} |
| blooper {n} (filmed or videotaped outtake) | :: bêtisier {m} |
| Bloquiste {n} (member of the Bloc Québécois) | :: bloquiste {m} {f} |
| Bloquiste {adj} (pertaining to the Bloc Québécois) | :: bloquiste |
| blossom {n} /ˈblɒ.səm/ (flowers on trees) | :: fleur {f} |
| blossom {n} (state or season for such flowers) | :: floraison {f} |
| blossom {v} (have or open into blossoms) | :: fleurir |
| blossom {v} (begin to thrive or flourish) | :: s'épanouir |
| blot {n} /blɑt/ (blemish, spot or stain) | :: tache, (ink) pâté |
| blot {n} (stain on someone's reputation or character) | :: souillure |
| blot {v} (to cause a blot) | :: tacher |
| blot out {v} (to obliterate) | :: effacer |
| blotter {n} (piece of blotting paper) SEE: blotting paper | :: |
| blotting paper {n} (absorbent paper used to dry ink) | :: buvard {m} |
| blotto {adj} ((very) drunk or intoxicated) SEE: drunk | :: |
| blouse {n} /blaʊs/ (an outer garment, usually loose, that is similar to a shirt) | :: chemisier {m}, corsage {m} |
| bloviate {v} /ˈbloʊ.viˌeɪt/ (to speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner) | :: parler pompeusement |
| blow {v} /bləʊ/ (to produce an air current) | :: souffler |
| blow {v} (to create or shape by blowing) | :: souffler |
| blow {v} (To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means) | :: souffler |
| blow {v} (to blow a musical instrument to make it give a sound) | :: jouer (de), souffler (dans) |
| blow {v} (to explode) | :: péter, sauter |
| blow {v} (to cause to explode) | :: faire sauter |
| blow {v} (to cause sudden destruction) | :: péter |
| blow {v} (to fail suddenly destructively) | :: exploser en vol |
| blow {v} (be very undesirable) | :: être nul {m}, faire chier |
| blow {v} (to squander) | :: claquer, flamber |
| blow {v} (to fellate) | :: sucer, tailler une pipe (to hew, or to grave, a smoking pipe), pomper le dard, bourrer la pipe |
| blow {v} (to leave) | :: se casser, se tirer, mettre les voiles |
| blow {n} (chance to catch one’s breath) | :: pause {f} |
| blow {n} (act of striking or hitting) | :: coup {m} |
| blow {n} (damaging occurrence) | :: coup {m} |
| blow {n} (state of flowering) | :: floraison {f} |
| blow {n} (cocaine) SEE: snow | :: |
| blow {v} (blossom) SEE: blossom | :: |
| blow away {v} (to cause to go away by blowing) | :: souffler |
| blow away {v} (to depart on currents of air) | :: s'envoler |
| blow away {v} (to impress greatly) | :: souffler |
| blow-dryer {n} (an electrical device used for drying hair) SEE: hairdryer | :: |
| blower {n} (device) | :: ventilateur {m} |
| blower {n} (telephone) SEE: telephone | :: |
| blowfish {n} (any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe) | :: poisson ballon {m}, poisson globe {m} |
| blowfly {n} (flies of the family Calliphoridae) | :: mouche à viande {f} |
| blowgun {n} (weapon) | :: sarbacane {f} |
| blowhard {n} /ˈbləʊhɑːd/ (person who talks too much or too loudly) | :: grande gueule {f} |
| blowhole {n} (spiracle through which cetaceans breath) | :: évent {m} |
| blowhole {n} | :: évent {m} |
| blow hot and cold {v} (inconsistent behavior) | :: souffler le chaud et le froid |
| blowjob {n} /ˈbloʊdʒɑb/ (the act of fellatio) | :: pipe {f}, pompier {m}, turlute {f} |
| blow me down {interj} | :: [colloquial] la vache, [vulgar] merde, sapristi, [colloquial] vingt dieux |
| blow off {v} (pass gas) | :: [colloquial] lâcher une caisse, [informal] péter, [formal] avoir des gaz, [colloquial] vesser, [colloquial] loufer |
| blow off steam {v} (to vent to relieve stress) | :: souffler, décompresser, se défouler |
| blow one's nose {v} (to expel mucus from nose) | :: se moucher |
| blow one's top {v} (lose one's temper) SEE: lose one's temper | :: |
| blow out {v} (extinguish) | :: éteindre |
| blow out {v} (burst car tyre) | :: crever |
| blow over {v} (to be knocked down by wind) | :: abattre |
| blow over {v} (to pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down) | :: se terminer, être enterré, passer |
| blowpipe {n} (weapon) SEE: blowgun | :: |
| blow smoke {v} (idiomatic) | :: parler pour ne rien dire |
| blow someone out of the water {v} (to defeat) | :: battre, [colloquial] poutrer |
| blow someone's mind {v} (to astonish) | :: époustoufler, souffler, estomaquer, stupéfier |
| blow the whistle {v} (disclose information to the public) | :: dénoncer, dévoiler, mettre à nu, mettre au jour |
| blow the whistle {v} (make a sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game) | :: siffler |
| blow to kingdom come {v} (to totally destroy; to wipe out) | :: démolir, ruiner, mettre en pièces |
| blowtorch {n} /ˈbloʊˌtɔɹtʃ/ (tool) | :: chalumeau {m} lampe à souder {f} |
| blow up {v} (to explode (transitive)) | :: faire sauter |
| blow up {v} (to suddenly get very angry) | :: exploser |
| blow up {v} (to inflate) | :: gonfler |
| blow up in one's face {v} (fail disastrously) | :: [vulgar] exploser à la gueule, [vulgar] péter à la gueule |
| blubber {v} /ˈblʌbɚ/ (to make noises while crying) | :: chialer, pleurer comme un veau |
| blucher {n} /ˈbluːkə/ (sturdy laced leather half-boot) | :: derby |
| bludgeon {n} /blʌdʒ.ən/ (short heavy club) | :: matraque {f} |
| bludgeon {v} (to club, hit with a bludgeon) | :: matraquer |
| bludgeon {v} (to force upon) | :: soutirer |
| blue {adj} /bluː/ (blue-colored, see also: dark blue; light blue) | :: bleu |
| blue {adj} (depressed) | :: bleus, blues, déprimé |
| blue {adj} (of or pertaining to US Democratic Party) | :: bleu, démocrate |
| blue {n} (colour) | :: bleu |
| blue {v} (to make blue) | :: bleuter |
| blue {v} (to turn blue) | :: bleuir |
| blue {v} (to passivate steel) | :: bleuter |
| blue {v} (to brighten (laundry)) | :: azurer |
| blue {adj} (pornographic or profane) | :: bleu |
| blue {n} (argument) SEE: argument | :: |
| blue {n} (blue uniform) SEE: blues | :: |
| blue {n} (bluefish) SEE: bluefish | :: |
| blue {n} (sky, literally or figuratively) SEE: sky | :: |
| Blue Banana {prop} (corridor) | :: banane bleue {f} |
| Bluebeard {prop} (the famous fairy tale) | :: Barbe-Bleue {f} |
| Bluebeard {prop} (the title character) | :: Barbe-Bleue {f} |
| bluebell {n} (flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides) | :: jacinthe des bois {f} |
| blue beret {n} (UN peacekeeper) | :: casque bleu |
| blueberry {n} /ˈblu.ˌbɛ.ɹi/ (fruit) | :: myrtille {f}, bleuet {m} [Canada] |
| blueberry {n} (plant) | :: myrtille {f} |
| bluebird {n} (bird of Sialia) | :: merlebleu {m} |
| blue blood {n} (noble or aristocratic ancestry) | :: sang bleu {m} |
| bluebottle {n} (man-of-war) SEE: man-of-war | :: |
| bluebottle {n} (cornflower) SEE: cornflower | :: |
| blue card {n} (European work permit) | :: carte bleue {f} |
| blue catfish {n} (freshwater catfish) | :: poisson-chat bleu |
| blue cheese {n} (kind of cheese with bluish mold) | :: fromage bleu {m}, bleu {m} |
| blue devils {n} (low spirits) | :: idée noire, déprime |
| blue-eyed {adj} (having blue eyes) | :: aux yeux bleus, cyanophtalme {m} {f} |
| blue-eyed {adj} (naive) | :: naïf, innocent, crédule |
| blue-eyed boy {n} (someone's favourite, especially a young one) | :: chouchou {m} |
| bluefin tuna {n} (tuna species) | :: thon rouge {m} |
| bluefish {n} (Pomatomus saltatrix) | :: tassergal {m} |
| blue giant {n} (very luminous star) | :: géante bleue {f} |
| blue green {adj} (colour/color) | :: bleu-vert |
| blue-green {adj} (color between blue and green) | :: bleu-vert {m} |
| blue-green alga {n} (member of cyanobacteria) | :: algue bleu-vert {f} |
| blue hour {n} (period of twilight) | :: l'heure bleue {f} |
| blue jay {n} (species of North American jay) | :: geai bleu {m} |
| blue jeans {n} (denim trousers, see also: jeans) | :: bluejean {m} |
| blue mussel {n} (Mytilus edulis) | :: moule bleue {f} |
| blueness {n} (quality or characteristic of being blue) | :: bleuité {f} |
| blue-pencil {v} (to edit written documents) | :: caviarder |
| blue peter {n} (signal flag) | :: pavillon de partance |
| Blue Planet {n} (Earth) | :: planète bleue {f} |
| blueprint {n} /ˈbluːˌpɹɪnt/ (cyanotype reproduction process) | :: cyanotype {m} |
| blueprint {n} (any detailed technical drawing) | :: blueprint {m} |
| blues {n} /bluːz/ (musical form) | :: blues {m} |
| blue screen {n} (blue screen of death) | :: écran bleu {m} |
| blue screen of death {n} (screen indicating a system error) | :: écran bleu de la mort {m} |
| blue-sky thinking {n} (thinking that is not grounded or in touch with the realities of the present) | :: rêverie {f} |
| blue state {n} (blue state in the United States) | :: État bleu {m} |
| bluestocking {n} (scholarly, literary, or cultured woman) | :: bas-bleu {m} |
| bluestone {n} (slate) SEE: slate | :: |
| bluestone {n} (limestone) SEE: limestone | :: |
| bluestone {n} (basalt) SEE: basalt | :: |
| blue supergiant {n} (a large blue giant) | :: supergéante bleue {f} |
| bluethroat {n} (bird) | :: gorge-bleue à miroir {f} |
| blue tit {n} (Cyanistes caeruleus) | :: mésange bleue {f} |
| bluetongue {n} (disease of ruminants) | :: fièvre catarrhale {f}, maladie de la langue bleue {f} |
| Bluetooth {prop} /ˈbluːtuːθ/ (personal area wireless network) | :: Bluetooth {m} |
| blue whale {n} (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) | :: baleine bleue {f}, rorqual bleu, rorqual de Sibbald |
| blue wildebeest {n} (Connochaetes taurinus) | :: gnou bleu {m} |
| blue-winged grasshopper {n} (Oedipoda caerulescens) | :: criquet à ailes bleues {m}, criquet à ailes bleues et noires {m}, criquet bleu {m}, criquet rubané {m}, œdipode bleuâtre {f}, œdipode bleue {f}, œdipode turquoise {f} |
| blue-winged kookaburra {n} (Dacelo leachii) | :: martin-chasseur à ailes bleues {m} |
| Bluey {prop} (nickname commonly given to a red-headed person) | :: Poil de carotte |
| bluff {v} /blʌf/ (to make a bluff) | :: bluffer |
| bluff {n} (high, steep bank) | :: falaise {f} |
| bluish {adj} /ˈbluːɪʃ/ (somewhat blue in color) | :: bleuâtre, bleuté, légèrement bleu |
| bluishness {n} (the quality of somewhat blue) | :: bleuâtreté {f} |
| blunder {n} /ˈblʌn.dɚ/ (mistake) | :: [colloquial] gaffe {f}, [colloquial] impair {m}, faux pas {m}, maladresse {f}, bourde {f} |
| blunder {v} (To make a stupid mistake) | :: faire une gaffe, gaffer, fauter, se tromper, se planter [familiar] |
| blunderbuss {n} /ˈblʌndəbʌs/ (old style of firearm with a distinctive large opening at the muzzle) | :: tromblon {m}, espingole {f} |
| blunt {adj} /blʌnt/ (having a thick edge or point, not sharp) | :: émoussé |
| blunt {adj} (dull in understanding; slow of discernment) | :: sot, obtus, idiot |
| blunt {adj} (abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious) | :: abrupt |
| blunt {n} (cigar filled with marijuana) | :: blunt {m} |
| blunt {v} (to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker) | :: émousser |
| blunt {v} (to repress or weaken) | :: réprimer |
| bluntly {adv} /ˈblʌntli/ (In a blunt manner) | :: abruptement, à brûle-pourpoint |
| blur {v} /blɜ(ɹ)/ (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim) | :: estomper, brouiller {m} |
| blur {v} (become indistinct) | :: s'estomper |
| blur {v} | :: flou |
| blur {n} (A smear, smudge or blot) | :: tache {f}, salissure {f}, marque {f} |
| blur {n} (Something that appears hazy or indistinct) | :: flou {m} |
| blurb {n} /blɝ(ː)b/ (a short description of a book, film, or other work) | :: quatrième de couverture {f} |
| blurred {adj} /blɝd/ (Out of focus) | :: flou |
| blurry {adj} /ˈblɜːɹi/ (not clear, crisp, or focused) | :: flou |
| blurry {adj} (lacking well-defined boundaries) | :: confus |
| blurt {v} /ˈblɜːt/ (to speak suddenly and unadvisedly) | :: lâcher, laisser échapper |
| blurt out {v} (blurt) SEE: blurt | :: |
| blush {n} /blʌʃ/ (an act of blushing) | :: rougeur {f} |
| blush {n} (makeup) | :: fard {m}, fard à joues {m}, blush {m} |
| blush {v} (to redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment) | :: rougir, s'empourprer, cramoisir |
| blushing bride {n} (a bride who is a virgin) | :: une jeune mariée rougissante {m} |
| blusterer {n} (a person who blusters) | :: matamore {m} |
| blustery {adj} (blowing in loud and abrupt bursts) | :: bruyant, tumultueux |
| Blyth's reed warbler {n} (Acrocephalus dumetorum) | :: rousserolle des buissons {f} |
| B major {n} (the major key with B as its tonic) | :: si majeur {m} |
| B major {n} (the major chord with a root of B) | :: si majeur {m} |
| BMI {n} (body mass index) | :: IMC {m} |
| B minor {n} (the minor key with B as its tonic) | :: si mineur {m} |
| B minor {n} (the minor chord with a root of B) | :: si mineur {m} |
| B-movie {n} | :: série B |
| BMW {prop} (colloquial names and pronunciations, apart from the romanised "BMW") | :: BMW [read as French: BMV or BMW] |
| boa {n} /ˈboʊ.ə/ (snake) | :: boa {m} |
| boa {n} (scarf) | :: boa {m} |
| boa constrictor {n} (snake) | :: boa constricteur {m} |
| boar {n} (wild boar) SEE: wild boar | :: |
| boar {n} /bɔɹ/ (male pig) | :: verrat {m} |
| board {n} /bɔːɹd/ (long, wide and thin piece of wood or other material) | :: planche {f} |
| board {n} (device containing electrical switches) | :: compteur {m} |
| board {n} (surface for a board game) | :: plateau {m} |
| board {n} (short for blackboard, whiteboard, etc.) | :: tableau {m}, plateau {m}, planche {f} |
| board {n} (managing committee) | :: conseil d'administration {m} |
| board {n} (regular meals or amount paid for them in a place of lodging) | :: pension {f}, couvert {m} |
| board {v} (to step or climb onto) | :: monter (à bord de), embarquer |
| board {v} (nautical: to capture an enemy ship) | :: aborder |
| board and lodging {n} (lodging with daily meals) | :: le gîte et le couvert {m-p}, le vivre et le couvert {m-p} |
| boarder {n} /ˈbɔɹdɚ/ (pupil who lives at school during term) | :: pensionnaire {m} {f}, interne {m} {f} |
| boarder {n} (someone who pays for meals and lodging) | :: pensionnaire {m} |
| boarder {n} (one who uses a snowboard) | :: planchiste |
| board game {n} (game played on a board) | :: jeu de société {m} |
| boarding {n} (embarkation) | :: embarquement {m} |
| boarding {n} (act of attacking an enemy ship) | :: abordage {m} |
| boarding house {n} (private house for paying guests) | :: pension {f} |
| boarding house {n} (boarding school building) | :: pensionnat {m} |
| boarding pass {n} /ˈbɔɹdɪŋ ˌpæs/ (a document to board a plane, ship, etc.) | :: carte d'embarquement {f} |
| boarding school {n} (school which provides board and lodging) | :: pensionnat {m} (internat {m} is the word used for the lodging of some of the pupils in a normal school) |
| board of directors {n} (group of people elected by stockholders) | :: conseil d'administration {m} |
| boarhound {n} (large dog bred to hunt boars) | :: vautre {m} |
| boast {n} /bəʊst/ (brag) | :: vantardise {f}, fanfaronnade {f} |
| boast {v} (to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself) | :: se vanter |
| boastful {adj} (tending to boast or brag) | :: vantard, fanfaron |
| boat {n} /boʊt/ (water craft) | :: bateau {m} , barque {f}, nacelle {f} |
| boater {n} /ˈboʊ.tɚ/ (someone who travels by boat) | :: canoteur {m} |
| boater {n} (straw hat) | :: canotier {m} |
| boathook {n} (hook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things, see also: setting pole) | :: harpin {m}, gaffe {f} |
| boat lift {n} (mechanism) | :: ascenseur à bateaux {m} |
| boatman {n} (a man in charge of a small boat) | :: passeur {m}, batelier {m} |
| boat person {n} (member of boat people) | :: boat-people {m} {f} |
| boat shoe {n} (type of shoe) | :: chaussure bateau {f} |
| boatswain {n} /ˈboʊ.sn̩/ (the officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship) | :: bosco {m} |
| boatyard {n} (shipyard) SEE: shipyard | :: |
| bob {n} (bobber) SEE: float | :: |
| bob {v} /bɑb/ (move vertically at surface of water) | :: ballotter |
| bob {n} (curtsey) SEE: curtsey | :: |
| bobber {n} (buoyant fishing device) SEE: float | :: |
| bobbin {n} (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) | :: bobine {f} |
| bobbin {n} (small spool in a sewing machine) | :: bobine {f}, canette {f} |
| bobble {n} /ˈbɒbəl/ (furry ball attached on top of a hat) | :: pompon {m} |
| bobble {n} (elasticated band for securing hair) | :: élastique à cheveux {m} |
| bobby {n} /ˈbɒbi/ (police officer) | :: bobby {m} |
| bobcat {n} /ˈbɒbkæt/ (North American wild cat) | :: lynx roux {m} |
| Bobcaygeon {prop} | :: Bobcaygeon |
| bobèche {n} /boʊˈbɛʃ/ | :: bobèche {f} |
| bob haircut {n} (a haircut) | :: coiffure à la garçonne {f}, carré {m} |
| bobolink {n} (songbird) | :: goglu des prés {m} |
| bobsled {n} (the sled) SEE: bobsleigh | :: |
| bobsled {n} (the sport) SEE: bobsleigh | :: |
| bobsledder {n} (someone who participates in bobsled) | :: bobeur {m}, bobeuse {f} |
| bobsleigh {n} (sport) | :: bobsleigh {m} |
| bobsleigh {n} (sled) | :: bobsleigh {m} |
| Bob's your uncle {phrase} (desirable conclusion is reached) | :: le tour est joué, et voilà le travail |
| bocal {n} /ˈboʊkəl/ (metal tube connecting a double reed to the instrument) | :: bocal |
| Boccaccian {adj} /bəˈkɑːt͡ʃiən/ (of or pertaining to Boccaccio or his works) | :: boccacien |
| bocce {n} /ˈbɑtʃi/ (A game similar to bowls or pétanque) | :: bocce {p} |
| Boche {n} (German) SEE: German | :: |
| Boche {n} (derogatory: German) SEE: Fritz | :: |
| bodge {v} (do a clumsy or inelegant job) SEE: botch | :: |
| bodger {n} /ˈbɒ.dʒə/ (One who works in a slipshod manner) | :: bâcleur {m} |
| bodhisattva {n} /boʊ̯diːˈsɑtvə/ (bodhisattva) | :: bodhisattva {m} |
| bodice {n} /ˈbɒdɪs/ (blouse-like garment in European folk dress) | :: corsage {m} |
| bodice {n} (kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone) | :: corsage {m} |
| bodily {adj} /ˈbɑdɪli/ (relating to the body) | :: corporel |
| bodily fluid {n} (biofluid) | :: humeur {m}, liquide biologique {m}, fluide corporel {m} |
| bodkin {n} (dagger) SEE: dagger | :: |
| bodkin {n} (hairpin) SEE: hairpin | :: |
| body {n} /ˈbɑdi/ (physical structure of a human or animal) | :: corps {m} |
| body {n} (fleshly or corporeal nature of a human) | :: corps {m} |
| body {n} (corpse) | :: corps {m}, cadavre {m}, corps sans vie {m} [euphemism] |
| body {n} (torso) | :: torse {m} |
| body {n} (organisation, company or other authoritative group) | :: organisation {f} |
| body {n} (collection of knowledge) | :: corpus {m} |
| body {n} (any physical object or material thing) | :: corps {m} |
| body {n} (substance, material presence) | :: corps {m} |
| body {n} | :: carrosserie {f} |
| body and soul {adv} | :: corps et âme |
| body art {n} (application of tattoos, piercings or jewellery) | :: modification corporelle {f} |
| body art {n} (type of performance art) | :: art corporel {m} |
| bodybuilder {n} /ˈbɑː.diˌbɪl.dɚ/ (a person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique) | :: culturiste {m} {f} |
| bodybuilding {n} /ˈbɑːdiˌbɪldɪŋ/ (sport of muscle development) | :: culturisme {m}, musculation {f} |
| bodybuilding {n} (work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile) | :: carrosserie {f} |
| body camera {n} /ˈbɒdi ˈkæməɹə/ (video recording system worn on the body) | :: caméra-piéton {f}, caméra d'intervention {f}, caméra mobile {f} |
| body clock {n} (biological clock) SEE: biological clock | :: |
| body corporate {n} (corporation) SEE: corporation | :: |
| bodyguard {n} /ˈbɑːdiɡɑːɹd/ (person responsible for protecting an individual) | :: garde du corps {m} |
| body hair {n} (androgenic hair) | :: poils du corps {m-p}, poils androgéniques {m-p} |
| body-hugging {adj} (clinging tightly to one's body) | :: moulant |
| body image {n} (subjective inner picture of one's physical appearance) | :: image corporelle {f} |
| body language {n} (non-verbal communication) | :: langage du corps {m} |
| body linen {n} (linen) | :: linge de corps {m} |
| body mass index {n} (the measure of the weight in comparison with the height of a person) | :: indice de masse corporelle {m}, IMC {m} |
| body odour {n} (unpleasant smell on a perons's body) | :: odeur corporelle {f} |
| body of water {n} (significant accumulation of water) | :: étendue d'eau {f} |
| body part {n} (anatomy: part of organism) | :: partie du corps {f} |
| body piercing {n} (the practice) | :: piercing {m} |
| body piercing {n} (the hole) | :: piercing {m} |
| body shop {n} (body shop) | :: carrosserie {f} |
| bodysuit {n} (a one-piece, skin-tight garment rather like a leotard) | :: body {m} |
| body temperature {n} (the current temperature of the body of a person or animal) | :: température corporelle {f} |
| bodywork {n} (exterior body of a motor vehicle) | :: carrosserie {f} |
| bodywork {n} (repair of the exterior body of a motor vehicle) | :: carrosserie {f} |
| Boeing {prop} /ˈboʊ.ɪŋ/ (An American aerospace company) | :: Boeing {f} |
| Boeotia {prop} /biːˈəʊʃə/ (a district in Greece) | :: Béotie {f} |
| Boeotian {adj} /biːˈəʊʃən/ (pertaining to Boeotia) | :: béotien |
| Boeotian {adj} (stupid, foolish) | :: béotien |
| Boeotian {n} (inhabitant of Boeotia) | :: Béotien |
| Boeotian {n} (dull or ignorant person) | :: béotien |
| Boer {n} /ˈbʊəɹ/ (South African of Dutch descent) | :: Boer |
| boffin {n} /ˈbɒfɪn/ ((informal) person with specialized knowledge or skills) | :: intello {m} {f} |
| bog {n} /bɔɡ/ (expanse of marshland) | :: tourbière {f} |
| bog {v} (to become mired or stuck) | :: s’enliser |
| bog {n} (coarse slang for toilet) SEE: shitter | :: |
| bogatyr {n} (medieval Russian heroic warrior, see also: bahadur) | :: bogatyr {m} |
| Bogdania {prop} (the territory between Transylvania and the Dniester, see also: Moldavia) | :: Bogdanie {f}, Bogdanie Noire {f} |
| bog down {v} (to become stuck) | :: s'enliser |
| bogey {n} (structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi) SEE: bogie | :: |
| bogey {n} /boʊɡi/ (a score of one over par in golf) | :: bogey, boguey |
| bogey {n} (booger) SEE: booger | :: |
| bogey {n} (standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at) SEE: benchmark | :: |
| bogeyman {n} /ˈboʊɡimæn/ (menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories) | :: croque-mitaine {m} |
| boggle {v} /ˈbɑ.ɡəl/ (to be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused) | :: être époustouflé, être confus |
| boggle {v} (to confuse or mystify; overwhelm) | :: troubler, épater |
| boggy {adj} (having the qualities of a bog) | :: marécageux |
| bogie {n} (cigarette) SEE: cigarette | :: |
| bogie {n} (ghost) SEE: ghost | :: |
| bogie {n} /ˈboʊɡi/ (structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi) | :: boggie {m} |
| bogie {n} (bogey) SEE: bogey | :: |
| bogie {n} (booger) SEE: booger | :: |
| bog iron {n} (bog iron ore) SEE: bog iron ore | :: |
| bog iron ore {n} (deposit) | :: fer des marais {m} |
| Bogomil {n} /ˈbɒɡəmɪl/ (member of a dualist Christian sect) | :: bogomile {m} {f} |
| Bogotá {prop} (Bogota) SEE: Bogota | :: |
| Bogota {prop} /ˌboʊɡəˈtɑː/ (capital of Colombia) | :: Bogota {f} |
| bog roll {n} (toilet paper) | :: papier-cul {m}, PQ {m}, [vulgar] torche-cul |
| bog rosemary {n} (Andromeda) | :: andromède {f} |
| bogrush {n} (sedge of the genus Schoenus) | :: choin {m} |
| bogue {n} (bayou) SEE: bayou | :: |
| bogue {n} (Boops boops) | :: bogue {f}, boga |
| bogus {adj} /ˈboʊ.ɡəs/ (counterfeit or fake; not genuine) | :: bidon |
| bogus {adj} (undesirable or harmful) | :: nul {m} |
| bogus {adj} (incorrect; useless; broken) | :: hors d'usage, fichu, colloquial: foutu, slang: niqué, gâté, foireux {m} |
| Bohemia {prop} /boʊˈhimiə/ (The region of the Czech Republic) | :: Bohême {f} |
| bohemium {n} (rhenium) SEE: rhenium | :: |
| Bohemond {prop} /ˈbəʊəmənd/ (a given name of historical usage) | :: Bohémond |
| bohrium {n} /ˈbɔːɹiəm/ (chemical element) | :: bohrium {m} |
| boid {n} /ˈboʊ.ɪd/ (snake) | :: boïdé |
| boil {n} /bɔɪl/ (accumulation of pus) | :: furoncle {m} |
| boil {n} (point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour) | :: bouillir |
| boil {v} (heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas) | :: faire bouillir, porter à ébullition |
| boil {v} (cook in boiling water) | :: faire bouillir |
| boil {v} (begin to turn into a gas) | :: bouillir |
| boiled {adj} (angry) SEE: angry | :: |
| boiled {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| boiled {adj} /bɔɪld/ (cooked in hot water) | :: bouilli |
| boiled egg {n} (boiled egg (generic)) | :: œuf bouilli {m} |
| boiled egg {n} (hard-boiled egg) | :: œuf dur {m} |
| boiled egg {n} (soft-boiled egg) | :: œuf à la coque {m} |
| boiler {n} /ˈbɔɪlə/ (device for heating circulating water) | :: chaudière {f} |
| boilermaker {n} /ˈbɔɪləɹmeɪkəɹ/ (whiskey and beer) | :: Dame du lac {f} |
| boilerplate {n} (standard text used routinely) | :: texte standard {m} |
| boiler room {n} (a room that houses the boiler) | :: chaufferie {m} |
| boiler suit {n} (one-piece suit) | :: combinaison {f} |
| boiling {n} /ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/ (process of changing the state of a substance) | :: ébullition {f}, bouillonnement |
| boiling {adj} (that boil(s)) | :: bouillant {m} |
| boiling hot {adj} (extremely hot) | :: bouillant |
| boiling point {n} /ˈbɔɪlɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt/ (temperature at which a liquid boils) | :: point d'ébullition {m} |
| boil over {v} (boil so as to overflow) | :: déborder |
| boil up {v} (to cook or prepare by boiling) | :: bouillir |
| boil up {v} (to become more excited, intense or exciting) | :: s'énerver |
| Boisbriand {prop} | :: Boisbriand |
| boisterous {adj} /ˈbɔɪstəɹəs/ (full of energy; noisy) | :: bruyant, tapageur |
| boisterous {adj} (characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy) | :: turbulent |
| bok choy {n} (Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa chinensis) | :: pe-tsaï {m}, chou chinois {m}, chou de Pékin {m} |
| bokeh {n} /ˈboʊ.kə/ (subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image) | :: bokeh {m} |
| Bokmål {n} (language) | :: bokmål {m} |
| Boko {prop} (Mande language of Benin and Nigeria) | :: boko {m}, boo {m} |
| Boko {prop} (town in Burkina Faso) | :: Boko {m} |
| Boko {prop} (district in Republic of the Congo) | :: Boko {m} |
| bold {adj} /bəʊld/ (courageous, daring) | :: hardi, effronté |
| bold {adj} (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface) | :: gras |
| bold {adj} (presumptuous) SEE: presumptuous | :: |
| boldly {adv} /ˈboʊldli/ (in a bold manner) | :: hardiment |
| boldness {n} /ˈboʊldnəs/ (courage) | :: audace {f} |
| bolete {n} /boʊˈlit/ (type of mushroom) | :: bolet {m} |
| bolide {n} /ˈboʊ.laɪd/ (extremely bright meteor) | :: bolide {m} |
| Bolivarian {adj} (of or relating to Simon Bolívar) | :: bolivarien |
| Bolivarianism {n} (political doctrines in South America inspired by Simón Bolívar) | :: bolivarisme {m}, bolivarianisme {m} |
| Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela {prop} (official name of Venezuela) | :: République bolivarienne du Venezuela {f} |
| Bolivia {prop} /boʊ.ˈlɪv.i.ə/ (country in South America) | :: Bolivie {f} |
| Bolivian {n} /bəˈlɪv.i.ən/ (Bolivian person) | :: Bolivien {m}, Bolivienne {f} |
| Bolivian {adj} (pertaining to Bolivia) | :: bolivien |
| Bolivian slaty antshrike {n} (passerine bird of the antbird family) | :: batara de Bolivie |
| boll {n} /boʊl/ | :: graine {f} (du cotonnier) |
| bollard {n} /ˈbɒləɹd/ (post to secure mooring lines) | :: bollard {m} [rarely used], bitte d'amarrage {f} (mooring bollard), bitte {f} [rarely used as bitte used alone is a widely used slang word for penis] |
| bollard {n} (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area) | :: borne {f}, bollard {m} |
| Bollinger {prop} | :: Bollinger |
| bollock {n} /ˈbɒ.lək/ ((vulgar, slang) testicle) | :: couille, rouston {m}, pruneau {m}, bonbon {m} |
| bollock {v} ((vulgar, slang) to reprimand grossly) | :: engueuler, pourrir, tancer, mettre une chasse, passer un savon |
| bollocks {n} /ˈbɒ.ləks/ (testicles) | :: couilles {f-p}, pruneaux {m-p}, bijoux de famille {m-p}, valseuses {f-p} |
| bollocks {n} (nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead) | :: conneries {f-p}, foutaises {f-p} |
| bollocks {n} (an idiot or disagreeable person) | :: couillon, jean-foutre {m}, malcomprenant {m} |
| bollocks {v} (to break) | :: péter |
| bollocks {v} (to fail (a task)) | :: foirer, chier dans la colle |
| bollocks {interj} (expressing anger, frustration) | :: les boules, merde, putain, putain de merde, vingt dieux |
| bollocks {interj} (an expression of incredulity) | :: merde, putain |
| boll weevil {n} (beetle) | :: anthonome {m} |
| Bollywood {prop} (Indian film industry) | :: Bollywood {m} |
| Bologna {prop} /bəˈloʊnjə/ (province) | :: Bologne {f} |
| Bologna {prop} (city) | :: Bologne {f} |
| bolognese {n} /ˌbɒləˈneɪz/ (Italian sauce) | :: sauce bolognaise {f} |
| Bolognese {adj} /ˌbɒləˈneɪz/ (of or relating to Bologna) | :: bolognais |
| Bolognian {adj} (of or relating to Bologna) SEE: Bolognese | :: |
| bolometric magnitude {n} ((astronomy) magnitude of a star) | :: magnitude bolométrique {f} |
| bolon {n} (traditional Malian harp) | :: bolon {m} |
| Bolon {prop} (Manding language spoken in Burkina Faso) | :: bolon {m} |
| Bolshevik {n} /ˈbɒlʃəvɪk/ (a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which seized power in the October Revolution of 1917) | :: bolchevik {m}, bolchévique {m}, bolchevique {m} |
| bolster {n} /ˈboʊlstɚ/ (a large cushion or pillow) | :: traversin {m} |
| bolt {n} /boʊlt/ (metal fastener) | :: boulon {m}, vis |
| bolt {n} (sliding pin or bar in a lock) | :: verrou {m} |
| bolt {n} (bar to prevent a door from being forced open) | :: verrou {m} |
| bolt {n} (short, stout, blunt-headed arrow) | :: carreau {m} |
| bolt {n} (lightning spark) | :: éclair {m} |
| bolt {n} (large roll of material) | :: rouleau {m} |
| bolt {v} (to connect pieces using a bolt) | :: boulonner |
| bolt {v} (of a plant, to grow quickly) | :: monter en graine, monter |
| bolt bucket {n} (a clunky or unreliable machine, especially an automobile) | :: tas de boue {m}, tas de ferraille {m} |
| bolt cutter {n} (large pair of pliers to cut bolts) | :: coupe-boulons {m} |
| bolt upright {adj} | :: droit comme un i |
| bolus {n} (round mass of food) | :: bol {m} |
| Bolzano {prop} (town and capital of South Tyrol) | :: Bolzano, Bolzane [historical] |
| bomb {n} /bɑm/ (device filled with explosives) | :: bombe {f}, explosif {m}, obus {m} (shell) |
| bomb {n} (very attractive woman) | :: bombe, bombe sexuelle {f} |
| bomb {n} (a jump into water for maximum splashing) | :: bombe {f} |
| bomb {v} (attack with bombs) | :: bombarder |
| bomb {n} (success) SEE: success | :: |
| bombard {n} /ˌbɑmˈbɑɹd/ (medieval primitive cannon) | :: bombarde {f} |
| bombard {v} (to attack something with bombs, artillery shells, or other missiles) | :: bombarder |
| bombard {v} (to attack something or someone by directing objects at them) | :: bombarder |
| bombard {v} (to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms) | :: bombarder |
| Bombardier {n} /bɑmˈbɑɹdiˌeɪ/ (surname) | :: Bombardier |
| bombardier beetle {n} (beetle) | :: bombardier {m} |
| bombardment {n} (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) | :: bombardement {m} |
| bombardment {n} | :: bombardement {m} |
| bombastic {adj} /bɑmˈbæs.tʰɪk/ (pompous or overly wordy) | :: ampoulé, enflé, boursouflé, pompeux |
| bombastic {adj} (high-sounding but with little meaning) | :: verbeux, abscons |
| Bombay {n} (Mumbai) SEE: Mumbai | :: |
| bomb cyclone {n} | :: bombe cyclonique |
| bombe {n} /bɒmb/ (dessert made from ice cream) | :: bombe {f} |
| bombe {n} (device used in cryptanalysis) | :: bombe {f} |
| bomber {n} /ˈbɑməɹ/ (aircraft) | :: bombardier {m} |
| bomber {n} (bomb setter) | :: artilleur {m}, poseur de bombes {m} |
| bombing {n} /ˈbɒmɪŋ/ (action of dropping bombs from the air) | :: bombardement {m} |
| bombproof {n} (air-raid shelter) SEE: air-raid shelter | :: |
| bombshell {n} (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact) | :: bombe {f}, obus {m} |
| bombshell {n} (something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational) | :: surprise {f}, bombe {f} [colloquial] |
| bombshell {n} (someone who is very attractive) | :: bombe {f} [slang] |
| bomb shelter {n} (air-raid shelter) SEE: air-raid shelter | :: |
| bona fide {adj} /ˈboʊnə.faɪd/ (done in good faith) | :: de bonne foi |
| bona fide {adj} (genuine) | :: véritable, authentique |
| bona fides {n} (good faith) SEE: good faith | :: |
| Bonaire {prop} (island) | :: Bonaire {f} |
| Bonaparte's gull {n} (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) | :: mouette de Bonaparte {f} |
| Bonapartism {n} /ˈbəʊnəpɑːtɪzəm/ (pratices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte) | :: bonapartisme {m} |
| Bonapartist {n} (one attached to Napoleon's policy) | :: bonapartiste {m} {f}, Bonapartiste {m} {f} |
| Bonapartist {adj} (relating to Bonapartism) | :: bonapartiste |
| bon appétit {phrase} /ˌbɒn apəˈtiː/ (used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat) | :: bon appétit, [informal] bon ap' |
| Bonaventure {prop} (male given name) | :: Bonaventure {m} |
| bond {n} /bɑnd/ (that which binds, a band) | :: lien {m}, entrave {f} |
| bond {n} (link, connection or union) | :: lien |
| bond {n} (in chemistry, a link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule) | :: liaison |
| bond {n} (binding agreement, a covenant) | :: alliance {f} |
| bond {n} (documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract) | :: obligation {f} |
| bond {n} (specific pattern of bricklaying.) | :: appareil {m} |
| bond {v} (to connect, secure, or tie) | :: lier |
| bond {v} (To lay bricks in a specific pattern.) | :: appareiller |
| bond {n} (bail bond) SEE: bail bond | :: |
| bondage {n} /ˈbɑn.dɪd͡ʒ/ (The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery) | :: esclavage {m}, servitude {f} |
| bondage {n} (The state of lacking freedom; constraint) | :: esclavage {m} |
| bondage {n} (The practice of tying people up for sexual pleasure) | :: bondage {m} |
| bonding {n} (act by which something is bonded) | :: lien {m} |
| bonding {n} (method of aggregating computer network interfaces) | :: bonding {m} |
| bondman {n} (man bound in servitude) | :: esclave {m}, serf {m} |
| bond market {n} (financial market) | :: marché obligataire {m} |
| bone {v} /ˈboʊn/ (to remove bones) | :: désosser |
| bone {v} (slang: have sexual intercourse with) | :: fourrer, emmancher, tirer sa crampe, forniquer, s’envoyer en l’air |
| bone {v} (to study) | :: potasser |
| bone {n} (material) | :: os {m} |
| bone {n} (component of a skeleton) | :: os {m} |
| bone {n} (fishbone) | :: arête {f} |
| bone {n} (corset part) | :: baleine {f} |
| bone density {n} (bone mineral density) | :: densité minérale osseuse {f} |
| bone dry {adj} (bone-dry) SEE: bone-dry | :: |
| bone-dry {adj} (totally dry) | :: sec comme du brésil, désséché |
| bonefolder {n} (A dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease) | :: plioir {m} |
| bone-idle {adj} (utterly lazy) | :: fainéant, [colloquial] cossard, [colloquial] flemmard, [informal] glandouilleur, oisif |
| bone marrow {n} (bone marrow) | :: moelle osseuse {f}, moelle {f} |
| bone of contention {n} /ˈboʊn əv kənˈtɛnʃən/ (Something that continues to be disputed) | :: pomme de discorde {f} |
| boner {n} /ˈboʊ.nɚ/ (erect penis) | :: trique {f}, gaule {f} |
| boner {n} (blunder; silly or stupid mistake) | :: connerie {f} |
| boner {n} (rigid state of penis or clitoris) SEE: erection | :: |
| boneseeker {n} /ˈbəʊnsiːkə/ (element that has a tendency to accumulate in bones) | :: substance ostéotrope {f} |
| bonfire {n} /ˈbɑnˌfaɪ.ɚ/ (fire to burn unwanted items or people) | :: bûcher {m} |
| bonfire {n} (large, outdoor controlled fire) | :: feu de joie {m} |
| bong {n} /bɒŋ/ (vessel used in smoking various substances) | :: bang {m} |
| bongo {n} (mammal) | :: bongo {m} |
| bongo drum {n} (bongo) SEE: bongo | :: |
| bonheur du jour {n} /bəˌnɝ d(j)u ˈʒʊɹ/ (lady's writing desk) | :: bonheur-du-jour {m} |
| bonhomie {n} /boʊnəˈmiː/ (geniality) | :: bonhomie {f} |
| Boniface {prop} (male given name) SEE: Bonifatius | :: |
| Bonifacio {prop} /bəˈniː.fɑː.tʃoʊ/ (city in Corsica) | :: Bonifacio |
| Bonifatius {prop} (male given name) | :: Boniface |
| bonito {n} (Katsuwonus pelamis) SEE: skipjack tuna | :: |
| bonjour {interj} (hello) SEE: hello | :: |
| bonk {v} /bɒŋk/ (to strike or collide) | :: heurter |
| bonk {v} (to have sexual intercourse) | :: faire l'amour |
| bonk {n} (bump on the head) | :: bosse {f} |
| bonk {n} (minor collision) | :: choc {m}, heurt {m} |
| bonk {n} (sexual intercourse) | :: coït {m} |
| bonkers {adj} (mad, crazy) | :: fou, délirant, irrationnel, zinzin [colloquial], chtarbé {m} [slang] |
| bon mot {n} /bɒn məʊ/ (clever saying, phrase or witticism) | :: bon mot {m} |
| Bonn {prop} (a city in Germany) | :: Bonn |
| bonnet {n} /ˈbɒn.ɪt/ (type of women's and children's hat) | :: bonnet {m} |
| bonnet {n} (Scottish men's cap) | :: casquette {f}, béret {m} |
| bonnet {n} (cover over the engine of a motor car) | :: capot {m} |
| bonnet {n} (second stomach of a ruminant) SEE: reticulum | :: |
| bonobo {n} /bəˈnoʊ̯ˌboʊ̯/ (pygmy chimpanzee) | :: bonobo {m} |
| bonsai {v} /ˈbɑnsaɪ/ (a miniaturized tree or plant) | :: bonsaï {m} |
| bonus {n} /ˈboʊ.nəs/ (something extra that is good) | :: bonus {m} |
| bonus {n} (extra amount of money given as a premium) | :: bonus {m} |
| bon vivant {n} /ˌbɑn viˈvɑnt/ (person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink) | :: bon vivant {m}, bonne vivante {f} |
| bon voyage {interj} /ˌbɒn vwaɪˈɑːʒ/ (wish of good journey) | :: bon voyage |
| bony {adj} /ˈbəʊni/ (resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone) | :: osseux |
| bonze {n} (Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia) | :: bonze {m} |
| boo {interj} /buː/ (loud exclamation intended to scare someone) | :: bouh, hou |
| boo {interj} (exclamation used by a member of an audience) | :: bouh |
| boo {v} (to shout boos derisively (intransitive)) | :: huer |
| boob {n} /ˈbuːb/ (breast (colloquial)) | :: nichon {m}, lolo {m}, loloche {f}, néné {m}, doudoune {f}, boîte à lait {f} |
| boo-boo {v} /ˈbuːˌbuː/ (A minor injury) | :: bobo |
| boob tube {n} (slightly derogatory term for television) | :: téloche {f} |
| booby {n} /ˈbuːbi/ (bird) | :: fou {m} |
| booby {n} (woman’s breast) | :: néné {m}, nibard {m}, nichon {m}, robert {m} |
| booby prize {n} (a prize awarded for poor performance) | :: prix parodique {m} |
| booby trap {n} (an unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall) SEE: pitfall | :: |
| booby trap {n} (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object) | :: piège {m}, objet piégé {m} |
| booger {n} /ˈbʊɡɚ/ (a piece of solid or semi-solid mucus) | :: crotte de nez {f}, mucus {m} |
| boogie-woogie {n} (music genre) | :: boogie-woogie {m} |
| book {n} (ebook) SEE: e-book | :: |
| book {n} (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material) | :: livre {m}, bouquin {m} |
| book {v} (to reserve) | :: réserver |
| bookbinder {n} (person whose profession is binding books) | :: relieur {m}, relieuse {f} |
| bookcase {n} /ˈbʊkːeɪs/ (furniture displaying books) | :: bibliothèque {f} |
| book club {n} (a group of people who meet to discuss books) | :: club de lecture {m}, cercle de lecture {m} |
| book club {n} (commercial organization) | :: club de livres {m} |
| bookend {n} (object designed to keep books upright) | :: serre-livre {m} |
| bookie {n} (bookmaker) SEE: bookmaker | :: |
| booking {n} /ˈbʊkɪŋ/ (reservation for a service) | :: réservation {f} |
| booking {n} (sports: issuing of a caution) | :: réserve {f} |
| bookish {adj} /ˈbʊk.ɪʃ/ (given to reading; fond of study) | :: bouquineur, rat de bibliothèque |
| bookish {adj} (characterized by a method of expression generally found in books) | :: scolaire, pédant, formaliste, littéraire, cuistre, livresque |
| bookjacket {n} (jacket of a book) SEE: dust jacket | :: |
| bookkeeper {n} /ˌbʊkˈkiː.pə(ɹ)/ (person responsible for keeping records) | :: comptable {m} {f} |
| bookkeeping {n} (skill of keeping records of financial transactions) | :: comptabilité {f} |
| booklet {n} /ˈbʊk.lət/ (small book) | :: livret {m}, brochure {f}, [Quebec] pamphlet {m} |
| book lung {n} (A lamellate respiratory organ found in arachnids) | :: phyllotrachée {f} |
| bookmaker {n} /ˈbʊkmeɪkəɹ/ (a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie) | :: bookmaker {m} |
| bookmark {n} /ˈbʊkmɑɹk/ (strip used to mark a place in a book) | :: marque-page {m}, signet {m} |
| bookmark {n} (record of the address of a file or page) | :: favori {m}, marque-page {m}, signet {m} |
| bookmarklet {n} (JavaScript code) | :: bookmarklet {m}, applisignet , favelet , marque-page scripté , signapplet |
| bookmobile {n} (bookmobile) | :: bibliobus {m} |
| Book of Mormon {prop} (one of the sacred works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) | :: Le livre de Mormon {m} |
| Book of Shadows {n} (Wiccan book of spells) | :: livre d'ombres |
| bookplate {n} (piece of paper pasted on a book to show ownership) | :: ex-libris {m} |
| bookrack {n} (rack for books) SEE: bookshelf | :: |
| bookseller {n} /ˈbʊksɛlɚ/ (person) | :: libraire {m} {f} |
| bookshelf {n} /ˈbʊkˌʃɛlf/ (shelf for storing books) | :: bibliothèque {f}, étagère {f} |
| bookshop {n} (shop that sells books) | :: librairie {f} |
| Books of Moses {prop} (five books) | :: Livres de Moïse {m-p} |
| bookstore {n} (bookshop) SEE: bookshop | :: |
| book value {n} (the price for which an item should be bought or sold) | :: prix public conseillé {m} |
| bookworm {n} /ˈbʊk.wɜːm/ (avid reader) | :: rat de bibliothèque, papivore |
| Boolean {adj} /ˈbuli.ən/ (logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”) | :: booléen, boolien |
| Boolean {n} (type of variable) | :: variable booléenne {f} |
| Boolean algebra {n} (algebraic structure) | :: algèbre de Boole {f}, algèbre booléenne {f} |
| Boolean function {n} (function based on AND, OR and NOT operations) | :: fonction booléenne {f} |
| Boolean logic {n} (system of symbolic logic) | :: logique booléenne {f} |
| Boolean variable {n} (variable from the domain of Boolean algebra) | :: variable booléenne {f} |
| boom {n} /bum/ (abrupt, low-pitched sound) | :: boum |
| boom {interj} (sound of explosion) | :: boum |
| boom {n} (spar extending the foot of a sail) | :: bôme {f} |
| boom {n} (support for microphone or camera) | :: perche |
| boom {n} (horizontal member of a crane) | :: mat {m}, hausse {f} |
| boom {n} (period of prosperity) | :: boom {m} |
| boom {v} (to be prosperous) | :: prospérer |
| boom box {n} (portable audio system) | :: radiocassette {m}, ghettoblaster {m}, boombox {m} |
| boomerang {n} /ˈbuːməɹæŋ/ (flat curved airfoil) | :: boomerang {m} |
| boomslang {n} /ˈbuːmˌslæŋ/ (Dispholidus typus) | :: boomslang {m} |
| boon {n} /buːn/ (A blessing or benefit) | :: aubaine {f} |
| boondock {n} (rural area) | :: cambrousse {f} |
| boondoggle {n} (woggle) SEE: woggle | :: |
| boor {n} /bʊə/ (a peasant) | :: rustre |
| boor {n} (a yokel) | :: plouc {m} |
| boor {n} (an uncultured person) | :: mufle {m}, pignouf {m}, rustre {m}, beauf {m}, plouc {m} |
| boorish {adj} /ˈbʊəɹɪʃ/ (behaving as a boor) | :: grossier |
| booster {n} /ˈbustɚ/ (A booster dose) | :: rappel {m} |
| boot {n} /but/ (heavy shoe that covers part of the leg) | :: botte {f} [high], bottine {f} [to the ankle] |
| boot {v} (kick) | :: botter |
| boot {v} (forcibly eject) | :: expulser |
| boot {v} (vomit) | :: vomir |
| boot {v} (computing: disconnect, to be involuntarily removed from an online conversation) | :: déconnecter |
| boot {v} (to start a system) | :: amorcer, démarrer |
| boot {n} (bootleg recording) | :: copie pirate {f} |
| boot {n} (kick) SEE: kick | :: |
| boot {n} (luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car) SEE: trunk | :: |
| bootblack {n} (shoeshiner) SEE: shoeshiner | :: |
| boot camp {n} (initial, basic indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in armed forces) | :: classes {f-p} |
| booted eagle {n} (Hieraaetus pennatus) | :: aigle botté {m} |
| booted warbler {n} (Iduna caligata) | :: hypolaïs bottée {f} |
| bootee {n} (shoe cover) | :: bottillon {m} |
| booth {n} /buːθ/ (A small stall for the display and sale of goods) | :: stand {m}, échoppe {f} |
| booth {n} (An enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person) | :: cabine {f}, guérite {f} |
| booth {n} (An enclosed table with seats, as in a diner or café) | :: box {m} |
| bootleg {adj} (illegally produced, transported or sold) | :: non-officiel |
| bootlegger {n} (illegal trader) | :: bootlegger |
| bootlicker {n} (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) | :: lèche-bottes {m} {f} |
| boot loader {n} (A program that initiates the bootstrap process) | :: bootloader {m} |
| bootmaker {n} (a maker of boots, a cobbler) | :: bottier {m} |
| boot sector {n} (segment of a storage medium that holds data used to boot) | :: secteur d’amorçage {m} |
| bootstrap {v} (to load the operating system) SEE: boot | :: |
| bootstrap {n} /ˈbuːtˌstɹæp/ (a loop at the top of a boot to help in pulling it on) | :: languette, tirant {m} |
| bootstrap {n} (a means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something) | :: tremplin {m} |
| bootstrap {n} (the process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory) | :: amorçage {m} |
| bootstrap {v} (to help (oneself) without the aid of others) | :: se débrouiller |
| bootstrap {v} | :: amorcer, se débrouiller, lancer |
| boot up {v} (to start computer by bootstrap procedure) SEE: boot | :: |
| booty {n} /ˈbuːti/ (plunder) | :: butin {m}, dépouille {f} |
| booty {n} (The buttocks) | :: fesses {f-p}, [vulgar] cul {m}, [literary] séant {m}, postérieur {m} |
| booty {n} (A person considered as sexual partner or sex object) | :: plan cul {m} |
| booze {n} /buːz/ (any alcoholic beverage) | :: bibine {f} |
| bopomofo {prop} (Zhuyin fuhao) SEE: Zhuyin fuhao | :: |
| boracic {adj} (Relating to borax) | :: [dated] boracique {m} {f}, borique {m} {f} |
| boracic {adj} (penniless) | :: fauché {m}, fauchée {f} |
| borage {n} /ˈbɒɹ.ɪdʒ/ (Borago officinalis) | :: bourrache {f} |
| borate {n} (salt of boric acid) | :: borate {m} |
| borax {n} (crystalline salt) | :: borax {m} |
| borax {n} ((chemistry) Na2B4O7) | :: borax {m} |
| borborigmus {n} /bɔːbəˈɹɪɡməs/ (rumbling sound) | :: borborygme {m} |
| borborygm {n} (gurgling or rumbling noise produced by gas in the bowels) SEE: borborygmus | :: |
| borborygmus {n} /bɔːbəˈɹɪɡməs/ (the rumbling sounds in the intestines) | :: borborygme {m} |
| Bordeaux {prop} /bɔɹdoʊ/ (a city in France) | :: Bordeaux {m} |
| bordello {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel | :: |
| border {n} /ˈbɔɹdɚ/ (the outer edge of something) | :: bord {m}, bordure {f} |
| border {n} (a decorative strip around the edge of something) | :: bordure |
| border {n} (the line or frontier area separating regions) | :: frontière {f} |
| border {v} ((transitive) to put a border on something) | :: délimiter |
| border {v} ((transitive) to lie on, or adjacent to a border) | :: border |
| border guard {n} (person) | :: garde-frontière {m} |
| bordering {adj} (having a common boundary or border) | :: limitrophe |
| borderland {n} (land near a border) | :: marche {f} |
| borderline {adj} (not clearly on one side or other of a boundary) | :: limite |
| borderline {n} (boundary) | :: "sur les bords" (familiar) |
| bordure {n} (contrasting border round a shield) | :: bordure {f} |
| bore {v} /bɔɹ/ (to make a hole) | :: percer |
| bore {v} (to inspire boredom) | :: ennuyer, barber |
| bore {n} (sudden and rapid flow of tide) | :: mascaret {m} |
| boreal {adj} /ˈbɔːɹɪəl/ (relating to the north) | :: boréal |
| Boreal {n} | :: Boréal |
| boreal chickadee {n} (Poecile hudsonicus) | :: mésange à tête brune {f} |
| boreal owl {n} (Tengmalm's owl) SEE: Tengmalm's owl | :: |
| boreas {n} | :: borée {m}, aquilon {m} |
| Boreas {prop} /ˈbɔːɹɪəs/ (Greek god) | :: Borée {m} |
| bored {adj} /bɔːɹd/ (suffering from boredom) | :: ennuyé |
| boredom {n} /ˈbɔɹ.dəm/ (state of being bored) | :: ennui {m} |
| bore water {n} (water accumulated in aquifers below the earth's surface) SEE: groundwater | :: |
| Borgesian {adj} (characteristic of Jorge Luis Borges) | :: borgésien, borgien |
| boric {adj} (pertaining to the element boron) | :: borique {m} {f}, [dated] boracique {m} {f}, borico- |
| boric acid {n} (White crystalline solid soluble as a weak acid) | :: acide borique {m} |
| boride {n} (the B3- anion) | :: borure {m} |
| boride {n} (any binary compound of boron and a more electropositive element) | :: borure {m} |
| boring {adj} /ˈbɔːɹɪŋ/ (causing boredom) | :: ennuyeux, barbant, ennuyant |
| boring as beans {adj} (extremely boring) SEE: dull as dishwater | :: |
| Boris {prop} /ˈbɔɹɪs/ (male given name) | :: Boris |
| Borjomi {prop} (resort town) | :: Borjomi |
| born {adj} /ˈbɔɹn/ (given birth to) | :: né {m}, née {f} |
| born {v} (be born) SEE: be born | :: |
| born-again {adj} (renewed commitment to Jesus Christ) | :: né(e) à nouveau/de nouveau, rené (rare) |
| borne {adj} /bɔɹn/ (carried, supported) | :: porté, supporté |
| Borneo {prop} /ˈbɔɹnioʊ/ (island) | :: Bornéo {m} |
| born with a silver spoon in one's mouth {adj} (born rich or in a wealthy family) | :: né avec une cuillère d'argent dans la bouche |
| boro {v} (borrow) SEE: borrow | :: |
| boromagnesite {n} | :: boromagnésite {f} |
| boron {n} /ˈbɔːˌɹɒn/ (chemical element) | :: bore {m} |
| borophene {n} | :: borophène {m} |
| borough {n} /ˈbʌɹoʊ/ (municipal borough) | :: arrondissement {m} |
| borreliosis {n} (infection) | :: borréliose {f} |
| Borromean rings {n} | :: anneaux borroméens |
| borrow {v} /ˈbɒɹəʊ/ (receive temporarily) | :: emprunter |
| borrow {v} (to copy a word from another language) | :: emprunter |
| borrow {v} (in a subtraction) | :: retenir |
| borrowed scenery {n} (principle of incorporating background landscape into the composition of a garden) | :: paysage emprunté {m} |
| borrower {n} /ˈbɔɹəuə/ (one who borrows) | :: emprunteur {m}, emprunteuse {f} |
| borrowing {n} (loanword) SEE: loanword | :: |
| borscht {n} /bɔːʃt/ (beetroot soup) | :: bortsch {m}, borsch {m} |
| borzoi {n} /ˈbɔːzɔɪ/ (breed of dog) | :: barzoï {m}, levrier de chasse russe |
| Bose-Einstein condensate {n} (gaseous superfluid) | :: condensat de Bose-Einstein {m} |
| bosk {n} (thicket; small wood) SEE: thicket | :: |
| Bosnia {prop} /ˈbɑz.ni.ə/ (northern part of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a geographic and historical entity) | :: Bosnie {f} |
| Bosnia {prop} (short for 'Bosnia and Herzegovina') | :: Bosnie |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina {prop} /ˈbɒzni.ə ænd ˌhɜɹtsɨɡoʊˈviːnə/ (country on the Balkan peninsula) | :: Bosnie-Herzégovine {f}, [rare] Bosnie-et-Herzégovine {f} |
| Bosniak {n} | :: Bosniaque {m} {f} |
| Bosnian {n} /ˈbɑːzni.ən/ (the people) | :: Bosnien {m}, Bosnienne {f} |
| Bosnian {n} (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) | :: bosnien {m} |
| bosom {n} /ˈbʊz(ə)m/ (chest, breast) | :: sein {m} |
| bosom {adj} (in a very close relationship) | :: intime |
| bosom buddy {n} (bosom friend) SEE: bosom friend | :: |
| bosom friend {n} (very close friend) | :: ami(e) intime {m} {f} |
| boson {n} /ˈboʊ.zɒn/ (particle) | :: boson {m} |
| Bosphorus {prop} /ˈbɒs.fəɹ.əs/ (a strait that passes through Istanbul) | :: Bosphore {m} |
| boss {n} /bɔs/ (supervisor) | :: patron {m}, chef {m} |
| boss {n} (person in charge) | :: patron {m}, chef {m} |
| boss {n} (leader, head of an organised team) | :: chef {m}, patron {m} |
| boss {n} (term of address to a man) | :: patron {m}, chef {m} |
| boss {n} (enemy in video game) | :: boss {mf} |
| boss {n} (architecture: knob or protrusion) | :: clé de voûte {f} |
| bossage {n} (rough, unfinished stone block) | :: bossage {m} |
| bossy {adj} /ˈbɔsi/ (tending to give orders to others) | :: autoritaire |
| Boston {prop} /ˈbɔstən/ (city in Massachusetts) | :: Boston |
| Boston terrier {n} (dog breed) | :: terrier de Boston |
| bot {n} (robot) SEE: robot | :: |
| bot {n} /bɑt/ (a piece of software for doing repetitive tasks) | :: robot {m}, bot {m} |
| botanic {adj} (pertaining to botany) SEE: botanical | :: |
| botanical {adj} (Of or pertaining to botany) | :: botanique {m} {f} |
| botanical garden {n} (a place where a variety of plants are grown for scientific reasons) | :: jardin botanique {m} |
| botanic garden {n} (botanical garden) SEE: botanical garden | :: |
| botanist {n} /ˈbɒt.ən.ɪst/ (a person engaged in botany) | :: botaniste {m} {f} |
| botanize {v} (do the work of a botanist) | :: botaniser |
| botany {n} /ˈbɒtəni/ (scientific study of plants) | :: botanique {f} |
| botch {v} /bɑt͡ʃ/ (to perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner) | :: saccager, rater |
| botch {v} (to do something without skill, without care, or clumsily) | :: bâcler, rater |
| botched {adj} (clumsily made or repaired) | :: gâché |
| botch up {v} (ruin, mess up) | :: bousiller, gâter |
| Boötes {prop} /boʊˈoʊtiːz/ (a constellation) | :: Bouvier {m} |
| botfly {n} (insect) | :: œstre {m} |
| both {determiner} /bəʊθ/ (each of two; one and the other) | :: tous les deux {p} |
| bother {v} /ˈbɑðɚ/ (to annoy, disturb) | :: embêter, gêner, déranger |
| bother {v} (make or take trouble) | :: bâdrer [Quebec] |
| bother {v} (to do something which is of negligible inconvenience) | :: daigner |
| bother {interj} (mild expression of annoyance/irritation) | :: zut! |
| botheration {interj} (expression of annoyance) SEE: bother | :: |
| Bothnian Bay {prop} (northern part of the Gulf of Bothnia) | :: baie de Botnie {f} |
| Bothnian Sea {prop} (southern part of the Gulf of Bothnia) | :: mer de Botnie {f} |
| Botox {prop} /ˈboʊtɑks/ (toxic compound) | :: botox {m} |
| botrytic {adj} | :: botrytique |
| Botswana {prop} /bɑːtˈswɑːnə/ (Republic of Botswana) | :: Botswana |
| Botswanan {n} (person from Botswana) | :: Botswanais {m}, Botswanaise {f}, Botswanéen {m} [rare], Botswanéenne {f} [rare] |
| Botswanian {n} (Botswanan) SEE: Botswanan | :: |
| Botswanian {adj} (Botswanan) SEE: Botswanan | :: |
| bottle {n} /ˈbɒ.təl/ (container) | :: bouteille {f} |
| bottle {n} (contents of such a container) | :: bouteille {f} |
| bottle {n} (nerve, courage) | :: culot {m} |
| bottle {v} (seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption) | :: embouteiller, mettre en bouteille |
| bottle {v} (feed (an infant) baby formula) | :: donner le biberon à, nourrir au biberon |
| bottle {v} (refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage) | :: se dégonfler |
| bottle {n} (container with a rubber nipple) SEE: baby bottle | :: |
| bottle cap {n} (closure used to seal bottles) | :: capsule {f} |
| bottled water {n} (drinking water sold in a bottle) | :: eau en bouteille {f}, eau embouteillée {f} |
| bottle episode {n} /ˈbɒtəl ˈɛpɪsəʊd/ (episode of a television series designed to be inexpensive) | :: épisode bouteille {m} |
| bottle gourd {n} (calabash) SEE: calabash | :: |
| bottleneck {n} (neck of a bottle) | :: goulot {m}, goulot de bouteille {m}, tête de bouteille {f} |
| bottleneck {n} (part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome) | :: goulet d'étranglement {m} |
| bottlenose dolphin {n} (species of dolphin) | :: dauphin à gros nez {m} grand dauphin {m}, tursiops {m} |
| bottle opener {n} (device to open bottles) | :: décapsuleur {m}, ouvre-bouteille {m} |
| bottle out {v} | :: craquer, se dégonfler |
| bottle shop {n} (liquor store) SEE: liquor store | :: |
| bottle up {v} (to put into bottles) | :: embouteiller |
| bottle up {v} (to prevent enemy vessels of leaving an anchorage) | :: embouteiller |
| bottle up {v} (to keep suppressed and hidden) | :: réprimer, enfouir |
| bottom {n} (abyss) SEE: abyss | :: |
| bottom {n} /ˈbɑtəm/ (lowest part) | :: fond {m}, bas {m}, dessous {m} |
| bottom {n} (euphemistic: buttocks or anus) | :: arrière-train {m}, cul {m}, derrière {m}, popotin {m}, potron {m}, séant {m} |
| bottom {n} (gay sexual slang: penetrated partner in sex) | :: passif, enculé {m} |
| bottom {n} (physics: bottom quark) SEE: bottom quark | :: |
| bottom bracket {n} | :: axe de pédalier {m} |
| bottom feeder {n} (creature) | :: poisson de fond {m} |
| bottomless {adj} /ˈbaɾm̩lɨs/ (extremely deep) | :: insondable |
| bottomless pit {n} (hell) | :: abîme {m} |
| bottomless pit {n} (endless resource or supply) | :: abîme {m} |
| bottomless pit {n} (person with boundless appetite; entity or problem which consumes endless resources) | :: puits sans fond {m} |
| bottom line {n} (final balance) | :: résultat net {m} |
| bottom line {n} (summary or result) | :: résumé |
| bottomonium {n} (meson) | :: bottomonium {m} |
| bottom quark {n} (bottom quark) | :: quark bottom {m} |
| bottomry {n} | :: bodinerie {f}, bomerie |
| bottoms up {interj} (Cheers!) | :: cul sec, à fond [Belgium] |
| bottom the house {v} (clean a house extremely thoroughly) | :: nettoyer du sol au plafond |
| botulinum toxin {n} (neurotoxic protein produced by Clostridium botulinum) | :: toxine botulique {f} |
| botulism {n} /ˈbɒt.jʊl.ɪz.əm/ (medical condition) | :: botulisme {m} |
| Bouaké {prop} (city) | :: Bouaké |
| Bouches-du-Rhône {prop} (department) | :: Bouches-du-Rhône |
| boudoir {n} (woman's private room) SEE: bower | :: |
| bougainvillea {n} /ˌbu.ɡənˈvɪl.jə/ (flower) | :: bougainvillée {f}, bougainvillier {m} |
| bough {n} /baʊ/ (tree branch) | :: branche {f} |
| bouillabaisse {n} (mixture) SEE: mixture | :: |
| bouillabaisse {n} /ˈbuːjəˌbeɪs/ (type of fish stew or soup from Provence) | :: bouillabaisse {f} |
| bouillon {n} /ˈbuː.jɒn/ (a clear seasoned broth) | :: bouillon {m} |
| bouillon cube {n} (cube) | :: bouillon cube {m} |
| boulder {n} /ˈboʊldəɹ/ (large mass of stone) | :: rocher {m} |
| boules {n} (game played with metal balls) | :: boules {f}, pétanque {f} |
| bouleutes {n} (counsellor) | :: bouleute {m} |
| boulevard {n} /ˈbʊləvɑɹd/ (broad, landscaped thoroughfare) | :: boulevard {m} |
| bounce {v} /baʊns/ (to move quickly up and down) | :: rebondir |
| bounce {n} (change of direction of motion after hitting an obstacle) | :: rebond |
| bounce {n} (movement up and down) | :: rebond |
| bounced check {n} (bad check) SEE: bounced cheque | :: |
| bounced cheque {n} | :: chèque en bois {m} |
| bouncer {n} /ˈbaʊnsə˞/ (member of security personnel) | :: videur {m} |
| bouncing castle {n} /ˌbaʊnsɪŋ ˈkæsəl/ (inflatable structure on which children jump and play) | :: jeu gonflable {m}, château gonflable {m} |
| bound {adj} /ˈbaʊnd/ (obliged to) | :: obligé, tenu |
| bound {n} (boundary, border of territory) | :: frontière {f}, borne {f} |
| bound {n} (mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set) | :: limite |
| bound {v} (to surround a territory) | :: délimiter, entourer |
| bound {n} (sizeable jump) | :: bond {f}, saut {m} |
| bound {v} (to leap) | :: bondir, sauter |
| boundary {n} /ˈbaʊndəɹi/ (dividing line or location between two areas) | :: frontière {f}, limite {f} |
| boundary {n} ((topology) the set of points in the closure, not belonging to the interior) | :: frontière {f} |
| bounded {adj} /ˈbaʊndɪd/ (type of set) | :: borné |
| bounded function {n} (function) | :: fonction bornée {f} |
| boundless {adj} (without bounds, unbounded) | :: illimité |
| bound morpheme {n} (type of morpheme) | :: morphème lié {m} |
| bound variable {n} (variable that has an allocated storage location) | :: variable liée {f} |
| bounty {n} (abundance or wealth) SEE: abundance | :: |
| bounty {n} /ˈbaʊnti/ (something given liberally, see also: gift) | :: don {m} |
| bounty {n} (reward for some specific act) | :: prime {f} |
| bounty {n} (money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein) | :: prime {f} |
| bounty {n} (generosity) SEE: generosity | :: |
| bounty hunter {n} (person who catches criminals in return for a reward) | :: chasseur de primes |
| bouquet {n} /boʊˈkeɪ/ (bunch of flowers) | :: bouquet {m} |
| bouquet {n} (scent of wine) | :: bouquet {m} |
| bouquet garni {n} (bouquet garni) | :: bouquet garni {m} |
| Bourbakian {adj} | :: bourbachique |
| bourbon {n} /bɜː(ɹ)bən/ (whiskey) | :: bourbon {m} |
| Bourdain {prop} | :: Bourdain |
| bourdon {n} (bumblebee) SEE: bumblebee | :: |
| bourgeois {adj} /bu(ɹ)ʒ.ˈwɑː/ (of or relating to the middle class) | :: bourgeois |
| bourgeois {adj} (conventional, conservative and materialistic) | :: bourgeois |
| bourgeois {n} /bəɹˈdʒɔɪs/ (9-point type) | :: petit-romain, gaillarde |
| bourgeoisie {n} /ˌbʊə(ɹ)ʒwɑːˈziː/ (class) | :: bourgeoisie {f} |
| bourgeoisification {n} (embourgeoisement) SEE: embourgeoisement | :: |
| bourgeoisify {v} (to make bourgeois) | :: embourgeoiser |
| Bourges {prop} (town in the Centre-Val de Loire) | :: Bourges |
| Bourget {prop} | :: Bourget |
| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté {prop} (region of France) | :: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Bourguibism {n} (political ideology of Habib Bourguiba) | :: bourguibisme {m} |
| bourrée {n} (a baroque dance of French origin) | :: bourrée {f} |
| bourse {n} (stock exchange) SEE: stock exchange | :: |
| boustrophedon {n} /ˌbuːstɹəˈfiːdən/ (writing that is alternately right-to-left and left-to-right) | :: boustrophédon {m} |
| Boutilier {prop} | :: Boutilier |
| boutique {n} /buːˈtiːk/ (a small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like) | :: boutique {f} |
| bouzouki {n} /bəˈzuːki/ (lute) | :: bouzouki {m} |
| bovarysm {n} (anxiety to escape from an unsatisfactory social or sentimental condition) | :: bovarysme {m}, bovarisme {m} |
| bovid {n} /ˈboʊvɪd/ (an animal of Bovidae) | :: bovidé {m} |
| bovine {adj} /ˈboʊvaɪn/ (of, relating to or resembling cattle) | :: bovin {m}, bovine {f} |
| bovine {n} (animal like cattle, buffalo, bison) | :: bovin {m} |
| bovine spongiform encephalopathy {n} (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) | :: encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine {f} |
| bow {n} /boʊ/ (weapon used for shooting arrows) | :: arc {m}, arc à flèches {m} |
| bow {n} (bend in a rod or planar surface) | :: arc {m} |
| bow {n} (rod used for playing stringed instruments) | :: archet {m} |
| bow {v} (to become bent) | :: fléchir, courber |
| bow {v} (to bend a thing) | :: courber |
| bow {v} /baʊ/ (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference) | :: s'incliner, faire une révérence |
| bow {n} (gesture made by bending forward at the waist) | :: révérence {f} |
| bow {n} /baʊ/ (front of a boat or ship) | :: étrave, proue {f} |
| bow and arrow {n} /bəʊ(.)ən(d.)æɹəʊ/ (weapon) | :: arc et flèche |
| bow and scrape {v} /ˈbaʊəndskɹeɪp/ (behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner) | :: [informal] passer de la pommade, [vulgar] lécher le cul, [informal] caresser dans le sens du poil, [colloquial] cirer les pompes |
| Bowden cable {n} (cable used to transmit force by the movement of an inner cable) | :: câble Bowden {m} |
| bowdlerize {v} /ˈbaʊd.lə.ˌɹaɪz/ (to remove or alter parts of a text considered offensive) | :: censurer |
| bow down {v} (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference) | :: s’incliner |
| bow drill {n} (a simple hand-operated tool) SEE: fire drill | :: |
| bowel {n} /ˈbaʊ.əl/ (large intestine) | :: gros intestin {m} |
| bowel {n} (intestines, entrails) | :: boyaux {m-p} |
| bowel {n} (interior of something) | :: entrailles {f-p} |
| bowel {n} (seat of pity or gentler emotions) | :: entrailles {f-p} |
| bowel obstruction {n} (obstruction of the intestines) | :: occlusion intestinale {f} |
| bowels {n} /baʊ.əlz/ (intestines) | :: entrailles {f-p}, boyaux {m-p} |
| bower {n} /baʊ.əɹ/ (a woman's bedroom or private apartments, especially in a medieval castle) | :: boudoir {m} |
| bower bird {n} (Australasian bird) | :: jardinier |
| bow grip {n} (section of grippy material) | :: poussette {f}, poucette {f} |
| bowhead {n} (Balaena mysticetus) | :: baleine boréale {f} |
| bowhead whale {n} (a whale, Balaena mysticetus) SEE: bowhead | :: |
| bowl {n} /boɫ/ (container for food) | :: bol {m} |
| bowl {n} (lawn bowls) SEE: bowls | :: |
| bowl {n} (haircut) SEE: bowl cut | :: |
| bowl a googly {v} (to require a quick reaction from by doing something unexpected) | :: prendre de court, poser une colle |
| bowl cut {n} (haircut) | :: coupe au bol {f} |
| bowleg {n} (leg that curves outward from the knee) | :: genu varum {m}, jambe arquée {f} |
| bowler {n} (pitcher) SEE: pitcher | :: |
| bowler {n} (bowler hat) SEE: bowler hat | :: |
| bowler hat {n} (hard round black felt hat) | :: chapeau melon {m} |
| bowline {n} (knot) | :: bouline {f}, nœud de chaise {m} |
| bowling {n} /ˈboʊliŋ/ (a game played by rolling a ball down an alley) | :: bowling {m} |
| bowling alley {n} (a building which contains bowling lanes) | :: bowling {m} |
| bowling ball {n} (ball for bowling) | :: boule de quille {f} |
| bowls {n} /bəʊlz/ (precision sport) | :: boulingrin {m} |
| bow maker {n} (one who manufactures bows for use in archery) | :: facteur d'arc {m} |
| bow maker {n} (one who manufactures bows for musical instruments) | :: archetier {m} |
| bowmaking {n} | :: archèterie {f} |
| bowman {n} (archer) SEE: archer | :: |
| bow out {v} /baʊ aʊt/ (To resign, or leave) | :: s'incliner |
| bow saw {n} (for woodworking, frame saw, turning saw) | :: sciotte {m} |
| bowser {n} (fuel pump) | :: pompe {f} (à essence), pompe à essence |
| bowser {n} (fuel transport vehicle) | :: camion-citerne {m} |
| bowser {n} (water transport vehicle) | :: camion-citerne {m} |
| bow shock {n} /ˈbaʊʃɑk/ (astronomy) | :: onde de shock |
| bowsprit {n} /ˈbəʊspɹɪt/ (spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel) | :: beaupré {m} |
| bowstring {n} /ˈboʊstɹɪŋ/ (string of an archer's bow) | :: corde {f} |
| bowtie {n} /boʊˈtaɪ/ (necktie shaped like a bow) | :: nœud papillon, nœud pap' {m} [familiar] |
| bowtie {adj} (shaped like a bow-tie) | :: en nœud papillon |
| bow wow {n} (sound of a dog barking) | :: mouarf, ouah ouah |
| bow-wow {interj} (bow wow) SEE: bow wow | :: |
| box {n} /bɒks/ (cuboid space; container) | :: boîte {f}, caisse {f} |
| box {n} (as much as fills a box) | :: boîte {f} |
| box {n} (compartment of an item of furniture) | :: case {f} |
| box {n} (compartment or receptacle for receiving items) | :: boîte {f} |
| box {n} (compartment to sit inside) | :: [in a theater] loge {f} |
| box {n} (small rectangular shelter) | :: guérite {f} |
| box {n} ((slang) television) | :: téloche {f}, télé {f}, lucarne {f} |
| box {n} ((slang, vulgar) the vagina) | :: salle de jeu {f}, cheminée {f}, boutique {f} |
| box {n} (computer, or the case in which it is housed) | :: boîtier {m}, tour {f} |
| box {n} ((cricket) hard protector for the genitals) | :: coquille {f}, protège-sexe {m} |
| box {n} (rectangular border around an image, text, etc.) | :: encadré {m}, cadre {m} |
| box {n} (small area on a document for a tick mark) | :: case {f} |
| box {v} (to place inside a box) | :: emboîter, mettre en boîte |
| box {v} ((architecture) to enclose with boarding, lathing, etc.) | :: cacher |
| box {n} (shrub or tree of the genus Buxus) | :: buis {m} |
| box {n} (blow with the fist) | :: coup de poing {m} |
| box {v} (to strike with the fists) | :: boxer |
| box {v} (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match) | :: boxer |
| box {v} (to participate in boxing) | :: boxer |
| box {n} (rectangle) SEE: oblong | :: |
| box {n} (input field on an electronic display) SEE: text box | :: |
| box {n} (wood from a box tree) SEE: boxwood | :: |
| box {n} (fish of the genus Boops) SEE: bogue | :: |
| box and whiskers plot {n} (box plot) SEE: box plot | :: |
| box calf {n} (calfskin) | :: box-calf {m} |
| boxcutter {n} (utility knife) SEE: utility knife | :: |
| boxer {n} /ˈbɑːksɚ/ (participant in a boxing match) | :: boxeur {m} |
| boxer {n} (breed of dog) | :: boxer {m} |
| boxers {n} (boxer shorts) SEE: boxer shorts | :: |
| boxer shorts {n} (underwear) | :: caleçon {m} |
| boxful {n} (as much as a box will hold) | :: boîte {f} |
| boxing {n} /ˈbɒksɪŋ/ (the sport of boxing) | :: boxe {f} |
| Boxing Day {n} /ˈbɒksɪŋ deɪ/ (the day after Christmas: 26 December) | :: Boxing Day {m} |
| boxing glove {n} (padded mitten worn in boxing) | :: gant de boxe {m} |
| box office {n} /ˈbɑksˌɑfɪs/ (ticket office) | :: billetterie {f}, guichet {m} |
| box plot {n} (graphical summary of data) | :: boîte à moustaches {f} |
| box seat {n} (seat) | :: siège {m} |
| box spring {n} (frame of spiral springs) | :: sommier {m} |
| box the compass {v} /bɒks ðə ˈkʌmpəs/ (To make a complete reversal) | :: virer de bord |
| boxthorn {n} (plant of the genus Lycium) SEE: wolfberry | :: |
| box tree {n} (tree of the genus Buxus) | :: buis {m} |
| box wine {n} (wine that is sealed in a plastic bladder) | :: cubi {m}, caisse-outre {f} |
| boxwood {n} (Buxus sempervirens) | :: buis {m} |
| boy {n} /bɔɪ/ (young male) | :: garçon {m} |
| boy {n} (male servant) | :: garçon {m}, boy {m} [formerly, African male servant in colonies] |
| boy {n} (historical: non-white male servant) | :: boy {m} |
| boy {n} (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive) | :: gars {m} [informal] |
| boy {n} (adult male found attractive) | :: garçon {m} |
| boy {n} (male friend) | :: garçon {m}, gars {m} |
| boyar {n} /ˈbɔɪɑː/ (rank of aristocracy) | :: boyard {m}, boïard {m}, barine {m}, barynia {f} |
| boyau {n} /ˈbwɑːjəʊ/ (passage connecting two trenches) | :: boyau {m} |
| boy band {n} (pop group whose members are all young men) | :: boys band {m} |
| boycott {v} /ˈbɔɪkɑt/ (to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest) | :: boycotter |
| boycott {n} (the act of boycotting) | :: boycott {m}, boycottage {m} |
| boycotter {n} (someone who engages in a boycott) | :: boycotteur {m}, boycotteuse {f} |
| boyfriend {n} /ˈbɔɪˌfɹɛnd/ (male partner in a romantic relationship) | :: mon/ton/son ami {m}, petit ami {m} [dated, adolescents], mon/ton/son copain {m}, petit copain {m} [dated, adolescents], chum {m} [Quebec], mec {m} [adolescents], keum {m} [adolescents], chéri {m}, compagnon {m} [adults], partenaire {m} [adults], amoureux {m}, sigisbée {m} |
| boyfriend {n} (male friend) | :: un ami {m}, un copain {m} |
| boyish {adj} /ˈbɔɪ.ɪʃ/ (like a boy) | :: de garçon |
| boykin {n} /ˈbɔɪkən/ (a little boy) | :: garçonnet {m} |
| Boy Scout {n} (male member of the Scout Movement) | :: scout {m}, éclaireur {m} |
| boyshorts {n} (underwear) | :: shorty {m} |
| boy's name {n} (name given to a male) | :: nom de fils |
| boys will be boys {proverb} (boys are mischievous by nature) | :: il faut que jeunesse se passe |
| Bps {n} (bytes per second) | :: o/s |
| bra {n} /bɹɑː/ (brassiere) | :: soutien-gorge {m}, [popular] soutif, [dated] brassière {f} |
| Brabant {prop} /ˈbɹæbənt/ (former province of central Belgium) | :: Brabant {m} |
| Brabant {prop} (historical region) | :: Brabant {m} |
| Brabantian {adj} (pertaining to Brabant) | :: brabançon |
| Brabantian {n} (Brabantian person) | :: Brabançon {m}, Brabançonne {f} |
| brace {n} /bɹeɪs/ (measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms) | :: toise {f} |
| brace {n} (structural piece used for support, often diagonal) | :: fiche {f} |
| brace {n} (two goals in one game) | :: doublé {m} |
| brace {v} (to prepare oneself for an impact) | :: retenir son souffle |
| brace {v} (to swing round the yards) | :: brasser |
| brace {n} (harness) SEE: harness | :: |
| brace {n} (system to correct crooked teeth) SEE: braces | :: |
| brace {n} (curly bracket) SEE: curly bracket | :: |
| brace {n} (bitstock) SEE: bitstock | :: |
| bracelet {n} /ˈbɹeɪslət/ (a band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament) | :: bracelet {m} |
| bracelet {n} (strap of a wristwatch) | :: bracelet {m} |
| braces {n} (handcuffs) SEE: handcuffs | :: |
| braces {n} /ˈbɹeɪsɪz/ (device for straightening teeth) | :: appareil dentaire {m}, appareil {m}, appareil orthodontique {m}, faux-palais |
| braces {n} (pair of straps holding trousers) | :: bretelles {f-p} |
| brachial {adj} /ˈbreɪkɪəl/ (pertaining or belonging to the arm) | :: brachial |
| brachialis {n} (muscle that flexes the elbow joint) | :: brachial {m}, brachial antérieur {m} |
| brachial plexus {n} | :: plexus brachial {m} |
| brachiosaur {n} (dinosaur of the genus Brachiosaurus) | :: brachiosaure {m} |
| brachiosaurus {n} (herbivorous dinosaur) | :: brachiosaure {m} |
| brachium {n} (upper arm) SEE: upper arm | :: |
| brachy- {prefix} (short) | :: brachy- |
| brachylogy {n} (concise speech) | :: brachylogie {f} |
| brachyology {n} (abbreviated expression) | :: brachylogie {f} |
| brachytherapy {n} (type of radiotherapy) | :: curiethérapie |
| brachyuran {adj} /ˌbɹæk.iˈju.ɹən/ (of or pertaining to crabs) | :: brachyurien |
| bracken {n} (any of several coarse ferns) | :: ptéridium {m} |
| bracket {n} (square bracket) SEE: square bracket | :: |
| bracket {n} (round bracket) SEE: round bracket | :: |
| brackish {adj} /ˈbɹækɪʃ/ (slightly salty) | :: saumâtre {m} {f} |
| brackish {adj} (repulsive) SEE: repulsive | :: |
| braconid {n} (any species of the family Braconidae) | :: braconide |
| bract {n} (leaf or leaf-like structure) | :: bractée {f} |
| bradoon {n} (type of snaffle bit) SEE: bridoon | :: |
| bradycardia {n} (condition of having a slow heartbeat) | :: bradycardie {f} |
| bradyon {n} (tardyon) | :: bradyon {m} |
| brae {n} (hillside or slope) SEE: hillside | :: |
| brag {n} /bɹæɡ/ (card game) | :: brag {m} |
| brag {v} (to boast) | :: fanfaronner, se vanter |
| brag {n} (boast) SEE: boast | :: |
| Bragança {prop} /bɹəˈɡɑnzə/ (city in the homonymous district of Portugal) | :: Bragance {f} |
| braggadocio {n} (braggart) SEE: braggart | :: |
| braggardly {adj} (boastful) SEE: boastful | :: |
| braggart {n} /ˈbɹæɡɑːt/ (one who constantly brags or boasts) | :: bravache {m}, fanfaron {m}, fier-à-bras {m}, hâbleur {m}, matamore {m}, rodomont {m}, vantard {m} |
| braggart {adj} (characterized by boasting) SEE: boastful | :: |
| bragger {n} (person who brags) | :: vantard {m} |
| bragging {n} /ˈbɹaɡɪŋ/ (the act of one who brags) | :: fanfaronnade {f} |
| Brahman {prop} (concept of Hinduism) | :: Brahman |
| brahmin {n} (caste) | :: brahmane {m} {f} |
| braid {v} /bɹeɪd/ (to intertwine) | :: natter, tresser |
| braid {n} (sudden movement) | :: galon {m} |
| braid {n} (weave of three or more strands) | :: tresse {f}, natte {f} |
| braid {n} (hairstyle) | :: natte {f}, tresse {f} |
| braille {n} /bɹeɪl/ (system of writing using raised dots) | :: braille {m}, Braille {m} |
| brain {n} /bɹeɪn/ (organ) | :: cerveau {m}, [pejorative or when used as food] cervelle {f}, encéphale {m} |
| brain {n} (intelligent person) | :: cerveau {m}, tête {f} |
| brain {n} (person providing intelligence) | :: cerveau {m} |
| brain {n} (part of computer) | :: processeur {m} |
| brain cancer {n} (cancer of the brain) | :: cancer du cerveau {m} |
| braincase {n} (the part of the skull containing the brain) | :: boîte crânienne {f} |
| brain cell {n} (cell in brain) | :: cellule du cerveau {f} |
| brainchild {n} /ˈbɹeɪn.tʃaɪld/ (creation) | :: création {f} |
| brain damage {n} (injury to the brain) | :: lésion cérébrale {f} |
| brain death {n} (irreversible cessation of brain activity) | :: mort cérébrale {f} |
| brain drain {n} (emigration of educated people) | :: fuite des cerveaux {f}, [Quebec] exode des cerveaux {m} |
| brain fart {n} (something ill-considered) | :: trou de mémoire {m} |
| brainiac {n} /ˈbɹeɪniæk/ (a very intelligent and usually studious, erudite person) | :: grosse tête {f} |
| brainless {adj} (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) | :: sans cervelle |
| brain mushroom {n} (fungus) | :: fausse morille {f}t |
| brainpower {n} (mental ability) SEE: intelligence | :: |
| brains {n} /bɹeɪnz/ ((informal) intelligence, aptitude) | :: cervelle {f} |
| brains {n} (as food) | :: cervelle {f} |
| brain stem {n} (part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum) | :: tronc cérébral {m} |
| brainstorm {n} (brainstorming) SEE: brainstorming | :: |
| brainstorming {n} (method of problem solving) | :: remue-méninge {m}, brainstorming {m} |
| brain surgeon {n} (someone who does brain surgery) | :: neurochirurgien |
| brain surgeon {n} (someone very intelligent) | :: tête {f} |
| brain surgery {n} (surgery) | :: neurochirurgie {f} |
| brain-teaser {n} (a complex riddle or puzzle) | :: casse-tête {m} |
| brain tumor {n} (an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division) | :: tumeur au cerveau {f}, tumeur cérébrale {f} |
| brainwash {n} /ˈbɹeɪnwɒʃ/ (effect upon one's memory, belief or ideas) | :: lavage de cerveau {m} |
| brainwash {v} (to affect one's mind) | :: décerveler, laver le cerveau, bourrer le crâne |
| brain-washing {n} (form of indoctrination) | :: lavage de cerveau {m} |
| braise {v} /bɹeɪz/ (To cook in a small amount of liquid) | :: braiser |
| brake {n} /bɹeɪk/ (tool for crushing and beating flax or hemp) | :: broie {f}, brisoir {m} |
| brake {n} (nautical: handle of pump) | :: bringuebale {f} |
| brake {n} (device used to slow or stop a vehicle) | :: frein {m} |
| brake {v} (to operate brakes) | :: freiner |
| brake assembly {n} (the collective replacement parts used to repair an automobile's worn down brakes) | :: pièces de driction |
| brake pad {n} (friction element in a disc brake) | :: plaquette de frein {f}, patin de freins {m}, patin {m} |
| brake pedal {n} (the pedal in a vehicle which operates the brakes) | :: pédale de frein {f} |
| braking {n} /ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/ (applying of brakes) | :: freinage {m} |
| braking distance {n} (braking distance) | :: distance de freinage {f} |
| bramble {n} (diverse Rubus shrubs) SEE: blackberry | :: |
| bramble {n} (any thorny shrub) SEE: thornbush | :: |
| brambling {n} (bird) | :: pinson du Nord {m} |
| Brampton {prop} /ˈbɹæm(p)tən/ (city in Ontario) | :: Brampton {m} |
| bran {n} /ˈbɹæn/ (outside layer of a grain) | :: son {m} |
| branch {n} /bɹæntʃ/ (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk) | :: branche {f}, rameau {m} |
| branch {n} (part that divides like the branch of a tree) | :: branche {f} |
| branch {n} (creek or stream which flows into a larger river) | :: affluent {m} |
| branch {n} (location of an organization with several locations) | :: filiale {f}, succursale {f} |
| branch {n} (line of family descent) | :: branche {f} |
| branch {n} (area in business or of knowledge, research) | :: branche {f} |
| branch {n} (computer architecture: conditional sequence of code) | :: branchement conditionnel {m} |
| branch {v} (to jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement) | :: brancher |
| branch {n} (rail transport: branch line) SEE: branch line | :: |
| branchial {adj} (of, pertaining to or resembling gills) | :: branchial |
| branch line {n} (non-through line) | :: embranchement {m} |
| branch off {v} (to diverge into two or more separate paths) | :: bifurquer |
| branchy {adj} (having many branches) | :: branchu |
| brand {n} /bɹand/ (burning wood, ember) | :: tison |
| brand {n} (mark made by burning) | :: marque {f} |
| brand {n} (name, symbol, logo) | :: marque {f} |
| brand {n} (a specific product, service, or provider so distinguished) | :: marque {f} |
| brand {n} (style, manner) | :: style {m} |
| brand {v} (burn the flesh) | :: flétrir |
| brand {v} (mark with proof of ownership) | :: marquer |
| brand {v} (impress on the memory or senses) | :: graver |
| brand {v} (stigmatize) | :: cataloguer, flétrir |
| brandade {n} (puree of salted cod, olive oil, and milk) | :: brandade |
| Brandenburg {prop} (state) | :: Brandebourg |
| Brandenburg {prop} (city) | :: Brandebourg, Brandebourg-sur-la-Havel |
| brandish {v} /ˈbɹændɪʃ/ (to move a weapon) | :: brandir |
| brand name {n} (trade name) SEE: trade name | :: |
| brand new {adj} (utterly new) | :: flambant neuf |
| brand spanking new {adj} (brand new) SEE: brand new | :: |
| brandy {n} /ˈbɹændi/ (liquor) | :: cognac {m}, brandy {m}, eau-de-vie |
| brane {n} /bɹeɪn/ (hypothetical object) | :: brane {f} |
| brant {n} /bɹænt/ (wild geese of the genus Branta) | :: bernarche {f} |
| bras d'honneur {n} /ˌbɹɑ dɑˈnɝ/ (obscene gesture) | :: bras d'honneur {m} |
| brash {adj} /bɹæʃ/ | :: irréfléchi, agressif, culotté [familiar], gonflé [familiar] |
| brashness {n} (characteristic of being brash) | :: toupet {m}, culot {m} [familiar] |
| Brasília {prop} /bɹəˈziːli.ə/ (The capital of Brazil) | :: Brasília, Brasilia |
| brass {n} /bɹɑːs/ (alloy of copper and zinc) | :: laiton {m} |
| brass {n} (made of brass (attributive use)) | :: en laiton |
| brass {n} (class of wind instruments) | :: cuivres {m-p} |
| brass {n} (spent shell casings) | :: douille {f} |
| brass {n} (high-ranking military officers) | :: galonnés {m-p} |
| brass {adj} (of colour of brass) | :: couleur de laiton |
| brass band {n} (group of musicians who play brass instruments) | :: fanfare {f} |
| brassic {adj} (boracic) SEE: boracic | :: |
| brassic {adj} /ˈbɹæsɪk/ (of or relating to brassicas) | :: brassique {m} {f} |
| brassica {n} /ˈbɹæs.ɪ.kə/ (cabbage family) | :: brassique {f} |
| brassiere {n} (bra) SEE: bra | :: |
| brass instrument {n} (musical instrument) | :: instrument de cuivre {m} |
| brass knuckles {n} (weapon which reinforces the fist) | :: poing américain {m} |
| brat {n} /bɹæt/ (a selfish, spoiled, or unruly child) | :: peste {f}, morveux {m}, morveuse {f}, sale gosse {m} {f} |
| brat {n} (bratwurst) SEE: bratwurst | :: |
| Bratislava {prop} /ˌbɹætɨˈslɑːvə/ (The capital of Slovakia) | :: Bratislava, Pressbourg |
| bratwurst {n} (A small pork sausage) | :: crépinette {f} |
| Braunschweig {prop} (Brunswick) SEE: Brunswick | :: |
| brave {adj} /bɹeɪv/ (strong in the face of fear) | :: courageux |
| bravely {adv} /ˈbɹeɪvli/ (in a brave manner) | :: bravement |
| brave new world {n} (ambitious, often utopian, vision of the future) | :: meilleur des mondes |
| bravery {n} /ˈbɹeɪvəɹi/ (being brave) | :: courage {m} |
| bravo {n} /ˈbɹɑvoʊ/ (the letter "B") | :: Berthe |
| bravo {interj} (interjection) | :: bravo |
| brawl {n} /bɹɔːl/ (disorderly argument or fight) | :: bagarre {f}, rixe {f}, [France, slang] baston {f} |
| brawl {v} (to engage in a brawl, see also: fight; quarrel) | :: se bagarrer |
| brawler {n} (one who brawls) | :: bagarreur {m} |
| brawn {n} /bɹɔːn/ (strong muscles) | :: muscle {m} [uncountable] |
| brawn {n} (physical strength, muscularity) | :: muscle {m} [uncountable] |
| brawn {n} (terrine) | :: fromage de tête {m}, tête pressée {f}, tête marbrée {f}, tête fromagée {f}, hure {f} |
| brawny {adj} (characterized by brawn) | :: balèze, balaise |
| bray {v} /bɹeɪ/ (to make the cry of a donkey) | :: braire |
| bray {n} (cry of an ass or donkey) | :: braiment {m} |
| braze {v} /bɹeɪz/ (The joining together of two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness) | :: braser |
| brazen {adj} /ˈbɹeɪzən/ (pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass) | :: cuivreux, |
| brazen {adj} (sounding harsh and loud) | :: aigu {m}, aigue {f} |
| brazen {adj} (extremely strong) | :: dur comme de la pierre, impénétrable |
| brazen {adj} (impudent, immodest, or shameless) | :: grossier {m}, grossière {f}, brutal {m}, brutale {f}, éhonté {m}, éhontée {f} |
| brazen bull {n} (ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death) | :: taureau d'airain {m}, taureau de Phalaris {m} |
| brazen-faced {adj} /ˈbɹeɪ.zənˌfeɪst/ (Impudent) | :: impudent |
| brazier {n} /ˈbɹeɪ.ʒɚ/ (An upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal) | :: brasier {m} |
| Brazil {prop} /bɹə.ˈzɪl/ (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) | :: Brésil {m} |
| Brazilian {n} /bɹə.ˈzɪ.lɪ.ən/ (person from Brazil) | :: Brésilien {m}, Brésilienne {f} |
| Brazilian {adj} (pertaining to Brazil) | :: brésilien, auriverde |
| Brazilian Portuguese {prop} (Portuguese spoken and written in Brazil) | :: portugais du Brésil {m}, portugais brésilien {m} |
| brazil nut {n} (tree) | :: noyer du Brésil {m} |
| brazil nut {n} (nut) | :: noix du Brésil {m} |
| brazilwood {n} (timber tree) | :: pernambouc {m}, bois-brésil |
| breach {n} /bɹiːtʃ/ (break of a law or obligation) | :: infraction {f}, violation {f} |
| breach {n} (gap) | :: brèche {f} |
| breach {n} (breaking up of amicable relations) | :: brouille {f} |
| breach of contract {n} (failure to perform) | :: rupture de contrat {f} |
| breach of promise {n} (tort of withdrawing a promise to marry) | :: violation de promesse de mariage {f} |
| breach of trust {n} | :: abus de confiance {m} |
| bread {n} /bɹɛd/ (baked dough made from cereals) | :: pain {m} |
| bread {n} (countable: any variety of bread) | :: pain {m} |
| bread {n} (slang: money) | :: fric {m}, blé {m} |
| bread {n} (food, sustenance, support of life, in general) | :: pain {m} |
| bread {v} (to bread) | :: paner |
| bread-and-butter letter {n} (short letter) | :: lettre de château {f} |
| bread-and-butter note {n} (bread-and-butter letter) SEE: bread-and-butter letter | :: |
| bread and circuses {n} /ˈbɹɛd ənd ˈsɜːkəsəz/ (food and entertainment provided by the state) | :: du pain et des jeux |
| breadbasket {n} (stomach) SEE: stomach | :: |
| breadbasket {n} (food bowl) SEE: food bowl | :: |
| breadbox {n} (a container for storing bread) | :: panetière {f} |
| breadcrumb {n} (tiny piece of bread) | :: miette de pain {f}, miette {f}, panure {f} [collective sense] |
| breadcrumb {n} (trail of hyperlinks: note these are PLURAL terms) | :: fil d’Ariane |
| breadfruit {n} /ˈbɹedfɹuːt/ (tree) | :: arbre à pain {m}, artocarpus {m}, artocarpe {m} |
| breadfruit {n} (fruit) | :: fruit à pain {m} |
| bread knife {n} (knife designed to cut bread) | :: couteau à pain {m} |
| bread machine {n} (household appliance which makes dough) SEE: bread maker | :: |
| bread maker {n} (household appliance which makes bread) | :: robot boulangeur {m} |
| breadmaker {n} (baker) SEE: baker | :: |
| breadmaker {n} (bread maker) SEE: bread maker | :: |
| bread roll {n} (miniature round loaf of bread) | :: petit pain {m} |
| breadstick {n} (slender loaf of crisp bread) | :: gressin {m}, [rare] grissini {m} |
| breadth {n} (width) SEE: width | :: |
| breadwinner {n} /ˈbɹɛdˌwɪnɚ/ (primary income-earner in a household) | :: gagne-pain {m}, pain {m}, soutien de famille {m} |
| break {v} /bɹeɪk/ (intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces) | :: se rompre, se casser, se briser |
| break {v} (transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces) | :: rompre, casser, briser |
| break {v} (intransitive, of a bone: to crack) | :: se casser, se fracturer |
| break {v} (transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack) | :: casser, fracturer |
| break {v} (to divide (money) into smaller units) | :: diviser |
| break {v} (to cause a person lose spirit or will) | :: briser |
| break {v} (to turn an animal into a beast of burden) | :: débourrer |
| break {v} (to cause a habit no longer exist) | :: passer |
| break {v} (to ruin financially) | :: ruiner |
| break {v} (transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)) | :: outrepasser |
| break {v} (gaming: to design or make a powerful, unbalancing but legal move) | :: bourriner |
| break {v} (intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether) | :: se casser, tomber en panne |
| break {v} (transitive: to cause to stop functioning) | :: casser, mettre en panne |
| break {v} (to cause to no longer bar) | :: briser |
| break {v} (to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily) | :: faire une pause |
| break {v} (to interrupt a fall) | :: rattraper |
| break {v} (to disclose or make known an item of news) | :: publier, révéler |
| break {v} (of a voice, to alter in type due to emotion or strain [existing translations are to be checked, whether they belong to the previous sense]) | :: muer |
| break {v} (to do better than a record) | :: battre [un record] |
| break {v} (to reduce the military rank of) | :: dégrader |
| break {v} (to end a connection) | :: déconnecter, rompre |
| break {v} (to demulsify) | :: casser |
| break {v} (to counter-attack) | :: riposter, contre-attaquer |
| break {n} (instance of breaking something into pieces) | :: casse {f} |
| break {n} (physical space that opens up in something or between two things) | :: espace {m}, ouverture {f} |
| break {n} (rest or pause, usually from work) | :: pause {f} |
| break {n} (temporary split in romantic relationship) | :: pause {f} |
| break {n} (interval between two parts of performance) | :: entracte {m} |
| break {n} (change in weather) | :: changement {m} |
| break {n} (beginning of morning) | :: aube {f} |
| break {n} (act of escaping) | :: évasion {f} |
| breakable {adj} (fragile) SEE: fragile | :: |
| breakable {adj} /ˈbɹeɪkəbl/ (able to be broken) | :: frangible |
| break a leg {interj} (expression of best wishes to a performer) | :: je te dis merde !, merde ! |
| break a sweat {v} (to start sweating) | :: se mettre à transpirer, commencer à transpirer |
| break a sweat {v} (to put effort into something) | :: [without ...] sans broncher, [without ...] sans sourciller |
| breakaway {adj} (having broken away from a larger unit) | :: séparatiste, sécessioniste |
| break bad {v} /bɹeɪk bæd/ (to go wrong, to turn toward immorality or crime) | :: mal tourner |
| break bread {v} (eat a meal, especially shared) | :: casser la croûte (familiar) |
| break bread {v} (take part in Holy Communion) | :: partager le pain {m} |
| break camp {v} (pack up a campsite and move on) | :: lever le camp |
| breakdancing {n} (Style of dance) | :: breakdance {m} |
| break down {v} (to cease to function) | :: tomber en panne |
| break down {v} (to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise) | :: craquer |
| break down {v} (to decay) | :: se décomposer |
| break down {v} (to divide into parts for analysis) | :: analyser, décomposer |
| breakdown {n} (failure, particularly mechanical) | :: panne |
| breakdown {n} (lapse of mental stability) | :: crise de nerfs {f} |
| breakdown {n} (listing or categorization in great detail) | :: détail {m} |
| breakdown {n} (breaking of chemical bonds within a compound) | :: dégradation {f} |
| breakdown {n} | :: collapse {m}, crise nerveuse, détail {m} |
| breaker {n} /ˈbɹeɪkɚ/ (something that breaks) | :: casseur {m} |
| breaker {n} (machine for breaking rocks or coal) | :: concasseuse {f} |
| breaker {n} (wave) | :: lame {f} |
| break even {v} (to neither gain nor lose money) | :: rentrer dans ses frais |
| break even {v} (to stay the same) | :: ne pas changer d'un iota |
| break-even point {n} (The point where total costs equal total sales revenue) | :: seuil de rentabilité {m} |
| breakfast {n} /ˈbɹɛkfəst/ (first meal of the day) | :: petit déjeuner {m} [France], déjeuner {m} [Belgium, Switzerland, Cajun and Canadian French] |
| breakfast {v} (to eat the morning meal) | :: prendre le petit-déjeuner |
| breakfast cereal {n} (food made from processed grains) | :: céréale de petit déjeuner {f}, céréale {f}, céréales {f-p} |
| break in {v} (to enter by force or illicitly) | :: pénétrer par effraction, fracturer |
| break in {v} (to make something new function well through use) | :: roder, casser, se faire |
| break in {v} (to tame (a horse)) | :: mater |
| break-in {n} (act of entering to commit an offense) | :: effraction {f} |
| breaking news {n} (news that just happened or is happening) | :: nouvelle de dernière minute, nouvelle de dernière heure, édition spéciale |
| break new ground {v} (To begin excavating and levelling earth for a new building) | :: creuser un nouveau terrain |
| break new ground {v} (To initiate a new venture) | :: ouvrir de nouvelles voies |
| break of dawn {n} (daybreak) SEE: daybreak | :: |
| break off {v} (end abruptly) | :: interrompre |
| break one's fast {v} (archaic: to eat breakfast) | :: prendre le petit déjeuner, déjeuner |
| break one's fast {v} (to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food) | :: rompre le jeûne |
| break one's word {v} | :: manquer à sa parole |
| break on the wheel {v} (to execute by beating) | :: rouer |
| break out {v} (to escape, especially forcefully or defiantly) | :: s'échapper, s’évader |
| break out {v} (to bring out, use, or present) | :: montrer |
| break out {v} (to separate from a bundle) | :: isoler |
| break out {v} (to take or force out by breaking) | :: briser |
| break out {v} (to begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition) | :: survenir |
| break point {n} (situation in which if the receiver wins the next point, (s)he will win the game) | :: balle de break {f} |
| breakpoint {n} ((computing) point in a program where operation may be interrupted) | :: point d'arrêt {m} |
| break ranks {v} (military) | :: rompre les rangs |
| break ranks {v} (idiomatic) | :: se désolidariser |
| break someone's heart {v} (to cause a person to feel grief or sadness) | :: briser le cœur |
| break the bank {v} (win all the money that is available to be paid) | :: faire sauter la banque |
| break the bank {v} (exhaust one's financial resources) | :: casser sa tirelire |
| break the deadlock {v} (score the first goal) | :: ouvrir la marque |
| break the ice {v} /ˈbɹeɪk ði ˈaɪs/ (to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness) | :: briser la glace |
| break the Internet {v} (to literally break the Internet) | :: briser l'Internet |
| break the Sabbath {v} (to break the Sabbath) | :: violer le sabbat, profaner le sabbat |
| break through {v} (to gain popularity) | :: percer |
| breakthrough {adj} /ˈbɹeɪkθɹuː/ (characterized by major progress) | :: capital, primordial, décisif |
| breakthrough {n} (military advance) | :: percée {f}, trouée {f} |
| breakthrough {n} (major progress) | :: percée {f}, avancée {f} |
| breakthrough {n} ((sports) penetration of the opposition defence) | :: trouée {f}, percée {f} |
| break up {v} (intransitive: to disintegrate) | :: se casser, se briser, se rompre |
| break up {v} (to end a relationship) | :: rompre, casser |
| break up {v} (to dissolve; to part) | :: cesser |
| break up {v} (of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection) | :: s'interrompre |
| break up {v} (transitive: to break or separate into pieces) | :: rompre, couper |
| break up {v} (to stop a fight) | :: mettre fin, mettre un terme |
| break up {v} (to become disorganised) | :: se disperser |
| breakup {n} (breakdown) SEE: breakdown | :: |
| breakup {n} /ˈbɹeɪkʌp/ (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship) | :: rupture {f} |
| breakwater {n} /ˈbɹeɪkˌwɔːtə/ (construction in or around a harbour) | :: jetée {f}, brise-lames {m} |
| break wind {v} (to fart) | :: lâcher, en lâcher un (to let one loose), [informal] péter, [colloquial] lâcher une perle, [colloquial] loufer |
| bream {n} /bɹɪm/ (fish of the genus Abramis) | :: brème {f} |
| bream {n} (Abramis brama) | :: brème {f}, brème commune {f} |
| bream {n} (marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera) | :: pageot {m} |
| breast {n} /bɹɛst/ (milk-producing organ) | :: sein {m}, poitrine {f} |
| breast {n} (chest) | :: poitrine {f} |
| breast {n} (seat of emotions) | :: poitrine {f}, cœur {m} |
| breast {n} (animal's thorax) | :: poitrine {f}, poitrail {m} |
| breast {n} (choice cut of meat from poultry or other animals) | :: blanc {m} |
| breast augmentation {n} (cosmetic procedure) | :: augmentation mammaire {f} |
| breastbone {n} (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest) | :: sternum {m} |
| breast cancer {n} (cancer of the breast) | :: cancer du sein {m} |
| breastfeed {v} (feed a baby milk via the breasts) | :: allaiter, donner la tétée, donner le sein |
| breastfeeding {n} /ˈbɹɛstˌfidɪŋ/ (activity) | :: allaitement {m} |
| breast implant {n} (medical prosthesis) | :: implant mammaire {m} |
| breast ironing {n} (pounding and massaging of a pubescent girl's breasts to make them stop developing) | :: repassage des seins {m} |
| breast milk {n} (milk produced by humans) | :: lait maternel {m} |
| breastpin {n} (brooch) SEE: brooch | :: |
| breastplate {n} (armor) | :: cuirasse, poitrail {m}, plastron {m} |
| breastplate {n} (horse tack) | :: poitrail {m} |
| breast pump {n} (device used to extract breast milk) | :: tire-lait {m} |
| breaststrap {n} (breastplate) SEE: breastplate | :: |
| breaststroke {n} (swimming stroke) | :: brasse {f} |
| breastwork {n} (fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark) | :: épaulement {m} |
| breath {n} /bɹɛθ/ (act or process of breathing) | :: respiration {f} |
| breath {n} (single act of breathing in and out) | :: souffle {m}, respiration {f} |
| breath {n} (air expelled from the lungs) | :: haleine {f}, souffle {m} |
| breathable {adj} (suitable for breathing) | :: respirable |
| breathalyzer {n} (a device that measures alcohol in expired air) | :: éthylotest {m}, éthylomètre {m}, alcootest {m} |
| breathe {v} /bɹiːð/ (to draw air in and out) | :: respirer, inspirer, expirer |
| breathe {v} (to exchange gases in similar way) | :: respirer |
| breathe a word {v} | :: ne souffler mot |
| breathe down someone's neck {v} (to follow or supervise too closely) | :: être sur le dos de quelqu'un, fliquer |
| breathe easy {v} (relax or feel secure) | :: se calmer, souffler |
| breather {n} /bɹiː.ðə(ɹ)/ (short break) | :: pause {f} |
| breathing {n} /ˈbɹiːðɪŋ/ (act of respiration) | :: respiration {f} |
| breathlessness {n} (state of being breathless or out of breath) | :: essoufflement {m}, halètement {m} |
| breathlessness {n} (difficult respiration) SEE: shortness of breath | :: |
| breath of fresh air {n} (something relieving, refreshing, or new) | :: bouffée d'oxygène {f} |
| breathtaking {adj} /ˈbɹɛθˌteɪ.kɪŋ/ (stunningly beautiful) | :: époustouflant {m}, à couper le souffle |
| breathtaking {adj} (very surprising or shocking) | :: époustouflant {m} |
| breccia {n} /ˈbɹɛtʃ(ɪ)ə/ (rock) | :: brèche {f} |
| Breda {prop} /ˈbɹidə/ (city in North Brabant) | :: Bréda {n} |
| Breda {prop} (municipality in the province of Girona, Catalonia) | :: Breda {n} |
| breech {n} /bɹiːtʃ/ (Garment that clothes the buttocks) | :: culotte {f} |
| breech {n} (part of a cannon or other firearm) | :: culasse {f} |
| breech birth {n} (birth in which the fetus comes feet or knees first) | :: présentation podalique {f}, présentation du siège |
| breeches {n} /ˈbɹiːtʃɪz/ (a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs) | :: culotte {f}, haut-de-chausses {m} |
| breed {v} /bɹiːd/ (to sexually produce offspring) | :: se reproduire, engendrer |
| breed {v} (to take care of in infancy and through childhood) | :: élever |
| breed {v} | :: se reproduire |
| breed {n} (race or lineage) | :: race {f} |
| breeder {n} /ˈbɹiːdə(ɹ)/ ((professional) plant or animal breeder) | :: éleveur {m}, éleveuse {f} |
| breeding {n} (copulation) SEE: sexual intercourse | :: |
| breeding {n} /ˈbɹiːdɪŋ/ (process through which propagation, growth or development occurs) | :: élevage |
| breeding {n} (act of inseminating by natural or artificial means) | :: insémination |
| breeding {n} (copulation of animals) | :: copulation |
| breeding-ground {n} (place where animals breed) | :: frayère {f} [for fish] |
| breeding-ground {n} (figuratively) | :: vivier {m}, pépinière {m} |
| breeze {n} /bɹiːz/ (a light, gentle wind) | :: brise {f} |
| breeze {n} (activity that is easy) | :: gâteau {m} |
| breeze-block {n} (building block) | :: parpaing {m}, bloc de béton {m} |
| breezefly {n} (horsefly) SEE: horsefly | :: |
| breezy {adj} /ˈbɹiːzi/ (exposed to the breezes) | :: aéré {m} |
| Bremen {prop} /ˈbɹeɪmən/ (state) | :: Brême {m} |
| Bremen {prop} (city) | :: Brême {m} |
| Brendan {prop} (male given name) | :: Brendan |
| Brescia {prop} /ˈbɹɛʃə/ (city and province of Italy) | :: Brescia |
| Breslau {prop} (Wroclaw) SEE: Wroclaw | :: |
| brethren {n} /ˈbɹɛðɹən/ (the body of members) | :: confrères {m-p}, frères {m-p} |
| Breton {n} /ˈbɹɛtən/ (person from Brittany) | :: Breton {m}, Bretonne {f} |
| Breton {n} (the language) | :: breton {m} |
| Breton {adj} (pertaining to Brittany) | :: breton |
| breve {n} /bɹiːv/ (double whole note) | :: carrée {f} |
| breviary {n} /ˈbɹɛv.i.ɛɹ.i/ (a book containing prayers and hymns) | :: bréviaire {m} |
| brevier {n} | :: gaillarde, petit-texte |
| brevity {n} /ˈbɹɛvəti/ (the quality of being brief in duration) | :: concision {f}, brièveté {f} |
| brevity {n} (succinctness; conciseness) | :: concision {f}, laconisme {m} |
| brevity is the soul of wit {proverb} (conciseness is essential to witty remarks) | :: la brièveté est l’âme de l’esprit |
| brew {n} (beer) SEE: beer | :: |
| brew {v} /bɹuː/ | :: brasser |
| brew {n} (something brewed) | :: breuvage {m} |
| brew {n} (hill) SEE: hill | :: |
| brew {n} (cup of tea) SEE: cup of tea | :: |
| brewer {n} /ˈbɹu.ə(ɹ)/ (someone who brews) | :: brasseur {m}, brasseuse {f} |
| brewery {n} /ˈbɹuːəɹi/ (building where beer is produced) | :: brasserie {f} |
| brewing {n} /ˈbɹuɪŋ/ (production of alcoholic beverages) | :: brassage {m} |
| brewmaster {n} (person in charge of beer production at a brewery) | :: maître brasseur |
| Brexit {prop} /ˈbɹɛɡzɪt/ (withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU) | :: Brexit {m} |
| Brezhnev {prop} (surname) | :: Brejnev |
| briar {n} /bɹʌɪə/ (white heath) | :: bruyère {f} |
| briar {n} (pipe) | :: pipe en bruyère {f} |
| briar {n} (any thorny plant) SEE: thornbush | :: |
| briard {n} (dog breed) | :: berger de Brie |
| bribe {n} /bɹaɪb/ (inducement to dishonesty) | :: pot-de-vin {m} |
| bribe {v} (to give a bribe) | :: verser un pot-de-vin, soudoyer, corrompre |
| bribery {n} /ˈbɹaɪbəɹi/ (making of illegal payment to persons in official positions as a means of influencing their decisions) | :: corruption {f} |
| BRIC {prop} (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) | :: BRIC {m} |
| brick {n} /bɹɪk/ (hardened block used for building) | :: brique {f} |
| brick {n} (a building material) | :: brique |
| brick {n} (term for a helpful, reliable person) | :: soutien {m} |
| brick {n} | :: brique {f} |
| brick {adj} (made of brick(s)) | :: en brique |
| brick {v} (electronics: to render non-functional) | :: briquer |
| bricklayer {n} (craftsman) | :: maçon {m} |
| brickyard {n} (factory where bricks are produced or distributed) | :: briqueterie |
| bride {n} /bɹaɪd/ (woman in the context of her own wedding) | :: jeune mariée {f}, future mariée {f}, mariée {f}, future épouse {f}, épouse {f} |
| bridegroom {n} /ˈbɹaɪdˌɡɹuːm/ (bridegroom, groom) | :: jeune marié {m}, futur marié {m}, marié {m}, futur époux {m}, époux {m} |
| bride price {n} (sum paid to the family of the bride) | :: prix de la fiancée {m} |
| bridesmaid {n} /ˈbɹaɪdzˌmeɪd/ (woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony) | :: demoiselle d'honneur {f} |
| bridge {n} /bɹɪd͡ʒ/ (construction or natural feature that spans a divide) | :: pont {m} |
| bridge {n} (bony ridge of the nose) | :: pont {m} |
| bridge {n} (replacement for teeth) | :: bridge {m}, [Canada] pont {m} |
| bridge {n} (nautical) | :: passerelle {f} |
| bridge {n} (communications) | :: pont |
| bridge {n} (piece on string instruments) | :: chevalet {m} |
| bridge {v} (music: to transition from one piece or section to another) | :: fondre |
| bridge {v} (computing, communication: to connect with a bridge) | :: relier |
| bridge {n} (card game) | :: bridge {m} |
| bridgeable {adj} (able to be spanned by, or as if by, a bridge) | :: où un pont est possible |
| bridgeable {adj} (possible to reconcile) | :: surmontable, remédiable |
| bridgehead {n} /ˈbɹɪdʒhɛd/ (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) | :: tête de pont {f} |
| Bridget {prop} /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪt/ (female given name) | :: Brigitte |
| bridgetender {n} (someone who maintains and/or operates a bridge) | :: pontier {m} |
| bridge the gap {v} (to serve as or create a connection) | :: faire la soudure |
| Bridgetown {prop} /ˈbɹɪdʒˌtaʊn/ (capital of Barbados) | :: Bridgetown {f} |
| bridle {n} /ˈbɹaɪdəl/ (headgear for horse) | :: bride |
| bridle {v} (to put a bridle on.) | :: brider |
| bridle {v} (to check, restrain) | :: brider, refréner |
| bridle {v} (to show hostility) | :: être susceptible, réagir de manière piquée |
| bridled tern {n} (Onychoprion anaethetus) | :: Sterne bridée {f} |
| bridled titmouse {n} (Baeolophus wollweberi) | :: mésange arlequin {f} |
| bridoon {n} (type of snaffle bit) | :: le filet de mors de bride |
| brie {n} /bɹiː/ (mild French cheese) | :: brie {m} |
| brief {adj} /bɹiːf/ (of short duration) | :: bref, court |
| brief {adj} | :: bref |
| briefcase {n} /ˈbɹiːfˌkeɪs/ (case used for carrying documents) | :: portefeuille {m}, serviette {f}, porte-documents {m} |
| briefing {n} /ˈbɹiːfɪŋ/ (short and concise summary of a situation) | :: revue {f} de presse |
| briefly {adv} /ˈbɹiːfli/ (in a brief manner) | :: brièvement, concisément |
| briefs {n} /bɹiːfs/ (male underwear) | :: [Europe] slip {m}, [Quebec] bobettes {f-p} |
| brig {n} (two-masted vessel) | :: brigantin {m} |
| brig {n} (naval military jail or guardhouse) | :: cachot {m} |
| brigadier {n} (an army rank) | :: brigadier {m}, brigadière {f} |
| brigadier general {n} (an officer commanding a brigade) | :: brigadier-général |
| brigand {n} /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənd/ (bandit) | :: brigand {m}, bandit {m} |
| brigantine {n} (square-rigged foremast with main mast rigged fore-and-aft, sailing vessel) | :: brigantine {f} |
| bright {adj} /bɹaɪt/ (visually dazzling, luminous, radiant) | :: brillant, luisant, clair |
| bright {adj} (intelligent) | :: intelligent, brillant {m} |
| bright {adj} (vivid) | :: vivide {m} {f}, brillant {m} |
| bright {adj} (happy) | :: heureux {m} |
| bright and early {adv} | :: de bon matin, de grand matin, de bonne heure, au petit matin, à l'aube |
| brightly {adv} /ˈbɹaɪtli/ (in a bright manner) | :: clairement, précisément |
| brightness {n} /ˈbɹaɪtnəs/ (the quality of being bright) | :: brillance |
| brightness {n} (the perception elicited by the luminance of an object) | :: luminosité {f} |
| brightness {n} (intelligence, cleverness) | :: intelligence |
| bright side {n} (a consoling aspect of a difficult situation) | :: bon côté {m}, aspect positif {m} |
| bright spark {n} (a clever person) | :: tête {f}, flèche {f} |
| brightwork {n} /ˈbɹaɪt.wɝk/ | :: cuivres |
| brill {n} /bɹɪl/ (Scophthalmus rhombus) | :: barbue {f} |
| brilliancy {n} /ˈbɹɪljənsi/ (shining quality) | :: brillance |
| brilliant {adj} /ˈbɹɪljənt/ (shining brightly) | :: brillant |
| brilliant {adj} (of a colour: both light and saturated) | :: brillant |
| brilliant {adj} (of a voice or sound: having a sharp, clear tone) | :: brillant |
| brilliant {adj} (of surpassing excellence) | :: brillant |
| brilliant {adj} (magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)) | :: brillant |
| brilliant {adj} (highly intelligent) | :: brillant |
| brilliant {n} (4-point type) | :: perle |
| brillig {n} (nonce word) | :: brilgue |
| brimstone {n} (sulfur) SEE: sulfur | :: |
| brimstone {n} /ˈbɹɪmˌstoʊn/ (butterfly species) | :: citron {m} |
| Brindisi {prop} /ˈbrɪndɪzi/ (port city in Apulia, Italy) | :: Brindisi {?}, [dated] Brindes {?} |
| brindled gnu {n} (blue wildebeest) SEE: blue wildebeest | :: |
| brine {n} /bɹaɪn/ (salt water) | :: saumure {f} |
| brine shrimp {n} (an aquatic crustacean of the genus Artemia) | :: artémie |
| bring {v} /ˈbɹɪŋ/ (to transport toward somebody/somewhere) | :: apporter, amener |
| bring about {v} (To cause to take place) | :: provoquer, causer, occasionner |
| bring about {v} (To accomplish) | :: accomplir, effectuer, réaliser |
| bring back {v} (to fetch something) | :: ramener, rapporter |
| bring back {v} (to cause to remember something from the past) | :: ramener |
| bring back {v} (to reenact an old rule or law) | :: faire revenir |
| bring back {v} (to revive something dead) | :: ramener |
| bring forth {v} (to produce, bear as fruit) | :: produire |
| bring forth {v} (to give birth) | :: produire, donner naissance |
| bring forth {v} (to create, bring into existence) | :: produire, générer, créer |
| bring forth {v} (to adduce) | :: produire |
| bring home the bacon {v} (to make a living) | :: gagner sa vie, faire bouillir la marmite, mettre du pain sur la table, faire bouillir la popotte |
| bring owls to Athens {v} (to undertake a pointless venture) SEE: carry coals to Newcastle | :: |
| bring to a boil {v} (heat something until it reaches boiling point) | :: porter à ébullition |
| bring to bear {v} (aim a weapon) | :: pointer, viser |
| bring to bear {v} (employ to achieve an effect) | :: employer, appliquer |
| bring to heel {v} (compel someone to obey) | :: mettre au pas |
| bring to light {v} (expose) | :: mettre au jour, mettre au grand jour, révéler, dévoiler |
| bring up {v} (to raise children) | :: élever |
| bring up the rear {v} (to be last in a moving line of people) | :: fermer la marche |
| brinjal {n} (an aubergine) SEE: eggplant | :: |
| brink {n} /bɹɪŋk/ (edge) | :: bord {m}, lisière {f} |
| brinkmanship {n} (pursuit of an advantage) | :: stratégie du bord de l’abyme {f} |
| briny {n} (sea) SEE: sea | :: |
| briny {adj} /ˈbɹaɪni/ (salty) | :: saumâtre {m} {f} |
| brioche {n} /ˈbriːɒʃ/ (type of bun) | :: brioche {f} |
| briquet {n} /bɹɪˈkɛt/ (small brick) | :: briquette {f} |
| briquet {n} (cigarette lighter) | :: briquet {m} |
| brisance {n} /ˈbɹiːzɑ̃s/ (shattering effect of the energy released in an explosion) | :: brisance {f} |
| Brisbane {prop} /ˈbɹɪzbən/ (Capital of Queensland, Australia) | :: Brisbane {m} |
| Briseis {prop} /bɹaɪˈsiːɪs/ (legendary figure featured in the Iliad) | :: Briséis {f} |
| brisk {adj} /bɹɪsk/ (full of liveliness and activity) | :: animé |
| brisk {adj} (full of spirit of life) | :: vif |
| brisk {adj} (stimulating or invigorating) | :: stimulant |
| brisket {n} (the chest of an animal) | :: poitrine {f}, poitrail {m} |
| brisket {n} (a cut of meat from an animal chest) | :: poitrine {f} |
| briskly {adv} /ˈbɹɪskli/ (fast, quickly, swiftly) | :: vivement |
| bristle {n} /ˈbɹɪs.l̩/ (stiff or coarse hair) | :: soie {f} |
| bristle {n} (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.) | :: poil |
| bristle {v} (to rise or stand erect, like bristle) | :: se hérisser |
| bristletail {n} (insect of the order Zygentoma) | :: lépisme {m}, poisson d'argent {m} |
| Bristol {prop} /ˈbɹɪstəl/ (city in south-west England) | :: Bristol |
| Bristolian {adj} /bɹɪsˈtəʊ.li.ən/ (of, from, or relating to Bristol) | :: bristolien |
| Bristolian {n} | :: Bristolien {m} |
| Brit {n} (British person) SEE: Briton | :: |
| Britain {prop} (United Kingdom) SEE: United Kingdom | :: |
| Britain {prop} /ˈbɹɪ.tn̩/ (island, see also: Great Britain; British Isles) | :: Grande-Bretagne {f} [only full name is used for the island] |
| Britain {prop} (Brittany) SEE: Brittany | :: |
| britches {n} (pants) SEE: pants | :: |
| britches {n} (breeches) SEE: breeches | :: |
| British {prop} /ˈbɹɪɾ.ɪʃ/ (citizens or inhabitants of Britain) | :: Britannique {m} {f} |
| British {prop} (the citizens or inhabitants of the UK) | :: Britannique {m} {f} |
| British {prop} (the British English language) | :: anglais britannique {m} |
| British {adj} (of Britain) | :: britannique {m} {f} |
| British Broadcasting Corporation {prop} (BBC) | :: Corporation britannique de radiodiffusion |
| British Columbia {prop} /ˈbɹɪt.ɪʃ kə.ˈlʌm.bi.ə/ (province of Canada) | :: Colombie-Britannique {f} |
| British Columbian {adj} | :: britanno-colombien, colombo-britannique |
| British Columbian {n} | :: Britanno-Colombien {m}, Britanno-Colombienne {f}, Colombo-Britannique {m} {f} |
| British Commonwealth {prop} (Commonwealth of Nations) SEE: Commonwealth of Nations | :: |
| British Empire {prop} (empire) | :: Empire britannique {m} |
| British English {n} (English language as in Britain, especially in England) | :: Anglais Britannique {m} |
| Britisher {n} /ˈbɹɪtɪʃə/ (British subject) | :: Britannique |
| British Indian Ocean Territory {prop} (UK overseas territory) | :: Territoire britannique de l'océan Indien {f} |
| British Isles {prop} /ˌbɹɪ.tɪʃ ˈaɪlz/ (group of islands) | :: les îles Britanniques {f-p} |
| British Virgin Islands {prop} (British overseas territory) | :: Îles Vierges britanniques {f-p} |
| Briton {n} /ˈbɹɪtən/ (inhabitant of Great Britain) | :: Britannique {m} {f} |
| Brittany {prop} /ˈbɹɪtəni/ (region of North West France) | :: Bretagne {f} |
| Brittany {prop} (dog breed) | :: épagneul breton |
| brittle {adj} /ˈbɹɪtl̩/ (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure) | :: fragile |
| brittle {adj} (apt to break or crumble when bending) | :: cassant |
| brittle {n} (confection of caramelized sugar and nuts) | :: croquant {m} |
| brittleness {n} (property) | :: fragilité {f} |
| brittle star {n} (echinoderms) | :: ophiure {f} |
| Brittonic {adj} (Brythonic) SEE: Brythonic | :: |
| bro {n} (a male sibling) SEE: brother | :: |
| bro {n} /bɹoʊ/ (used to address a male) | :: frérot {m} |
| broach {n} (spit) SEE: spit | :: |
| broach {v} /bɹoʊtʃ/ (make a hole in) | :: perforer, percer un tonneau |
| broach {v} (begin discussion about) | :: aborder |
| broach {n} (brooch) SEE: brooch | :: |
| broach {n} (architecture: spire) SEE: spire | :: |
| broad {adj} (wide) SEE: wide | :: |
| broad {adj} /bɹɔːd/ (having a specified width) | :: large |
| broad {adj} (strongly regional) | :: fort |
| broad {n} (colloquial term for a woman or girl) | :: gonzesse {f}, meuf {f} |
| broad {n} (whore) SEE: whore | :: |
| broad bean {n} (Vicia faba) | :: fève {f}, fèverole {f} |
| broad-billed sandpiper {n} (Calidris falcinellus) | :: bécasseau falcinelle {f} |
| broadcast {n} /ˈbɹɔːdkɑːst/ (transmission of a radio or television programme) | :: émission {f} |
| broadcast {v} (to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means) | :: diffuser, radiodiffuser |
| broadcasting {n} (business or profession of radio and television) | :: radiodiffusion {f}, émission {f} |
| broaden {v} (to become broad) | :: s'élargir |
| broadleaf {adj} (pertaining to trees with leaves) | :: feuillu |
| broadleaf {adj} (having especially broad leaves) | :: platyphylle |
| broad-leaved {adj} (having broad leaves) | :: feuillu |
| broad-leaved epiphyllum {n} (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) | :: Epiphyllum à large feuilles |
| broad-minded {adj} (having an open mind, tolerant of diversity) | :: large d'esprit, ouvert d'esprit |
| broad-mindedness {n} (characteristic) | :: ouverture d'esprit {f}, largesse d'esprit {f} |
| broad shoulders {n} (the ability to take criticism or accept responsibility) | :: (avoir les) épaules solides |
| broadside {n} (one side of a warship) | :: bordée, flanc |
| broadside {n} (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship) | :: bordée {m} |
| broadsword {n} /ˈbɹɔːd.sɔːd/ (longsword with a broad cutting blade) | :: estramaçon {m} |
| broad-winged hawk {n} (Buteo platypterus) | :: petite buse {f} |
| brocade {n} /bɹəˈkeɪd/ (fabric) | :: brocart {m} |
| brocade {v} (decorate fabric with patterns) | :: brocher |
| brocard {n} /ˈbɹoʊkɚd/ (A legal principle usually expressed in Latin) | :: brocard {m} |
| Broca's aphasia {n} (a disorder where a suffer is unable to use fluent grammar) | :: aphasie de Broca {f} |
| Broca's area {n} (area of the frontal lobe of the brain) | :: aire de Broca {f} |
| broccoli {n} /ˈbɹɑ.kə.li/ (plant Brassica oleracea var. italica) | :: brocoli {m} |
| brochure {n} /bɹoʊˈʃʊɚ/ (booklet of printed informational matter) | :: brochure {f} |
| brocket {n} /ˈbɹɒkɪt/ (young stag with straight horns) | :: daguet {m} |
| broil {v} /bɹɔɪl/ (to cook by direct, radiant heat) | :: griller |
| broil {n} (a brawl) | :: échauffourée {f} |
| broke {adj} /bɹoʊk/ (lacking money; bankrupt) | :: fauché, à sec [invariable], [formally] désargenté |
| brokeback {adj} (derelict) SEE: derelict | :: |
| broken {adj} /ˈbɹəʊkən/ (fragmented) | :: cassé, brisé, rompu |
| broken {adj} (having the bone in pieces, fractured) | :: cassé, fracturé |
| broken {adj} (of a line: dashed) | :: discontinu, traitillé |
| broken {adj} (not working properly) | :: cassé, niqué [slang], pété [informal] |
| broken {adj} (completely defeated and dispirited) | :: brisé |
| broken {adj} (poorly spoken) | :: approximatif, petit-nègre |
| broken {adj} (having no money) | :: fauché |
| broken {adj} (disconnected) | :: coupé |
| broken {adj} (of software: badly designed or implemented) | :: buggé |
| broken {adj} (meteorology: five eighths to seven eighths obscured by clouds) | :: fragmenté |
| broken-down {adj} (no longer in working order) | :: en panne {m} {f}, hors-service {m} {f}, H.S. {m} {f} |
| broken heart {n} (feeling of grief or loss) | :: cœur blessé {m}, cœur brisé {m} |
| brokenhearted {adj} (grieved and disappointed) | :: ayant le cœur brisé |
| broken plural {n} (in Arabic and other languages, irregular plural formed by changing the pattern of consonants and vowels) | :: pluriel brisé {m}, pluriel interne {m} |
| broker {n} /ˈbɹoʊkɚ/ (mediator between a buyer and seller) | :: courtier {m}, représentant {m}, démarcheur {m} |
| broker {v} (to mediate in a sale or transaction) | :: négocier |
| brokerage {n} (company whose business is to act as a broker) | :: courtier {m} |
| brokerage {n} (the commission paid to a broker) | :: courtage {m} |
| brolga {n} (an Australian crane) | :: grue brolga {f} |
| bromance {n} /ˈbɹoʊmæns/ (close but non-sexual relationship between men) | :: bromance {f} |
| bromate {n} (salt of bromic acid) | :: bromate {m} |
| bromatology {n} /bɹəʊməˈtɒlədʒi/ (study of food) | :: bromatologie {f} |
| brome {n} /bɹəʊm/ (grass of Bromus) | :: brome {m} |
| bromide {n} /ˈbɹoʊ.maɪd/ (chemistry: binary compound of bromine and another element) | :: bromure {m} |
| bromide {n} (platitude) SEE: platitude | :: |
| bromine {n} /ˈbɹoʊmin/ (nonmetallic chemical element) | :: brome {m} |
| bromoform {n} (CHBr3) | :: bromoforme {m} |
| bromophenol blue {n} (acid-base indicator) | :: bleu de bromophénol {m} |
| bronchial {adj} /ˈbɹɑːn.ki.əl/ (Of or relating to the bronchi or to the bronchioles) | :: bronchial |
| bronchitis {n} /bɹɒŋˈkaɪtɪs/ (inflammation of the lungs) | :: bronchite {f} |
| bronchodilator {n} (drug used to dilate and relax the bronchial passages) | :: bronchodilatateur {m} |
| bronchoscopy {n} (technique) | :: bronchoscopie {f} |
| bronchus {n} /ˈbɹɒŋkəs/ (Either or two branches of the trachea) | :: bronche {f} |
| Bronx cheer {n} (synonym of raspberry) SEE: raspberry | :: |
| bronze {v} (to tan) SEE: tan | :: |
| bronze {n} /bɹɑnz/ (alloy) | :: bronze {m}, airain {m} |
| bronze {n} (colour) | :: bronze |
| bronze {adj} (tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun) | :: hâlé, bronzé, tanné par le soleil |
| bronze {n} (bronze medal) SEE: bronze medal | :: |
| Bronze Age {prop} (archaeology) | :: âge du bronze {m} |
| bronze medal {n} (medal made of, or having the colour of, bronze) | :: médaille de bronze {f} |
| bronze medalist {n} (bronze medal winner) | :: médaillé de bronze {m}, médaillée de bronze {f} |
| bronze whaler {n} (copper shark) SEE: copper shark | :: |
| brooch {n} /bɹoʊtʃ/ (jewellery with pin) | :: broche {f} |
| brood {n} /bɹuːd/ | :: couvée {f} |
| brood {v} (to keep an egg warm) | :: couver |
| brood {v} (to protect) | :: couver, protéger |
| brood {v} (to dwell upon moodily and at length) | :: se morfondre, broyer du noir |
| brooder {n} /ˈbɹuːdə/ (heated box used for chicks or premature babies) | :: couveuse {f} |
| brood mare {n} (mare used for breeding) | :: poulinière {f} |
| brook {n} /bɹʊk/ (a small stream) | :: ruisselet {m} |
| brook {v} (tolerate) SEE: tolerate | :: |
| brook alder {n} (American winterberry) SEE: American winterberry | :: |
| brooklet {n} (a little brook) | :: ruisselet {m} |
| brook trout {n} (Salvelinus fontinalis) | :: truite mouchetée {f}, saumon de fontaine {m}, omble de fontaine |
| broom {n} /bɹuːm/ (domestic utensil) | :: balai {m} |
| broom {n} (domestic utensil) | :: Picard: ramon {m} |
| broom {n} (Fabaceae shrub) | :: genêt à balais {m}, argalou {m} |
| broom {v} (to sweep) | :: balayer |
| broomcorn millet {n} (proso millet) SEE: proso millet | :: |
| broomrape {n} (plant of the genus Orobanche) | :: orobanche {f} |
| broomstick {n} /ˈbɹum.stɪk/ (the handle of a broom) | :: manche à balai {m} |
| broom wagon {n} (vehicle) | :: camion-balai {m}, voiture-balai {f} |
| bros before hoes {proverb} (a man should prioritize his male friends over his girlfriend or wife) | :: les potes avant les putes |
| broth {n} /bɹɔθ/ (water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled) | :: bouillon {m} |
| broth {n} (soup made from broth) | :: bouillon {m}, soupe {f} |
| broth cube {n} (bouillon cube) SEE: bouillon cube | :: |
| brothel {n} /ˈbɹɑθəl/ (house of prostitution) | :: bordel {m}, lupanar {m}, maison close {f}, [Belgium] privé {m}, maison de tolérance {f}, boxon {m} |
| brothel-keeper {n} (person who keeps a brothel) | :: tenancier de maison close {m}, tenancière de maison close {f}, tenancière {f} |
| brother {n} /ˈbɹʌðɚ/ (male sibling) | :: frère {m} |
| brother {n} (male having parents in common) | :: frère {m} |
| brother {n} (male fellow member of a religious community) | :: frère {m} |
| brother {n} (peer) | :: pair {m}, semblable {m} {f} |
| brother {v} (to treat as a brother) | :: fraterniser |
| brotherhood {n} /ˈbɹʌðɚhʊd/ (state of being brothers or a brother) | :: fraternité {f} |
| brotherhood {n} (an association of any purpose, a fraternity) | :: confrérie {f}, fraternité {f} |
| brotherhood {n} (persons of a like kind) | :: fraternité {f} |
| brother-in-arms {n} (fellow combatant or soldier) | :: frère d'armes {m} |
| brother-in-law {n} /ˈbɹʌðɚ ɪn ˌlɔ/ (one's husband's brother) | :: beau-frère {m} |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's wife's brother) | :: beau-frère {m} |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's sister's husband) | :: beau-frère {m} |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's husband's sister's husband) | :: beau-frère {m} |
| brother-in-law {n} (one's wife's sister's husband) | :: beau-frère {m} |
| brouhaha {n} /ˈbɹuː.hɑː.hɑː/ (fuss, uproar) | :: brouhaha {m} |
| brow {n} (forehead) SEE: forehead | :: |
| brow {n} (eyebrow) SEE: eyebrow | :: |
| browbeat {v} /ˈbɹaʊ.biːt/ (to bully in an intimidating way) | :: intimider, brusquer |
| brown {n} /bɹaʊn/ (colour) | :: marron, brun |
| brown {adj} (having a brown colour) | :: brun, marron |
| brown {v} (to become brown) | :: brunir |
| brown {v} (to cook until brown) | :: faire dorer, faire roussir |
| brown {v} (to tan) SEE: tan | :: |
| Brown {prop} (surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion) | :: Lebrun, Brun, Brunet |
| brown bear {n} (Ursus arctos) | :: ours brun {m} |
| brown bread {n} (type of bread) | :: pain complet {m} |
| brown coal {n} (lignite) SEE: lignite | :: |
| brown dwarf {n} (starlike object) | :: naine brune {f} |
| browned off {adj} (annoyed, fed up) | :: excité, exaspéré |
| brown eye {n} (vulgar, slang for the anus) | :: trou du cul {m}, œil de bronze {m}, rondelle {f}, boîte à caca {f} |
| brown falcon {n} | :: faucon bérigora |
| brown hare {n} (brown hare) SEE: European hare | :: |
| Brownian motion {n} (random motion of particles suspended in a fluid) | :: mouvement brownien {m} |
| brownie {n} /ˈbɹaʊni/ (small rich cake) | :: brownie {f} |
| brownie point {n} | :: bon point {m} |
| brownish {adj} /ˈbɹaʊnɪʃ/ (of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown) | :: brunâtre |
| brownnose {v} (fawn) SEE: fawn | :: |
| brownnose {v} (to flatter in obsequious manner) | :: lécher le cul [vulgar], flagorner [literary], cirer les pompes [colloquial], lécher les bottes [colloquial] |
| brown noser {n} (one who brownnoses) | :: lèche-bottes, lèche-cul, cireur de pompes {m}, cire-pompes {m} {f} |
| brown rat {n} (Rattus norvegicus) | :: surmulot {m} |
| brown rice {n} (unpolished rice) | :: riz complet, riz brun |
| brown sauce {n} (Stock, butter and flour) | :: sauce brune |
| brown sauce {n} (Gravy) | :: sauce brune |
| brown shrike {n} (Lanius cristatus) | :: pie-grièche brune {f} |
| brownstone {n} | :: grés brun |
| brown study {n} (melancholy mood accompanied by deep thought) | :: mélancolie {f}, blues {m}, bourdon {m} |
| brown sugar {n} (partially refined sugar) | :: cassonade {f} |
| brown thumb {n} (lack of skill at growing plants) | :: pouce brun {m} [Quebec] |
| brown trout {n} (species of freshwater trout) | :: truite fario {f} |
| brow ridge {n} (bony projection above the eye sockets) | :: arcade sourcilière |
| browse {v} /bɹaʊz/ (scan, casually look through) | :: feuilleter, parcourir |
| browse {v} (move about while sampling) | :: parcourir, regarder |
| browse {v} (navigate through hyperlinked documents) | :: naviguer |
| browse {v} (move about while eating parts of plants) | :: brouter |
| browser {n} (web browser) SEE: web browser | :: |
| BRT {n} (bus rapid transit) | :: SRB |
| brubru {n} /ˈbɹuːbɹuː/ (Nilaus afer) | :: brubru |
| brucellosis {n} (infection by the bacterium, Brucella) | :: brucellose {f} |
| Bruges {prop} /bɹuːʒ/ (city in Belgium) | :: Bruges {m} |
| bruise {v} /bɹuːz/ (strike (a person), giving them a bruise) | :: contusionner, meurtrir |
| bruise {v} (cause fruit or vegetables to bruise) | :: taler, cotir |
| bruise {v} (of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises) | :: se taler, se cotir, s'abîmer |
| bruise {v} (to get bruised) | :: se faire un bleu |
| bruise {n} (medical: mark on the skin) | :: bleu {m}, contusion {f}, ecchymose {f}, meurtrissure {f} |
| bruise {n} (mark on fruit or vegetable) | :: [rare] talure {f}, cotissure {f}, meurtrissure {f} |
| bruit {v} /bɹuːt/ (to disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc.) | :: ébruiter |
| Brumaire {prop} /bɹʊˈmɛəɹ/ (the second month of the French Republican Calendar) | :: brumaire {m} |
| brumous {adj} (wintry) SEE: wintry | :: |
| brunch {n} /bɹʌntʃ/ (a meal) | :: brunch {m} |
| Brunei {prop} /bɹuːˈnaɪ/ (a country in Southeast Asia) | :: Brunei {m} |
| Bruneian {n} (person from Brunei) | :: Brunéien, de Brunei |
| Bruneian {adj} (pertaining to Brunei) | :: brunéien, de Brunei |
| brunette {adj} /bɹuˈnɛt/ (having brown or black hair) | :: brun |
| brunette {n} (a person, especially female, with brown or black hair) | :: brune {f}, brun {m} |
| brunette {n} (a person, especially female, with dark eyes and darkish or olive skin) | :: brune {f} |
| brunion {n} (nectarine) SEE: nectarine | :: |
| Bruno {prop} /ˈbɹunoʊ/ (male given name) | :: Bruno {m} |
| Bruno {prop} (surname) | :: Bruno {m} {f} |
| Brunstatt {prop} (commune in Alsace) | :: Brunstatt |
| Brunswick {prop} (Braunschweig, Germany) | :: Brunswick |
| bruschetta {n} /bɹuˈʃɛtə/ (Italian toasted bread topped with garlic and tomatoes) | :: bruschetta {f} |
| brush {n} /bɹʌʃ/ (implement) | :: brosse {f} |
| brush {n} (act of brushing) | :: brossage {m} |
| brush {n} (short experience) | :: accrochage {m} |
| brush {v} (to clean (with a brush)) | :: brosser |
| brush {v} (to untangle/arrange) | :: brosser, se brosser |
| brush {v} (to apply) | :: peindre, peinturer |
| brush {v} (to remove) | :: brosser |
| brush {v} (to touch) | :: frôler, effleurer |
| brush off {v} (to disregard) | :: ignorer, regarder de haut |
| brush one's teeth {v} (to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush) | :: se brosser les dents |
| brushtail {n} (brushtail possum) SEE: brushtail possum | :: |
| brushtail possum {n} (Trichosurus vulpecula) | :: phalanger-renard {m}, phalanger vulpin {m} |
| brush up {v} (to improve a rusty or underdeveloped skill) | :: dérouiller |
| brushwood {n} (fallen branches and twigs) | :: brindilles {p} |
| brusque {adj} /bɹʌsk/ (rudely abrupt, unfriendly) | :: brusque |
| Brusselian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to, Brussels) | :: bruxellois {m} |
| Brusselian {n} (someone from Brussels) | :: Bruxellois {m}, Bruxelloise {f} |
| Brussels {prop} /ˈbɹʌsəlz/ (capital of Belgium) | :: Bruxelles {f} |
| Brussels Capital Region {prop} (region of Belgium) | :: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale {f} |
| Brussels griffon {n} (dog breed) | :: griffon bruxellois |
| Brussels sprout {n} (vegetable) | :: chou de Bruxelles {m} |
| brutal {adj} /ˈbɹuːtəl/ (savagely violent) | :: brutal |
| brutalise {v} (to inflict violence) | :: brutaliser |
| brutalise {v} (to make brutal) | :: abrutir |
| brutality {n} (a state of being brutal) | :: brutalité {f} |
| brutalize {v} (brutalise) SEE: brutalise | :: |
| brutally {adv} (in a brutal manner) | :: brutalement, sauvagement |
| brute {n} /bɹuːt/ (brutal person) | :: brute {f} |
| brute force {n} /bɹut ˈfɔɹs/ (method of accomplishing something) | :: force brute {f} |
| brute force {n} (computing: method of solving a problem ) | :: force brute {f} |
| Brutus {prop} /ˈbɹutəs/ (Roman cognomen) | :: Brutus |
| bruxism {n} /ˈbɹʌksɪz(ə)m/ (habit or practice of grinding the teeth) | :: bruxisme {m} |
| bruxomania {n} (compulsive grinding of the teeth) | :: bruxomanie {f} |
| Bryansk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Briansk {m} |
| Bryce {prop} (given name) | :: Brice {m} |
| Bryce {prop} (surname) | :: Brice {m} |
| bryony {n} /ˈbɹaɪəni/ (herb of Bryonia) | :: brione {f} |
| bryophyte {n} /ˈbɹaɪ̯.ə.fʌit/ (member of the Bryophyta; moss, liverwort, or hornwort) | :: bryophyte {m} |
| bryozoan {n} /ˌbɹɑɪəˈzəʊən/ (invertebrate in the phylum Bryozoa) | :: ectoprocte {m} |
| Brythonic {adj} /bɹɪˈθɒnɪk/ (of or relating to the Brythonic language subgroup) | :: brittonique |
| bête noire {n} /bɛt ˈnwɑɹ/ (an anathema) | :: bête noire {f} |
| B-tree {n} (indexed data structure suitable for storage of a large number of items in a balanced fashion) | :: arbre B {m} |
| bubble {n} (Greek) SEE: Greek | :: |
| bubble {n} /ˈbʌb.əl/ (spherically contained volume of air or other gas) | :: bulle {f} |
| bubble {n} (small spherical cavity in a solid) | :: trou {m} |
| bubble {n} (period of intense speculation in a market) | :: bulle {f} |
| bubble {n} (emotional and/or physical atmosphere) | :: ambiance {f} |
| bubble {n} (anything lacking firmness or solidity) | :: vent {m} |
| bubble {v} (to rise up in bubbles) | :: bouillonner |
| bubble {n} (someone who has been fooled) SEE: dupe | :: |
| bubble {v} (to cry, weep) SEE: weep | :: |
| bubble {v} (to cheat, delude) SEE: cheat | :: |
| bubble bath {n} (bath in which an additive is poured into the water to create bubbles) | :: bain moussant {m} |
| bubblegum {n} /ˈbʌbəlɡʌm/ (chewing gum) | :: gomme à bulles {f} [Canada], gomme à claquer {f} [Canada], gomme balloune {f} [Canada] |
| bubble level {n} (tool) SEE: spirit level | :: |
| bubble sort {n} (sorting algorithm) | :: tri à bulles {m} |
| bubble tea {n} (milk tea with tapioca balls) | :: thé aux perles {m}, thé aux bulles {m} |
| bubble wrap {n} (cushioning material) | :: papier bulle {m} |
| bubo {n} /ˈbu.boʊ/ (inflamed lymph node) | :: bubon {m} |
| bubonic {adj} (of or pertaining to buboes) | :: bubonique |
| bubonic plague {n} (disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis) | :: peste bubonique {f} |
| buccaneer {n} /ˌbʌkəˈnɪə(ɹ)/ (a group of seamen) | :: boucanier {m} |
| bucentaur {n} (a supposed mythical monster, half ox, half man) | :: bucentaure {m} |
| Bucharest {prop} /ˌbuːkəˈɹɛst/ (The capital of Romania) | :: Bucarest {m} |
| Bucharestian {n} (someone from Bucharest) | :: Bucarestois {m}, Bucarestoise {f} |
| buck {n} (ram) SEE: ram | :: |
| buck {n} /bʌk/ (male deer, goat, etc.) | :: bouc |
| buck {n} (informal: dollar) | :: piasse {f} [Quebec] |
| buck {v} (of a horse: to leap upward arching its back, kicking out hind legs) | :: ruer |
| bucket {n} /ˈbʌkɪt/ (container) | :: seau {m}, [Quebec] chaudière {f} |
| bucket {n} (part of piece of machinery) | :: godet {m} |
| bucket {n} (old car) | :: tacot {m}, [Quebec] bazou {m}, [Quebec] minoune {f}, [France] guimbarde |
| bucket {n} (basketball: basket) | :: panier |
| bucket {v} (rain heavily) | :: pleuvoir à verse |
| bucket down {v} (rain heavily) | :: pleuvoir à seaux, dégringoler, [colloquial] pleuvoir comme vache qui pisse, [informal] pleuvoir des cordes |
| bucket hat {n} (a casual hat often worn at the beach) | :: bob {m} |
| bucket list {n} (a list of things to accomplish before one's death) | :: liste de choses à faire avant de mourir {f} |
| bucket of bolts {n} (machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value) | :: tas de ferraille {m} [literally: pile of scrap metal] |
| buckeye {n} /ˈbʌkaɪ/ (tree of the genus Aesculus) | :: marronnier {m} |
| bucking {n} /ˈbʌkɪŋ/ (act of kicking both hind legs upward) | :: ruade {f} |
| Buckingham Palace {prop} (the official London residence of the British monarch) | :: palais de Buckingham {m} |
| buckle {v} (to buckle down) SEE: buckle down | :: |
| buckle {v} /ˈbʌk(ə)l/ (to distort under longitudinal compression) | :: se déformer |
| buckle {v} (to make bend; to cause to become distorted) | :: déformer, gauchir |
| buckle {v} (to give in) | :: s’écrouler, s’affaisser |
| buckle {v} (to yield; to cease opposing) | :: renoncer, céder |
| buckle {n} (belt clasp) | :: boucle {f} |
| buckle {v} (to fasten) | :: boucler |
| buckle down {v} ((idiom) to become serious) | :: se concentrer |
| buckler {n} /ˈbʌk.lə/ (small shield) | :: bouclier {m}, targe {f} |
| buckle up {v} (to fasten one's seat belt or safety belt) | :: s'attacher |
| buckram {n} /ˈbʌkɹəm/ (cloth) | :: bougran {m} |
| bucksaw {n} (saw in a metal frame) SEE: bow saw | :: |
| buckshot {n} (lead shot used in shotgun cartridges) | :: chevrotine {f} |
| buck's party {n} (bachelor party) SEE: bachelor party | :: |
| buckthorn {n} (plant of the genus Rhamnus) | :: nerprun |
| buckthorn {n} (Rhamnus cathartica) | :: nerprun purgatif {m} |
| buckwheat {n} /ˈbʌkʍiːt/ (Fagopyrum esculentum plant) | :: sarrasin {m} |
| buckwheat {n} (fruit of this plant as cereal) | :: blé sarrasin {m}, blé noir {m}, sarrasin {m} |
| bucolic {adj} /bjuˈkɑlɪk/ (rustic, pastoral, country-styled) | :: bucolique |
| bucolic {adj} (pertaining to herdsmen or peasants) | :: pastoral |
| bud {n} /bʌd/ (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) | :: bourgeon {m}, bouton {m} |
| bud {n} (slang: potent cannabis) | :: beu {f} |
| bud {v} (to form buds) | :: bourgeonner |
| bud {n} (slang: buddy) | :: pote {m} {f} |
| Budapest {prop} /ˈbuːdəpɛst/ (the capital city of Hungary) | :: Budapest {m} |
| buddha {n} (marijuana) SEE: marijuana | :: |
| Buddha {prop} /ˈbʊdə/ (spiritual and philosophical teacher) | :: Bouddha {m} |
| Buddhahood {n} (state of being enlightened by Buddhist teachings) | :: bouddhéité |
| Buddha's hand {n} (citrus fruit) | :: main de Bouddha {f} |
| Buddhism {n} /ˈbu.dɪ.zəm/ (religion and philosophy) | :: bouddhisme {m} |
| Buddhist {adj} /ˈbudɪst/ (of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism) | :: bouddhiste |
| Buddhist {n} (practitioner of Buddhism) | :: bouddhiste {m} {f} |
| Buddhistic {adj} (of, relating to Buddhism) | :: bouddhique |
| buddy {n} /bʌd.i/ (friend or casual acquaintance) | :: compagnon {m}, pote {m}, copain {m} |
| buddy {n} (partner for a particular activity) | :: copain {m}, pote {m} {f} |
| buddy {n} (informal address to a stranger) | :: camarade {m}, mec {m} |
| budge {v} /bʌdʒ/ (intransitive: to move) | :: bouger |
| budge {v} (transitive: to move) | :: bouger |
| budgerigar {n} (species of parakeet) | :: perruche ondulée {f} |
| budget {n} /ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/ (the amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or time-frame) | :: budget {m} |
| budget {n} (itemized summary of intended expenditure) | :: budget {m} |
| budget {adj} (of, or relating to a budget) | :: budgétaire |
| budgetary {adj} (of or pertaining to a budget) | :: budgétaire |
| Buenos Aires {prop} /ˌbweɪnoʊs ˈaɪɹeɪs/ (capital of Argentina) | :: Buenos Aires {?} |
| buff {n} /bʌf/ (a person who is very interested in a particular subject) | :: mordu [colloquial], passionné {m}, aficionado {m} |
| buff {n} (A brownish yellow colour) | :: chamois |
| buff {adj} (Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow) | :: chamois |
| buffalo {n} /ˈbʌf.ə.loʊ/ (Old World mammals) | :: buffle {m} |
| buffalo {n} (North American bison) | :: bison {m} |
| buffalo {n} (fish) | :: ictiobus {m} |
| buffalo {v} (hunt buffalo) | :: chasser le buffle |
| buffalo {v} (outwit, confuse) | :: être plus malin, confondre, intimider, battre |
| buffalo {v} (pistol-whip) | :: frapper avec la crosse d'un pistolet |
| Buffalo {prop} (a city in New York State) | :: Buffalo |
| buffalo wing {n} (cooked chicken wing in spicy sauce) | :: aile Buffalo, aile de poulet Buffalo, aile piquante Buffalo |
| buff-breasted sandpiper {n} (Calidris subruficollis) | :: bécasseau roussâtre {m} |
| buffer {n} /ˈbʌfɚ/ (portion of memory in computing) | :: tampon {m} |
| buffer {n} (solution to stabilize pH) | :: solution tampon |
| buffer {n} (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another) | :: tampon {m} |
| buffer {v} (maintain a given acidity) | :: tamponner |
| buffer solution {n} (buffer solution) | :: solution tampon |
| buffer zone {n} (neutral area) | :: zone tampon {f} |
| buffet {n} /bəˈfeɪ/ (counter or sideboard) | :: buffet {m} |
| bufflehead {n} /ˈbʌfəlhɛd/ (a duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola) | :: garrot albéole {m}, petit garrot {m} |
| buffoon {n} /bəˈfuːn/ (one who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion) | :: bouffon {m} |
| buff out {v} (to smooth the surface by friction) | :: poncer |
| buff out {v} (to remove minor defects) | :: fignoler |
| buff-tailed bumblebee {n} (Bombus terrestris) | :: bourdon terrestre |
| bug {n} /bʌɡ/ (an insect of the order Hemiptera) | :: insecte {m}, punaise {f} |
| bug {n} (a colloquial name for insect) | :: insecte {m}, petite bête {f} |
| bug {n} (various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans) | :: cigale de mer {f} |
| bug {n} (problem that needs fixing (especially in computing)) | :: bogue {m}, bug |
| bug {n} (contagious illness, bacteria, virus) | :: microbe {m}, virus {m} |
| bug {n} (an enthusiasm for something) | :: virus {m}, manie {f} |
| bug {n} (an electronic listening device) | :: mouchard {m}, micro {m}, écoute {f} |
| bug {n} (a small or invisible image on a World Wide Web page) | :: pixel de tracking {m}, traceur {m} |
| bug {n} (a small image placed in a corner of a television program) | :: logo {m} |
| bug {v} (to annoy) | :: ennuyer, embêter, agacer, enquiquiner, [vulgar] emmerder, taper sur le système |
| bug {v} (to install an electronic listening device in) | :: poser un mouchard, un micro, mettre sur écoute , microter |
| bugfix {n} (patch or change that fixes a bug) | :: rustine {f}, patch {m}, correctif {m} |
| bugger {n} (heretic) SEE: heretic | :: |
| bugger {n} /ˈbʌɡɚ/ (someone who commits buggery) | :: sodomite {m} |
| bugger {n} (foolish or worthless person, rascal) | :: tête de nœud {f}, abruti {m}, glandu {m} |
| bugger {n} (slang: someone viewed with affection) | :: rascal {m}, vieille branche {f} |
| bugger {n} (slang: someone very fond of something) | :: fondu {m} |
| bugger {v} (to have anal intercourse with) | :: empaffer, enculer, sodomiser |
| bugger {v} (to ruin) | :: ravager, ruiner |
| bugger {interj} (slang: expressing annoyance) | :: merde, bordel, nom de Dieu |
| bugger factor {n} (Murphy's law) SEE: Murphy's law | :: |
| bugger off {interj} (go away) SEE: get lost | :: |
| bugger off {interj} (expression of disagreement or disbelief) | :: [vulgar] merde, [vulgar] putain, [informal] punaise, flûte, [colloquial] chiotte |
| bugger off {v} (to leave, go away, disappear) | :: [formal] allez voir là-bas si j'y suis, déguerpir, [colloquial] foutre le camp, [colloquial] décarrer, aller se rhabiller, [vulgar] aller chier dans sa caisse |
| buggery {n} (anal sex) SEE: anal sex | :: |
| buggy {n} /bʌ.ɡi/ (A small horse-drawn cart) | :: calèche {f} |
| buggy {n} (A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy) | :: quad {m} |
| buggy {adj} (infested with insects) | :: infesté {m} |
| buggy {adj} (containing programming errors) | :: buggé {m} |
| buggy {n} (shopping cart) SEE: shopping cart | :: |
| bughouse chess {n} (variant of chess) | :: Blitz à quatre |
| bugle {n} /ˈbjuːɡəl/ (music: simple brass instrument) | :: clairon {m} |
| bugler {n} (someone who plays the bugle) | :: clairon {m} |
| bug off {interj} (Used to tell somebody to leave them alone) | :: [colloquial] dégage, [vulgar] va chier, [colloquial] aller se faire voir |
| build {v} /bɪld/ ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts) | :: construire, édifier, ériger, bâtir |
| build {v} ((transitive) to develop or give form to according to a plan or process) | :: monter |
| build {v} ((transitive) to establish a basis for) | :: fonder |
| build {v} ((intransitive) to form by combining materials or parts) | :: monter |
| build {v} ((intransitive) to develop in magnitude or extent) | :: croître |
| build {v} ((transitive, computing) to construct software by compiling its source code) | :: compiler |
| build {v} ((intransitive, computing) to be constructed by compilation of source code) | :: compiler |
| build {n} (physique) | :: carrure {f} |
| build {n} (any version of a software during its development) | :: version {f} |
| build castles in the air {v} (to have any desire, idea, or plan unlikely to be realized) | :: bâtir des châteaux en Espagne, bâtir des plans sur la comète, tirer des plans sur la comète |
| builder {n} /ˈbɪl.dɚ/ (a person who builds or constructs things) | :: constructeur {m}, constructrice {f}, bâtisseur {m}, bâtisseuse {f} |
| builder {n} (a bodybuilder) SEE: bodybuilder | :: |
| builder's cleavage {n} (top of the buttocks showing) | :: sourire du plombier {m} |
| building {n} /ˈbɪldɪŋ/ (act or process of building) | :: construction {f} |
| building {n} (closed structure with walls and a roof) | :: immeuble {m}, édifice {m}, bâtiment {m} |
| building block {n} (component that is part of a larger construction) | :: brique {f} |
| building block {n} (block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy) | :: cube {m} |
| building material {n} (any material which is used for construction purposes) | :: matériau de construction {m} |
| building site {n} (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) | :: chantier {m} |
| building worker {n} (construction worker) SEE: construction worker | :: |
| build up {v} (to accumulate) | :: s'accumuler, s'entasser, s'empiler |
| build up {v} (to strengthen) | :: renforcer |
| built-in {adj} (constructed as a non-detachable part) | :: encastré |
| built-in {adj} (essential) | :: intrinsèque |
| built-in {adj} (included) | :: incorporé |
| built-in function {n} (function that is provided) | :: fonction intégrée {f} |
| buisine {n} (medieval wind instrument) | :: buisine {f} |
| Bujumbura {prop} /ˌbuːdʒəmˈbʊɹə/ (former capital of Burundi) | :: Bujumbura |
| Bukhara {prop} /buˈkɑːɹə/ (city in Uzbekistan) | :: Boukhara {m} |
| bulb {n} /bʌlb/ (rounded solid object) | :: bulbe {m} |
| bulb {n} (bulb-shaped root) | :: bulbe {m} |
| bulb {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb | :: |
| bulbous {adj} /ˈbʌlbəs/ (having the shape of a bulb) | :: bulbeux |
| bulbous {adj} (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs) | :: bulbeux |
| bulbul {n} /ˈbʊlbʊl/ (bird of the family Pycnonotidae) | :: bulbul {m} |
| Bulgaria {prop} /bʌlˈɡɛɹ.i.ə/ (country) | :: Bulgarie {f} |
| Bulgarian {adj} /bʌlˈɡɛɹi.ən/ (relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language) | :: bulgare |
| Bulgarian {n} (native of Bulgaria) | :: Bulgare |
| Bulgarian {n} (language) | :: bulgare {m} |
| bulge {n} /bʌldʒ/ (Something sticking out) | :: bombement {m}, bosse {f}, protubérance {f} |
| bulge {v} (to stick out from) | :: bomber, déformer |
| bulgogi {n} /bʊlˈɡoʊɡiː/ (a Korean dish) | :: bulgogi |
| bulgur {n} /ˈbʌlɡə(ɹ)/ (Middle Eastern food) | :: boulgour {m}, boulghour |
| bulimia {n} /bjuˈlimi.ə/ (eating disorder) | :: boulimie {f} |
| bulimia nervosa {n} (eating disorder) SEE: bulimia | :: |
| bulimic {adj} (suffering from bulimia nervosa) | :: boulimique |
| bulimic {adj} (of, or relating to, bulimia nervosa) | :: boulimique |
| bulimic {n} (person suffering from bulimia) | :: boulimique {m} {f} |
| bulk {n} /bʌlk/ (volume) | :: grosseur {f} |
| bulk {n} (major part of something) | :: gros {m}, ensemble {m} |
| bulk {n} (unpackaged goods in transport) | :: vrac {m} |
| bulk {n} (dietary fibre) SEE: dietary fibre | :: |
| bulk carrier {n} (watercraft) | :: vraquier {m} |
| bulkhead {n} (partition on ship) | :: cloison {f} |
| bulky {adj} /ˈbʌlki/ (large in size, mass, or volume) | :: gros, corpulent (of a person), volumineux |
| bulky {adj} (unwieldy) | :: encombrant |
| bulky refuse {n} (bulky waste) SEE: bulky waste | :: |
| bulky waste {n} (a waste type that is too large to be accepted by the regular waste collection) | :: encombrant {m}, objets encombrants {m-p} |
| bull {n} /ˈbʊl/ (uncastrated adult male bovine) | :: taureau {m} |
| bull {n} (adult male animal) | :: mâle {m} |
| bull {n} (slang: policeman) | :: vaches {f-p} [cows], bœufs {m-p} [oxen] [Canada], chiens {m-p} [dogs] [Canada], poulet {m} [chicken], cognes {m-p} [the beat] |
| bull {adj} (male) | :: mâle |
| bull {n} (document) | :: bulle {f} |
| bull {n} (seal) | :: sceau {m} |
| bull {n} (nonsense) | :: bêtises {f-p} |
| bullace {n} (European plum) SEE: damson | :: |
| bull bar {n} (a device fitted to the front of a vehicle) | :: pare-buffle {m} |
| bullcrap {n} (bullshit) SEE: bullshit | :: |
| bulldog {n} /ˈbʊldɔɡ/ (breed of dog) | :: bouledogue {m} |
| bulldog clip {n} /ˈbʊldɒɡ ˈklɪp/ (rigid handled binder clip) | :: pince à dessin {f} |
| bulldozer {n} /ˈbʊldoʊzɚ/ (tractor) | :: bulldozer {m} |
| bull elephant {n} (bull elephant, male elephant) | :: éléphant mâle {m}, mâle de l'éléphant {m} |
| bullet {n} /ˈbʊl.ɪt/ (projectile) | :: balle {f}, projectile {m} |
| bullet {n} (typography: printed symbol in the form of a solid circle) | :: puce {m} |
| bulleted list {n} (list) | :: liste à puces {f} |
| bulletin {n} /ˈbʊlɪtɪn/ (A short report) | :: bulletin {m} |
| bulletin {n} (A short news report) | :: bulletin {m} |
| bulletin board {n} (a board) | :: panneau d'affichage {m} |
| bulletin board system {n} (computer system to exchange messages and data) | :: système babillard electronique {f} |
| bulletproof {adj} /bʊl.ɪtpɹuːf/ (capable of withstanding a bullet) | :: pare-balle, blindé |
| bulletproof {adj} (reliable, infallible) | :: à toute épreuve, inattaquable {m} {f}, infaillible {m} {f} |
| bulletproof vest {n} /bʊl.ɪtpɹuːf vɛst/ (garment) | :: gilet pare-balles {m} |
| bullet train {n} (Japanese high-speed train) | :: shinkansen {m} |
| bull fiddle {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| bullfight {n} (public spectacle) | :: corrida {f}, spectacle de tauromachie {m} |
| bullfighter {n} (a toreador or matador) | :: torero {m}, toréro {m}, toréador {m}, matador {m} |
| bullfighting {n} (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull) | :: tauromachie {f}, corrida {f} |
| bullfinch {n} (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) | :: bouvreuil {m} |
| bullfrog {n} /ˈbʊlfɹɑɡ/ (bullfrog) | :: grenouille-taureau {f}, [Canadian and Louisiana French] ouaouaron {m} |
| bullhead {n} (Europe, Asia: the European bullhead) SEE: European bullhead | :: |
| bullhorn {n} (portable device which electronically amplifies a person’s natural voice) | :: mégaphone {m} |
| bullion {n} /ˈbʊl.jən/ (bulk quantity of precious metal) | :: lingot {m} |
| bullionism {n} (an economic theory that defines wealth by the amount of precious metals owned) | :: bullionisme |
| bull market {n} (state of stock market) | :: marché haussier {m} |
| bullock {n} /ˈbʊlək/ ((archaic) a young bull) | :: taurillon |
| bullock {n} (a castrated bull; an ox) | :: bouvillon |
| bullpen {n} (enclosed area to hold bulls) | :: toril {m} |
| bull ring {n} (bullring) SEE: bullring | :: |
| bullring {n} (area in which a bullfight is takes place) | :: arène {f} |
| bullroarer {n} (musical instrument) | :: rhombe {m} |
| bull run {n} (event in which people run with bulls in the streets) | :: encierro {m} |
| bullseye {n} /ˈbʊlzaɪ/ (centre of a target) | :: mille {m}, mouche {f} |
| bullseye {n} (thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light) | :: hublot {m} |
| bullseye {n} (central part of crown glass disk) | :: cul-de-bouteille {m} |
| bullseye {interj} (cry) | :: dans le mille |
| bull shark {n} (Carcharhinus leucas) | :: requin-bouledogue {m} |
| bullshit {n} /ˈbʊlʃɪt/ (deceitful statements, etc) | :: conneries {f-p}, baratin {m} |
| bullshit {n} (object of frustration) | :: n’importe quoi {m} |
| bullshit {v} (to tell lies, exaggerate) | :: dire des conneries, exagérer, baratiner |
| bullshit {v} (to have casual conversation with no real point) | :: blablater |
| bullshit {interj} (expression of disbelief) | :: mon œil, n'importe quoi, mon cul, tu parles, ben voyons |
| bullshitter {n} (someone who lies a lot (vulgar)) | :: menteur {m}, menteuse {f}, baratineur {m}, marchand de tapis |
| bull terrier {n} | :: bull terrier |
| bully {n} (pimp) SEE: pimp | :: |
| bully {n} /ˈbʊli/ (person who is cruel to others) | :: brimeur {m}, brute {f}, tyran {m} |
| bully {v} (to intimidate) | :: intimider |
| bully {v} (act aggressively towards) | :: tourmenter, terroriser, maltraiter, tyranniser, harceler |
| bully {adj} (very good; excellent) | :: génial, top |
| bully {interj} (well done!) | :: bravo |
| bullying {n} /ˈbʊl.i.ɪŋ/ (act of intimidating a person) | :: harcèlement {m} |
| bullying {n} (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) | :: harcèlement {m} |
| bulrush {n} (Any of several wetland plants) | :: scirpe {m} |
| bulwark {n} /ˈbʊl.wɝk/ (defensive wall or rampart) | :: rempart {m} |
| bulwark {n} (nautical: planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale) | :: bastingage |
| bulwark {n} (breakwater) SEE: breakwater | :: |
| bum {n} /bʌm/ (informal: buttocks or anus) | :: cul {m} |
| bum {n} (informal: butt(ocks) specifically) | :: fesses {f-p} |
| bum {n} (anus specifically) | :: cul {m}, trou du cul {m} |
| bum {n} (hobo) | :: vagabond |
| bum {n} (player or racer who performs poorly) | :: tocard {m} |
| bum {v} (to beg for something) | :: taper |
| bum {v} (to stay idle and unproductive) | :: glander, glandouiller |
| bum bag {n} (small pouch attached to a belt) SEE: fanny pack | :: |
| bumblebee {n} /ˈbʌmbl̩bi/ (genus of bee) | :: bourdon {m} |
| bumf {n} /bʌmf/ (useless documents) | :: paperasse {f} |
| bumfodder {n} (toilet paper) SEE: toilet paper | :: |
| bumfuck {n} (sodomy) SEE: sodomy | :: |
| bumfuck {v} (sodomize) SEE: assfuck | :: |
| bumfuck {n} (assfuck) SEE: assfuck | :: |
| bumfuck {n} (an isolated place far removed from normal cities and towns (with contempt)) | :: trou du cul du monde, trou, nulle part, Pétaouchnok, au diable Vauvert |
| Bumfuck {prop} (imaginary place in the middle of nowhere) | :: Trifouilly-les-Oies, Tataouine, coin, Tombouctou, Saint-Loinloin de Pas-Proche |
| bumfuck nowhere {prop} (the middle of nowhere) | :: trou du cul du monde, bled {m}, Macapète, Trou-en-Cambrousse, au milieu de nulle part |
| bummer {interj} /ˈbʌ.mə(ɹ)/ (a disappointment, a pity, a shame) | :: déception {f}, flop {m} |
| bump {n} /bʌmp/ (a light blow or jolting collision) | :: bourrade {f} |
| bump {n} (the sound of such a collision) | :: boum {m} |
| bump {n} (a protuberance on a level surface) | :: bosse {f}, saillie {f} |
| bump {n} (a swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury) | :: bosse {f} |
| bump {n} (phrenological protuberance and associated aptitude) | :: bosse {f} |
| bump {n} (the swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman) | :: ballon {m} |
| bump {v} (to knock against with a light blow or collision) | :: heurter |
| bumper {n} /ˈbʌmpə(ɹ)/ (impact absorber on a vehicle) | :: pare-chocs {m} |
| bumper {n} (mechanical device to absorb impact) | :: heurtoir {m} |
| bumper {n} (side wall of a pool table) | :: bande {f} |
| bumper car {n} (vehicle) | :: auto tamponneuse {f} |
| bumpkin {n} /ˈbʌmpkɪn/ (yokel) | :: plouc {m}, péquenaud, manant {m} |
| bump up {v} (to increase something suddenly) | :: faire un bond |
| bump up {v} (to promote a person to a higher grade) | :: promouvoir |
| bump up {v} (to give a more prominent place to) | :: avancer |
| bumpy {adj} /ˈbʌmpi/ (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) | :: accidenté |
| bum rap {n} (false accusation) | :: mytho {m}, affabulation {f} |
| bum's rush {n} (to be forcibly ejected) | :: course à l'échalote {f}, débarquement {m} |
| bun {n} (newbie) SEE: newbie | :: |
| bun {n} /bʌn/ (A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced) | :: petit pain {m} |
| bun {n} (A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head) | :: chignon {m} |
| bun {n} (A drunken spree) | :: biture |
| bunch {n} /ˈbʌntʃ/ (a group of similar things) | :: groupe {m}, bouquet {m}, botte {f} |
| bunch {n} (a cluster of grapes) | :: grappe {f} |
| bunch {n} (an informal body of friends) | :: bande {f}, peloton {m} |
| bunch {n} (a considerable amount) | :: tas {m}, paquet {m} |
| bunch {n} (a group of logs tied together for skidding) | :: javelle {f} |
| bunch {n} (an unusual concentration of ore) | :: poche {f}, poche minéralisée {f}, poche de minerai {f}, mouche {f}, nid {m} |
| bunch {n} (reserve yarn on the filling bobbin) | :: réserve {f} |
| bunch {n} (an unfinished cigar) | :: poupée {f}, poupe {f} |
| bunch {v} (to gather into a bunch) | :: grouper, empiler, mettre en masse, mettre en banc |
| bunch of fives {n} (slang: a punch) | :: pain {m}, patate {f}, pêche {f}, bugne {f} |
| bundle {n} /ˈbʌnd(ə)l/ (group of objects held together by wrapping or tying) | :: faisceau {m}, fagot {m} |
| bundle {n} (package wrapped or tied up for carrying) | :: paquet {m} |
| bundle {n} (colloquial: large amount, especially of money) | :: paquet {m} |
| bundle {n} | :: ballot (of goods), baluchon, fagot (of sticks), liasse (wad of notes), paquet, amas. |
| bundle {v} (to tie or wrap together) | :: lier |
| bundle {v} (intransitive: to hurry) | :: se dépêcher |
| bundt cake {n} (ring-shaped cake) | :: kouglof {m} |
| bung {n} (bribe) SEE: bribe | :: |
| bung {n} /ˈbʌŋ/ (stopper) | :: bonde {m}, bondon {m}, bouchon {m} |
| bung {v} (to plug) | :: boucher, bondonner |
| bungee {n} /ˈbʌn.d͡ʒi/ (elastic strap for securing luggage) | :: tendeur {m}, sandow {m} |
| bungee {n} (elastic cord used in bungee jumping) SEE: bungee rope | :: |
| bungee cord {n} (elastic strap with hooks) SEE: bungee | :: |
| bungee cord {n} (elastic cord used in bungee jumping) SEE: bungee rope | :: |
| bungee jump {n} (instance of bungee jumping) | :: saut à l’élastique {m} |
| bungee jump {v} (to participate in bungee jumping) | :: sauter à l’élastique |
| bungee jumper {n} (a person who participates in bungee jumping) | :: sauteur à l'élastique {m}, sauteuse à l'élastique {f} |
| bungee jumping {n} (jumping from a great height with a cord) | :: saut à l’élastique {m} |
| bungee line {n} (elastic cord used in bungee jumping) SEE: bungee rope | :: |
| bungee rope {n} (elastic cord used in bungee jumping) | :: élastique de saut {m}, élastique {m} |
| bung-hole {n} /ˈbʌŋˌhoʊl/ (the anus) | :: trou de balle {m}, boîte à caca {f}, œil de bronze {m}, coupe-cigare {m} |
| bungle {v} /ˈbʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ (to botch up, bumble or incompetently perform a task) | :: foirer |
| bungler {n} (one who makes mistakes) | :: bousilleur {m}, bousilleuse {f} |
| bunion {n} /ˈbʌnjən/ (bump on the big toe) | :: oignon |
| bunk {n} /bʌŋk/ (one of a series of berth in tiers) | :: couchette {f} |
| bunk {n} (built-in bed on board a ship) | :: couchette {m} |
| bunk {v} (to fail to attend school without permission) | :: faire l’école buissonnière, buissonner [familiar, France] |
| bunk bed {n} (two or more beds fixed on top of one another) | :: lit superposé {m}, lits superposés {m-p} |
| bunkbed {n} (bunk bed) SEE: bunk bed | :: |
| bunker {n} /ˈbʌŋkɚ/ (hardened shelter) | :: bunker {m} |
| bunny {n} /ˈbʌni/ (young rabbit) | :: lapereau {m} |
| bunny girl {n} (club hostess in provocative costume suggestive of a rabbit) | :: bunny girl {f} |
| Bunsen burner {n} (small laboratory gas burner) | :: bec Bunsen {m} |
| bunt {n} (baseball: ball intentionally hit softly) | :: amorti {m} |
| bunting {n} /ˈbʌntɪŋ/ (bird) | :: bruant {m} |
| buoy {n} /ˈbɔɪ/ (moored float) | :: bouée, flotteur, balise |
| buoy {v} (keep afloat or aloft) | :: surnager |
| buoy {n} (life preserver) SEE: life preserver | :: |
| buoyance {n} (buoyancy) SEE: buoyancy | :: |
| buoyancy {n} /ˈbɔɪ.ən.si/ (physics: upward force on an immersed body) | :: poussée d'Archimède {f}, flottabilité {f} |
| buoyant {adj} /ˈbɔɪ.ənt/ (able to float) | :: flottant, flottable |
| buoyant {adj} (lighthearted and lively) | :: gai, léger, joyeux |
| buoy up {v} (uplift) | :: encourager |
| bupleurum {n} (plant of the genus Bupleurum) | :: buplèvre {m} |
| bur {n} (prickly husk) SEE: burr | :: |
| burbot {n} /ˈbɜ(ɹ).bət/ (a freshwater fish: Lota lota) | :: lote {f}, lotte {f} [Canada] |
| burden {n} /ˈbɝdn/ (heavy load) | :: charge {f}, fardeau {m} |
| burden {n} (responsibility, onus) | :: fardeau {m} |
| burden {n} (cause of worry) | :: fardeau {m} |
| burden basket {n} (basket fitted with straps) | :: hotte |
| burden of proof {n} (duty of a party in a legal proceeding) | :: charge de la preuve {f} |
| burdensome {adj} /ˈbɝ.dən.səm/ (of or like a burden; arduous or demanding) | :: pénible, ardu, pesant, fastidieux, écrasant, chiant, casse-cul, prise de tête, emmerdant |
| Burdigalian {prop} | :: Burdigalien |
| burdock {n} /ˈbɝːdɑːk/ (any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium) | :: bardane |
| bureau {n} /ˈbjʊɹ.oʊ/ (unit of governance, office) | :: bureau {m} |
| bureau {n} (office (room)) | :: agence {f}, bureau {m} |
| bureau {n} (desk) | :: secrétaire {m}, bureau {m} |
| bureau {n} (chest of drawers for clothes) | :: chiffonnier {m}, commode {f} |
| bureaucracy {n} /bjʊˈɹɑːkɹəsi/ (government by bureaus) | :: bureaucratie {f} |
| bureaucracy {n} (system of administration) | :: bureaucratie {f} |
| bureaucracy {n} (excessive red tape) | :: bureaucratie {f} |
| bureaucrat {n} /ˈbjʊəɹəkɹæt/ (An official in a bureaucracy) | :: bureaucrate {m} |
| bureaucratically {adv} (in a bureaucratic manner) | :: bureaucratiquement |
| bureaucratize {v} /bjʊəˈɹɒkɹətʌɪz/ (to make bureaucratic) | :: bureaucratiser |
| bureau de change {n} /ˈbjʊəɹ.əʊ.dəˌʃɒ̃ʒ/ (a place where foreign currency can be exchanged) | :: bureau de change {m} |
| burette {n} (glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.) | :: burette {f} |
| burg {n} (fortified town in medieval Europe) | :: bourg {m} |
| Burgas {prop} (city in Bulgaria) | :: Burgas |
| burgee {n} (a broad tapering pennant) | :: guidon {m} |
| burgeon {v} /ˈbɝː.d͡ʒən/ (of plants, to bloom, bud) | :: fleurir |
| burger {n} /ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)/ (informal: hamburger) | :: burger {m} |
| burger sauce {n} | :: sauce pour burger / tartinade pour burger |
| burgher {n} /ˈbɝɡɚ/ (prosperous member of the community) | :: bourgeois {m} |
| burglar {n} /ˈbɝɡlɚ/ | :: cambrioleur {m}, cambrioleuse {f} |
| burglary {n} /ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡləɹi/ (the crime of breaking into) | :: cambriolage {m} |
| burgle {v} /ˈbɜːɡəl/ (to commit burglary) | :: cambrioler |
| burgomaster {n} /ˈbɜɹɡəmæstəɹ/ (the mayor of a town in certain countries) | :: bourgmestre {m} |
| burgonet {n} (helmet) | :: bourguignotte |
| Burgundian {n} /bɜːɹˈɡʌndɪən/ (an inhabitant of Burgundy) | :: Bourguignon {m}, Bourguignonne {f} |
| Burgundian {n} (а member of the Burgundians, an East Germanic tribe) | :: Burgonde {m} {f} |
| Burgundian {prop} (the old Burgundian language) | :: Burgonde {m} |
| Burgundian {adj} (pertaining to Burgundy, its people or its language) | :: bourguignon |
| burgundy {n} /ˈbɝ.ɡən.di/ (color) | :: bordeaux |
| burgundy {adj} (color) | :: bordeaux |
| Burgundy {prop} /ˈbɝːɡəndi/ (region) | :: Bourgogne {f}, Burgondie |
| Burgundy {n} (wine) | :: bourgogne {m} |
| burial {n} /ˈbɛɹɪəl/ (interment) | :: enterrement, inhumation, sépulture |
| buried {adj} /ˈbɛ.ɹid/ (Placed in a grave at a burial) | :: enterré, enseveli |
| buried {adj} (Concealed, hidden) | :: enfoui, enseveli |
| burka {n} (female garment that covers the whole body) | :: burqa |
| Burkinabe {n} (person from Burkina Faso) | :: Burkinabè |
| Burkinabe {adj} (from Burkina Faso) | :: burkinabè |
| Burkina Faso {prop} /bəː(ɹ)ˈkiːnə ˈfɑsoʊ/ (country) | :: Burkina Faso {m} |
| burl {n} /bɝl/ (tree growth) | :: loupe {f} |
| burl {n} (mottled wood) | :: loupe {f} |
| burlak {n} (a man employed in dragging ships upstream) | :: bourlak {m} |
| burlap {n} /ˈbɝlæp/ (strong cloth) | :: toile de jute {f} |
| burlesque {adj} /bə(ɹ)ˈlɛsk/ (burlesque) | :: burlesque |
| burlesque {n} (parody) | :: parodie |
| burly {adj} /ˈbɜːli/ (well-built) | :: fort, solide, robuste |
| Burma {prop} /ˈbɝmə/ (Southeast Asian country (former name), see also: Myanmar) | :: Birmanie |
| Burmese {adj} /bɜːˈmiːz/ (Of or relating to Burma) | :: birman {m}, birmane {f} |
| Burmese {n} (a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent) | :: Birman {m}, Birmane {f} |
| Burmese {prop} (language) | :: birman {m} |
| burn {n} /bɝn/ (physical injury) | :: brûlure {f} |
| burn {n} (sensation) | :: brûlure {f} |
| burn {n} (act of burning something) | :: brûlage |
| burn {n} (slang: effective insult) | :: gland {m} |
| burn {v} (to cause to be consumed by fire) | :: brûler |
| burn {v} (to be consumed by fire) | :: brûler |
| burn {v} (to overheat so as to make unusable) | :: brûler |
| burn {v} (to become overheated) | :: surchauffer |
| burn {v} (to injure with heat or chemicals) | :: brûler |
| burn {v} (to consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat) | :: brûler |
| burn {v} (to feel hot due to embarrassment) | :: se consumer |
| burn {v} (chemistry: to cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent) | :: oxyder |
| burn {v} (computing: to write data) | :: graver |
| burn {v} (to betray) | :: griller |
| burn {v} (slang: to insult or defeat) | :: avoir |
| burn {v} (to approach near to a concealed object which is sought) | :: brûler |
| burn {n} (vegetable disease) SEE: brand | :: |
| burn {v} (to cauterize) SEE: cauterize | :: |
| burn {v} (to sunburn) SEE: sunburn | :: |
| burn down {v} (cause a structure to burn to nothing) | :: carboniser |
| burn down {v} (completely burn so that nothing remains) | :: se carboniser |
| burner {n} /ˈbɝnɚ/ (element on a kitchen stove) | :: feu, brûleur {m} |
| burner {n} (computing: device that allows data or music to be stored on a CD) | :: graveur {m} |
| burnet {n} (herb) | :: pimprenelle {f} |
| burn-in {n} (At work) | :: burn-in |
| burning {adj} /bɝnɪŋ/ (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) | :: brûlant {m}, ardent {m} |
| burning {adj} (feeling very hot) | :: brûlant {m} |
| burning {adj} (feeling great passion) | :: ardent {m} |
| burning {n} (fire) | :: brûlage {m} |
| burning bush {n} (Euonymus in general) SEE: spindle | :: |
| burning bush {n} (biblical object) | :: buisson ardent {m} |
| burning bush {n} (Dictamnus albus) SEE: gas plant | :: |
| burnish {v} /ˈbɜː(ɹ)nɪʃ/ (to make smooth or shiny by rubbing) | :: brunir |
| burnisher {n} (implement) | :: brunissoir {m} |
| burnishing {n} | :: brunissage {m} |
| burn one's bridges {v} (burn one's bridges) | :: faire sauter les ponts, couper les ponts, brûler les ponts |
| burn one's candle at both ends {v} (burn the candle at both ends) SEE: burn the candle at both ends | :: |
| burn one's fingers {v} (harm oneself) | :: se tirer une balle dans le pied |
| burnoose {n} /bɝˈnus/ (a thick hooded cloak) | :: burnous {m} |
| burn out {v} (to tire due to overwork) | :: s'épuiser |
| burnout {n} (using the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary) | :: burn {m} |
| burnout {n} (experience of long-term exhaustion) | :: burn-out {m}, surmenage {m}, syndrome d’épuisement professionnel {m} |
| burnt {adj} /ˈbɜɹnt/ (carbonized) | :: brûlé |
| burn the candle at both ends {v} (work hard night and day) | :: brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts |
| burn the midnight oil {v} (work through the night) | :: travailler tard le soir, bûcher |
| buro {n} (office) | :: agence {f}, bureau {m} |
| buro {n} (desk) | :: secrétaire {m}, bureau {m} |
| burp {n} /bɝp/ (a softer belch) | :: rot {m}, renvoi {m}, éructation {f} |
| burp {v} (to emit a burp) | :: roter, faire un rot, éructer |
| burp {v} (to burp someone) | :: faire faire son rot (à un bébé) |
| burqa {n} (burka) SEE: burka | :: |
| burqini {n} (head-to-toe swimsuit) | :: burkini {m} |
| burr {n} /bɝ/ (seed pod with sharp features) | :: bardane {f} |
| burr {n} (material left on an edge after cutting) | :: barbe {f} |
| burr {n} (mispronouncion of "r") | :: grasseyement {m} |
| burr {v} (to pronounce "r") | :: grasseyer |
| burrata {n} /bəˈɹɑtə/ (cheese similar to creamy mozzarella) | :: burrata {f} |
| bur-reed {n} (a marsh plant) | :: rubanier {m} |
| burrito {n} /bəˈɹi.toʊ/ (Mexican dish) | :: burrito {m} |
| burrow {n} /ˈbʌɹoʊ/ (a tunnel or hole) | :: terrier {m}, clapier {m} (rabbit burrow) |
| burrowing owl {n} | :: chevêche des terriers {f}, chouette des terriers {f} |
| bursiform {adj} /ˈbɝsɪfɔɹm/ (Shaped like a purse or bag) | :: bursiforme {m} {f} |
| bursitis {n} (inflammation of a bursa) | :: bursite {f}, hygroma {m} |
| burst {v} /bɝst/ (to break from internal pressure) | :: éclater |
| burst {v} (to cause to burst) | :: faire éclater, rompre, briser |
| burst {n} (instance or act of bursting) | :: éclatement {m}, explosion {f} |
| burst into flame {v} (to catch fire suddenly and unexpectedly) | :: prendre feu, s'enflammer |
| burst into tears {v} (suddenly start crying) | :: éclater en sanglots, fondre en larmes |
| burst out laughing {v} (suddenly start laughing intensely) | :: éclater de rire |
| burst someone's bubble {v} (to disillusion; to disabuse someone of a false notion or rationalization that has grown comfortable) | :: casser le morceau, casser le mythe |
| Burundi {prop} /bʊˈɹʊndi/ (a country in Eastern Africa) | :: Burundi {m} |
| Burundian {n} (person from Burundi) | :: Bouroundais {m}, Burundais {m} |
| Burundian {adj} (pertaining to Burundi) | :: bouroundais {m}, burundais {m} |
| Burushaski {prop} | :: bourouchaski |
| bury {v} /ˈbɛ.ɹi/ (inter a corpse in a grave or tomb) | :: enterrer, ensevelir |
| bury {v} (place in the ground) | :: enterrer |
| bury {v} (hide or conceal as if by covering with earth) | :: enterrer |
| Buryat {adj} (from, of, or pertaining to, Buryatia) | :: bouriate |
| Buryatia {prop} (Buryatia, Russia) | :: Bouriatie {f} |
| bury one's head in the sand {v} (to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation) | :: faire l'autruche |
| bury the hatchet {v} (to stop fighting or arguing) | :: enterrer la hache de guerre |
| bus {n} (medical slang: ambulance) SEE: ambulance | :: |
| bus {n} (vehicle) | :: autobus {m}, bus {m} {f} |
| bus {n} (electrical conductor) | :: bus {m} |
| Busan {prop} (Busan, South Korea) | :: Pusan {m} |
| Busanian {n} (a native or resident of Busan) | :: Busanais {m} {m-p}, Busanaise {f}, Busanaises {f-p} |
| busbar {n} (electrical conductor) | :: jeu de barres {m}, barre omnibus {f} |
| Buscemi {prop} (city of Sicily) | :: Buscemi {f} |
| bus driver {n} (driver of a bus) | :: chauffeur de bus {m} |
| bush {n} /bʊʃ/ (category of woody plant) | :: buisson {m}, arbrisseau {m} |
| bush {n} (pubic hair) | :: touffe {f}, persil {m} |
| bush {n} (remote undeveloped and uncultivated rural area) | :: maquis {m}, cambrousse {f}, brousse {f} |
| bush dog {n} (a wild canine animal) | :: chien des buissons {m} |
| bushed {adj} /bʊʃt/ (very tired; exhausted) | :: crevé |
| Bushehr {prop} (city in Iran) | :: Bouchehr |
| bushel {n} /ˈbʊʃəl/ (dry measure) | :: boisseau {m} |
| bushel {n} (vessel of capacity of a bushel) | :: boisseau {m} |
| bush hammer {n} (a square-headed hammer with spikes) | :: boucharde {f} |
| bushing {n} /ˈbʊʃɪŋ/ (mechanical engineering: type of bearing to reduce friction) | :: coussinet {m} |
| Bushism {prop} (political philosophy) | :: bushisme {m} |
| bushman {n} | :: broussard |
| Bushman {n} (Bushman) | :: Bochiman {m} |
| bush pig {n} (pig of the genus Potamochoerus) | :: potamochère {m} |
| bush pilot {n} (pilot) | :: pilote de brousse |
| bushranger {n} (an escaped convict) | :: forçat réfugié dans la brousse {m} |
| business {n} /ˈbɪz.nɪs/ (commercial enterprise or establishment) | :: entreprise {f} |
| business {n} (occupation, work or trade of a person) | :: affaire |
| business analyst {n} (person who analyzes the operations) | :: analyste d'affaires {m} {f} |
| business as usual {n} (The normal course of an activity, in circumstances that are out of the ordinary) | :: comme si de rien n'était |
| business card {n} (small card) | :: carte de visite {f} |
| business intelligence {n} (information that pertains to a business organization) | :: informatique décisionnelle {f} |
| businessman {n} /ˈbɪznəsmæn/ (a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution) | :: homme d'affaires {m} |
| business park {n} (area of consisting solely of commercial buildings and enterprises) | :: zone d’activité {f} |
| businessperson {n} (a person in business) | :: homme d'affaires {m}, femme d'affaires {f}, personne d'affaires {f} |
| business plan {n} (summary) | :: business plan, plan d'affaires {m} |
| business trip {n} (business trip) | :: voyage d'affaires {m} |
| businesswoman {n} (woman of business) | :: femme d'affaires {f} |
| busk {v} (nautical: to tack) SEE: tack | :: |
| busk {n} /bʌsk/ (stiffening strip in the front of a corset) | :: busc {m} |
| bus rapid transit {n} (form of rapid transit) | :: service rapide par bus {m}, bus à haut niveau de service {m} |
| bus route {n} (set route of bus service) | :: ligne de bus {f} |
| bus shelter {n} (A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop) | :: abribus {m} |
| bus station {n} (major bus stop, one that serves as a transfer point between a large number of routes) | :: gare routière {f} |
| bus stop {n} (a stop for public transport buses) | :: arrêt de bus {m} |
| bust {n} /ˈbʌst/ (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) | :: buste {m} |
| bust {n} (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) | :: buste {m} |
| bust {v} (alteration of burst) | :: éclater |
| bust {v} (to break something) | :: bouziller, niquer, péter |
| bust {v} ((slang) to arrest for a crime) | :: attraper, arrêter |
| bust {v} ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) | :: pincer, choper, prendre sur le fait, prendre la main dans le sac [slang], gauler |
| bust {n} (act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation) | :: arrestation {f} |
| bust {n} (failed enterprise) | :: fiasco {m}, bide {m} |
| bustard {n} /ˈbʌs.təd/ (any of several birds of the family Otididae) | :: outarde {f} |
| busted {adj} /ˈbʌstəd/ (broken) | :: bouzillé {m} |
| buster {n} (guy, friend) | :: pote {m} |
| bustle {n} /ˈbʌsəl/ (excited activity) | :: affairement {m}, branlebas {m}, remue-ménage {m} |
| bustle {n} (frame worn underneath a woman's skirt) | :: tournure {f} |
| bustle {v} (to move busily and energetically) | :: s'affairer |
| bustle {v} (to teem or abound (with)) | :: s'activer |
| bustling {adj} (full of noisy activity) | :: animé, trépidant |
| bust one's ass {v} (to work very hard) | :: se casser le cul |
| bust one's butt {v} (to work exceptionally hard) | :: se casser le cul |
| busty {adj} /ˈbʌsti/ (having large breasts) | :: pulpeux, à la poitrine planteuse |
| busy {adj} /ˈbɪzi/ (crowded with business or activities) | :: occupé |
| busy {adj} (doing a great deal) | :: occupé |
| busy {adj} (engaged) | :: occupé |
| busy {v} (to keep busy with) | :: se livrer |
| busybody {n} (someone who interferes with others) | :: fouineur {m}, fouine {f} [figurative], mêle-tout {m}, touche-à-tout {m} {f} [antiquated] |
| busy work {n} (activity performed for occupying time) | :: bassotage {m} |
| but {conj} /bʌt/ (rather) | :: mais |
| but {conj} (although) | :: mais, cependant |
| but {conj} (except) | :: sauf, en dehors de |
| but {conj} (solely, only, merely (obsolete)) | :: que, seulement |
| butadiene {n} (the compound CH2CH-CHCH2) | :: butadiène {m} |
| butane {n} /ˈbjuːteɪn/ (the organic compound) | :: butane {m} |
| butanol {n} (alcohol of butane) | :: butanol {m} |
| butanone {n} (the simple aliphatic ketone: CH3CH2COCH3) | :: butanone |
| butch {adj} /bʊtʃ/ (of a man) | :: hommasse |
| butch {n} (masculine lesbian) | :: gouine {f}, [slang] hommasse, camionneuse {f} |
| butcher {n} /ˈbʊt͡ʃ.ɚ/ (a person who prepares and sells meat) | :: boucher {m}, bouchère {f} |
| butcher {v} (To slaughter animals and prepare meat for market) | :: abattre |
| butcher {v} (to kill brutally) | :: abattre |
| butcher {v} (To ruin something) | :: charcuter |
| butcherbird {n} (Cracticus) | :: cassican {m} |
| butcher block {n} (style of assembled wood) | :: billot {m} |
| butcher's {n} /ˈbʊtʃə(ɹ)z/ (butcher’s shop) | :: boucherie {f} |
| butchershop {n} (a butcher's shop) | :: boucherie {f} |
| butchery {n} (abattoir) SEE: abattoir | :: |
| butene {n} (any of several forms of butylene) | :: butène {m} |
| butler {n} /ˈbʌt.lɚ/ (manservant having charge of wines and liquors) | :: sommelier {m} |
| butler {n} (chief male servant) | :: majordome {m} |
| butt {n} /bʌt/ (larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end) | :: crosse {f} |
| butt {n} (buttocks) | :: cul {m}, derrière {m} |
| butt {n} (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar) | :: mégot {m} |
| butt {n} (the end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired) | :: crosse {f} |
| butt {n} ((obsolete or dialectal in English) hassock) SEE: hassock | :: |
| butt chin {n} (cleft chin) SEE: cleft chin | :: |
| butt crack {n} (groove between buttocks) | :: raie {f} |
| buttcrack {n} (butt crack) SEE: butt crack | :: |
| butte {n} /ˈbjuːt/ (hill) | :: butte {f} |
| butter {n} /ˈbʌtəɹ/ (soft foodstuff made from milk) | :: beurre {m} |
| butter {n} (other foodstuffs like butter) | :: beurre {m} |
| butter {v} (to spread butter on, see also: spread; butter) | :: beurrer |
| butterbur {n} (herb) | :: pétasite {m} |
| buttercup {n} (flower of the genus Narcissus) SEE: daffodil | :: |
| buttercup {n} /ˈbʌt.ɚ.kʌp/ (herb of the genus Ranunculus) | :: bouton-d'or {m}, renoncule, grenouillette, fleur de l'impatience, gobet du diable |
| butter dish {n} (specialised dish in which butter is served) | :: beurrier {m} |
| butterfingered {adj} /ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəd/ (prone to dropping things, see also: clumsy) | :: qui a des mains de beurre |
| butterfingers {n} /ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz/ (someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated) | :: avoir deux mains gauches, maladroit |
| butterfly {n} /ˈbʌɾɚflaɪ/ (insect) | :: papillon {m} |
| butterfly {n} (swimming stroke) SEE: butterfly stroke | :: |
| butterfly door {n} (type of car door) | :: porte papillon {f} |
| butterfly effect {n} (technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory) | :: effet papillon {m} |
| butterflyfish {n} (tropical marine fish) | :: poisson-papillon {m} |
| butterfly kiss {n} (Very light kiss.) | :: baiser papillon {m} |
| butterfly knife {n} (folding pocket knife) | :: balisong {m} |
| butterfly net {n} (net used to collect butterflies) | :: filet à papillons {m} |
| butterfly nut {n} (butterfly nut) SEE: wing nut | :: |
| butterfly stroke {n} (swimming stroke) | :: papillon {m} |
| butter knife {n} (dull-edged knife for spreading butter) | :: couteau à beurre {m} |
| buttermilk {n} /ˈbʌtɚˌmɪlk/ (traditional buttermilk) | :: babeurre {m} |
| butternut {n} (butternut squash) SEE: butternut squash | :: |
| butternut {n} (tree) | :: noyer cendré {m}, noyer à beurre {m} |
| butternut squash {n} (Cucurbita moschata cultivar) | :: doubeurre {f} |
| butter one's bread on both sides {v} (profit from two things at the same time) | :: vouloir le beurre et l'argent du beurre |
| butterscotch {n} /ˈbʌtɚˌskɑtʃ/ (hard candy) | :: caramel au beurre {m} |
| butterscotch {n} (sauce or syrup made of similar ingredients) | :: caramel |
| butter up {v} (to flatter) | :: flatter, caresser dans le sens du poil |
| butterwort {n} (plant of the genus Pinguicula) | :: grassette {f} |
| butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth {phrase} (benign appearance, suggesting the contrary) | :: on lui donnerait le bon Dieu sans confession |
| buttfuck {n} (sodomy) SEE: sodomy | :: |
| buttfuck {v} (sodomize) SEE: assfuck | :: |
| buttfuckable {adj} (worthy of being buttfucked) | :: enculable, pinocumettable |
| buttfucker {n} (buttfucker) | :: enculeur |
| butt-fucking {adj} (anal sex) | :: anal {m} |
| butt heads {v} (argue uncompromisingly) | :: ne pas se mouiller |
| butthole {n} (anus) SEE: anus | :: |
| butthurt {adj} /ˈbʌtˌhɝt/ ((slang) overly annoyed or bothered by a perceived insult; needlessly offended) | :: offusqué |
| butt in {v} (to join conversation when not welcome) | :: ramener sa fraise [familiar], s’incruster [familiar] |
| butt-naked {adj} (naked) SEE: naked | :: |
| buttock {n} /ˈbʌtək/ (each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body) | :: fesse {f} |
| button {n} /ˈbʌtn̩/ (knob or small disc serving as a fastener) | :: bouton {m} |
| button {n} (a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger) | :: bouton {m} |
| button {n} (in computer software, an on-screen control that can be selected) | :: bouton {m} |
| button {n} (a badge worn on clothes) | :: badge {m}, macaron {m} |
| button {n} (botany: a bud) | :: bouton {m}, bourgeon {m} |
| button {n} (a raised pavement marker) | :: clou {m} |
| button {v} (to fasten with a button) | :: boutonner |
| buttonhole {n} (hole for a button) | :: boutonnière {f} |
| buttonhole {v} (to detain a person in conversation) | :: tenir la jambe |
| button mushroom {n} (Agaricus bisporus) | :: champignon de Paris {m} |
| buttonwood {n} (mangrove) SEE: mangrove | :: |
| butt plug {n} /ˈbʌtplʌɡ/ (A sex toy for the anus and rectum) | :: plug {m} |
| buttress {n} /ˈbʌtɹɪs/ (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it) | :: arc-boutant {m} contrefort {m} |
| buttress {n} (anything that serves to support something) | :: appui {m}, corroboration |
| buttress {v} (support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress) | :: arc-bouter |
| buttress {v} (support something or someone by supplying evidence) | :: corroborer |
| butylene {n} (isomeric aliphatic alkene) | :: butylène {m} |
| butyric {adj} (of or pertaining to butter) | :: butyreux |
| butyric {adj} (of or derived from butyric acid) | :: butyreux |
| butyric acid {n} (normal butyric acid) | :: acide butyrique {m} |
| buxom {adj} /ˈbʌksəm/ (having a full, voluptuous figure) | :: bien en chair |
| buy {v} /baɪ/ (to obtain something with money) | :: acheter |
| buy {v} (to accept as true) | :: gober |
| buy {n} (purchase) SEE: purchase | :: |
| buyable {adj} /ˈbaɪəbəl/ (that can be bought) | :: achetable |
| buyback {n} (repurchase of something previously sold) | :: rétrocession {f} |
| buyer {n} /ˈbaɪ.ə(ɹ)/ (person who makes purchases) | :: acheteur {m}, acheteuse {f} |
| buy-in {n} (support) | :: support {m} |
| buying power {n} (purchasing power) SEE: purchasing power | :: |
| buy into {v} (believe) | :: marcher |
| buy the farm {v} (to die) | :: [informal] passer l'arme à gauche, [informal] casser sa pipe, [informal] avaler son extrait de naissance, [colloquial] calancher, [formal] passer de vie à trépas, [derogatory] crever, [derogatory] canner |
| buy time {v} (purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else) | :: gagner du temps |
| buzz {n} /bʌz/ (informal: telephone call) | :: coup de fil {m} |
| buzz {v} (to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound) | :: bourdonner |
| buzz {v} (aviation: to fly at high speed and at a low altitude) | :: raser |
| buzz {v} (to cut the hair in a close-cropped style) | :: tondre |
| buzz {n} (whisper) SEE: whisper | :: |
| buzzard {n} /ˈbʌzəɹd/ (bird of the genus Buteo) | :: buse {f} |
| buzzard {n} (bird of the genus Buteo) | :: Cajun French: carencro |
| buzzard {n} (slang or derogatory term for a person) | :: sale bougre {m}, sale bougresse {f} |
| buzzard {n} (scavenging bird) SEE: vulture | :: |
| buzzer {n} /ˈbʌzəɹ/ (device) | :: bipeur {m} |
| buzzing {n} /ˈbʌzɪŋ/ (The sound produced by something that buzzes) | :: bourdonnement {m}, vrombissement |
| buzzword {n} (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon) | :: mot à la mode {m}, mot en vogue {m}, buzzword {m} |
| by {prep} /baɪ/ (near, or next to) | :: à côté de, au bord de |
| by {prep} (not later than) | :: avant |
| by {prep} (indicates the agent of a passive verb) | :: par |
| by {prep} (indicates creator of a work) | :: de, par |
| by {prep} (indicates a means) | :: par, en (+ present participle), au moyen de |
| by {prep} (with the authority of) | :: par |
| by {prep} (indicates steady progression) | :: par |
| by accident {adv} (accidentally) SEE: accidentally | :: |
| by a hair's breadth {prep} | :: à deux doigts, à un cheveu, à un poil |
| by a landslide {adv} (with big marginals) | :: largement, [colloquial] dans les grandes largeurs |
| by all accounts {prep} (According to everything that people have said) | :: de l'avis général |
| by all accounts {prep} | :: de toute évidence |
| by a long shot {prep} (by a wide margin) | :: largement, de loin |
| by and by {adv} (soon) SEE: soon | :: |
| by and large {adv} (mostly, generally; with few exceptions) | :: en majeure partie, en gros, pratiquement |
| by any chance {prep} | :: par hasard |
| by any means {prep} | :: de toute façon, de toute manière |
| Byblos {prop} (port city in Lebanon) | :: Byblos |
| by chance {prep} (unexpected(ly); accidental(ly)) | :: d'aventure, par hasard, par rencontre |
| by chance {prep} (by any chance) SEE: by any chance | :: |
| bycoket {n} (type of ancient cap or headdress) | :: bicoquet {m} |
| by comparison {prep} | :: en comparaison, à titre de comparaison |
| by default {prep} (in absence of any opposing action) | :: par défaut |
| by definition {prep} | :: par définition |
| by dint of {prep} (because of; by reason of) SEE: because of | :: |
| by dint of {prep} /baɪ ˈdɪnt ɒv/ (by the force of; by means of, see also: by means of) | :: grâce à |
| bye {interj} /baɪ/ (short for goodbye, see also: goodbye) | :: salut |
| by ear {prep} (to learn or perform using only hearing) | :: à l'oreille |
| bye-bye {n} /baɪˈbaɪ/ (bedtime for a toddler) | :: dodo {m} |
| by-election {n} (special election) | :: élection partielle {f} |
| byelection {n} (election to fill a vacant political office) | :: élection partielle {f} |
| Byelorussian SSR {prop} /ˌbjɛləˈrʌʃən/ (Soviet republic) | :: Rss biélorusse |
| by far {prep} (to a large extent) | :: de loin, loin s'en faut, tant s'en faut |
| by foot {adv} (on foot) SEE: on foot | :: |
| byform {n} (tangential or subordinate form) | :: variante {f} |
| by God {adv} (oath) | :: pardieu |
| by God {interj} (surprise) | :: pardieu, mon Dieu |
| bygone {adj} /ˈbaɪɡɔn/ (in the far past) | :: d'autrefois, passé {m} |
| by hand {prep} (manually) SEE: manually | :: |
| by hand {prep} (manually) | :: à la main |
| by heart {prep} /baɪ ˈhɑɹt/ (knowing completely) | :: par cœur |
| by hook or by crook {prep} (by any means possible) | :: de gré ou de force, d'une manière ou d'une autre |
| by inches {prep} | :: à petit feu |
| by Jove {interj} (exclamation indicating surprise or emphasis) | :: parbleu |
| bylaw {n} /ˈbaɪ.lɔ/ (law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization) | :: arrêté {f}, statuts {m-p} |
| bylina {n} /bəˈliːnə/ (traditional East Slavic oral epic narrative poem) | :: byline {f} |
| by means of {prep} (By using) | :: au moyen de |
| by mistake {prep} (mistakenly) SEE: mistakenly | :: |
| by no means {prep} (certainly not) | :: en aucun cas, aucunement |
| by oneself {prep} (without help) | :: tout seul |
| by oneself {prep} (without company) | :: solo, seul |
| by oneself {prep} | :: tout seul |
| bypass {n} /ˈbaɪpæs/ (road) | :: déviation {f}, contournement {m} |
| bypass {n} (circumvention) | :: contournement {m} |
| bypass {n} (alternative passage for a bodily fluid) | :: pontage {m} |
| bypass {v} (to avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass) | :: contourner |
| bypass {v} (to ignore the usual channels or procedures) | :: contourner, passer outre |
| byproduct {n} (secondary or additional product) | :: sous-produit {m} |
| by-product {n} (secondary product) | :: sous-produit {m}, co-produit {m}, produit dérivé {m} |
| by-product {n} (side effect) | :: sous-produit {m} |
| byre {n} (a barn, especially one used for keeping cattle) | :: étable {f} |
| by rights {prep} (properly, in justice) | :: légitimement |
| Byronian {adj} (of or pertaining to Lord Byron) | :: byronien |
| bystander {n} (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator) | :: passant {m}, badaud {m} |
| byte {n} /baɪt/ (8-bit unit) | :: octet {m} |
| by the book {prep} (by the book) | :: à la lettre, au pied de la lettre, littéralement |
| by the by {prep} (by the way) SEE: by the way | :: |
| by the Grace of God {prep} (By divine right) | :: par la grâce de Dieu |
| by the same token {prep} | :: de même, de la même manière, de la même façon, dans le même esprit, pour les mêmes raisons, dans le même ordre d'idées |
| by the skin of one's teeth {prep} (barely, closely) | :: [Canada] par la peau des dents, [colloquial] d’un poil, par le chas de l'aiguille, de justesse, [rare] à fleur de corde |
| by the time {prep} (when) SEE: when | :: |
| by the time {prep} (when) | :: au moment où, avant que |
| by the way {prep} (incidentally) | :: soit dit en passant, tout bien considéré; at beginning of a sentence: à propos, au fait, d'ailleurs |
| by trade {prep} (as a profession) | :: de son état |
| by turns {adv} (one after the other) SEE: in turn | :: |
| by virtue of {prep} /baɪ ˈvɜːtʃuː ɒv/ (because of) | :: en vertu de, étant donné, eu égard à, vu |
| by way of {phrase} (by the route of, through, via) | :: en passant par, par, via |
| by way of {phrase} (for the purpose of, as a means or instance of) | :: en guise de, par le biais de, à titre de, en forme de |
| by way of {phrase} (possessing the characteristics, nature, or standing of) | :: par le fait de, du fait de, pas loin de |
| byword {n} /ˈbaɪ.wɚd/ (a proverb) | :: proverbe {m} |
| Byzantine {adj} /ˈbɪzəntiːn/ (of or pertaining to Byzantium) | :: byzantin |
| Byzantine {adj} (belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire) | :: byzantin |
| Byzantine {adj} (overly complex or intricate) | :: byzantin |
| Byzantine {n} (native of Byzantine Empire) | :: Byzantin {m}, Byzantine {f} |
| Byzantine Empire {prop} /ˈbɪzəntiːn ˈɛmpaɪə(ɹ)/ (Greek-speaking empire in the Eastern Mediterranean region) | :: Empire byzantin {m} |
| Byzantine Greek {n} (the continuum of forms of the Greek language as written and spoken during the time of the Byzantine Empire) | :: grec médiéval, grec byzantin |
| Byzantine studies {n} (study of history, culture, etc. of the Byzantine Empire) | :: byzantinologie {f} |
| Byzantinologist {n} (expert in Byzantinology) | :: byzantinologue {m} {f} |
| Byzantinology {n} (Byzantine studies) SEE: Byzantine studies | :: |
| Byzantium {prop} (Byzantine Empire) SEE: Byzantine Empire | :: |
| Byzantium {prop} /bɪˈzænti.əm/ (ancient Greek city) | :: Byzance |
| Bézier curve {n} /bezje kɜːv/ (kind of parametric curve) | :: courbe de Bézier {f} |
| Béziers {prop} (city in France) | :: Béziers |